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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, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. let s just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. so far, how disappointed are you? fin panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . . . panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , , panel. so far, how disappointed are ou? . , . .,y you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you? on the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you? on the cancer losses, ....
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. the question is, just how bad, as more results come in and a good night for the labour party, which have to be if they want these results to provide a bedrock ahead of the general election. that was underlined, their success, and illustrated with the by election win in blackpool south, with a very impressive swing away from the conservatives to labour. as we said there, in the headlines at the top of the programme, we are expecting that all result from tees valley and the mayoral cont ....
my kids have seen mary poppins once, they ve seenjungle cruise once, and that s a one and done thing for them. it s the way it should be. thing for them. your kid just wants you in your sweat pants at home, held together with duct tape. good morning. we are looking at some low cloud, mist and fog in eastern areas this morning with some showers which will burn back towards the east coast then it is a day with variable cloud, some sunshine, a few showers but still warm. it s wednesday 1st may. the emergency services have been praised for their incredible courage in the way they responded to a man armed with a sword, who attacked people in north east london. a 14 year old boy has died, and four other people, including two police officers, were injured before the suspect, who had been leaping over people s garden fences, who had been leaping over garden fences, was cornered and tasered. the metropolitan police federation said the attack yesterday morning was a sad remind ....
back the project further would be a mistake. mr sunak is due to speak at around 11:40. as talk to our political correspondent nick eardley. what s the atmosphere like here? we are heading a major speech from the prime minister, a speech that will focus on notjust policy but also the personality of the politician delivering it. it’s but also the personality of the politician delivering it.- politician delivering it. it s a hue politician delivering it. it s a huge moment politician delivering it. it s a huge moment for politician delivering it. it s a huge moment for the - politician delivering it. it s a huge moment for the prime j politician delivering it. it s . huge moment for the prime minister, because we have been chatting all week on bbc news about whether rishi sunak had got a lift off that he needs to try and make up some of the ground in the polls. i think the answer so far is frankly no stop i ve been chatting to tory mps, texting tory activists about ....
what do you want to hear from rishi sunak in his speech? hi. yes, i think people are looking for some hope. sorry, people are looking for some hope and we really want rishi to connect with the ordinary voters. you know, i know he is providing bold and tough leadership, making some long term decisions for the country. people want to hear some quick fixes, as well, given the crisis of food inflation and all that. i know his pledges are good and he is making great progress towards it. what do you think you has got to say to be able to connect with people? he is the prime minister of the country, and he has had a great conference here, and the whole tory party as well behind him, and we want to see him out and about in the country and connect with ordinary voters, what their issues are. i know he is working 24/7 along with his diverse cabinet, but we need to see more of it, and people really want quick results. thank you. thank you very much. we willjust keep going down thi ....