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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 Correspondent Damian Gramm...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...