And i think i can go back to the last page, actually, just to show you again what those numbers are, totting up all the totals, the bbc Election Team have added them altogether and this is it. Sadiq khan, 1,080,000 votes, susan hall way behind on 811,000. The greens almost pipped the lib dems into third place, they will be pleased with that. But stand back, the big result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. That result, sadiq khan gets that third term as london mayor. Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, ithink, is term as london mayor. That is| unprecedented, ithink, is not . Term as london mayor. That is unprecedented, i think, is not . This unprecedented, ithink, is not . This comes despite this incredible flutter we had last night, saying that the race was going to be much tighter than predicted. How did we get into
fraser. good morning, welcome to brussels. boats are still being counted here at the european parliament. it very much feels like the morning after that i before, is a bleary eyes. i can see journalists asleep at the desks, surrounded by the detritus of half eaten food, bottles of water and quite a lot of coffee. no question what a story of the night was, the shift across the continent to the right. the hard right performing well in austria, the netherlands, germany. not so well in poland and slovakia. and, of course, the headline news overnight is the fact that president macron has called that snap election in france, where the national rally took 32% of the vote, compared to his party s 14%. that is a record performance for the national rally. it left the president, in his view, with no option but to dissolve parliament and call a snap election. translation: the rise - of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we h
All of this has deeply disturbing echoes of the dark days of the 1930s. I was born in 1948, just after the end of world war ii, in which my parentss generation had fought and died in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism and an inhuman attempt to exterminate Thejewish Population of europe. That, nearly 70 years later, we should still see such evil persecution is, to me, beyond all belief. The world was witnessing what the prince called insidious forms of extremism, seeking to eliminate really adversity. He ended his broadcast with a plea for tolerance. Religious diversity. He ended his broadcast with a plea for tolerance. Whichever religious path we follow, the destination is the same. To value and respect the other person, accepting their right to live out their peaceful response to the love of god. In due course, when he is king and supreme governor of the church of england, charles knows that his freedom to speak out will be constrained but for now, and on subjects like
They smile is neverfar away after cricket has been tough, but they smile is never far away from they smile is never far away from the man who believes that support from social media helped him through his darkest days. Lying in bed, being a bit cynical, thinking, if i did die, i wonder who would miss me . Itwas did die, i wonder who would miss me . It was like i died and it was overwhelming, 26 million tweets. That was in the first two hours. The positivity coming my way, i dread to think where i would be without it, if that support was not there. I have always been fit and strong. I have always been fit and strong. I have always been into sport. Good at cricket, one of the best. And then i realised, im not invincible that is probably the toughest moment. I realise the important things in life. Life is not too bad, thats for sure. James taylor, there. Thats all from sportsday. Therell be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. Goodbye for now. Studio the headlines chancello
grandson here in dublin but gloria is now within their grasp. there is also family pride at stake. island s head coach andy farrell is the father of the england captain, and, once a youngster celebrating with his dad, no international rivals. ~ ., with his dad, no international rivals. , ., , ., rivals. we don t ask questions that uts the rivals. we don t ask questions that puts the other rivals. we don t ask questions that puts the other person rivals. we don t ask questions that puts the other person and - rivals. we don t ask questions that puts the other person and too i rivals. we don t ask questions that l puts the other person and too much of a predicament, so i know that he is travelling over today, staying too far from our hosts actually, the grandkids are coming over today as well, so we will see if we can squeeze them to cheerfulness. should i lose today though, france could still snatch the title if they beat wales. commentator: penalty advantage to scotland. on the o