you lost significantly. 0verturning the majority is an historic win for the labour party, even in terms of by elections and it was said that they needed a 17.9% swing and they have done that. that would definitely look like a majority. if that were replicated in other parts of the country, in a general election next year. i the country, in a general election next year. i would say this is a by-election election next year. i would say this is a by-election as - election next year. i would say this is a by-election as well, i this is a by election as well, and there were specific local factors, as we can see from the results across the three results across the three results tonight that they are very different results playing out in different parts of the country with very different local factors. country with very different localfactors. but i country with very different local factors. but i think people in selby and ainsty, we have to get better at ensuring that we get our message ac
but the lib dems held it between 1997, and 2015. they have long anticipated a by election here so they have been campaigning for a long time. given the circumstances and given the swing required of around 15% is less than the party achieved in tiverton and honiton not far away or their other two by election gains in this parliament, although we have had no polls, the lib dems might succeed in picking it up. taste polls, the lib dems might succeed in picking it up picking it up. we will come back to ou picking it up. we will come back to you shortly- picking it up. we will come back to you shortly. let s picking it up. we will come back to you shortly. let s pick picking it up. we will come back to you shortly. let s pick up - picking it up. we will come back to you shortly. let s pick up on - you shortly. let s pick up on some of the issues with the panel. first of the issues with the panel. first of all, the labour swings necessary. uxbridge and south ruislip, asjohn was saying
answering calls now. the boy s mother is really worried and so is the father. the boy is only 15. for many of the families, their struggle ends here. the only hope they have left is to submit their dna to the greek authorities. if the dna is matched with the bodies recovered, they may get some closure. otherwise, their struggles continue. the greek authorities have ended the search operation and little hope is left for the recovery of further bodies. but the survivors testimonies continue to cast doubt on the version of events presented by greek authorities. and there s now calls for an independent inquiry. khalid karamat, bbc news, athens. greece s conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis has claimed victory in the country s second election in five weeks. the vote was called after his party narrowly failed to secure an outright majority last month. with almost 25% of the votes counted, mr mitsotakis new democracy party is leading with 40.5%, versus 17.9% for the syriza party of alexi
in the past few minutes, greece s conservative leader kyriakos mitsotakis has claimed victory in the country s second election in five weeks. let s show you live pictures. the vote was called after his party narrowly failed to secure an outright majority last month. with almost 25% of the votes counted, mr mitsotakis new democracy party is leading with 40.5% versus 17.9% for the syriza party of alexis tsipras. in the past few minutes, mr mitsotakis has claimed victory. let s cross now live to greece. we are joined by the local journalist daphne tolis. just looking at pictures of the party s headquarters there. the new democracy leader has now claimed victory. what will it mean for the country?
other stories here in the uk. junior doctors in england are to strike for five days from the 13th ofjuly as part of their long running row with the government overpaid. the british medical association says the walk out will be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service. security workers at heathrow airport have accepted an improved pay offer, ending a long running dispute. members of the unite union had been planning a strike that would have the unite union says workers will get an increase of 17.9%. warmer weather in may has helped push up retail sales the office for national statistics says they rose by 0.3%. online sales of summer clothing and garden furniture went up as the weather improved. garden centres and diy stores also saw growth. fuel sales also rose compared to april, but people bought less food as prices continued to rise.