big by election defeats. they have large majorities wiped out as they lose somerton and frome to the lib dems and selby and ainsty to labour. for too long, conservatives up here and in westminster have failed us. and today that changes. tonight has been a stunning and historic victory for the liberal democrats. good morning from uxbridge. the result here softens the blow for the conservatives. but a thumping elsewhere raises big questions for the prime minister. also this morning. judges in cyprus are due to deliver their verdict in the murder trial of david hunter, a british pensioner accused of murdering his wife. the family of olivia pratt korbel, the nine year old murdered in liverpool last year calls for a change in the law to force offenders
yes, the conservatives managed to stem the outgoing tide from which they are seemingly suffering in uxbridge, but it seems to me there is little gainsaying the fact that the tide is still a long way out for the conservatives and they still have an awful long way to go before they look as though they might have a chance of being able to retain power. the campaigns ahead of these by elections were hard fought. the results give each party a victory, but leave some big questions, too, about who is really on the path to power ahead of the next general election. alex forsyth, bbc news. we will take you to all of those key by election areas. and we will speak to our chief political correspondent in london. but first to selby.
possible, but mostly dry. quite a coolish one again, temperatures getting down to ten or 11 degrees out of town. the breeze beginning to freshen through saturday morning. although saturday will start off dry and fine, it won t end that way, with some wet and windy weather arriving. on sunday, a mixture of sunshine and showers. not a great weekend, it has to be said. any sign of improvement? only briefly. it remains very disturbed through next week. that s it for now but there s plenty more on our website, including more on the result of the uxbridge by election and how marks & spencer plans to bulldoze and rubuild its oxford street store have been rejected by the government. goodbye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and ben thompson. our headlines today. the conservatives are crushed in two
people of selby are facing at the moment. . , ., ~ , ., moment. angela rayner, thank you ve much moment. angela rayner, thank you very much for moment. angela rayner, thank you very much for your moment. angela rayner, thank you very much for your time. very much for your time. we will be talking to representatives from the conservative party and the lib dems letter. let s get the news where you are. it could be affected by local bbc industrial action. hello, good morning from bbc london, i m paul murphy kasp. as we ve been hearing, it s been a big night in north west london following the uxbridge and south ruislip by election. the conservatives managed to hold on to borisjohnson s former seat with a majority of just 495. the result came injust after 2.30 after a recount of the conservative and labour votes. one of the big issues in this by election was expansion of the ultra low emission zone. the new mp says the mayor of london s stance on ulez lost this election for labour. i
mp heading to westminster at 25. he will be known as the baby of the house, the youngest member of parliament. house, the youngest member of parliament- correspondentjenny kumah is in frome. how much of a surprise was this for the liberal democrats? this how much of a surprise was this for the liberal democrats? the liberal democrats? this was an emhatic the liberal democrats? this was an emphatic win. the liberal democrats? this was an emphatic win, huge the liberal democrats? this was an emphatic win, huge swing. - the liberal democrats? this was an emphatic win, huge swing. 3096, i emphatic win, huge swing. 30%, almost the same kind of swing in tiverton last year. the fourth by election the lib dems have won this parliament. this was widely predicted. what was surprising last night was how early the lib dems came out to claim victory. it was before midnight when a lib dems source issued this statement. it said, we have notjust won, we have romped home. the conservative vote is