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The tees valley mayoral win for the conservatives appears to buy time for the Prime Minister with his own party. But is he Running Out Of Time with the country . Well have in depth analysis of the votes. Good evening. Two very different moods tonight in the conservative and labour camps after the local and mayoral elections. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after whats been a painful set of results so far for his party some of the worst tory losses in eng...

Is the tory candidate really suffering as a result. It will confirm the fear of tory mps that the effect of the reform party is to really reduce their chances and increase labour� s chances, so if it is replicated on scale in a General Election it could have quite a devastating effect in terms of the type of loss of the tories have, so this result will not provide much comfort, particularly because there are problems that nigel farage might say he is taking a more active role in the party, som...

With me are the bbc� s deputy Political Editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, Transport Secretary mark harper, and Liberal Democrat olly grender. Yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a third term. You will know if you have been following all the Election Results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the Blackpool South by election. There are a lot of people, of course, s...

South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after ...

We love space news here on the context. And tonight, its the next step in chinas ambitious space programme. The countrys space agency has launched a rocket that its hoping will make history. This is the moment the change 6 mission blasted off from the Wenchang Space launch centre in southern hainan province. On board is a probe that will aim for the first time to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The spacecraft will attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole Aitken basin, one ...

Gains. Another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. The third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. The Prime Minister touring a Military Base with very little to laugh about. Laughter. Trying to defend his partys losses after a dismal set of results. Obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors, but weve still got lots of results to come as well. And there are also things ...

Yes, hello and welcome. It is going to be an extremely busy afternoon, as the results tumble in from all over the country. We have two thirds of the results from the local authorities in england, still to come in. Mayoral contest from across the country, that will influence the mood within the two main parties. And the police and Crime Commissioners and england and wales. 50 commissioners and england and wales. So far, broadly speaking, it has been a bad night for the conservatives, as expected....

But so far, it looks like the conservatives are having a rough time. Theyve lost around half of the Council Seats they were defending thats similar to how they performed in 1995, two years before they were crushed at a General Election. Labour, the greens and the Liberal Democrats all made gains. And labour are celebrating a victory in the Blackpool South by election, with a huge swing from the conservatives. With the story of the night, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Comm...

The full picture. So far it looks like the conservatives are having a tough time. They have lost half the councils they were defending, similar to how they performed in 1995, and two years after that, they were crushed at the General Election. Labour, the greens and the Liberal Democrats all made gains. And labour are celebrating a victory in the Blackpool South by election, with a huge swing from the conservatives. With the story of the night, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammatica...

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