, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know
Thursday. The firm, though, insists it is working tirelessly to get supplies back to properties. Residents, though, properties. Residents, though, say its been disastrous. A school , Leisure Centre and school, Leisure Centre and theatre in the area have been forced to close. Pro palestinian forced to close. Pro palestinian students are continuing their protests at various universities across the country. It follows across the country. It follows violent demonstrations at some campuses in the us , sit in camps campuses in the us, sit in camps and anti israel banners have been set up at some universities in protest against israels war with hamas. It includes students in bristol, in leeds , in bristol, in leeds, manchester, newcastle and in sheffield, where theyre camping out in tents outside their campus buildings and finally flying with a pet can be a hassle, but flying with reptiles can be an even bigger headache. But one man tried to get around the problem by boarding a plane with two
Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. And as very Big Questions as. And as even very Big Questions as. And as ever, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gbnews. Com forward slash yours. Join that conversation there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first of all though, heres the news with ray addison i thanks, darren. Good afternoon. 12 01 of our top stories. Sir keir starmer says the tories dont deserve to be in government for a moment longer. Thats after rishi sunak lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections, 102 of 107 councils have declared so far , councils have declared so far, with labour making major gains and the lib dems and the greens also doing well. Election expert sir john curtice says the final outcome could be the tories worst performance for 40 years, celebrating a mayoral vi
We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello . Come back hello . Come back hello . Come back caroline. Lucas. All is forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take at ten, prince harry returns to britain next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why at ten. So, two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Ill be deaung and big entertainment. Ill be dealing with the bbc in two minutes time. You will not believe the alleged discrimination thats happening. But first News Headlines and some breaking news with sam francis. Francis. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you from the newsroom. Its 9 00. And as mark said, we start with some breaking news in the england local elections. There has been local elections. There has been a surprise upset tonight in the last few minutes for the conservative party in the West Midlands, with
What i hope will be a year of great change, a future Labour Government led by keir starmer, working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. In other news today, tributes have been paid to Daniel Anjorin dunng have been paid to Daniel Anjorin during Arsenals Premier League match against bournemouth. The match against bournemouth. The 14 year old was killed on his walk to school by a man wielding a Samurai Sword in hainault in london on tuesday. The club, who the teenager supported showed his picture on the big screen today at the emirates stadium and a minutes applause was held dunng and a minutes applause was held during the 14th minute of the match. Marcus monceau, a spanish brazilian dual national, was charged with murdering the teenager and he appeared in Court Earlier this week. Tens of Court Earlier this week. Tens of thousands of homes in east sussex are still without water tonight after a pipe burst. Souther