but they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. the prime minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. but he s been under the cosh for many months. if the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk? will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight? labour s been miles ahead in the national polls for months though real life votes are what really count. ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. in how many parts of the country will they get their way? thousands of council seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, police commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of public opinion before the general election. reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. these are the seats at the main parties are defending. just under 1000 for the conserv
that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended if the two sides can agree a further exchange of prisoners and hostages. however, israel has not withdrawn its military from gaza and has made clear that it intends to continue its operation against hamas. meanwhile, more aid is being allowed into gaza. on friday, around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered the strip through the rafah crossing. returning to the 2a hostages released from gaza on friday, they have spent the night in hospitals in israel. the israeli children s hospital has released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine year old ohad, his mother and grandmother, greeted their relatives. amazing pictures. let s take a moment to look at what we know about those freed hostages all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qa
was uneasily conservative party, and clearly gre! responsible, they may not completely responsible, they may not even majority responsible. there were who felt that, is ministers who felt that, is conservative headquarters firing on to make sure it machine, and want to make sure it was was top richard holden, new as party leader, david cameron wanted to be seen as a modern, centrist, compassionate conservative, highlighting green issues, welcoming liberal democratic government and legalising gay marriage. all a far cry from the so called culture wars of recent years. good afternoon, everyone, and welcome. on the steps of downing street. while out of office, the now lord cameron has been critical of some of rishi sunak s decisions, including scrapping part of the h52 line. but there have been shifts in foreign policy, too. while he wooed the chinese president over a pint and a english pub, today, many tory mps see beijing as a huge threat. his intervention in libya in 2011 fac
responsibility, and it we can expect to hear a great deal more from her. i think she s also got to be quite tactical about this, because no doubt she has been positioning herself as a potential leader of the conservative party, and certainly as a leader of the right. she is not the only person in the conservative party that will run on that ticket should they lose the next election, and she will have a very strong competition from someone like kemi badenoch, for instance, who has been demonstrably more loyal whilst in government. i think suella has to pick herfights and government. i think suella has to pick her fights and be quite tactical about them. just in terms of democratic accountability, somebody in the house of commons needs to be talking about these issues, and quite frankly, reshuffles, because a great deal of excitement people in the westminster bubble, but they are pretty insignificant once you get outside s w one, as they should be, because people have real live
we re out with police, tackling illegal electric motorbikes, tearing around at up to 70 miles an hour. and the terraces move to the streets, as thousands say a final farewell to sir bobby charlton. on bbc london. five people from the same family, including three children, die in a house fire in hounslow. we hear from locals, upset and in shock. hello. with a general election widely expected next year, rishi sunak is circling the wagons with a major reshuffle of his cabinet. the new faces include an old face, the former prime minister david cameron, out of parliament for seven years, but now foreign secretary. lord cameron as he now is says although he disagrees with some individual decisions made by rishi sunak, like the cancellation of part of h52, he believes the prime minister is a strong and capable leader. so who s been chopped from the cabinet? well, most notably, suella braverman, sacked as home secretary, following days of speculation over her future, after ange