henry bolton saying he is staying as ukip leader.her. this year in january, had one debacle after another. this year injanuary, it's notjust the nec that's lost confidence, notjust the spokespeople but the party membership as a whole, people in grass roots. there is so many letters a nd grass roots. there is so many letters and emails going around to me and other people who had senior positions in his team saying he has got to go, we don't like what he's done, we don't like how he is — the situation in his life, which his private life, which does reflect on the party. nspccinging personally as education spokesman —— speaking personally as education spokesman, i have done work to build bridges with ukip, church groups, family groups, children's groups and a lot of that has just been jeopardised by what people see and people don't want anything to do with the party at the moment while he is still the leader. what specifically was it that happened that made you think i can't work with this any more? as i said, the work i have been doing

the ukip leader, henry bolton, fights to keep his job as the party holds an emergency meeting to discussivists, branches and donors and this jeopardises the very existence of our party. now on bbc news, the week's strongest stories from the bbc‘s inside out teams. welcome to inside out.

henry bolton has said he wants to train the swamp.fighting and backstabbing at the top of ukip goes on. this is all about the national executive committee, the ruling body of ukip. they have all said henry bolton is not up to the task needs to go, as have most of his officials, have a lwa ys have most of his officials, have always signed from their posts. he denies that and has said he was declaring war on the national executive committee. it was all bizarre. there is a feeling that ukip is not going anywhere. he became leader left them a year ago. it is on about 3% in the opinion polls. i think as well as all of the stuff about his private life, a lot of ukip officials feel there is no point to it now and that is why they wa nt to point to it now and that is why they want to get rid of him. by throwing this out to a vote of the whole pa rty‘s this out to a vote of the whole party's membership, he has taken inspiration from jeremy corbyn and hoping the grassroots of the party are on his side. we will find out in the next 28 days this

ukip's ruling committee unanimously backs a vote of no confidence in leader henry bolton. y was offered the opportunity to resign, but he has made clear that he feels he is the right man to lead the party forward. fourteen foreigners are among 18 people killed in the attack on a kabul hotel. they're thought to have been deliberately targeted. a man is arrested in connection with the death of eight year old mylee billingham, stabbed to death in the west midlands. and victory down—under for kyle edmund in the australian open. the 23 year old books his place in his first grand slam quarter final, where he'll take on the third seed, bulgarian grigor dimitrov. and coming up: a look ahead tomorrow's front pages with ben chu, the economics editor at the independent and ruth lea, who's an economics adviser for the arbuthnot banking group. that's the papers at 11:30. good evening and welcome to bbc news. turkey is being urged to show restraint as it continues an offensive into northern syria that it's feared will further de—stabilise a war—torn region. turkish troops crossed the bor

that vote was carried unanimously with the exception of henry bolton himself. ton is forced to go today, there will now be an emergency general meeting of party members to decide his fate. ben wright, bbc news. an eight—year—old girl who died after being found with stab wounds near walsall has been named by west midlands police as mylee billingham. a 55—year—old man has been arrested. liz copper reports. eight—year—old mylee billingham, who has died an what police are describing as a tragic set of circumstances. floral tributes have been placed outside the bungalow in brownhills where police were called last night. neighbours described their shock as officers arrived. i never in my wildest dreams would ever see that on this street. everyone was shocked. because down here it's quiet, know what i mean. a 54—year—old man has been arrested in connection with this incident. he was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the stomach and his condition is described as critical. as forensics experts continue their inquiries, police say they are treating this as a domestic

our latest headlines: the leader of ukip — henry bolton — is again insisting he won't stand down. olton. he said he wanted to drain the swamp of dissidents in the party. the us government partial shutdown is set to end after senators agreed a temporary funding bill. chuck schumer said democrats would support the bill if republicans address a programme that shields immigrants from deportation. a head of the army has warned that britain's military will struggle to respond to future security threats. he said a strategic response is needed for modern methods of attack. the court hears how a man accused of driving a van into a crowd of people near two mosque in london wanted to kill as many muslims as possible. there is fresh evidence of the intense strain hospitals across the uk are underas intense strain hospitals across the uk are under as the nhs struggles to deal with winter pressures. more on that story about ukip. its leader, henry bolton, again insisting today he will not stand down despite a string of resignations of senior members of his party. it all comes after the national

this meeting will determine possibly henry bolton's fate. quit, but it is clear that many on the ukip scene wanting to go. the meeting lasted three hours and passed a unanimous vote of no—confidence in ukipleader. henry was offered the opportunity to resign but he has made clear that he feels is the right man to lead the party forward and he will now go through the process of defending himself to the party. that means the wider ukip membership will have to either indoors or reject state's decision in a meeting within the next 28 days, but for now, henry bolton soldiers on without any support at the top of his party. as always, we have lots more on our website and you can get in touch with me via social media will stop now, it time for sport today. hello, i'm nick marshall—mccormack, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the show: patriot games. new england destroy jacksonville dreams with tom inspired fightback. madison has the keys to the australian open quarter—finals, after flattening eighth seed caroline g

henry bolton is ukip‘s third new leader in less than 18 months. pushing for a no ball, something welcomed by one of the biggest names in the party. ukip does not change, it will not exist in 18 months. emerging from this seafront hotel with such a defiant message, henry bolton laid down a challenge to his colleagues, it is time for reform to overcome divisions. but his bullish approach, at odds with what so many want to do here, risked making things far worse. you are a member? i was, not any more. when did you cancel your membership? last week on that basis. to be honest with you, it is a failing party now. i was a ukip man but now i'm afraid, no. they won't get my vote unless they get themselves into gear. it is now up to ukip members to decide his fate but yet another fractious episode is damaging for a party struggling to define its message and its role. the head of the army says the government must invest more in the armed forces or risk falling behind potential enemies. general sir nick carter said the ability of the army to respond to threa

the leader of ukip, henry bolton, is resisting the growing calls for his resignation following a controversykesmen and women have now resigned, calling on mr bolton to step down, but he's insisted he'll put an end to what he calls "factional infighting". live to westminster for the latest with our political correspondent, leila nathoo. to those in his party who want him to walk away, fighting talk from a leader determined to stay where he is. i will not be resigning as party leader. instead, a provocative message setting his sights on ukip's warring body that backed a vote of no confidence in him last night. warring body that backed a vote of no confidence in him last nightm is now time to put an end to the factional infighting that has been going on within the party for some time and to remove those who have been part of that. in a single phrase, it is time to drain the swamp. it was henry bolton's relationship with jo swamp. it was henry bolton's relationship withjo marney swamp. it was henry bolton's relationship with jo marney that triggered this latest turmoil. he says it is now over af

six of ukip's senior members have now resigned in protest against the party leader henry bolton. they've left because he won't step down after a vote against him and a string of stories about his private life. we'll bring you all the latest from westminster. if he hangs around politics, given what has happened and the nature of his inner sanctum, what has happened and the nature of his innersanctum, i what has happened and the nature of his inner sanctum, i don't think it will be good for him or anyone he is with. also this lunchtime: a government watchdog questions the accuracy of some of england's a&e waiting time figures. the head of the army is to warn that britain's armed forces risk falling behind russia if they aren't given more money. the red arrows pilot who died after being accidentally ejected from his plane, the seat manufacturer admits responsibility. and monday morning, but no return to work for hundreds of thousands of americans as the federal shutdown continues. coming up in sport on bbc news, shock defeat for novak djokovic. pressure continues to mount on ukip le

ukip's deputy leader has resigned in protest over henry bolton's decision to step down as party leaderker, who'll remain with the party, says mr bolton has left the party in "limbo" after refusing to go, despite receiving a vote of no confidence from ukip's national executive committee. mr bolton faces repeated calls to quit over offensive text messages sent by his former girlfriend. 0ur political correspondent chris mason is at westminster. three resignations and it is starting to feel like a strategy? good morning. let's be very candid, this involves people you have never heard of resigning from positions you didn't know they held. but what is striking is the numbers and how frequently it is happening. we have had a row about the ukip leader and his now former girlfriend and those text messages. and senior figures his now former girlfriend and those text messages. and seniorfigures in the party last week saying he should walk the plank. in a meeting of the executive committee, where everybody on it except for the leader himself, said his time was. since then, resignations. margot par

the ukip leader henry bolton fights to keep his job as the party holds an emergency meeting to discussis future. critics say it's time for him to quit. on monday, if henry is still the leader of this party then we are going to lose members, activists and donors, and this jeopardises the very existence of our party. people with dementia and autism could soon be entitled to blue badge parking permits in england. and in sport, the british number two is through to the quarter finals of the australian open. kyle edmund is currently leading italian andreas seppi in melbourne. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35 — this morning's reviewers are political commentator, james millar and journalist and author lainy malkani. afghan security forces have seized control of a luxury hotel in kabul, 12 hours after it was stormed by militants. fierce battles raged through the night as special forces fought the gunmen as they moved around the six—storey intercontinental hotel. six civilians were killed — as were all the militants. 160 guests and staff were rescued — including 41 foreign

thisjust shows really, and i'm surprised it's even on the front page now, toonie owes to henry boltonows who the real is. financial times bolton is really? —— who knows who the real is. financialtimes and times covering the story about carillion, the engineering giant with £900 million worth of debt from various banks. they were in trouble and issued a profits warning last year, but still awarded this government contract. the issue here is it's a massive company that, until recently, most people had never heard of, they are running all sorts of public sector maintenance and construction contracts across a huge range of areas, and they have a massive debt pile. the question in today's story in the ft and the times is the allegation that the government awarded them, they had issued profit warnings last year and the government kept awarding them contracts, and the criticism is that they shouldn't have been doing so, and there are rules that suggest they shouldn't have done it, and that therefore they were throwing taxpayers money, and money after bad. on the other hand, there was a line

now this meeting will determine, possibly, henry bolton's fate.ot going to quit. but it's clear that many on the ukip nec want him to go. the meeting lasted three hours, and passed a unanimous vote of no—confidence in the ukip leader. henry was offered the opportunity to resign but he has made clear that he feels he is the right man to lead the party forward. and he will now go through the process of defending himself to the party via the egm. that means the wider ukip membership will have to endorse or reject today's decision at a general meeting within the next 28 days. but for now, henry bolton soldiers on without any support at the top of his party. ben wright, bbc news. 14 foreign nationals working in the afghan capital kabul have been targeted and killed in a terrorist attack on a major hotel. it took afghan security forces 12 hours to take control of the intercontinental hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it. four afghan citizens were also killed. the taliban says it carried out the attack. zia shahreyar reports from kabul. the final mom

henry bolton.an they do to force him to step down if they want? they can't sack him this afternoon, if they want to get rid of him they need to put that toa get rid of him they need to put that to a vote of wider party members. we'll have to see what comes out of this meeting. henry bolton may decide that if he doesn't have the confidence of the party's ruling body he will fall on his sword and step down. we shall see in the next couple of hours. or he could fight another day and try to convince members he's the man for the job. another day and try to convince members he's the man for thejob. if he goes the new cup will be looking for their fifth he goes the new cup will be looking for theirfifth leader in he goes the new cup will be looking for their fifth leader in the year, the party has been hit by scandals infighting, this could be the final nail in the coffin, the party could cease to be. we'll have to wait for the outcome of that meeting this afternoon. activists say they want to keep going

so far, no official comment from henry bolton, but senior figures say he has some tough choices. n where he has some difficult decisions to make. he knows that. he and i have spoken recently over the weekend, as recently as this morning. i know he's focused on those decisions today and he intends to make those decisions today. i'm sure whatever he does will be in the best interests of the party. so, after riding high following the brexit referendum, ukip is again facing turmoil. even nigel farage said tonight he wouldn't consider returning as leader, even for a second. ukip's former deputy chairman, susan evans ukip's former deputy chairman, susan eva ns says ukip's former deputy chairman, susan evans says mr bolton should consider his position. they are absolutely disgraceful. absolutely no just fooiks for them whatsoever. whether they were thoits expressed in a private conversation or not. those views are utterly rep prehencible to any right—thinking people. the problem we have here is not so much that henry bolton should resign because of what his girlfriend said. i think it wo

the leader of ukip henry bolton, is under pressure to resign, after his girlfriend was suspended from, for making offensive remarks about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. mr bolton hasn't made any comment. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. we as weasa we as a party are a party of leaders. just three months into the job there are questions over his future, relating to his relationship with this woman, jo marney, in tex messages, she has said that meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royalfamily. she markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. she called black people ugly. the mail on sunday revealed text messages she sent in which he said meghan markle had a tiny brain and would taint the royal family. and she called black people ugly. in a statement, she reportedly said her comments were unnecessary, reckless and overly exaggerated for effect, and offered her sincere and deepest apologies to anyone she had hurt, and for the distress and embarrassment caused to family, friends and

the ukip leader henry bolton has insisted he will not quit his job. for the party's ruling body tojudge him on his personal life. he's expected to face a vote of no confidence at an emergency meeting today, after offensive texts , sent by his former girlfriend , emerged last week. our political correspondent, emma vardy is here. maybe start with a bit of background to this. absolutely, pressure has been mounting on henry bolton because of the scandal over his now ex—girlfriend, which has been developing ever since christmas. those are offensive, racist text m essa 9 es we re those are offensive, racist text messages were leaked to the newspapers. he broke up with his girlfriend, joe marney, has particularly sort of distance himself from that relationship, but to no avail. there have been mounting calls for him to resign over this. he has been strongly making the case that he should stay as leader, saying actually don't judge me on my personal life, i will sort that out in private. he is particularly saying the national executive committee, who he is me

yeah, i think some in ukip this have been a pretty provocative statement from henry bolton. eagues had wa nted bolton. many of his colleagues had wanted him to in their ayes to the right thing and stand aside for the good of the party. they said this whole episode with his now ex—friend had been a damaging distraction for the party, that he thinks the opposite, that a leadership election, entertaining these thoughts of changing the leadership at this time, that would be the distraction, in his eyes, and he has dug his heels in, laying down the gau ntlet dug his heels in, laying down the ga u ntlet to dug his heels in, laying down the gauntlet to his party, saying it is time to change, time to reform and he is the man to do it. he is targeting the party's ruling body, the nec, saying it is time to clear that out, using donald trump's language of drain the swamp, and for those who hope to statement today would calm the atmosphere in ukip, i think this has done exactly the opposite and i think the coming weeks now before that general meeting of ukip members who will consider the

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton — after she reportedly made racist remarksbout prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. mark wahlberg says he will donate £1 million to a fund for victims of sexual abuse, after controversy over his fee for reshooting the film: all the money in the world. also this hour, we'll get an update on how england are faring at the one day international in melbourne. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9:35am — this morning's reviewers are political commentator vincent moss and ian birrell from the mail on sunday. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. in 2009, the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely, with a minimum term of eight years. the decision of the parole board to approve his release caused outrage among his victims, charities and mps. the parole board insists correct procedures were followed. our political correspondent leila nathoo is here. how usual is this decis

henry bolton said he had now ended the relationship withjo marney — who was suspended from ukip afteramily. 0ur political correspondent vicki young has the story. her report contains some flash photography. forced to choose between his job and his controversial new girlfriend, today henry bolton announced his romance with jo marney was off and he wasn't going anywhere. i am absolutely not standing down. the reason is because it's crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union. mr bolton was ukip's fourth leader in a year. he was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages — but not like this. he's been forced to act after reports of racist text messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harry's fiance meghan markle would "taint the royal family". she's apologised for the remarks, which she claims were taken out of context. and today tweeted that... "we all make mistakes, it's how you deal with them and conduct yourself in the future that matters." henry bolton's come

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the leader of ukip henry bolton, is under pressure to resign, after his girlfriend was suspended from making offensive remarks about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. mr bolton, who's the party's fourth leader since the brexit referendum, hasn't made any comment. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. it was only last september that henry bolton got ukip's top job, promising to focus on brexit. we, as a party, are a party of leaders. in fact, he was the party's fourth leader in a year and now there are questions about his personal life and political future. his girlened, jo marney, has been suspended from ukip for making offensive comments and some in the party think it is cause for him to resign. all we see, week after week, is henry's personal issues, which frankly no—one cares about, but where is the substance, where is the policy? i think as long as this story runs, our party becomes weaker and his leadership becomes weaker and untenable. in a series of text messages reported by the mail on sunday, jo marney, called black people "ugly" and said meghan markle had a t

they decided to take a vote of no—confidence in henry bolton as our leader.ption of henry bolton himself. this now means ukip will go through the process of having an emergency general meeting of the party, which will take place within 28 days of today and our membership will be written to outlining details of when and where the meeting will take place. the membership at that meeting will have their opportunity to decide whether or not they reject or support that vote of no—confidence. thank you. ukip party chairman paul oakton. henry bolton waiting to find out in the next month or so whether he will continue as the ukip party leader. theresa may has said she'll set out plans in the coming weeks to crack down on company executives who enrich themselves while jeopardising their workers' pensions. writing in the observer newspaper, mrs may describes the practice as an unacceptable abuse that will be ended. earlier i spoke to the former pensions minister, baroness altmann. she explained what powers the pension regulator have to make companies keep their schemes

many people in ukip felt henry bolton had to make a choice between hisjob as henry bolton had to makere is some context to them which, in time, will be revealed. but the fact is that i am going to be supporting her family and supporting her in rebuilding her life, going forward. the question is whether henry bolton can rebuild his leadership. he has certainly distanced himself from his girlfriend jo marney and he has said these comments were indefensible. but that seniorfigures these comments were indefensible. but that senior figures in ukip including meps and a couple of people who contested the leadership in the past who think this is a huge distraction and they want to see a fresh start. thank you very much. really interesting to talk to any number of issues. some sad news now. cyrille regis, former west bromwich and england forward has died at the age of 59, such a big name to so many football fans, a big hero at west bromwich and coventry and a pioneerfor black west bromwich and coventry and a pioneer for black players, appointed mbe in 2008. we will get more detail on that, but

today for a specially—convened meeting to discuss the controversy surrounding the pa rty‘s leader, henry boltonto step down after it was reported his girlfriend sent a series of offensive texts, including racist comments about prince harry's fiancee, meghan markle. 0ne ukip member of the european parliament, patrick 0'flynn, has been speaking to the bbc's sunday politics. he explained the party's days might be numbered if it does badly in the local elections in may. let me put it this way, to use an old phrase of david mellor, there is no doubt the party is drinking in the last chance saloon and that is the local government elections in may, for which we have good candidates who want to stand and i will not undercut them, they deserve support. if we have a situation when we were wiped out in the county council elections and the general election and now the district elections, too, maybe people will have to get round the table and say is the electorate are trying to tell us something, and is that thank you very much, good night? it needed to be, it is up to the people. but if people in the easte

so far, no official comment from henry bolton, but seniorfigures say he comment from henry bolton, bute tough choices. he is increasingly in a position where he has some difficult decisions to make. he knows that. he andi decisions to make. he knows that. he and i have spoken recently over the weekend, as recently as this morning. i know he's focused on those decisions today and he intends to make those decisions today. i'm sure whatever he does will be in the best interests of the party. after riding high following the brexit referendum, ukip is again facing turmoil. even nigel farage said tonight he wouldn't consider returning as leader, even for a second. humberside police are looking for a man they want to question in connection with a murder thought to have been committed with a crossbow. shane gilmer, who was 30, died in hospital after the attack, at his home in the village of southburn on friday. his pregnant girlfriend was seriously injured. our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, is at humberside police headquarters for us this evening. fiona... the latest information

henry bolton's political future is by no back on its feet.s certain, the body will be discussing his leadership on thursday and already a senior mep has suggested the party might not be able to survive unless he resigned, and suzanne evans has suggested he has to go but frankly the problem seems to go but frankly the problem seems to be this — there is no shortage of people willing to lead ukip but there does appear to be a shortage of followers. thank you. ryan giggs is set to be announced as the new manager of the welsh national football team. giggs was capped 64 times by wales, scoring 12 goals, but this would be his first permanentjob as a manager. let's speak to tomos morgan, who's in hensol outside cardiff. a big job for him, but not that much ofa a big job for him, but not that much of a surprise now? no, i think when chris coleman stood down as the welsh manager in november to take the sunderland job, i think ryan giggs was seen as the favourite to ta ke giggs was seen as the favourite to take it. it has been confirmed in the last hal

henry bolton speaking earlier.lans in coming weeks to crack down on company executives who enrich themselves while jeopardising their workers' pensions. writing in the observer newspaper, she describes the practice as an unacceptable abuse that will be ended. earlier i spoke to the former liberal democrat mp and pensions minister, steve we b b. he told me about the issues facing the government if they were to bring in such plans. i do think more needs to be done but it could well be years before anything actually happens. what we're hearing about is a white paper expected next month and that would have to be followed by a law and we already know what parliament's laws will be next year so we're talking 2019, 2020 and then another year to consult and implement so nothing will happen very quickly and in the meantime, more people will see pensions at risk if their company goes to the wall. explain in layman's terms, we have the pensions regulator, so why are pensions still at risk in this way? it's a very good questio

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton — after she reportedly made racist remarksbout prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. passengers and crew have a lucky escape as a plane skids off the runway at a coastal airport in turkey. mark wahlberg says he will donate £1 million to a fund for victims of sexual abuse, after controversy over his fee for reshooting the film: all the money in the world. also this hour, we'll get an update on how england's cricketers are faring in melbourne. england have the chance of revenge over australia. they're closing in on victory in the first of five one day internationals. and the dateline london panel focus on the iranian nuclear deal, president trump, and brexit. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the new conservative party chairman brandon lewis has told the bbc the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender, john worboys, stays injail. the parole board is recommending his release — despite spending less than ten years behind bars. it insists correct procedur

the ukip leader, henry bolton has insisted he will not quit his job. party's ruling body tojudge him on his personal life. he's expected to face a vote of no confidence at an emergency meeting today, after offensive texts , sent by his former girlfriend , emerged last week. i have been speaking to our political correspondent who told mr bolton tried to defend his relationship. he distances from his religion ship, saying that had been dealt with, this was separate, and he was focused on taking ukip forward. now many people in the party have lost confidence and henry bolton. he is facing that meeting with the national executive committee about now actually. will he be able to convince them to allow him to stay on? well, he was certainly fighting the case computer orjohn pienaar‘s programme on radio five live that the party needs to move forward, and he said that the national executive committee should notjudge on his personal life. he said it should not act as a court of moraljudgment. i want to put all of this behind us, the personal issues relating to m

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton — after she reportedly made racist remarksbout prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. jo marney apologised for the comments and said her messages had been taken out of context. and the actor mark wahlberg says he will donate £1 million to a fund for victims of sexual abuse, after controversy over his fee for reshooting the film all the money in the world. coming up in a few minutes, our sunday morning edition of the papers. our reviewers this morning are political commentator vincent moss and ian birrell from the mail on sunday. before the papers, sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre here's holly hamilton. it's looking 0k it's looking ok for once, we are talking about the cricket. england have a chance for some some revenge over australia. jason roy has just reached the century. as they look to chase down a target of 305 to win the first of five one—day internationals. just four of the test team, who were humiliated in the ashes defeat, are playing in melbourne this morning. england put the aussies into bat.

henry bolton.t, mahmoud abbas, has said he will not accept any middle east peace plane brokered by the us, following donald trump's move to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. in a speech, mr abbas described the move as the "slap of the century" for palestinians. president trump has threatened to cut aid if the palestinians reject peace talks. president trump has publicly denied being a racist, as a row continues over offensive language he allegedly used to describe african, central american and caribbean countries. the comments were reported to have been made during a meeting with us senators on immigration at the white house. in his first direct response to accusations of racism, donald trump told reporters he had not made the comments. police in east yorkshire believe they've found the body of a man, suspected of using a crossbow to kill his neighbour. officers in humberside began searching for 56—year—old anthony lawrennce, following the death of shane gilmer on friday. his pregnant girlfr

next, henry bolton.ill a badger with his own hands. when it came out that he had left his russian wife from model half his age, that was bad. when she was found to have tweeted racist claptrap about prince harry's bride to be, meghan markle, that was bad bad. despite a wave of resignations, today mr bolton put his foot down. i shall respect the next steps in the constitutional process, and will therefore not be resigning as party leader. i shall repeat, i will not be resigning as party leader. it is now time to put an end to the infighting that has been going on within the party for some time. and to remove those who have been part of that. in a single phrase, it is time to drain the swamp. this swamp dweller disagrees. i think it is a foolish decision. i have no reason to believe that the party will support him. i think he will go down to an overwhelming defeat, which will add further humiliation to his recent experiences. i think it is all very sad. we tried the men in grey suits, perhaps now it is tim

today, henry bolton announced his romance withjo marney was off and he wasn't going anywhere. i am absolutely not standing down. the reason is because it's crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union. and indeed in shaping the nation. mr bolton was ukip‘s fourth leader in a year. he was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages, but not like this. he's been forced to act after reports of racist text messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harry's fiance meghan markle would "taint the royal family." she's apologised for the remarks, which she claims have been taken out of context. and today tweeted that: "we all make mistakes, it's how you deal with them and conduct yourself in the future that matters." henry bolton's come out fighting, but ditching his girlfriend may not be enough to save his leadership. irrespective of these texts thatjo marney sent, which are absolutely disgraceful, people were calling for him to resign before they came to light. th

you are calling for henry bolton, the leader, to resign, why?sts and supporters who are looking to us to take a lead to try to push brexit forward, to try to focus on the issues that actually got other elected and that we are renowned for. whilst this is happening, we have a leader who has been preferably, as it appears, com pletely been preferably, as it appears, completely anonymous and invisible, but now all we get, day after day, despite the hard work of activists, is talk about issues within his personal life which, frankly, i don't care about. but the way he is handling it is unprofessional. he is com pletely handling it is unprofessional. he is completely out of his depth and frankly he needs to move away and let the rest of us get on with the wishes of the british people. you see that you do not care about his personal life and what happens, but if you ask him to go now, the issue of the moment as his personal life. surely that should be private. the point if it has been ongoing for weeks. we are trying to get on with this, with the issu

henry bolton has insisted he will not quit as leader of ukip — despite a string of resignations of seniorbers. it comes after the national executive committee backed a vote of no confidence in mr bolton.

its leader henry bolton has been under pressure since news broke of his relationship with an ex—model the racist messages she had sent. alex forsyth reported on the story for the news that one on monday. despite growing pressure, he says he is not going anywhere. henry bolton is insisting he wants to keep leading ukip, even though the pa rty‘s leading ukip, even though the party's ruling body says he should quit and now a string of senior members have resigned because he will not go. sheila grant was watching that and wondered, why on earth is ukip the lead story on the news that one reporting live from westminster? this party has no mps and following the referendum no longer has any relevance in this country as can be seen by the haemorrhaging of their support and co nsta ntly leaving haemorrhaging of their support and constantly leaving leaders. by by the end of the week much of the media's focus had switched to switzerland where many of the well‘s business leaders and heads of state we re business leaders and heads of state were meeting at the world economic forum in davos. the bbc

the ukip leader henry bolton is now facing calls to resign. dan johnson reports.has only been ukip leader since last september, and it emerged just a few days ago that henry bolton had left his wife forjo marney, a former glamour model who is 30 years younger. now, this morning, the mail on sunday has printed text messages sent by miss marney. in them, she said that meghan markle had a tiny brain, that she would taint the royal family and that black people were ugly. would taint the royal family, and that black people were ugly. when a reply was sent suggesting that these comments might be racist, she said, "so what?" and that she did not want other races invading her culture. in a statement, she said... ukip confirmed she has been suspended. the party leader said last night he did not want to comment. ukip‘s mep for the west midlands, bill etheridge, told me his leader should quit. all around this country, there are ukip activists and supporters who are looking to us to take a lead to try to push brexit forward, to try to focus on the issues that actually got us

ukip's deputy leader has resigned in protest over henry bolton's decision not to step down as party leader receiving a vote of no confidence from ukip's national executive committee. mr bolton faces repeated calls to quit over offensive text messages sent by his former girlfriend. former treasury minister and remain supporter lord 0'neill says the british economy should perform better this year than many opponents of brexit had predicted. he said uk growth forecasts were likely to be upgraded because of increased demand from china, america and continental europe. detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing an eight—year—old girl in the west midlands. mylee billingham was named by police as the schoolgirl who died atan by police as the schoolgirl who died at an address near walsall on saturday. a 54—year—old man, understood to be herfather, was arrested in connection with the attack. he remains in a critical condition in hospital. the us federal government will remain closed after the senate delayed a vote on a budget measure which would have allowed civil serva nts to which

ukip‘s ruling committee unanimously backs a vote of no confidence in leader henry bolton. was disappointed, but he understands that the party has a process to go through. henry was offered the opportunity to resign, but he has made clear he feels he is the right man to lead party forward. to lead party forward. 1a foreigners are among 18 people killed in the attack on a kabul hotel — they're thought to have been deliberately targeted. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ben chu, the economics editor at the independent, and ruth lea, who's an economics adviser for the arbuthnot banking group. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the ft leads with news that the german government has taken a step towards breaking a four—month deadlock, as angela merkel‘s social democratic party voted in favour of formal coalition talks. the metro reports on the death of eight year—old mylee billingham who was stabbed in walsall. the front page of the express features the bbc‘s interview with french president emmanuel m

henry bolton can become ukip's version ofjeremy corbyn.happen at this meeting. is ukip fit for purpose? at the moment it is run bya fit for purpose? at the moment it is run by a bunch of amateurs who haven't got a clue what they're doing. they're running the thing into the ground and stopping any new leaderfrom being into the ground and stopping any new leader from being able to lead and the whole thing needs reform. i would say this to you, unless ukip goes through fundamental reform now, it will be dead within 18 months. surely henry bolton is delaying the inevitable because when the membership do vote on it, it is likely he's going to go anyway and be forced to quit which is even worse for the party. if this egm was tomorrow, he would lose heavily, no question. but he has a month and he has a microphone and he has a profile and if he's able in the course of the next month to show that he's thought through where the party needs to be, things could be very different. at the heart of this, isn't it reallyjust a case that there is no point

ukip‘s national executive committee passed a vote of no confidence in henry bolton yesterday — all relatedas party leader. i shall repeat, i will not be resigning as party leader. instead, during the next four weeks, i shall be calling for the coordination and mobilisation of all leave campaigns to ensure the government delivers full independence from the european union in all areas of government and administration. and i shall be calling for the party itself to mobilise in order to support that effort. this is the most pressing matter facing our nation, and i am determined not to allow the nec to distract the party away from participating in the independence debate. without reflecting at all on its individual members, the nec, as presently constituted, is unfit for purpose. henry bolton also says he's going to overhaul the party. here's leila nathoo. this would have been a provocative statement from henry bolton. many of his colleagues wanted him to do the right thing, in their eyes, and stand aside for the good of the party. they said this episode with his ex govett had been a damaging d

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader, henry bolton after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. good morning. in sport, england look for revenge over australia as the one—day series begins. australia made 304 for eight off their 50 overs. england will begin their run chase shortly. good morning. another cloudy day today. brightness breaking through later on. this evening, things turn wet and windy. more details and 15 minutes. thank you. we will see you later. first, our main story. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely in 2009 with a minimum term of eight years, for drugging and sexually assaulting twelve women. earlier this month a decision by the parole board to release him was fiercely criticised. our political correspondent, leila nathoo, joins us now. leila, how significant is this? this will be welcomed by many campaigners in behalf of victims. what does the justice campaigne

the ukip leader henry bolton fights to keep his job as the party holds an emergency meeting to discussis future. blue badge permits forfree parking are to be made easier to get for people with dementia and autism. and in sport, britain's karl edmund loses the first set of his last 16 match against italy's andreas seppi at the australian open. tomasz has the weather. be prepared for a bit of snow this morning. quite tricky on some of the roads. the snows will not be last everywhere. it may turn milder tomorrow. good morning, first our main story. the authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than twelve hours after it was attacked by gunmen. an interior ministry spokesman said five civilians including one foreigner were killed at the intercontinental hotel, along with all three attackers. more than 100 people have been rescued. andrew plant reports. the intercontinental hotel in kabul, at dawn on sunday morning, blackened and smoking after an 11—hour siege. the shooting started after nightfall, several gunmen armed with grenades and autom

henry bolton talking about draining the swamp of the party's leadership.t is extraordinary language, isn't it? but he isn't going anywhere despite the fact his front bench have. it'll be interesting to see if nigel farage says anything because he does resonate with the voters... resonate, rather than resonate. chuckles the financial times, this story about the shutdown in the us, which has been resolved for the time being with that deal. it's only until the 8th of february. given what we know about trump's position on this in general it wouldn't surprise me if we saw this issue blow back up again fairly shortly. as of now there is a deal, an interim deal, for the next three weeks, so they can get on, people can get paid, and go back to work, which is great. it is a lot of theatre. the last paragraph says that despite the political rank it hasn't touched the dollar. the economy will not feel it. it is a lot of theatre. does it show the dysfunctionality of the american political system? the fact that it canjust shut political system? the fact that it can jus

ukip suspends the girlfriend of its party leader, henry bolton, after she reportedly made racist remarksbout prince harry's fiance. in sport: england look for revenge over australia as the one day series begins. the aussies made 30a for eight off their 50 overs. england will begin their run chase shortly. it's a craze that brings together traditional crafts and country walks with the very modern world of social media — pebble painting is having a moment. although it's another cloudy day, we should see a bit of brightness later on. by this evening, wet and windy from the north—west. all the details in about 15 minutes. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. thejustice secretary, david gauke, is considering a possiblejudicial review of the decision to release the serial sex attacker, john worboys. the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, but police believe he may have attacked up to a 100. the parole boards decision earlier this month to release him drew widespread criticism. 0ur political correspondent, leila natho

henry bolton speaking earlier.'s a meeting this afternoon and they can't force him out today, can they? that's right, they could have a vote of no confidence in him if he continues to say he wants to stay and that could then go to a vote of wider party members. whether he would take it that far, who knows? perhaps he battling this morning has done enough to convince the national executive committee to leave this behind and let him take the party forward. it looks very unlikely. at what point will he decide the game is up and decide to step down? who knows? we will have to see what the outcome is this afternoon. the question is, what does this mean for the future of ukip? if he goes, it would leave the party looking for its fifth leader in just over a year, the party has had a series of scandals, problems with infighting. it has really lost a lot of support from its high moment in 2015, when it came third in the general election in terms of the share of the votes that it won, its lost a huge amount of support since