, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know
We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello . Come back hello . Come back hello . Come back caroline. Lucas. All is forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take at ten, prince harry returns to britain next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why at ten. So, two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Ill be deaung and big entertainment. Ill be dealing with the bbc in two minutes time. You will not believe the alleged discrimination thats happening. But first News Headlines and some breaking news with sam francis. Francis. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you from the newsroom. Its 9 00. And as mark said, we start with some breaking news in the england local elections. There has been local elections. There has been a surprise upset tonight in the last few minutes for the conservative party in the West Midlands, with
Taking action to force them to get licenses, but some Animal Welfare groups wantan licenses, but some Animal Welfare groups want an all out ban. We will bring you the details. Prison governors are calling for an end to short prison sentences of 12 months, calling them pointless. If you have beenin calling them pointless. If you have been injailfor less calling them pointless. If you have been in jail for less than 12 calling them pointless. If you have been injailfor less than 12 miles, tell us about your experience. They did eat you from committing crime ain . Did eat you from committing crime again . Let us know. Daschle did deter you. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story sweeping inequalities between different ethnic groups in areas like education, housing and health. The findin
Employment are the findings of an audit on Racial Disparity. And over the volcano a new Scientific Mission in iceland to try to forecast the next major eruption. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. I assume the mandate of the people for catalonia to become an independent republic the words of catalan president Carles Puigdemont to the Regions Parliament as he announced his intention to declare independence from spain. But he went on to say said that the declaration would not take immediate effect instead it would be suspended for some weeks to try to negotiate a settlement with madrid. Lets go over live now to barcelona and my colleague tim willcox. You join me live outside of the cata la n you join me live outside of the Catalan Parliament. The speech was delayed by more than an hour. And in the end Carles Puigdemont, the cata la n the end Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , marched his supporters almost up to the top of the hill but not quite. And then he marched them back a li
The netherlands needed a world cup qualifying miracle. Well let you know if they, france and portugal have made it to russia next year. Good evening. We start tonight with a special report on the surge in deaths from heroin addiction across the uk. Last year, there was a death from heroin or morphine abuse every five hours. The annual cost of drug addiction to society is now more than £15 billion. Heroin and morphine deaths have doubled in five years to more than1,600 in england, wales and scotland, the highest number since records began. Some police and Crime Commissioners have told the bbc they would like to see the drugs decriminalised for personal use. This extended report by our special correspondent ed thomas contains images and details of drug abuse from the start. 0. 2 grams in weight, £10 in money. How long did it take you to get it . About five minutes, if that. You can get it from most backstreets in most villages. Has that taken over you . Yeah. County durham, searching f