a very turbulent year. many customers and workers hoping there will be a better year ahead. thank ou. the will be a better year ahead. thank you- the prime will be a better year ahead. thank you. the prime minister will be a better year ahead. thank you. the prime minister has i will be a better year ahead. thank you. the prime minister has a i you. the prime minister has a arrived in tokyo ahead of the g7 summit. a new defence and economic collaboration is expected to be announced today. the summit starts tomorrow in hiroshima. voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls this morning to cast their vote in local elections. there are 462 seats for grabs across all 11 councils. let speak to our ireland correspondentjoining us from belfast. talk us through this vote. polling stations opened about ten minutes ago, at seven o clock. they will close at ten o clock this evening. northern ireland has elections like this every four years. all the council seats as you
say are being contested. 462 in all across 11 local authorities here and 807 candidates are standing. when you go to vote, you need to bring some form of photographic identification. 1.4 million people are eligible to vote in this election. it is being conducted under a system of proportional representation called single transferable vote. you put a mark against your most preferred candidate and then can go two quez three and four all the way down the ballot paper if you choose. counting will begin tomorrow. it is likely to go into a second day, it may beyond. it will be the weekend before people in northern ireland learn the shape of their councils. of their councils. thank you. dramatic of their councils. thank you. dramatic footage of their councils. thank you. dramatic footage of - of their councils. thank you. dramatic footage of an i of their councils. thank you. dramatic footage of an e i of their councils. thank you. dramatic footage of an e ski| of their councils. thank y
find thousands of foreign companies for breaking a new transparency law with legislation introduced last year which required overseas companies with property in the uk to reveal their owners by the end of january of this year. at least 4000 have not complied so far. and voters in northern ireland are going to the polls to decide who should represent them on 11 councils. a total of 807 candidates are competing for 462 seats in council chambers across the region. polling stations will close at ten p m. about 1.4 million people are eligible to vote. let s have a look at the weather now with carol. it is fairly settled for most, high pressure still firmly in charge, but we do have this front coming in across western scotland and northern ireland, that will introduce thicker
here is the news. water companies in england have promised to invest £10 billion to stop sewage flowing into rivers and seas. but the investment will result in higher bills for customers. companies have also apologised for failing to tackle the problem. bt is cutting up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade which is around 40% of its workforce. it says it ll need fewer staff once its fibre broadband roll out and mobile networks are complete. royal mail says postal strikes were partly to blame for its heavy financial losses in the year to the end of march. it made an operating loss of £419 million. and the polls are open in local elections in northern ireland. 462 councillor seats are up for grabs across 11 local authorities.
seats in council chambers across the region. details of last week s year six sats have been published after some teachers said it was so difficult it left pupils in tears. more stories on the website. you are alive with bbc news. police in new zealand have charged a man with arson following a suspicious fire at a hostel that killed at least six people in the capital wellington on monday. they say they are not looking for anyone else. the first two bodies had been brought out of the building, but the unstable roof is hindering a more thorough search. police say up to 20 people are still missing. they have said there was a separate fire on a sofa in the building two hours before the main blaze. let s head to the us and the claimant by the duke and duchess of sussex that they were pursued by paparazzi photographers