Election , dont they . Well, election, dont they . Well, obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors and im grateful to them for all their service in local government. Keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. But weve still got lots of results to come as well. Just and there are also things that i would point to harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rally just on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a general election. That hasnt happened, and indeed were still waiting for the result. In the tees valley mayoralty , just near tees valley mayoralty, just near to here, which is obviously a very important test as well. Very important test as well. Do you need to convince your party you can do better in a general election . Well, as i said, if keir starmer was in harlow on wednesday saying that was a place that he needed to win in order to win the next general election, that hasnt hap
Thrashed four nil at queens park, rangers and liverpool reached an agreement with dutch side feyenoord to appoint arne slot as their replacement. For slot as their replacement. For jurgen klopp, although its still going to be rather cool this weekend. A few showers to watch out for today and then something wetter arriving later. Ill have the details coming up. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im ellie costello, and this is breakfast on. Gb news. I just wanted to start off with something really lovely this morning. Go on then. Its a great picture. I have something lovely, too. Oh, good. But you go first. All right. In the daily star. And look at this fella here. Nine. Wheres nine. 7 there you go. Have a look at this fella here. And that is 99 year old, no, 98 year old alec penstone. Alec penstone. Getting a kiss from the d day darlings yesterday , marking 80 years yesterday, marking 80 years since d day and i just think thats just such a fantastic shot, isnt it. 7 and this 98 year o
Walk even once a month. Good morning. Is the growth of car finance deals healthy for the motor industry . We built a lot more vehicles in july that last year, but there are Big Questions about whats fuelling the demand. Ill be taking a look. In sport, Conor Mcgregor and Floyd Mayweather declare a truce ahead of the big fight on saturday. And carol has the weather. Rain over the Northern Isles for most of the day, but for most of the uk, some showers. Especially in the south. Feeling fresher than of late. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. More than half a million teenagers in england, wales and Northern Ireland will get their gcse results this morning. There are some major changes for students in england coming into place for the first time. More difficult exams in english and maths will be graded using a numerical system, going from nine at the top to one at the bottom. Other subjects will continue to be graded from a star to g. Exams in wales have als
Could be worth 4 billion. And a santa rally is under way before he sets off on his Global Delivery round. Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. Many of the markets here in europe are already closed such as the italian, swiss and fwerman ones, but there are a km markets still trading at least until around noon, 1 00. Were seeing a little green on the charts. The cac 40 up by 0. 3 and the ftse 100 is seeing similar gains. European markets trading close to a threeweek high. This is on the back of some m a activity that we saw in the european markets yesterday but also the cheer given that we see those record highs in the u. S. Trading session. In terms of some of the sectors, travel, leisure, media outperforming, we have no sector in the red today, but in terms of the relative underperformers, were seeing technology and basic resources in terms of the on the lower part of the ledger, technology saw nice gains in yesterdays trading session arm being one of the better performances. Apple, kind of