Rival, richard parker. Votes rechecked, a recount in coventry and this result in the last hour or so. The number of votes recorded for each. Weve waited all day for this moment. Its happening now. The result. And i do hereby declare that richard parker. Cheering. This is the most important thing i will ever do. This week, people here voted for the person and the party. | they recognise that a labour mayor can make a positive. Difference in this region. Where do i go . A winner and a loser and the finest of margins. Mr street, commiserations. What do you put your loss down to . Very straightforward, chris, isnt it . We didnt persuade enough people across the West Midlands of our record and our plans for the future to give them confidence to go and vote on thursday. Ive always said it was my campaign and we didnt get over the line. Very straightforward. Bluntly, is Rishi Sunakto blame . No, this was my campaign. Idid it. The famous words. I did it my way, and it was always going to be li
We ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city. 0ur Political Correspondent leila nathoo gave us this update from city hall following the announcement. If you look all the way through the campaign, the Opinion Polls were always in sadiq khans favour and evenif always in sadiq khans favour and even if you remember that the results didnt actually get started counting until this morning, so any speculation was really wildly off the mark so counting started this morning but as soon as the first results came in, it was very clear that sadiq khan was looking in a pretty good place because he had already proved in the first two boroughs that he was capable of attracting more votes to the labour party than he did last time. As the day went on, and more constituencies declared, it was pretty obvious sadiq khan had actually increased his support and won a very comfortable victory. It would have been a hailjab set i think if susan hall had got anywhere near cl
How, why, can someone wielding a sword run amok in a North East London suburb, killing a 14 year old reportedly on his way to school . Well talk to this mum, whose16 year old son was killed by teenagers who bought swords and a machete on the internet. Shes campaigning for a ban on the online sale of them. Also tonight who will win the battle for the West Midlands mayoralty . Polls suggest its soooo close between the conservatives and labour. How will the outcome affect the fortunes of the Prime Minister and labour leader over the coming months . On newsnight tonight, we have polling guru professor sirjohn curtice, claire ainslie, who was keir starmer s policy director, and Ben Riley Smith from the telegraph, who knows about the plotting going on in the tory party. Plus, rememberthis from two years ago . The brexit Opportuities Minister explaining why he had delayed bringing in post brexit checks here in the uk. This would have been an Act Of Self Harm if we had gone ahead with it. It w
sexual harassment offences among girls and teens on london transport. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. junior doctors in england will walk out again on strike just a week before millions of people go to the polls. the five day strike will begin at 7.00am onjune 27th and end early on tuesday 2nd ofjuly, just two days before election day. it means there ll be thousands more hospital appointment and treatments cancelled. it s their 11th strike since march last year. the government says it s a highly cynical tactic during an election campaign. the prime minister says it s politically motivated. the doctors say there ve been no new pay offers, despite talks. our health editor hugh pym is outside a hospital in london. sophie, the nhs was always going to be a big issue in this campaign, even more so now with this planned strike in england disrupting hospitals days before polling day. rishi sunak has said it is politically motivated. the doctors union the bma says it is