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It depends how you count it. It depends who you are. If youre mark harper, who is a loyal ally of rishi sunak, you say, its all to play for. Or if you are Suella Braverman, former home secretary, you say on the telly, we might not have any mps left if rishi sunak doesnt change course. And if youre paul scully, whos another former minister who was also on our programme, you say, its all looking pretty terrible and the party needs to take a breath, show some humility and stick to the centre. So it...

It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his pa...

Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they be...

They use this Phrase Country first, party second. Keir starmers argument is he has to behave as he sees a british Prime Minister should and hes taking the stance that he would as Prime Minister. But there is no doubt there is evidence to suggest that that has been difficult for labour in some places, particularly those with a significant muslim population. Theres a prominent independent candidate, as you say, here in this contest, who has had a particular view on the conflict and the uk governme...

The way that conservatives have operated, which is the politics of hate and hostility and division. We have seen that here in london in susan halls campaign, where she has joined facebook groups that incite against the labour candidate sadik khan, that is the politics of hate that this party, a Mainstream Party of government has allowed to happen, allowed to divide people in our country. That is not the politics that we want or need in our country. We need a country that has brought together, a ...

Beating conservative candidate susan hall on 33 . Elsewhere, in the last few hours, labour have secured victories in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected with over 60 of the vote share, and in west yorkshire, where mayor tracy babin also won re election. Well bring you the remaining results as and when they happen. Lets speak to reem ibrahim, who is a young conservative and political commentator, and Communications Officer at the institute of economic affairs. And Communications...

Are we now . Its been a busy few hours. Where are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from are we now . Yes, The Big Story so far this afternoon is from the far this afternoon is from the capital, london, where sadiq khan is in a really good place. Let me show you the latest up to date numbers, which show that the incumbent is on 560,000 votes, just about. Susan hall, t...

Series big brother were reported to Production Managers at endemol, the Production Company commissioned by channel 4. In a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol in 2020, said in light of the very serious allegations relating to the alleged serious misconduct of Russell Brand while presenting shows produced by endemol in 2004 and 2005, banijay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agenci...

An eclipse happens when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, perfectly blocking the suns rays from reaching the earth. For Astronomy Enthusiasts in this country, the best view, if the weather behaves, will be just before 8pm this evening in the west of ireland and north west scotland. But it is in North America that the excitement is mounting. Nomia iqbaljoins us from texas. Good morning, reeta. When we got here it was pitch black so i felt like we had a slight preview of what was to co...

some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the groups deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas — which is designated a terrorist group by the uk — has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. lets look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning u...