Assessment of last nights by election result. George by election result. George galloway many people found his divisive form of politics utterly offensive , but he did utterly offensive, but he did storm to victory. Clearly, storm to victory. Clearly, people arent keen on voting for the main parties anymore. What do you think this says about the state of our democracy . Is this a one off . Is this a one off for the likes of George Galloway, or could this be replicated across the country come a general election . And whats keir starmer to do . Will he change his approach to israel palestine , to the war in gaza off the back of this result, or will he stick to what hes doing so far . Stick to what hes doing so far . Could there be further rebellions from within his party over this issue . Should any election in this country, any by election a local election, be centred around a foreign conflict that we are not directly involved in . What does that say to . And also postal votes, postal v
mould in one of its properties. two year old awaab ishak, who lived in rochdale, died in december 2020 from a respiratory condition which was caused by the mould. gareth swarbrick apologised on thursday but had rejected calls to step down. 0ur correspondent sharon barbour reports. you don t feel safe. today, many from the rochdale community came together to remember two year old awaab ishak and to put pressure on rochdale boroughwide housing. since the coroner s damning verdict that the mould in awaab s family home had contributed to his death, there had been calls for gareth swarbrick to go. but he refused, saying he had the full backing of the board at rochdale boroughwide housing. but no longer. today the board took the decision to remove him from his post with immediate effect. in a statement, rochdale boroughwide housing said, 0ur original instincts were for gareth to stay