We pulled it off. We broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. The Prime Minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. An awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. Jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing. I want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign. I will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. Borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. Jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. For millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope
An audacious attempt to steal two rembrandt paintings from a south london gallery believed to be worth more more than £100 million a stop in its tracks. And coming up is ita bird . Is it a plane . British inventor, richard browning, breaks his own record for fastest flight in a jet suit. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One in six patients waited longer than the four hour target in october and the target for starting Cancer Treatment was missed for the 46th month in a row. The total number of people waiting for routine operations is now nearly 11. 5 million. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn described the figures as disgraceful, and blamed the problems on a lack of staff and funding. But the Prime Minister said they were a result of the huge demand, being placed on the National Health service. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. That was when i thought, right, 0k, s
Eighties seriously injured. Donald trump officially launches his bid for a second term as president. Good morning. The school has just won the Gardening Team of the year. Well show more of it through the course of the morning. The forecast, scotla nd course of the morning. The forecast, scotland and Northern Ireland, seoung joung 0h jallet stop england and wales, more thunderstorms to come this morning. Scotland and Northern Ireland. Ill have more details coming to you shortly. Its wednesday june 19th. Our top story. The race to be Prime Minister is gathering pace today after the five remaining candidates for the conservative leadership went head to head in a live bbc debate. Frontrunner Boris Johnson and his rivals clashed on brexit and there were disagreements over taxes as they answered questions from the public. But they did agree to launch an internal inquiry into islamaphobia, as our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. High stakes can lead to a hard battle. The frontrunn
A show of support last night for the nhs. Now, more than ever, so highly valued. But a big part of its work, social care, needs urgent attention. Politicians on all sides agree. Now a challenge to the government to act. The head of the nhs in england says after two decades of debate, change must come quickly. Says after two decades of debate, change must come quicklyli says after two decades of debate, change must come quickly. I would hope that by the time we are sitting down this Time Next Year on the 73rd birthday of the nhs, we have, as a country, been able to decisively a nswer country, been able to decisively answer the question, how are we going to fund and provide high quality social care for my parents generation . In his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson generation . In his first speech as Prime Minister, borisjohnson made a big promise to reform how elderly ca re big promise to reform how elderly care is provided and funded. We will fix the crisis in social care
Of britain, a Memorial Service takes we were depleting our reserves, place today to remember the pilots our savings which meant that and aircrew who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Actually what we could do and how long we could keep we can do better than this. Going was getting ole Gunnar Solskjaer reacts to Manchester Uniteds shock defeat really quite scary. To Crystal Palace. Another poor start we had a fight on our hands to another season. To make sure that these guys, fans make a long awaited return to English Football League games, all the animals and all of the staff looking as part of a government crowd pilot. After them, that are so dedicated, were going to come out of the other side and come out the other side shining. Good morning. Some mist and fog london zoo isnt alone in its struggle. Zoos all over the world are taking drastic measures to keep afloat. Around first thing, but for the majority it looks like another dry, the calgary zoo is in quite sunny and warm day, but how t