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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 partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political CorrespondentDamian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour a ....
sexual harassment offences among girls and teens on london transport. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. junior doctors in england will walk out again on strike just a week before millions of people go to the polls. the five day strike will begin at 7.00am onjune 27th and end early on tuesday 2nd ofjuly, just two days before election day. it means there ll be thousands more hospital appointment and treatments cancelled. it s their 11th strike since march last year. the government says it s a highly cynical tactic during an election campaign. the prime minister says it s politically motivated. the doctors say there ve been no new pay offers, despite talks. our health editor hugh pym is outside a hospital in london. sophie, the nhs was always going to be a big issue in this campaign, even more so now with this planned strike in england disrupting hospitals days before polling day. rishi sunak has said it is politically motivated. the doctors union the bma says ....
independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you ....
So by the time they came to the stage, we will know whether it is going to be the political status quo or which candidate s dream have been busted. t or which candidate s dream have been busted. ., .,, or which candidate s dream have been busted. ., , , busted. i love those political puns. i t to busted. i love those political puns. i try to get busted. i love those political puns. i try to get them busted. i love those political puns. i try to get them out busted. i love those political puns. i try to get them out of busted. i love those political puns. i try to get them out of bristol - i try to get them out of bristol yesterday but i did not get as many. i have some fond memories of glastonbury myself. great to talk to you. let s cross to simon gilbert. talk me through what we expect to be the key issues in the heart of that battleground in birmingham ladywood? quite right, it is at the heart of birmingham. it is in the city centre. birmingham. it is in the city centre, wh ....
Reporter, simon gilbert. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, what is it that makes this constituency so on a knife edge? well, welcome to somerset and specifically the taunton and wellington constituency. i want you to imagine you are a voter in taunton and wellington and some of those knife edge issues that are at play, as you said. perhaps you work in the public sector, as lots of people here do. you might work for the local council or the uk hydrographic office, part of the ministry of defence, or perhaps you work in the nhs, and those are going to inform the biggest issues for you as you go to vote in this election. the nhs is bound to be one for the electorate here. we have got the biggest hospital in taunton, the biggest hospital in taunton, the biggest hospital in somerset. that ....