also in the programme: a scrappage scheme for diesel cars could be on the way as the government strategy to tackle air pollution is due to be published later. i'll be looking at what that might mean for car owners. and a lifetime of service, we will hear your memories as the duke of edinburgh retires. and in sport, manchester united reign in spain, where marcus rashford makes his mark, to help his team, take a big step towards the europa league final. and sarah keith lucas has the weather. i will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday's local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn't start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. the conservatives have gained 115 seats and labour have lost 113. here's our political correspondent chris mason with the story of the night so far. it has been a night of nocturnal arithmetic. democracy in the small hours. the will of the electorate tipped out onto a table. rosettes worn proudly but plenty of nervous faces too. applause. this is what winning looks and sounds like for the conservatives. they retained control here in essex. they retained control here in essex. they have also won control of warwickshire, gloucestershire, lincolnshire and the isle of wight. income ——i lincolnshire and the isle of wight. income —— i think that the national scene has a lot to do with it. theresa may came across on the doorstep really, really well, really positive. we have felt no negativity towards the conservative party at all and towards the conservative party at allandi towards the conservative party at all and i think it bodes well for the general election in five weeks. clearly, labour is a long way behind in the opinion polls and inevitably the election will reflect that. my own view is the result in the general election won't be as bad as the polls would currently indicate. i think we will be able to close the gap between now and the eighth of june. gap between now and the eighth of june. but there was some positive news for labour when the counting finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor's job. finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor'sjob. it finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor's job. it is finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor'sjob. it is in lincolnshire that this man, ukip leader paul nuttall, will fight for a westminster seat next month. overnight his party was wiped out on the local authority. and it has been a patchy night for the liberal democrats. cheers here in hampshire but no huge breakthroughs overall. at least, yet. and chrisjoins us now. morning to you. morning. how are you feeling? a little tired. in your detailed analysis of the results that have been coming in, what can you tell us about what it means? important to emphasise at the moment there is a lot of results to come. the final result to be declared is the summit of the mountain and we setting off from sealevel, so we are on the beach with flip—flops on. the trend is clear. conservatives will be cheering. the reason they will be thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified thinking if this carries on like this, iwasjustified in thinking if this carries on like this, i was justified in calling the general election. she will think she can build on the majority that is the whole point of her calling the election in the first place. there will be big criticisms forjeremy corbyn in the labour party. ukip, difficult for them. they knew it would be difficult because they did very well last time. they are really struggling to define what they exist for, what their purpose is. the lib dems are middling, as i said. a couple of mps got seats, former mps, getting seats on local councils. no fight back. they were talking about a fightback. it hasn't happened yet. and we offer an —— we often hear any local elections vote isn't the same as the general election because it is about local services. yes. we shouldn't think of them as what this means for the election next month. they matter for their own sake. councils control millions of pounds, to find so many services' operations, and someone will vote one way in a local election, and differently in the general election. what is telling is the national opinion polls, and they have proven inaccurate, seem to be reflected in what we have had in the local election results. and these are real vote for real politicians at real ballot boxes and that is why they will be analysed for next month. thank you very much indeed. i know that you will be with us through the morning to analyse the results as we get them. thank you. alongside the votes, you will be aware of the metro mayors taking place at the same time. we will go to political reporter robin markwell in bristol, and one of the metro mayor elections was taking place. what is the picture? yes, the very first regional mayor to be elected in the country, a conservative, south gloucestershire council and local businessmen tim bowles, who won with just a couple of thousand votes ahead of labour in second place and the lib dems squeezed in third. now metro mayor bowles will look after south somerset, south gloucestershire, almost a million people and over the next 30 years, over a long—term budget, he has £1 billion to play with in a devolution deal to move powerfrom billion to play with in a devolution deal to move power from westminster to the local council level. congratulations on your result. what have you put it down to, conservatives winning in bristol? first of all i am humbled to have been elected the first regional mayor. it has been a really exciting evening. we have had a really good contest in the election. we have gone out with a clear message about how to address challenges around the entire region and very humbled to be elected. bristol is a labour ceti with a labour council and mayor and yet you are a conservative regional mayor. why have the tories been so successful in this part of the world ? successful in this part of the world? we've shown we can work well together, we can create a positive team and the message of our strong leadership as conservatives has really come through. i am really looking forward to working with my labour colleague martin along with tim warren and matthew riddle to make some long—term changes. tim warren and matthew riddle to make some long-term changes. thank you very much indeed, tim bowles, in the west of the region. the labour candidate missed out only by a couple of thousand votes. she spoke confidently about winning in bristol and beyond in the general election injune but and beyond in the general election in june but for now and beyond in the general election injune but for now the and beyond in the general election in june but for now the west and beyond in the general election injune but for now the west of england has a regional mayor that is blue, conservative. thank you. all 22 councils in wales were being contested, so far around half of them have declared. tomos morgan is in cardiff for us this morning. and a different picture for labour in wales? yeah, it isn't going well for them here, they have lost overall control of two authorities and one council leader, those are the headlines, the council leader in labour heartland, and losing the overall majority. there are significant areas, the first minister of wales's own backyard, which is where theresa may came only weeks ago to launch a campaign for the general election. now, labour have managed to retain control of newport and port talbot. there was exportation they would lose the majority but they have held on. and early results have shown that they have lost their first seat in swa nsea. have lost their first seat in swansea. we are still waiting for the declaration in cardiff. i spoke with voters earlier and they said that some of them are losing faith with the labour leadership. that some of them are losing faith with the labour leadershiplj that some of them are losing faith with the labour leadership. i have always voted conservative. especially now with theresa may. i think she is excellent. i voted for brexit. i have voted for labour and lam brexit. i have voted for labour and i am sticking with labour. i believe injeremy corbyn i am sticking with labour. i believe in jeremy corbyn and all of the welsh labour ministers, counsellors, they are doing a greatjob. welsh labour ministers, counsellors, they are doing a great job. the labour party is in disarray and they cannot organise themselves. you feel safer with a tory party and not with labour? yeah. the plaid cymru candidate seems like he would do good for the area. i think the labour party councillor is making a mess of everything in cardiff. the situation is cardiff is interesting. cardiff is the largest council and they were under a three pronged attack, labour, from the left plaid cymru, from the north of the lib dems and then the conservatives. plaid cymru say they didn't have the night they wanted. in the north of the tories are doing well. it will be interesting to see when the result comes in who takes it. it would appear labour might lose a majority, which would be significant for the other parties across wales. thank you. just to point out, many results still to come this morning. we will be speaking to politicians through the morning. so michael fallon, sir vince cable and john mcdonnell from the labour party all coming up. huw edwards will have live coverage of the local election results across england, scotland and wales from 9am this morning, over on bbc two. let's take a look at some other news now. the government is set to publish draft plans to tackle air pollution following a legal battle with environmental campaigners. the measures are expected to contain a scheme to encourage drivers of older diesels to scrap their cars. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. breathing polluted air can harm people's health throughout their life. the government is being forced by the courts to clean it up. dirty diesel vehicles are mostly to blame. many drivers bought them thinking they would be betterfor the climate. ministers are likely to pay drivers to scrap the most polluting vehicles. local councils will have the power to tax dirty vehicles too. road humps may come into the spotlight in the strategy. the government says they increase pollution by encouraging drivers to accelerate and break. road humps also save children's lives, so that would be controversial. either way, ministers have to come up with a credible plan. we would see a national network of clean air zones to ta ke national network of clean air zones to take the dirtiest cars from the most polluted roads. we shouldn't vilify diesel drivers. we need a range of measures to switch to clean transport. it is time the prime minister stands up to the car industry which got us into the mess in the first place to protect people's health. opposition parties will be ready to pounce if they think the government plans are not tough enough to solve the problem. china's first home—made commercial jet or take off for its maiden flight jet or take off for its maiden flight today. the c—919 has been almost a decade in the making, and china hopes it could help break the dominance that western companies like airbus and boeing have over the aviation market. the plane can carry around 160 people and fly about 5000 kilometres. mike is here with news of a good result for manchester united. mike is here with news of a good result for manchester unitedm mike is here with news of a good result for manchester united. in the europa league. they seem on the way to the final. all of the talk is about a 19—year—old who takes a special free kicks and about a 19—year—old who takes a specialfree kicks and put about a 19—year—old who takes a special free kicks and put in so much extra work. who does it remind you of? david beckham. and talking about marcus rashford. the big clubs search for the big star and they pay lots of money so it is special to find a diamond in your backyard for free. he has worked and worked and worked. yes, the tender age of 19. let's have a look, then. a moment of magic from marcus rashford gave manchester united the edge as they try to reach the europa league final. this was the way to finally beat the celta vigo goalkeeper, who until this point had kept united at bay. rashford's goal earning his side a 1—0 away win in the first leg of their semi—final. the everton manager, ronald koeman, said social media puts a lot more pressure on players than in his day. the club will provide support to midfielder aaron lenin, after he was detained under the mental health act for a stress—related illness. castleford go marching on in rugby league. the super league leaders came from behind to beat huddersfield giants 26—21, to extend their advantage at the top of the table to three points. and a huge day for irish cricket — for the first time they take on england in england. the home side are being captained by eoin morgan, who was born in dublin and used to play for ireland. that could change in the future as ireland establish themselves as a test nation. irish players will be tempted to stick. the weather. sarah is there for us. icy some sunshine. absolutely. good morning. sunshine for much of the country. this is a sunrise captured by some weather watchers. dry but breezy. the best of the sunshine in the north of the country. high pressure in charge in the north. further south, a front moving into what the south—west. a squeeze in the isobars. blustery in the south—west. this morning, dry and bright. plenty of sunshine. a similar story in northern ireland and northern england to be barely a cloud in the sky. slightly cloudier skies. thinner than recent days. breaking up through the day. and easterly breeze on the south coast, especially near devon and cornwall. the cloud in the south should break up the cloud in the south should break up more than it has done in recent days. not as chiles and easterly breeze. you could see 19 degrees in the west of wales and west in scotland. 11—12 on the east coast. dry and bright for most of us in the evening. overnight tonight, cloud increasing somewhat in the south of the country. a front in the south—west bringing patchy rain in the west of cornwall towards the channel isles. further north in scotland, a fresh morning. a touch of frost. similar to what we are seeing this morning. through the day on saturday, low pressure trying to push into the south—west of the uk. high pressure is still in charge towards the north, though. saturday, once again, and easterly breeze. not as bad as recently. not a bad day in the south—east of england. the threat of rain for cornwall, devon, the channel isles as well. dry and bright in much of scotland. warmer towards the south. 15— 17. cool in the north—east. heading into the second half of the weekend, low pressure clears away towards the near continent. heading through into sunday, more of a northerly breeze. once again, quite chilly in these areas. away from the east coast, a little bit warmer. dry and bright once again. sunshine. sunshine in the south and west, meaning temperatures are bright in the high teens. a dry and settled in staying with us into the early part of next week. things are as being largely dry once again. back to both of you. that sounds great. thank you. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: the conservatives are making big gains in the local elections in england and wales. labour and ukip have made big losses, while results have been patchy for the liberal democrats. counting in scotland will start later this morning. we will look at the front pages. you get a scale of how important prince philip is. many from pages devoted to him and those meetings he has had over the years. a fantastic picture on the front of the times. a headline saying he decided to retire rather than grow frail in public. he did an official visit yesterday at the palace. one of them said i am sorry you are standing down and he saidi sorry you are standing down and he said i can barely stand up any more. people always asking, what gives you busy these days. —— keeps. people always asking, what gives you busy these days. -- keeps. the papers are enjoying some of those images over the years. 95. a little later this morning we will share some of your memories and images you have had when you have encountered him at certain engagements. the daily express. that picture is across the front pages this morning after his announcement yesterday. what have you got for us? he even gets on front of the financial times. the headline of the waca one. you were talking about petrol prices yesterday. —— you were talking about petrol prices yesterday. — — the you were talking about petrol prices yesterday. —— the ft. yesterday, the oil price fell a bit to its lowest level in 5—6 months. we may see a decrease in the prices at the pumps. are we talking a price war? there are always is one. especially with supermarkets. keep an eye on that. this morning, the sun city pages. fashion victims. a lot of results out this week. sales were a lot worse than expected. three downward arrows. a drop in sales and share prices. people are not convinced. and they did not buy enough of the right stock. they were surprised at the amount of basic t—shirts people wanted. it is difficult for them to pick what customers want at a given time of year. the weather is hurting them as well. are flares still in? according to that picture, they are in. what is the fastest you have ever dared to set your treadmill it? i have gone up to 12 and it nearly sent me off the back. is that the maximum? 13.1 is what some people are going to do in the early hours of tomorrow morning. they are trying to do the first marathon and the two hours. —— under. the average speed will be 13.1. have you ever gone flying off the back of a treadmill? i have, actually. it was a tennis piece. the guest deliberately turned the speed up. i went out like a cat on all fours. i want to share this on. we don't normally show reviews of gigs. but this is debby harry. 71 yea rs of gigs. but this is debby harry. 71 years old! she's not! yes. she does this gig and the report talks about some of the numbers she does, and she does hanging on the telephone. the good one. she says i know it is difficult because phone booths don't really exist any more. she has to explain what the song means. many people don't know. hanging on the facebook? cellphone. a sign of the times! around 130,000 people in the uk suffer from the debilitating condition known as "cluster headaches." they're acute, excruciating attacks of pain on one side of the head that have, until now, baffled doctors. now, it's hoped a new study may be able to get to the bottom of what causes the attacks. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to find out more. a warning: you may find some images in this film distressing. it is one of the most painful experiences that a human can ensure. it feels as though somebody is grabbing the inside of your face and pulling as far out and away as they can. difficult to watch, often unbearable to experience. the pain ofa unbearable to experience. the pain of a cluster headache can be impossible to describe. some people are showing very tax on video. —— their attacks. this man runs a support group. out uk. their attacks. this man runs a support group. out uki their attacks. this man runs a support group. out uk. i will knock myself out and knock my head against something. it is a primaeval drive to stop the pain. cluster headaches baffled doctors. it is far more intense than a migraine. this person experiences them when seasons change. i will get one every autumn without fail. she has volunteered for a new research projects taking place at king's college hospital. we are looking at what happens in the brain when there is an attack compared to when the recent. around 40 compared to when the recent. around a0 sufferers will have their brains scanned. this is the internal body clock. we think it is linked with the cluster headache attacks. they tend to have more cluster headache attacks around spring and autumn. we don't quite understand the reason behind that. this will be an ambitious and at times arduous project. volunteers will also be having their brains scanned while an attack is taking place. unless people put themselves forward for things like this, we are never going to know anything more about cluster headaches. it is estimated there are around 130,000 sufferers in the uk, possibly more, as the condition is often misdiagnosed. this patient, who wants to remain anonymous, is being injected with steroids and an anaesthetic, a preventative measure that can help, but is only effective for a few weeks. it is supposed to damp down the nerves, giving relief to patients. it is hoped this device, which will be implanted inside a patient‘s head, could offer long—term help. inside a patient‘s head, could offer long-term help. it delivers electricity around the nerve, damping down the excessive activity firing without any control. trials are going well. the team at this hospital hope to make it available within a year. a long—awaited step forward for sufferers of this distressing condition. tim muffet, bbc news. you are watching breakfast. still to come. do you think you know everything about prince philip? think again. we will bring you surprising facts as we watched the duke of edinburgh retire from his duties. —— watch. time for the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the conservatives have held control of both essex and hertfordshire county councils. local election results are still coming in for many areas— but we'll take a look at what we know so far for our region. in essex, it's been a terrible night for ukip. the party's been wiped off the county map. there were gains for the conservatives, including in harlow, where they took all four, two of them from labour. 60% vote to leave the european union. that tells the story. those people are now out there voting and saying we are happy we are a leading the european union and we believe the european union and we believe the conservative party are at the party to do that for us. so, here's how essex county council now looks. the conservatives, who've held control, have 50 six seats, the liberal democrats seven, labour six. ukip lost all nine seats. and the greens are left with just one. meanwhile, in hertfordshire, results are still coming in. the conservatives have held control though, with a0 eight seats so far. in stevenage, labour suffered at the hands of the conservatives losing three of their five seats. in other news: two men and a 16—year old boy who were arrested following an anti—terror raid in willesden last week have been released without charge. detectives have been given more time to question six women, including one who was shot and wounded by the police. a signalfailure a signal failure has caused some tube disruption. and now for the roads. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. istill good morning. i still have the grey globe on today. that is because it will be another predominantly cloudy one. things are looking up. brighter than yesterday in the day before that to be quite a while since we have seen any proper spells of sunshine. we will get a glimpse of today, though towards northern areas. a dry and mild start to the day. very few breaks early on here. the best of any sunshine towards northern home counties. always cool in the east with the easterly wind. top temperatures of 15— 16 degrees celsius. overnight tonight, the cloud thickening again into tomorrow morning. another mild start to the day. nine celsius. tomorrow, a weather front close to the south coast. it will not affect us. we will stay dry. brightness around for southern areas of the capital. so, some sunshine around the south, cloudy towards the north. temperatures will go up over the weekend with a change in direction on sunday bringing sunny spells just about everywhere. more from me in around half an hour, of course. we will keep you up—to—date on the local election result. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. it's friday the fifth of may. we'll have the latest news and sport injust a moment. and still to come this morning: as votes are counted in the local and mayoral elections we'll have reaction from around the country. she isn't going to get that.|j she isn't going to get that. i don't know who that is. surely you know who that is! bridging the age gap. we'll meet the volunteers taking part in a new series that examines what happens when you move people from opposite ends of the age spectrum into a house together. the explorer paul rose has spent his career in some of the most remote and challenging locations but his latest assignment sees him travel on foot boat and bike to discover the 79 miles of the yorkshire wolds way, britain's least well—known national walking trail. time now for a summary of this morning's main news. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday's local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn't start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. so far, the conservatives have gained 131 seats and labour have lost 113. our political correspondent chris mason joins us now. chris, important to note it is early days. yes, the sun might have come up days. yes, the sun might have come up but the night is still young. there is lots of counting to go. it hasn't started in scotland. so much to come in england and wales as well. inevitably, people look at the results to try to work out what it might mean. remember, these are local elections. people are voting for local authorities and mayors a hugely powerful, with vast budgets. we should resist the temptation to think about what it might mean for next month. but this is a unique moment. we have an election in the middle of another election campaign. the parties can look at actual information, votes and ballot boxes to elect politicians, as opposed to opinion polls which have been inaccurate in recent years. i suspect the conservatives, who have had a very good night, this morning they will say, no, we are not complacent, it is different. we are not getting carried away. the bottom line is they will be very pleased and they will hope and think this justifies the decision to call an election and get a bigger majority. if you are looking for certain themes, if you look at labour heartlands, wales especially, there are heartlands, wales especially, there a re results heartlands, wales especially, there are results coming in that tell a story. absolutely. look at merthyr tydfil, these places have had a long history of labour representation. not all of the time but a lot of the time. they have switched to independent control on the council. look at north wales with a lot of marginal seats in westminster. again a big losses for labour and gains for the conservatives. that pattern emerged quickly after the polls closed at ten o'clock. the other interesting trend is ukip. they have done very well in local elections previously. they were influential in the referendum on the eu and on the result as well. and yet i think the results point to a question of from the view of many voters what the point is of ukip now, given brexit is happening, what is the point of ukip. it would seem from the results we have had so far that plenty of voters we have had so far that plenty of vote rs ca m e we have had so far that plenty of voters came to the conclusion that there is not a point and they will put their vote elsewhere. you will keep an eye on the results that will come in later in the morning. thank you. the government will set out d raft you. the government will set out draft plans to tackle air pollution following a battle with environmental campaigners. it will include a scheme to inherit drivers of old diesels to scrap cars and speed bombs might be removed to cut pollution caused by cars when they break and accelerate. children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the odds stacked against them when applying for grammar school places. that's according to opponents of selective education. the research group, education data lab, found that entrance tests for grammar schools in kent understated the true academic abilities of poorer children. government ministers recently announced plans for a new generation of grammar schools in england by 2020. the brexit secretary, david davis has accused the european commission of trying to bully the british people following negative stories about negotiations. speaking on bbc one's question time, he said a "line was crossed" when reports suggested the uk could face a 100 billion euro "exit bill". he added that there had been a "deliberately misleading briefing" after a dinner between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker. in a tweet, european council president donald tusk urged for "mutual respect". a british man has died while skydiving in thailand. it happened in the thai resort town of pattaya. the man, an experienced skydiver, leapt from a plane and landed in a nearby reservoir missing the airstrip at the thai sky adventures airbase. president trump has been celebrating at the white house after the us house of representatives passed a healthcare bill, bringing his pledge to repeal and replace so—called obamacare a step closer. he vowed to "finish off" barack obama's signature healthcare law which offered health insurance to millions of less well off americans. this is a great plan and i think it will get even better. this is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare, make no mistake about it. make no mistake. china's first home—made commercial jet is expected to take off today for its maiden flight. the c—919 has been almost a decade in the making, and china hopes it could help break the dominance that western companies like airbus and boeing have over the aviation market. the plane can carry around 160 people and fly about 5000 kilometres. some unusual—looking clouds have been causing a stir across parts of north—west england. look at that. this "volutus cloud" is also known as a roll cloud, for obvious reasons. it's caused by the uk's only named wind — the "helm wind" — which is a strong northeasterly that blows across cumbria in certain weather conditions. as well as this special cloud, it can cause gusts of 60—70 mph over some of the hills. i have never seen that before. i have never seen that beforem looked rather nice. we only have one named wind, that is disappointing. it is called the helm wind. there is the brit wind in australia. and there were some names around manchester, it was certainly blowing very strongly. it can get a very windy along the atlantic coast of spain, just north of portugal, where manchester united were. it certainly didn't put them off. you can see what he means to his teammates, he is second from the left, marcus rashford, following his goal. it is his workrate that his teammates and manager love. "he's 19 and in love with football," wasjose mourinho's assessment of marcus rashford, after he gave manchester united a leg up in the europa league. they were finding the celta vigo goalkeeper hard to beat in the first leg of their semi—final in spain, until rashford's stunning free kick midway through the second half. and it's all down to rashford's commitment. the freekick is work. he works every day. he loves to work. sometimes the training session finishes for the group and he keeps doing his individual work with my assistant. millwall were held to a goalless draw at home to scunthorpe in their league one play—off first leg. but in the other tie it's advantage bradford. rory mcardle's header gave them a 1—0 win at home to fleetwood, to take into the second leg on sunday. if you wanted goals last night you should have gone to the hive, home of arsenal's ladies, who drew a—a— with liverpool in the super league spring series. the everton manager, ronald koeman, says social media means there is a lot more pressure on modern footballers than there was when he was a player. he promised that the club will "provide support" to midfielder aaron lenin, after he was detained under the mental health act for a stress—related illness earlier this week. the whole social media is much more different than it was 20 years ago, and that's of course more pressure, more full ball, more games, international football. that is really tough for every football player. there is no stopping the castleford tigers in rugby league. they're now three points clear at the top of super league after they came from behind to win 26—21 at the huddersfield giants, who were a man down whenjesse sene—lefeo scored a late try to win it. it's a big day for irish cricket — they're taking on england in england for the first time. they're playing in bristol later and england captain eoin morgan, who originally played for ireland, is hoping his side can get a win under their belts ahead of a series with south africa and the champions trophy. the easiest way to learn and build momentum and confidence is to win. it makes that curve quite smooth and a lot easier. it is something we have done in stages and it has helped us. so, building to the champions trophy with a tough series against south africa, it is important. it's nearly time for usain bolt to hang up his running spikes. he retires after the world championships in london this summer. he says he won't change his mind about that — and speaking to the bbc‘s steve cram injamaica for a bbc documentary, bolt said he wants to make it clear to youngsters coming through that clean athletes can succeed. what do you think you will leave behind? well, for me just a great legacy, you know what i mean, to show to the kids that anything is possible and you can do it without cheating, you know what i mean, and i think that is one of the biggest things i am happy i can leave in the sport, that you can do it without cheating. you are going to do this, it is going to be hard work and dedication and a lot of sacrifice. you can watch usain bolt: the final chapter tomorrow at 1:15pm on bbc one. and he explains he has a bet with a manager that he won't get a barely within the next two years when he retires. i can't imagine him getting a belly. i think it is a safe bet. unlike the rest of us. see you later on. conservatives are gaining ground in the local elections in england and wales. labour have had significant losses. let's get some analysis now of the results we know about from the local and mayoral elections. giving us their insight arejoe twyman from the pollsters yougov, and jane green, professor of political science at the university of manchester. first thing that is worth saying is we are cautious about what we are saying is because early stages in the results, we think about a quarter are in so far, so give us your analysis of any themes emerging? this is seen in the context of the opinion polls and what we think looking ahead to five weeks' time. chris was talking about being cautious of that. we have seen over time ukip support has been dropping. a lot of that support has moved to the conservatives. we have been watching the lib dems, will they do better in the general election, even better in the locals? that was the expectation. it doesn't necessarily look like it will be the case. they are doing better, although not as well as expected. that is consistent with the trend. and labour losing ground to the tories, in line with our predictions. what is interesting is how big the swing will be and if it is to be replicated in five weeks' time. the polls have had a bad rap for some time. how do they match up with what you think develop so far? many of the things mentioned seem to be coming through in the results. especially in wales, where we have a poll that showed the conservatives we re poll that showed the conservatives were ahead by some distance. that seems to be so far borne out from what we have seen so far. it is about the general election, and the locals — it is unusual to have it so close to the general election. it has happened before. and the predictive power isn't great. when it has happened before, governments have turned a singledigit lead into a double—digit lead. things can change between now and then. let's try to be more specific on some of the areas which are important. we look at wales, for example. at this time, with the tories so far ahead in the polls in the general election more generally in terms of the party leadership, it is a very important time for all of the other parties to secure the places where normally they have done well. so, labour would think in certain parts of wales they would want to make sure they are still doing well. the local elections at this stage, there are areas of wales which are surprisingly going to the conservatives. absolutely interesting, i think it is really interesting, i think it is really interesting this time around, especially for the general election. we have seen labour's vote share declined steadily over time. what is especially interesting in wales is if this referendum effect is going to be borne out. will it be the case in wales in particular that are similarand in wales in particular that are similar and interesting and similar to other parts of the country and interesting in their own right, is it the case that in areas strongly with leave, that this will be to the conservatives in swing, so that trend might be evident in a general election more than the local election. that is one reason we have looked at wales, and the drop in labour support, so it could be a very bad story for labour in wales. in scotland we had that terrible result for labour in the last election and that could be even worse for labour in scotland in five weeks a posh big—time. labour's heartland doesn't look like heartland any more if that is the case. looking at what has been happening, will that make you consider tweaking your polling in the next couple of weeks, making changes, changing the questions you might be asking? we won't be changing the questions. we will ask the same series of questions and look at the long—term trend. that is what is important. that doesn't mean it cannot affect the polls. it is about momentum. each of the parties will want to take away a positive from this. the conservatives will wa nt from this. the conservatives will want to play down expectations if they do well. labour will want to focus on the mayoral victories in manchester and liverpool. the lib dems will want to celebrate any gains they can make an ukip will wa nt gains they can make an ukip will want to celebrate any win. they will turnit want to celebrate any win. they will turn it around in an attempt to get momentum for the general election campaign to turn it into votes on the eighth of june. campaign to turn it into votes on the eighth ofjune. and we have all of the results as they come in this morning. about a quarter as it stands at the moment. you are watching breakfast. the main story. early results from the local elections in england and wales show the conservatives making big gains. there've been losses for labour and ukip has lost all its seats so far, while results have been patchy for the liberal democrats. counting in scotland will start later this morning. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. i think she is offering us a little bit of sunshine. good morning. a lot out there this morning. this is the scene in cambridgeshire captured by one of the weather watchers. blue skies in many parts of the country. cloudier in the south at times. another dry day to come. breezy as well. high pressure in charge in the north of the uk. this area of low pressure in the atlantic will try to moving towards the south—west later on in the day. before it gets there, a breeze coming in from the east. a chilly start to the day in scotland. plenty of sunshine. light winds as well. sunshine in parts of northern ireland and england after the fresh start to the day. warming up nicely. especially in the west. further south, more cloud. but it is the end. more sunshine compared to recent days. —— it is thin. quite breezy and cloudy as well in the south—west. it will feel chilly along the east coast today. the west coast, that is where the warmest of the weather is developing. western wales, 18—19. further east, 11— 13. a brighter day than it has been recently in the south. this evening and overnight, more cloud filtering in through east anglia, the midlands, the odd spot of drizzle. some rain in parts of cornwall and the channel isles. scott and seeing a fresh start to the day. a touch of frost. —— scotland. low pressure trying to move on from the south—west. high pressure off towards the north. a slightly different day for parts of northern england, the midlands, wales, northern ireland. a cloudier zone of weather. the odd spot of drizzle. a sunny and bright day. further south, more sunshine across the south—east of england towards south wales as well the please do the far south, patchy rain for the south—west of england towards the channel isles. 16-17 england towards the channel isles. 16— 17 degrees. slightly cooler in the north—east were you have a breeze coming in from the north—east. low pressure towards the near continent. another dry day. a decent day on sunday. you will notice those wind arrows coming from the north—east. quite chilly. 9— 11 degrees on the east coast. away from the east coast, better weather. with high pressure sticking around, you won't be too surprised to hear that the largely dry and settled team continues into next week as well. back to charlie and sally. thank you. we are talking about diesels. there are two elements to this, air pollution and what do you do if you have a diesel car. a scrappage scheme for diesel cars could be on the way as the governments strategy to tackle air pollution is due to be published later. they were trying to delay it but the courts said they need to get it out by may ninth. apparently they are not as good as first thought. there we re not as good as first thought. there were 3 million back in 2000. back then there was a lot of chat from then there was a lot of chat from the government in particular that diesel cars are better than petrol ca rs. diesel cars are better than petrol cars. more than 11 million on the road last year. but they are not as good as we thought. they emit a lot of nitrogen dioxide in particular, which is not good for our health. it increases the number of heart attacks. this strategy is coming out before may ninth. and getting rid of speed bumps because they don't help. a lot of talk. the headline has been the scrappage scheme. we don't know the scrappage scheme. we don't know the details, but there may be a few thousand pound incentive for those who own older ones to be able to buy anyone. ——a new one. speed bumps could be a good idea as well. we encourage the government to look at things like traffic light sequencing to make them flow better. speed humps, should they be taken out? and also, potentially, the idea of no idling zones, which encourages people to turn off their cars in heavily congested areas. diesel car owners will be interested in particular. we have already seen changes in the diesel car market yesterday with sales falling a lot faster than petrol car sales have. that is partly because of all the headlines in the past few months. you would not be incentivised to buy one now as you would have in the past. the demand is not there. does that mean that cleaner and greener ca rs are that mean that cleaner and greener cars are becoming more desirable? anyone who has a clean car, they are not completely mesh, at the moment. they are a bit more hard to maintain. —— completely mainstream. the front pages. prince philip dominating the papers. yesterday he announced he would stand down from official duties. 12 pages of tributes and reflections. some of his favourite moments meeting the nation. great stories coming out this morning. the daily express. they are saying thank you, sir. retiring after so many years of loyal service and mischief and controversy. the times. a picture of him in uniform. they suggested he decided to retire than grow too frail in public. he has carried out 22,000 solo engagements and 637 over the visits. he also run a lot of organisations. we have taken a look into some of the lesser known fact about his many decades of service. 70 years of public service by the queen's club began right here. but you think you know all there is to know about prince philip? think again. on the pacific island here, he is considered a divine being, the son of a mountains veretout crossed the sea is to marry a powerful woman. “— the sea is to marry a powerful woman. —— mountain spirit. some say he is and incredible being, but she calls him sausage. when it comes to food, he loves fried food, no tea, coffee black. and no wonder, he has written 1a books. he was the first to allow tv cameras inside. the first royal to give a tv interview. his greatest legacy is perhaps this. let's give young people the chance to discover the road ability for themselves. the walks, the blisters, sleeping bags, self esteem and pride from his awards. just a few of over 4 from his awards. just a few of over a million people that received one would like to say thank you. it is really interesting to hear people's reflections of this. there is a great deal of affection because he is a genuine character. whenever he appeared in things there was a certain atmosphere whenever he walked in the room. a double page inside the telegraph this morning. doesn't this just some up one of the many faces that we have seen of him. here he is with soldiers on active service. he is able to talk to absolutely anybody, able to talk to members of the public, ok, though he may have been a bit cheeky at times, but he always provided quite a lot of fun. great pictures inside the papers today. and this is inside the daily mail. this is a picture of him meeting gwyneth quatro. a picture in the middle of what they call killer heels. not him. the mayfair arts clu b heels. not him. the mayfair arts club in 2011. many pictures and opinions shed about all of those yea rs. opinions shed about all of those years. —— shared. it is worth telling you that of course we will bring you all the latest on the local election results this morning as they are coming in. it is early stages. a quarter should be coming in. there are definite pattern is emerging. it is also worth bringing up emerging. it is also worth bringing up that in the next hour we are speaking to conservative sir michael fallon, and also vince cable from the lib dems. they are key to what happens in the election. and also john macdonald, the shadow chancellor from the labour party. speaking to lots of politicians. interesting to see the reactions of conservatives occurs right now it looks like so far they have had a successful time of it. and now it is time for the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are watching this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the conservatives have held control of both essex and hertfordshire county councils. local election results are still coming in for many areas— but we'll take a look at what we know so far for our region. in essex, it's been a terrible night for ukip. the party's been wiped off the county map. there were gains for the conservatives, including in harlow, where they took all four, two of them from labour. 68% of harlow voted to leave the european union. that tells the story. those people are now out there voting and saying we're happy we are a leading the european union and we think the conservative party are the party to do that for us. so, here's how essex county council now looks. the conservatives, who've held control, have 56 seats, the liberal democrats seven, labour six. ukip lost all nine seats. and the greens are left with just one. meanwhile, in hertfordshire, results are still coming in. the conservatives have held control though, with a0 eight seats so far. in stevenage, labour suffered at the hands of the conservatives losing three of their five seats. in other news: two men and a 16—year old boy who were arrested following an anti—terror raid in willesden last week have been released without charge. detectives have been given more time to question six women, including one who was shot and wounded by the police. well, a quick look at the travel now. the district line has no service between turnham green to richmond due to signal failure. let's see how the traffic‘s moving in barking. here's the a13. it's getting busy heading into town between ripple road and lodge avenue. and in golders green, north end road is blocked at wellgarth road after an accident. and in the city, a manhole has collapsed on gracechurch street, slowing everything down there. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. well, notice i've still go the grey globe on today. well, that's because it will be another predominantly cloudy one. things are looking up. brighter than yesterday and the day before that. quite a while since we have seen any proper spells of sunshine. we will get a glimpse of that today, though towards northern areas. a dry and mild start to the day. there'll be quite a lot of cloud around again, especially in the south, very few breaks early on here. the best of any sunshine towards northern home counties. always cool in the east with the easterly wind. top temperatures of 15—16 degrees celsius. overnight tonight, the cloud thickening again into tomorrow morning. another mild start to the day. around nine celsius. tomorrow, a weather front close to the south coast. it will not affect us in that we are going to stay dry. brightness around for southern areas of the capital. so, some sunshine around the south, cloudier the further north you are. temperatures will go up over the weekend with a change in direction on sunday bringing sunny spells just about everywhere. more from me in around half an hour, of course. we will keep you up—to—date on the local election result. goodbye for now. hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. a good night for the conservatives as early results come through from the local elections. the tories are making large gains. labourand ukip have made big losses. our political correspondent chris mason is with us in the studio and he'll explain what it all means. yes, here is a sense of what it means, we can see a huge set of thumbs up fingers here, they are very excited, the conservatives, and insist they are not complacent. questions for labour and ukip but there is still a shed load of counting to come. there are plenty more results still to come in around the uk. scotland begins counting later. and we're live in cardiff this morning after a difficult night for labour in wales. good morning, it's friday, the fifth of may. we'll keep you updated with the latest election results and bring you full analysis of the picture so far. also in the programme: good morning. a scrap scheme for diesel cars on the way as government strategy to tackle air pollution is to be published later. i will look at what it might mean for car owners. we'll be live at buckingham palace to assess the legacy of a lifetime of service as the duke of edinburgh announces his retirement from public engagements. and in sport, manchester united win in spain, where marcus ratchford helps to take a big step towards the europa league final. sunshine over buckingham palace, what for the rest of us? morning, plenty of sunshine for many parts of the country today. it is a more bright day than recently in the south. i will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. thanks, sarah. good morning. first, our main story. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday's local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn't start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. so far, the conservatives have gained 136 seats and labour have lost 116. just give us a sense of where we are. yes, what is different with the local election, unlike a general election, when you might turn on the tv and find out who has one, there area tv and find out who has one, there are a lot of seats to be counted and councils to be counted and mayoral voters to be counted. the vast majority is still to come. what was striking, watching the results coming in, then flooding in overnight, was a pattern that emerged. here is the story of the night. it has been a night of nocturnal arithmetic. democracy in the small hours. the will of the electorate tipped out onto a table. rosettes worn proudly but plenty of nervous faces too. applause. tim charles is elected as the west of england combined authority mayor. in the last hour the conservative candidate for the mayor of the west of england was elected. and this is what winning and retaining power looked and sounded like for the conservatives in essex. they have control of warwickshire, gloucestershire, lincolnshire and the isle of wight. they have also replaced labour as the largest party. i think that the national scene has a lot to do with it. theresa may came across on the doorstep really, really well, really positive. we have felt no negativity towards the conservative party at all and i think it bodes well for the general election in five weeks' time. clearly, labour is a long way behind in the opinion polls and inevitably the election will reflect that. my own view is the result in the general election won't be as bad as the polls would currently indicate. i think we will be able to close the gap between now and the eighth ofjune. but there was some positive news for labour when the counting finished in doncaster — they held on to the mayor's job. it is in lincolnshire that this man, ukip leader paul nuttall, will fight for a westminster seat next month. but overnight his party was wiped out on the local authority. and it has been a patchy night for the liberal democrats. cheers here in hampshire but no huge breakthroughs overall, at least yet. so, with the benefit of a chart, which we can look at behind us. talk us through where we are. it is exciting, here we are with a conservative party in the national government for seven years, for the last couple of years in gutmann on its own and yet it is making substantial gains. look at labour slipping back prior to the general election when they have to make an impression and improving, then you look at ukip and they have been nuked in the results so far. just to be clear, resulting from areas we would have expected them to do well and they have not got a single seat. exactly. lincolnshire is a classic example of that. and what is striking with ukip, a relatively new party, is their capacitive to rise to the top of politics and then it would appear on the result they have crashed right down to the bottom. one year ago they achieved what they set out to achieve. how many parties can say that? and then one year on they struggle to define what they are about. and we will speak with tories, labour and the lib dems. we tried to speak with ukip and they have not provided us with anyone. thank you. the results are coming in this morning. yes, there will be a flood this afternoon. very good. all 22 councils in wales were being contested, so far almost half of them have declared. tomos morgan is in cardiff for us this morning. good morning. and it was an historic and difficult night for labour in wales. yes. a mixed picture. positive, they have held on to newport and swansea, significant for them in south wales. they are beginning to look as though they have held onto cardiff, which would bea have held onto cardiff, which would be a significant result. a swing from the tory, sorry, from the labour party to the tories hasn't been as significant in wales as in england, the independents have done well in wales and have made some significant losses, labour. they have lost a majority in places, and in merthyr tydfil they lost the council leader. one of the reasons is because of the jeremy council leader. one of the reasons is because of thejeremy corbyn effect. there are have been words used, a time for change, dissatisfaction with leadership and with the corbyn effect, dare i say it, impacting this area, but i am concerned about local people, the national dynamic is important, but not evidential to people on the ground. we are here to be community activists who do things for our people. the conservatives have taken monmouthshire by the other parties haven't done well. plaid cymru were expected to make gains, but they don't believe they have done so. the lib dems have made further losses and ukip have done nothing at all. the major one will be the call in cardiff with the call that labour would lose the majority and their hold over carter. at the moment it looks like they have held onto the capital. thank you. and just a reminder: huw edwards will have live coverage of the local election results across england, scotland and wales from 9am this morning over on bbc two and on the bbc news channel. the government is set to publish draft plans to tackle air pollution following a legal battle with environmental campaigners. the measures are expected to contain a scheme to encourage drivers of older diesels to scrap their cars. our environment analyst roger harrabin reports. children from disadvantaged backgrounds have the odds stacked against them when applying for grammar school places. that's according to opponents of selective education. the research group, education data lab, found that entrance tests for grammar schools in kent understated the true academic abilities of poorer children. government ministers recently announced plans for a new generation of grammar schools in england by 2020. the brexit secretary, david davis, has accused the european commission of trying to bully the british people following negative stories about negotiations. speaking on bbc one's question time, he said a line was crossed when reports suggested the uk could face a 100 billion euro exit bill. he added that there had been a deliberately misleading briefing after a dinner between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker. in a tweet, european council president donald tusk urged for mutual respect. a british man has died while skydiving in thailand. it happened in the thai resort town of pattaya. the man, an experienced skydiver, leapt from a plane and landed in a nearby reservoir missing the airstrip at the thai sky adventures airbase. president trump has been celebrating at the white house after the us house of representatives passed a healthcare bill bringing his pledge to repeal and replace so—called obamacare a step closer. he vowed to finish off barack obama's signature healthcare law which offered health insurance to millions of less well off americans. this is a great plan, i think it will get better and make no mistake it isa will get better and make no mistake it is a repeal and a place of obamacare, make no mistake about it. make no mistake. a victorian outhouse, known as england's loveliest outside toilet, has been fully restored after decades hidden under a mountain of ivy. i never knew that there was such a thing. english heritage said the brick structure in the grounds of brodsworth hall in south yorkshire is a rare surviving example of a victorian privy designed for when members of the family were caught short in the extensive gardens. so, we have the before and after shots, as it were and it looks lovely, doesn't it? i don't know what else to say, really. i am a little stumped by it. 7:11am is the time and might will have the sport for us coming up. as we've been hearing this morning there have been a number of gains for the conservatives in the local elections overnight. let's speak now to michael fallon, the defence secretary, who joins us now from westminster. morning to you. good morning. is it partying all round, celebrations at the conservative central office? certainly not. these results are encouraging but we have seen a quarter of the votes counted and announced so far. in local elections you get a lower turnout than a general election. i think it is important that these results, although encouraging, don't predict what will happen on the eighth of june. we still have a general election to get out and campaign for and win. have you advised your representatives in the country today to try and not look too happy about the way things have gone? we congratulate the councillors who have won their seats in whatever party, especially the mayor in the west of england, tim bowles, who has his victory. they can take pleasure in that, but local elections are very different to the general election. we still have to get over the central message that theresa may needs a proper working majority to negotiate a successful exit from the european union and to build a stronger and pharaoh britain after that. on some levels, are you surprised by how well it looks like last night has gone for you, considering local government spending on public services will be 2296 spending on public services will be 22% lower than it was seven years ago? so, you have people elected to provide a service and to do a job and maybe not the money to do it? local councillors have had to become much more efficient over the last six or seven years. my own council now shares the back office services with the council next door. all of councils have had to look at how to spend council taxpayer money. they have done so much more efficiently. that has been the big change in local government over the last few yea rs. local government over the last few years. that has been recognised. we have seen the conservatives winning in councils we haven't held for a long time. were you concerned against the backdrop of cuts you might have suffered overnight? yes, you cannot tell until the votes are counted. it looks as if we have made some encouraging gains. in wales and in england. it is early days. most other councils, the vast majority, are still to come. we haven't had a result in scotland and we will have to wait and see what the final results are. over all the turnout is much lower than you would get in a general election. they tell us something, there is some encouragement, like they cannot predict what the result of the general election will be. we still have to get out and win.|j general election will be. we still have to get out and win. i know that you are treading carefully and i understand why you want to. effectively, under this conservative government watch, local councillors have had to effectively raise council tax because of the incredible strain on social care around the country. is the stewardship of local government something this tory government can be proud of? we can be proud of the increasing efficiency of councils. they have had to do more with reduced grants and become more efficient, sharing services and making sure that they get the best possible value from every pound that council taxpayers are putting in. we have also recognised there is a growing issue with social care, because more of us are living longer, and you will see the proposals in the manifesto shortly as to what we propose to do. proposals in the manifesto shortly as to what we propose to dom seems that the ukip voters have essentially collapsed. do you think those who voted ukip last time are voting tory. i think people seem to be voting tory. former liberal democrat voters are coming back. i think there is evidence because of jeremy corbyn's feeble leadership that we see labour voters coming over to us as well. i think voters who have previously voted for all three lib dem, labour and who have previously voted for all three lib dem, labourand ukip, they are now seeing that what this country needs is a government with a working majority to negotiate a good, successful exit from the european union and build a strong, fair britain after that. to do that you need a proper working majority and that is what theresa may is asking forfrom and that is what theresa may is asking for from people who previously would not have voted for us and may well have voted ukip or labour. jeremy corbyn. as a hugely experienced politician, do you not, when you peel back everything, do you not see it as a country to not have a strong opposition? i know you wa nt have a strong opposition? i know you want a huge majority in the next general election, but you must be able to see this country needs a strong opposition. you are right. democracy requires a strong opposition holding the government to account. but the problem we have got is not just account. but the problem we have got is notjustjeremy corbyn, but a labour party that has drifted further and further to the left, questioning our defences and wanting to borrow more and more money and ta ke to borrow more and more money and take us back to the bad old days of far left labour. that is something they have to sort out. but we have to get on with our task the british people want us to do. we have to negotiate a successful exit from the eu and get on and build a stronger and there britain after that. sir michael fallon, thank you. we will speak to some other guest soon as well. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: early results from the local elections in england and wales show the conservatives making big gains. there've been losses for labour and ukip has lost all its seats so far, while results have been patchy for the liberal democrats. counting in scotland will start later this morning. and now we will go to the weather. good morning. good morning. we have plenty of sunshine in the forecast today across many parts of the country. this is how it looks in temperature this morning. many places are very similar. barely a cloud in the sky. as we head through the day, another dry day to come. quite a breeze around. it is easterly. that will make things feel cool around the east coast. high pressure to the north of the uk is the driving force of the weather. this area of low pressure tries to get on to the west later on. nine o'clock this morning. a chilly start in scotland. plenty of dry and sunny weather. temperatures in double figures by 9am. sunshine in northern ireland and northern england down towards the midland. further south, a bit more cloud. broken. brighter thanit a bit more cloud. broken. brighter than it has been over midland yarmouk recent days. —— recent days. we have still got this easterly breeze with us. not as blustery in northern parts of the country as it has been. call around the east coast if you are exposed to the breeze of the north sea. —— cool. 13 degrees. further west, 18—19, especially for the west of wales and scotland. a decent day for most of us. cloudier in the far south—west. the evening and overnight, a weatherfront moving in. patchy rain in cornwall and devon and the channel isles. cloudier skies in the north of east anglia. the midlands. and wales as well. scotland, under clear skies, once again, a cold night. frost first thing saturday morning. during saturday, low pressure. this frontal system lingering towards the far south and south—west. likely to bring patchy rain to the far south—west of england and the channel isles. most bases dry elsewhere. dry in the east. sunshine in scotland still. brightness for northern ireland and some sunshine also breaking through around southern parts of england as well. 16-17 southern parts of england as well. 16— 17 degrees. a little bit cooler where you are experiencing the breeze in the north—east. the second half of the weekend. low pressure clearing away towards the near continent. a pretty decent day on sunday. isobars are widely spaced. that means not as windy. we are drawing in this nor the degrees on sunday. northern and eastern england, 9— 10 degrees. 19 — 20 degrees is also possible around the north. a contrast in temperatures. high pressure is holding on for the next pa rt high pressure is holding on for the next part of next week. largely dry with some sunshine. and now it is back to you both. thank you. when the duke of edinburgh turned 90, he told the bbc it was "better to get out before you reach your sell—by date." i agree with him. now he's acting on his own advice. yesterday, buckingham palace announced that the prince will retire from his royal duties after more than 70 years of public service. so, what does this mean for the rest of the royal family? the royal historian, kate williams, joins us now from outside buckingham palace. my, doesn't it look beautiful in the sunshine. it is interesting that the papers, some are 8— 12 page spreads. talk us through the affection and the importance of his role over the yea rs. the importance of his role over the years. good morning. it is a beautiful day in buckingham palace. yesterday this entire area was packed with media since about three o'clock in the morning ever since the story broke and social media exploded overnight. that suggest to us how vital and crucial and aborted this piece of news is, as all royal news is. it reflects the coverage we have had of prince philip's incredible service. he has given so much. he has been married to the queen for nearly 70 years. they will be having an anniversary this year. throughout that time, he completely devoted himself to being the queen's support and her rock and her helper. that allowed her to do very difficultjobs for the that allowed her to do very difficult jobs for the public and the commonwealth and the united kingdom. his entire life has been subjugated to be in her support and supporting the monarchy. —— being. that is what people are paying tribute to. it was a surprise yesterday, the announcement. people did not know it was going to happen but he had hinted at it. it was inevitable he would step back from some of those roles. what are the implications in terms of the roles he played. as you say, it was a surprise. we have heard talking about winding down ever in the 90th birthday interview with the bbc when he said it was time to get out before the sell—by date. certainly, they will be many royal occasions, they will be many royal occasions, the diamond jubilee, the royal wedding, the queen's club day, it did not seem right to retire at that point. but really it did seem like a good opportunity recently. it was the way the announcement was made, we we re the way the announcement was made, we were expecting it at some point soon. there was a surprise emergency meeting where it was not expected to be that is why media got confused. it does show certainly why he is so important. he does so many engagements. 22,000 over the years that the 5500 speeches. been overseas and 600 times. a huge level of royal engagement. there are nearly 800 charities he picked up. this means the younger royals, william and kate and in particular harry, they are going to have to do many of these engagements. that shows they are moving back full—time to london in december when george sta rts to london in december when george starts school and harry retires from airambulance starts school and harry retires from air ambulance pilotry. in terms of the logistics, there is a task, it will be hard to replicate. that is what he brought to occasions. he has and always had a unique way of going about his royal duties. yes, he does have a unique way to be certainly, pretzel it has been known over the yea rs pretzel it has been known over the years for his gaffes. —— prince philip. when people meet the queen, they freeze and panic. he likes the atmosphere. some of his gaffes have been slightly off—colour and some on the border of offensive. they are unique to him. people found them refreshing in a world in which you don't really know what royalty thinks and you don't no what many celebrities think. but we know his feelings. he calls a spade a spade. but now you will see more younger royals escorting the queen that you will see more of charles and the duchess of cambridge. she will have someone else by her side. occasionally she will be alone in. that will be surprising to see. so used seeing the duke always there beside her. it will be a change in terms of how we see them. thank you very much. kate williams, the royal historian. a beautiful day. you are watching breakfast. good singing in school will be the answer to combating exam stress? fiona is hitting the high notes for us this morning in hereford. they havejust turned up and will warm up. you can hear them behind me. they believe it is not only the singing but the physical part of being part of something and using muscles that combat mental problems and exam stress. we will hear from that throughout the morning. but now the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the conservatives have held control of both essex and hertfordshire county councils. local election results are still coming in for many areas— but we'll take a look at what we know so far for our region. in essex, it's been a terrible night for ukip. the party's been wiped off the county map. there were gains for the conservatives, including in harlow, where they took all four, two of them from labour. 68% of harlow voted to leave the european union. that tells the story. those people are now out there voting and saying we're happy we are a leading the european union and we think the conservative party are the party to do that for us. so, here's how essex county council now looks. the conservatives, who've held control, have 56 seats, the liberal democrats seven, labour six. ukip lost all nine seats. and the greens are left with just one. meanwhile, in hertfordshire, results are still coming in. the conservatives have held control though, with a8 seats so far. in stevenage, labour suffered at the hands of the conservatives losing three of their five seats. in other news: two men and a 16—year old boy who were arrested following an anti—terror raid in willesden last week have been released without charge. detectives have been given more time to question six women, including one who was shot and wounded by the police. well, a quick look at the travel now time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well, notice i've still go the grey globe on today. and that's because it will be another predominantly cloudy one. however, things are looking up. it will be brighter than it was yesterday and the day before that. it's been quite a while since we have seen any proper spells of sunshine. we will get a glimpse of that today, though towards northern areas. a dry and mild start to the day. there'll be quite a lot of cloud around again, particularly towards southern areas, very few breaks early on here. the best of any sunshine towards northern home counties. always cooler in the east, though, with that easterly wind. top temperatures, 15—16 degrees celsius. overnight tonight, the cloud will tend to thicken again into tomorrow morning. another mild start to the day. around nine celsius. tomorrow, a weather front close to the south coast. it will not affect us in that we are going to stay dry. brightness around for southern areas of the capital. so, some sunshine around the south, cloudier the further north you are. temperatures will go up over the weekend with a change in direction on sunday bringing sunny spells just about everywhere. well more from me in around half an hour of course. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and charlie stayt. it is 7:29am exactly. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday's local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn't start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. so far, the conservatives have gained 13a seats and labour have lost 116. the lib dems have not seen the recovery they were hoping for, losing 27 seats and independent candidates took 19a seats across england and wales. and injust under ten minutes' time we'll have full analysis of the gains and losses made so far. that's at 7:a0am. the government is set to publish draft plans to tackle air pollution following a legal battle with environmental campaigners. the measures are expected to contain a scheme to encourage drivers of older diesels to scrap their cars. under the changes speed bumps could also be removed from some cities to cut pollution caused by cars when they brake and accelerate. the brexit secretary, david davis, has accused the european commission of ‘trying to bully the british people' following negative stories about negotiations. speaking on bbc one's question time, he said a "line was crossed" when reports suggested the uk could face a 100 billion euro "exit bill". he added that there had been a "deliberately misleading briefing" after a dinner between the prime minister and jean—claude juncker. in a tweet, european council president donald tusk urged for "mutual respect". china's first home—made commercial jet is expected to take off today for its maiden flight. the c—919 has been almost a decade in the making, and china hopes it could help break the dominance that western companies like airbus and boeing have over the aviation market. the plane can carry around 160 people and fly about 5000 kilometres. and it is a good night for the manchester united fans. yes, it is a priority, the best way into the champions league was all about one man, the future, the young player who works his socks off after training and in training and can ta ke training and in training and can take special free kicks, training and in training and can take specialfree kicks, it training and in training and can take special free kicks, it is like david beckham all over again. "he's 19 and in love with football," wasjose mourinho's assessment of marcus rashford, after he gave manchester united a leg up in the europa league. they were finding the celta vigo goalkeeper hard to beat in the first leg of their semi—final in spain, until rashford's stunning free kick midway through the second half. and it's all down to rashford's commitment. the freekick is work. he works every day. he loves to work. sometimes the training session finishes for the group and he keeps doing his individual work with my assistant. millwall were held to a goalless draw at home to scunthorpe in their league one play—off first leg. but in the other tie it's advantage bradford. rory mcardle's header gave them a 1—0 win at home to fleetwood, to take into the second leg on sunday. if you wanted goals last night you should have gone to the hive, home of arsenal's ladies, who drew a—a— with liverpool in the super league spring series. the everton manager, ronald koeman, says social media means there is a lot more pressure on modern footballers than there was when he was a player. he promised that the club will "provide support" to midfielder aaron lenin, after he was detained under the mental health act for a stress—related illness earlier this week. the whole social media is much more different than it was 20 years ago, and that's of course more pressure, more full ball, more games, internationalfootball. that is really tough for every football player. there is no stopping the castleford tigers in rugby league. they're now three points clear at the top of super league after they came from behind to win 26—21 at the huddersfield giants, who were a man down whenjesse sene—lefeo scored a late try to win it. it's nearly time for usain bolt to hang up his running spikes. he retires after the world championships in london this summer. he says he won't change his mind about that — and speaking to the bbc‘s steve cram injamaica for a bbc documentary, bolt said he wants to make it clear to youngsters coming through that clean athletes can succeed. what do you think you will leave behind ? well, for me just a great legacy, you know what i mean, to show to the kids that anything is possible and you can do it without cheating, you know what i mean, and i think that is one of the biggest things i am happy i can leave in the sport, that you can do it without cheating. if you are going to do this, it is going to be hard work and dedication and a lot of sacrifice. you can watch usain bolt: the final chapter tomorrow at 1:15pm on bbc one. so far the liberal democrats have lost several seats in the local elections. vince cable joins us now from westminster. thank you for your time this morning. mixed night, is that how you would describe it? think that is fair. we have held our ground, unlike labour, which has collapsed and ukip, which has virtually disappeared, and in areas where we hoped to win back mps in the general election, cheltenham, easily and wells, we have done very well. the vote share has gone up. you are fair. it is a fair point. properly neutral. i think in terms of the bigger picture, in terms of the way people will talk about the general election, it seems clear the conservatives are significantly ahead, the ranks have swollen by ukip supporters and what the country will be looking for is an effective opposition. with labour in such a bad state the lib dems are in a position to provide that. we will talk about that in a moment but somerset county council, is that an area where you consider one of the su ccesses area where you consider one of the successes overnight? we lost some seats in somerset, as i am sure you will tell me, but interestingly tessa actually captured a seat from a conservative leader in wales, which is one of the seats we were able to win, so it is a mixed picture in other parts of the country. you're absolutely right, i was going to you about somerset specifically because the phrase is something politicians use when things have gone badly. in somerset, a place you need to do well in,, a patch you want to do well in, the conservatives have won with 29 seats, they have gained six. the lib dems come in second with just 18, and losing six seats. that is in a place where you should be, and want to come and are targeting, doing very well but you are falling back. that is in one county and i would hope we would have done better in somerset. i think in parts of somerset, where the lib dems are strong, we have done relatively well, but in other parts of the country, hampshire, we have gained seats in roughly the same numbers where we also have target seats. i think it is mixed and roughly neutral. we have held our ground. the really bad news is what has happened to the labour party and of course you could have virtually disintegrated. that matters politically because i think if you area politically because i think if you are a middle of the road conservative who voted to remain and you see your own party effectively assimilating ukip and its values as well as its voters, i think they will have pause now and worry about the future. people might say the same about the lib dems, the only remaining party left, and yet even though everyone it seems to acknowledge you and your party leader have the clearest line, the only remaining loan left, you still can't do well. well, as i say, we have made progress in terms of overall vote share and in areas where we expect to win back members of parliament. that was the objective. i think to the extent that people applied the results of local elections to the national, and of course the carry over is limited, i think what they will now be looking at is the prospect of the conservatives clearly doing very well. theresa may is clearly looking for a landslide and i doubt whether the results pointed out, something close to it, and they will say, we wa nt close to it, and they will say, we wantan close to it, and they will say, we want an effective opposition, not a 1—party state. the liberal democrats, because we held ground, and because we are distinctive and have a clear view on europe, and because the labour party are doing so badly, i think we will gain from that in the weeks to come. we spoke with michael fallon earlier this morning. at this early stage, the conservatives looked to have made a number of games. he says he is convinced former lib dem voters are coming back to the conservative party. | coming back to the conservative party. i think that is unlikely and it is certainly not my impression. and as i set a minute ago, i think once a lot of mainstream conservatives who voted to remain realise that effectively they are taking on board the gender as well as the former voters of ukip, they may worry about the direction their party is taking, and i am certainly, in parts of the country where i am campaigning, south—west london, where we didn't have local results, iam where we didn't have local results, i am picking up a lot of that. where we didn't have local results, i am picking up a lot of thatm where we didn't have local results, i am picking up a lot of that. it is ha rd i am picking up a lot of that. it is hard lib dem at the moment, who would you prefer as prime minister, theresa may orjeremy tilse and? we are not either of them. we are not exercising a difference between the two —— jeremy corbyn. we are not in coalition with either of them. we are competing for ourselves. we want lib dems in parliament. we have good prospects of doing that. we are not picking and choosing between two leaders and the labour party with whom we have relatively little in common. so, you won't tell us. because i don't prefer either. ok, vince cable, thank you for your time this morning. we spoke with michael fallon earlier on. we will speak withjohn mcdonnell from the labour party, and we hope to speak to a representative from ukip later this morning. you are watching breakfast on bbc news. our top stories: you are watching breakfast on bbc news. ourtop stories: early you are watching breakfast on bbc news. our top stories: early results from the local elections show the conservatives have made big gains. heavy losses for labour, and ukip has lost all seats so far, while results have been patchy for the lib dems, as you have heard, and counting in scotland will begin later this morning. let's go to sarah, who has been promising sunshine this morning. morning, sarah. good morning. i can promise sunshine for many parts of the country, not everywhere will see it, but many of us certainly have blue skies. here is the scene in cambridgeshire early in the morning. it is another dry day and quite breezy still with the nagging easterly breeze still with us. high pressure to the north of the uk dominating the weather. we have a front to the south—west that will try to push in later tonight and through the course of tomorrow into the south—west. it is dry across the board today. and after the a chilly start across scotland, this is 9am in the morning, plenty of sunshine and temperatures about in double figures. sunny and dry for northern ireland, england, to the midlands this morning too. further south, more cloud, quite broken, high cloud, sunny spells coming through for southern england, slightly more cloudy in the south—west, where it will be windy at times with the easterly breeze. wales has a decent day. in the east, exposed to the wind coming in, it will be chilly at times and blustery in the south—west. further to the north and west of the country it is going to feel quite warm in the sunshine, 19 degrees, contrasted with 11 or 12 in eastern scotland into north—east england. high levels of uv today with all other sunshine around, so don't be fooled by the breeze. heading on through this evening and overnight, cloud increases for east anglia, the midlands, northern england and wales with the odd spot of rain. further south, we will see rain heading in across the south—west of england will stop cornwall, the channel isles too. there is likely to be a touch of frost. through the day tomorrow, low pressure in the far south—west, it looks like it pushes slowly eastwards, so some spots of rain for cornwall into the channel isles through the day. elsewhere, largely dry. it will be a cloudy day for northern england, the midlands, into wales and the odd spot of drizzle. on the south coast we are likely to see a return to more sunshine than we have seen in recent days, so to bridges at 17 or 18 degrees. another decent day in scotland too and northern ireland has dry and bright weather, set to continue on saturday. onto the second half of the weekend into sunday the low pressure clears off to the south—east, so it is looking like a decent day across the board on sunday, dry and bright with sunshine. you will notice the northerly wind arrows starting to develop on sunday, that will make it feel cool in the north of scotland into north—east england too. further to the south and west it will be warmer, especially the south coast of england and wales, with around 19 or 20 degrees, so pleasant feeling. and fairly high levels of uv for many of us. and with high—pressure holding on, not much change in the weather into the early part of next week. lots of dry weather set to continue with some sunshine too. back to you both. thank you. a quarter of the local election results have come in. so far it has been a bad night for ukip. they have lost a1 seats and now won any. we will speak to the ukip local government spokesperson who within the westminster studio. good morning. why have people stopped voting for you? good morning. i don't think they have. i can see that we have lost some seats today. but we always said this would be a tough election for ukip. we have said that for many years. 2013 was our best ever election result. it is what keeps the party off. what we are seeing, and many friends work with us, marianne overton, what she said echoes what we here on the doorsteps, the may has been very successful in a very spin doctor like approach to politics in trying to get the national agenda and this myth that the conservatives are somehow taking ukip's position on brexit which we think will mislead and upset a lot of people. that is translate into votes on the dorset. forgive me for interrupting. you lost all of your seats. the day is still young. i am lost all of your seats. the day is still young. iam not lost all of your seats. the day is still young. i am not saying it is a good day. we want to win every seat. we lost a lot of hard—working collea g u es we lost a lot of hard—working colleagues last night. everyone is poorerfor colleagues last night. everyone is poorer for it. the colleagues last night. everyone is poorerfor it. the reality colleagues last night. everyone is poorer for it. the reality is that the national agenda has taken over. the may's cynical approach to this election and the regional election and putting herself ahead of the country has worked. —— theresa may's. fair play to her for pulling the wool over everyone's eyes. just one more time. does this mean it is the end of ukip? does this country need ukip? could not be further from the truth. even if we don't win a single seat at the end of the day, we still have 300 councillors across the country and there is still a releva nt voice the country and there is still a relevant voice in politics from us. we continue and have done for many yea rs we continue and have done for many years controlled the national and government agenda. even without a single seat in the house of commons... how do you control the national agenda without having a single seat in the house of commons? we have done for at least the last couple of years. look at the agenda of the government. they did not want a referendum on brexit. they were terrified of us and did it. they even announced non— manifesto pledges like introducing grammar schools into the uk. only ukip has been saying that and we have said it consistently for over a decade. look at our policies, they have been adopted by government to be we're not here for political power, we are here to change the country. so... and yet there are some issues the government still fails on. look at how to protect social policy and looking after the elderly are big it is only ukip that says we will take money out of foreign aid and use it for the most vulnerable people in the country. even the conservatives have failed on that mission. we continue our relevant drive to do this. is it time to bring back night of the raj? it has not been disastrous. —— nigel farage. paul nuttall is our leader and we are proud to have him. he has had a rough time. evenjeremy corbyn hasn't had that rough a time. i feel that paul nuttall has had a good time leading our party. the government has given £10 million away to other countries and undermined social care in the uk. we are the only party representing the people. thank you for your time this morning. we will leave those issues to one side for a moment. air pollution. a big issue and an usman today. the airwe big issue and an usman today. the air we breathe. —— announcement. big issue and an usman today. the air we breathe. -- announcement. in particular, diesel cars. there has been a big change in how many diesel ca rs have been a big change in how many diesel cars have been on the road. they used to be about! million. during that time, the government said it was better to buy diesel cars for our health. 16 years later, look at last year, more than 11 million on the road. people thought they were better. now we think they are not better. now we think they are not better for the environment. especially nitrogen dioxide. the older diesel cars emit a lot of it. we are expecting to hear from the government today which has tried to delay this strategy, but the courts said you need to give it out by may the ninth. one of the options that has been much talked about was a scrappage scheme. yes. that has been the headline attention before older diesel cars. those bought nearer to 2000. £2000 has been mentioned as an incentive to buy a new car. many other ideas as well. we would encourage the government to look at things like traffic light sequencing to make traffic flow better. speed humps as well. should we take them out and replace them with speed cushions to help prevent heavy acceleration and braking? and also the idea of no idling zones in city centres to encourage people to switch off their cars in congested areas. more details later this morning. car owners will be interested. the sales of diesel cars have fallen at a quicker rate than in other areas. it has clearly had a big impact for people looking for a new car. thank you. thank you very much. secondary school pupils across the uk are busy revising for their upcoming exams and as they and their parents know only too well it can be a stressful time. so, what can be done to banish the anxiety that can come with their studies? one school thinks their pupils can sing the stress away. fiona lamdin is in hereford for us this morning. she is singing, and in a fine voice, i hope. chorus. that is the most beautiful sound. i am actually under their spell. it's just gorgeous. this school in hereford believes singing is notjust a lovely thing to listen to, but actually helps with work and exams and mental well—being. coming over is the head teacher, paul smith. good morning. it is just teacher, paul smith. good morning. it isjust gorgeous. teacher, paul smith. good morning. it is just gorgeous. fantastic. what a way to start the day. you actually believe that after so many years this is the way forward. this helps with education. i am absolutely convinced of that. over the years we have been concerned about the great stress and strain of young people. i tell all head teachers to make their schools happier for their pupils. i think singing is one way people can certainly benefit. obviously, you have extraordinary facilities. this beautiful cathedral. there will be people watching across the country saying this is great for you but we don't have this facility. do you think everyone can do this wherever you are? everyone has a voice and it is free. it is a three inch comment uk news. you don't need a fantastic facility like this. people need to lift their spirits and mental health and well— being. lift their spirits and mental health and well-being. have you found that? these boys learning these words, learning these beautiful songs, it is actually improving exam results? these young lads have tojuggle is actually improving exam results? these young lads have to juggle all sorts of priorities. i have no doubt that what they learned today will help them later on. certainly a lot of evidence suggests that the skills pay good dividends when it comes to examination. we are coming over to claire, a psychologist. does the research showed this singing will help with youngsters and there mental well—being? help with youngsters and there mental well-being? -- there. help with youngsters and there mentalwell-being? -- there. there are many benefits to singing. we all experience stress during exam time. it is important to do the things that make you feel better about yourself and reduced stress levels. when you get youngsters they come to you professionally who are stressed and unwell, would you ever suggest to them that they should take up singing and actually this could be pa rt singing and actually this could be part of their therapy? we would. we suggest they take on any activities that they enjoy and that gives them time with friends and give them a balance in life, that it is not all about sitting in front of the computer and work, you can do better with exams if you have fun. just listening to this, it is doing something to my brain to be would you say the same? absolutely. there isa you say the same? absolutely. there is a release of positive chemicals and hormones that make us feel better about ourselves. and it is a physical relief. it is a physical activity. it helps with health. we will just interrupt, dare activity. it helps with health. we willjust interrupt, dare we do so? good morning. tell us your name. prince. what does it do to you? when i come and sing, it isjust like, it pushes all of my emotions previously out of my body and it is just filled with life stability you find if you are feeling nervous about something, like work, a situation, do you for better about life ? yeah, like work, a situation, do you for better about life? yeah, definitely. thank you very much. we will let you go back. you have to keep watching brea kfast go back. you have to keep watching breakfast because in about an hour, we will be back to show you this. all of those pews are going to be filled with a50 pupils having one enormous sing—off! filled with a50 pupils having one enormous sing-off! that is beautiful. that is my favourite part of the morning so far. they stopped. i thought we would carry on for a bit. it has been one of those mornings i think we needed a bit of serenity. we will look at the local elections during the rest of the programme. all of those results are coming in. local and mayoral. we will speak to the shadow chancellor of labour, john mcdonnell. time for the news, travel, and weather, wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news. i'm sonja jessup. the conservatives have held control of both essex and hertfordshire county councils. local election results are still coming in for many areas— but we'll take a look at what we know so far for our region. in essex, it's been a terrible night for ukip. the party's been wiped off the county map. there were gains for the conservatives, including in harlow, where they took all four, two of them from labour. 68% of harlow voted to leave the european union. that tells the story. those people are now out there voting and saying we're happy we are a leading the european union and we think the conservative party are the party to do that for us. so, here's how essex county council now looks. the conservatives, who've held control, have 56 seats, the liberal democrats seven, labour six. ukip lost all nine seats. and the greens are left with just one. meanwhile, in hertfordshire, results are still coming in. the conservatives have held control though, with a8 seats so far. in stevenage, labour suffered at the hands of the conservatives losing three of their five seats. in other news. the chief executive of the world's second largest investment bank has warned that london "will stall." when the country leaves the european union. lloyd blankfein said that his firm, goldman sachs, had "contingency plans" to move people to mainland europe depending on the outcome of brexit talks. but he says he wants to keep as much of its activities in the uk as possible. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good morning. well, notice i've still go the grey globe on today. and that's because it will be another predominantly cloudy one. however, things are looking up. it will be brighter than it was yesterday and the day before that. it's been quite a while since we've seen any proper spells of sunshine. we will get a glimpse of that today, though always better towards northern areas. a dry and mild start to the day. there'll be quite a lot of cloud around again, particularly towards southern areas, very few breaks early on here. the best of any sunshine towards northern home counties. always cooler in the east, though, with that easterly wind. top temperatures, 15—16 degrees celsius. overnight tonight, the cloud will tend to thicken again into tomorrow morning. another mild start to the day. around nine celsius. tomorrow, a weather front close to the south coast. it will not affect us in that we are going to stay dry. but there will be some brightness, this time for southern areas of the capital. so, some sunshine around the south, cloudier the further north you are. temperatures will go up over the weekend with a change in direction on sunday bringing sunny spells just about everywhere. well, more from me in around half an hour of course. we'll keep you up—to—date on the local election results as they come in. hello, this is breakfast, with sally nugent and charlie stayt. a good night for the conservatives as early results come through from the local elections. the tories are making large gains. labour and ukip have made big losses. our political correspondent chris mason is with us in the studio and he'll explain what it all means. if you want your local conservative, it means huge smiles and thumbs up. the national party says it is not complacent. awkward questions for labour at complacent. awkward questions for labourat ukip and complacent. awkward questions for labour at ukip and a huge amount of counting still to come. we will be live in cardiff where labour has helped the city council, but it has been a difficult night for the party elsewhere in wales. there are plenty more results still to come in around the uk, scotland begins counting later. good morning, it's friday the 5th of may. we'll keep you updated with the latest election results and bring you full analysis of the picture so far. also in the programme... a lifetime of service — we'll hear your memories of meeting the duke of edinburgh as he announces his retirement from official duties. and in sport, manchester united reign in spain, marcus rashford makes his mark to help his team take a big step towards the europa league final. that is calming. could singing be the answer to combating exam stress? we are live at hereford cathedral find out more. no stress for the weather with sarah. blue sky and sunshine for many and the largely dried theme continues through the weekend. a full national forecast in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. there has been a substantial swing from labour to the conservatives in early results from yesterday's local elections. the tories have made significant gains in england and wales. counting doesn't start in scotland until later. all the councils in wales and scotland were up for grabs and a third of those in england. so far, the conservatives have gained 136 seats and labour have lost 116. the liberal democrats have not seen the bounce back they were hoping for, losing more than 20 seats. so fight ukip has lost all a1 seats counted. here's our political correspondent chris mason. the cautionary word first, early stages in terms of the counter? think of this evening when all of the votes are counted as being the top of the mountain. we were setting off at 10pm last night with our feet dipped in the we are probably still on the beach with flip—flops on extra nation mark there is loads and loads of counting ads and very big results, for example in the west midlands with the really tight mayoral contest. but it has been striking that a pattern has been emerging. here is the pattern of the night. it's been a night of nocturnal arithmetic. democracy in the small hours, the will of the electorate tipped out onto a table. rosettes worn proudly but plenty of nervous faces too. tim charles bowles is duly elected as the west of england combined authority mayor. here in the west of england the conservative candidate made history by becoming the regional mayor. this is what winning and retaining power looked like for the conservatives in essex. they've won control of warwickshire, gloucestershire, lincolnshire and the isle of wight. here in cumbria the tories have replaced labour as the largest party. i think that the national scene has a lot to do with it. i think theresa may came across on the doorstep really, really well, really positive. we've had no negativity towards the conservative party at all. i think it bodes extremely well for the general election in five weeks' time. clearly labour nationally is a long way behind in the opinion polls and inevitably the election will reflect that. my own view is that the result in the general election won't be as bad as the polls would currently indicate. i think we will be able to close the gap between now and the 8th ofjune. but there was some positive news for labour when the counting finished in doncaster. they held onto the mayor's job here. it's in lincolnshire that this man, ukip's leader paul nuttall, will fight for a westminster seat next month. but overnight his party was wiped out from the local authority. and it has been a patchy night for the liberal democrats. cheers here in hampshire, but no huge breakthroughs overall. at least yet. you mentioned patterns, shall we look at the details of what we have so far? if you could explain, that would be marvellous. have a look at the numbers, they are changing every minute as we get more and more results. the key thing worth reflecting on is that here is a party and national government, the conservatives, they have been there for a long time, and look at that number. huge gains of 150 seats, labour slipping back by a similar margin. the liberal democrats hope for a big breakthrough and talked about a lib dem fight back, it has not really happened. the uk independence party, complete and utter wipe—out so far. so bad have been their results overnight, they say that even if they lose every single seat they were defending yesterday by the end of today, they can still point to the councillors they have because those seats were not up for contest. they do the whole business of expectation management, politicians like to, in these situations. they are openly acknowledging that they might not wina acknowledging that they might not win a single seat, they might lose every council seat they were holding. with your wisdom of all things the electoral, this does not meana things the electoral, this does not mean a picture for the general election? it does not work like that? quite, and the conservatives are going out of their way today to say let's not lead to much into it, let's not get carried away, turnout is quite low, michael fallon said earlier that turnout is low in local elections, there is no reason you should read from one to the other. people will, these are real votes in real ballot boxes, selecting real politicians at real elections. but people from votes in a local election differently to how they might ina election differently to how they might in a general —— but people often votes in a local election differently. but the conservatives will probably think it was wise to call a general election because they will hope that enough of these votes are mirrored in five weeks, if that did they would get a significant majority. some of the opposition parties are now saying, given the dominance of the conservatives, about how they think they should approach what appears to be this dominant era of conservative politics. this is what the green party are saying. there is a strong message that people want the more progressive parties to be working together rather than against one another. under this type of system it is clear that when we stand against one another we lose ground and the conservatives gain. this is the green page, why don't parties on the left effectively team up parties on the left effectively team up to collectively beat the conservatives? the greens are quite keen, you see it individually in a few seats, but, broadly speaking, the parties that might be on the left and cherie broad philosophy have lots of other things where they com pletely have lots of other things where they completely disagree and the idea of a big collaboration will not happen. thank you, chris. i know we have a long way to go. thank you. let's concentrate on events in wales. tomos morgan is in cardiff for us this morning. in the last half—hour all a0 minutes, the results in cardiff have been announced. what is the picture? —— in the last half hour or a0 minutes. very mixed results in wales, it started off as quite a difficult night labour, they lost their majority in blaina gwent and in bridgend, bridgend is significant because that is the first minister ca rwyn because that is the first minister carwyn jones' backyard because that is the first minister carwynjones' backyard and that is where theresa may was targeting towards the general elections, the tories going from one seat in bridgend to 11, and labour losing their leader in merthyr tydfil. but over the last few hours in wales, labour have held onto the three major cities along south wales, newport, swansea, and we havejust heard they have held onto cardiff. cardiff was significant, it is the biggest council in wales and there was a suggestion that labour were to lose their majority yet. there was going to be a three pronged attack from plaid cymru in the west, the tories in the north and lib dems in the central. the tories said they did not make the gains expected. a mixed results but labour holding onto the main cities in south wales. thank you. all council seats in scotla nd thank you. all council seats in scotland were being contested yesterday. counting starts later this morning. let's cross over now to steven godden who is in glasgow this morning. what is the picture? counting gets under way in glasgow in about an hour, and across all of the 32 local authorities in scotland. glasgow is one of the most intriguing contests. what happens to the labour party? for decades they have controlled the city council, it was long considered one of their heartlands, but at holyrood and westminster elections in recent years they have lost all their glasgow seats to the snp. to keep control of glasgow locally they would need every single candidate to be elected, which is considered unlikely. the snp hope they can take control in glasgow and across the country. factoring two resurgent conservatives, the lib dems and the greens also hoping they are well—placed to make gains. for the voters, this is about who delivers local services on the face of it, but there are so many questions around brexit, the prospect of a second independence referendum and the general election. of course people will take this as an indication of what might happen next month, but we willjust have to wait and see. we expect the first results mid—morning. and see. we expect the first results mid-morning. counting duties start in the next hour. the first of six metro mayor cars has been elected. the conservative candidate tim bowles has been elected in the west of england. this is an area that includes bristol, bath and parts of south gloucestershire. if you voted yesterday and you want to keep across what happened where you live, thebest thing to do is log on to the bbc website. bbc.co.uk/politics will have all the results as they come in, along with that all—important analysis. in other news... the government is set to publish draft plans to tackle air pollution following a legal battle with environmental campaigners. the measures are expected to contain a scheme to encourage drivers of older diesels to scrap their cars. under the changes speed bumps could also be removed from some cities to cut pollution caused by cars when they brake and accelerate. a british man has died while skydiving in thailand. it happened in the thai resort town of pattaya. the man, an experienced skydiver, leapt from a plane and landed in a nearby reservoir missing the airstrip at the thai sky adventures airbase. a victorian outhouse, known as england's loveliest outside toilet, has been fully restored after decades hidden under a mountain of ivy. that is how it used to be. english heritage said the the brick structure in the grounds of brodsworth hall, in south yorkshire is a rare surviving example of an 1800s privy designed for when members of the family were caught short in the extensive gardens. look at it now! what a transformation. i quite liked it the way it was, if i am honest. i can see why they did it but, there you go. you would never have open back door and gone in, would you?! i think and gone in, would you?! ithinki and gone in, would you?! i think i would! we will have all the sport and the weather coming up later. the first results from the local elections show that the conservatives have made a number of gains. counting is set to continue throughout the day. professorjohn curtice is an elections expert and has been crunching the numbers all night. he's in our london newsroom. good morning. first of all, various interesting things have emerged over the last few hours but i want to start with the ukip vote, which seems to have disappeared. largely, as opinion polls suggested it would. four years ago when the english councils were last up for grabs, you could did remarkably well, its best ever performance in local government elections. it has taken a tumble. so for at least we do not have an insta nce for at least we do not have an instance of a ukip councillor hanging onto their seats. in the places ukip were trying to defend, the conservatives have advanced and mostly the conservatives have advanced and m ostly ta ke n the conservatives have advanced and mostly taken the ukip seats, i suspect there will be music to the ea rs of suspect there will be music to the ears of theresa may that, indeed, her hope and expectation that a declining ukip support would help the conservatives is, to some degree at least, going to come true. i have been trying to think of a word to describe the night for labour, it is probably unfair to say a bad night because it been mixed in parts ? a bad night because it been mixed in parts? there are two golden nuggets for labour in what was a pretty bad night. gold nuggets number one was that although they failed to win the metro mayor around the area in bristol they run the conservatives close, and they should not have done given how far the conservatives were ahead in 2015. the second golden nugget was retaining cardiff, which they were quite widely expected to lose, along with newport further towards the english border. they suffered some embarrassment in the valleys, but in councils that they have lost before in a bad year, but to some degree the speculation recently that perhaps labour was particularly in for a hiding in wales has not been fulfilled. that said, back in 2013 in england, the labour party did not do that well. what are they doing this time? on average there votes is down by a couple of points more, to that extent at least one has to say it is not the kind of performance that leads one to believe that labour stop this election campaign at least in much of a state to topple the conservatives, to that extent the message of the opinion polls is confirmed. when you look at the tories performance overnight, it was a great night for them, wasn't it? performance overnight, it was a great night for them, wasn't mm was a good night for them. i think we are still suspending judgment as to whether it was a great night or not. it could well be one of the best conservative performances in local government elections ever, but we dojust local government elections ever, but we do just have to remember that the conservatives have set themselves a very high ambition. they were want a landslide full survey want a majority of 100 or so at least and to get that they need to be a long way ahead of labour. at the moment, at least, on the limited early results with hard overnight, where we have collected detailed figures, yes, the conservatives are well ahead but we are not sure whether they are so far ahead that if we had an election yesterday the tories would have reached that 100 seat target. john, fascinating to talk to you. thank you very much indeed. he is saying perhaps not a great night for the tories so far. a good night. labour have lost more than a 100 seats in the local elections in england and wales so far, with counting in scotland still to get under way. let's get reaction now from the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, who is in westminster for us. good morning to you. could you give us your overview of what you have seen as a result of coming so far? mixed results in terms of labour. some of the areas where people expected us to be wiped out, south wales in particular, we have done extremely well, holding onto newport, cardiff, swansea, we actually gained seat. in north wales, we've done well and the north of england result we came within 5000 of england result we came within 50 0 0 votes of england result we came within 5000 votes in a contest nobody gave us any hope for whatsoever. if you look at the first ballots in the bristol parliamentary constituencies, labour was ahead, so it is mixed results. i'm disappointed we lost seats because our candidates have worked so hard, but i think it's interesting to see what happened and the wipe—out of ukip, and the lib dems surgejust has not appeared as they predicted, so it's been a tough night but mixed results and it's all to play for in terms of a general election. results and it's all to play for in terms of a general electionm results and it's all to play for in terms of a general election. if i understand, in terms of the general election campaign, these things are getting confused. one of labour's messages, what really counts is what happens at grassroots level. forget about comparing him with theresa may, what matters is what happens on the streets, door—to—door. the trouble with these local elections for you is what they are indicating is the very thing that you hold dearest, the labour party thinks is their strong point, simply isn't working. or those caveats need to be taken into working. or those caveats need to be ta ken into account working. or those caveats need to be taken into account about the difference between local and national elections. that if you look at where we have campaigned hard, in terms of wales in particular, jeremy corbyn was down in cardiff. a lot of work has been done on the ground with our membership knocking on doors, and we have defied all the predictions on the losses. where we have lost in south wales, what is interesting, it has not been to the tories in terms of what's happening in merthyr tydfil and gwent, but they have returned to independence that they were before 2012, so i'd think it's very difficult to extrapolate from the local government results anyway but what we are finding is all these doom and gloom predictions that were thrown at us because the national opinion polls had not been translated, we are only mid point in these results a nyway are only mid point in these results anyway so let's see what happens in the north—west because remember theresa may targeted the north—west in particular so let's see what happens in manchester and liverpool and that will give us a better flavour of the people on the ground. you are being pragmatic and we understand why because they have been warnings about not reading too much into these early stages but the truth is, with a general election five weeks away now, for a party that wants to rule, the party that wa nts to that wants to rule, the party that wants to come back from such a lowly position, which i think even you accept that a lot of ground to catch up accept that a lot of ground to catch up on, this just accept that a lot of ground to catch up on, thisjust is not it. the indicators you would be looking for would be something which is changing like a mood change, and that's not there. i think there is, you see because what's interesting is, as this general election campaign has moved on and the broadcast media in particular have to give us a balanced coverage between the political parties, we are now able to advocate our policies in a way we've never been given a fair crack of the whip in the past in the last couple of years and we are finding those policies are extremely popular and we are leading in the opinion polls on every policy we advocate. then, when it comes tojeremy corbyn himself, the image but the media have built up over the last couple of years, that has been shattered by the way in which we are campaigning, which is open, jeremy touring around the country, a la meetings open to the country, a la meetings open to the public rather than this robotic close campaign the conservatives are waging. ithink close campaign the conservatives are waging. i think we can turn the tide. yes, we know it will be tough but we will publish our manifesto on the basis of our policies and the real appraisal ofjeremy corbyn, when people see him, and they think we will be able to win. one of the key factors in that i think those are the broadcast media... we are saying we need a televised debate between theresa may and jeremy corbyn so people can judge the characters and the policies. i'm trying to say to the prime minister, don't run scared on this. actually have that debate because that's what people want in a democratic society. something does not add up. a moment ago you say on the doorstep people like your policies but you've lost 119 seats. it's a fallback from a high that we had previously. it isn't a reflection of what's happening in the opinion polls nationally either. where people were predicting a wipe—out because of those opinion polls, actually we are holding on quite well in certain areas. in some areas like the west of england, better than anyone thought possible. i'm not underestimating how tough it is. they were mixed results last night. ukip wiped out and a lot of their votes went to the tories. the lib dem surge did not take votes of the tories and ass, so i'm not underestimating how tough it is. all i'm saying is i think we've got time to turn this around. those mixed results last night, i think it can be turned into positive result at the general election because our policies are popular and we are now getting their broadcast coverage that we have wanted for so long. thank you very much for your time this morning. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. plenty of sunshine at there. here is the view in argyll & bute captured an hour or so. more cloud further south. versus dorset. most of a cloud in the south is fairly high and quite well broken compared to recent days. a lot of sunshine. high pressure to the north of the uk, the driving force to the weather and then pressure moves into the south later on supercross aboard, looking dry. and easterly breeze with us making things look cooler around the east coast falls of the warmest weather today will be further west across wales, western scotla nd further west across wales, western scotland where we will see temperatures in the high teens. onto this evening and overnight, largely dry and we will see rain creeping into the far south west. rein in cornwall, the channel islands, and cloudier skies in central parts of the country but i think the scotland we will have clear skies and a touch of frost first thing saturday so through the day tomorrow it will be cloudy across parts of northern england, the midlands and wales, where we have seen plenty of sunshine recently. brightness breaking through southern england and south wales but there will be some rain in the far south—west once again with temperatures 16—17. a decent day for scotland. that are dry and settled weather continues into sunday, where it will feel pretty cold around the north—east coast. bye—bye for now. thank you, sarah. now we are going to reflect on the news about the retirement of the duke of edinburgh. the nation salutes you, sir. 12 pages from the daily mail newspaper, reflected this morning. the same page in the telegraph. he is all over the papers. he's stepping down from public life with a fantastic quote. someone said, i'm so sorry to hear you are standing down and he said, it's a good job because i cannot stand up any longer. when you look at the numbers, 22,007 engagements, over the years and 637 overseas visits and he's also patron of 800 organisations. as he prepares to retire from as royal duties, we have been taking a look at some of the lesser—known facts about his many decades of service. 70 years of public service by the queen's side began right here. but do you think you know all there is to know about prince philip? think again. on the pacific island here, he is considered a divine being, the son of a mountain spirit who crossed the sea to marry a powerful woman. some say he is an incredible being, but she calls him sausage. sometimes cabbage. when it comes to food, he loves fried food, he doesn't like tea, and he takes his coffee black. and no wonder, seeing he has written 1a books. he was the first to allow tv cameras inside. the first royal to give a tv interview. his greatest legacy is perhaps this. let's give young people the chance to discover their own ability for themselves. the walks, the blisters, sleeping bags, self esteem and pride from the prince philip awards. just a few of over a million people that received one would like to say thank you. they have been lots of fantastic stories this morning about those little one—liners he has come up with over the years. people smile most of the time. coming up in a moment on the bbc news channel it's business live. here on breakfast, could singing in school be the answer to combatting exam stress? we're hitting the high notes at a school in hereford where pupils and staff believe a song a day can keep the blues at bay. time now for the news, travel and weather where you are. variations on a theme at the moment given that the high pressure continues to be very dominant for the greater part of the british isles, but this area of low pressure will play its part later across the far south—west. not a great deal of change, there has been more sunshine across some of the southern counties of both england and wales in the first part of the day, come the middle part of the afternoon, what low clu b middle part of the afternoon, what low club that has been around the moray firth will be at sea for the most part, glorious and shine. temperatures disappointing on the east coast, better out west. 18, 19 or 20 there. lots of dry, sunny weather in northern ireland, leaves coast sees the bulk of the cloud, especially across east anglia and the south—east, temperatures of 11 or 12. further west, 17, 18 or 19. the weather fronts plays a part in cornwall, the isles of scilly, eventually the channel islands and maybe into the far south devon. cloud across the major towns and cities, keeping temperatures up. it could be a frosty start to saturday, skies clear across the north of scotland. the front is still very close by on saturday to the far south—west, ahead of it the cloud may be thick enough for the odd spot of light rain across the heart of wales and midlands towards lincolnshire the first part of saturday, but you get the sense there is not —— there is not a great deal of change. maybe less sunshine tour northern england and northern ireland, that will be the way of it, including scotland for the most part, come sunday, we will see more cloud. the wind has changed direction but it is still from a cool direction, the best of the heat, such as it is, is out west. this is business live from bbc news with rachel horne and aaron heslehurst. the chief executive of the world's second largest investment bank — goldman sachs — has warned that london will stall because of the risks from the brexit process. live from london, that's our top story on friday 5th may. to stay or to leave? yep, the big boss of one of the world's largest banks, goldman sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit — that's coming up in an exclusive interview. and it's in the air! not quite, it gets there eventually. a new 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