Keeps rearing its head. When will the general election be . And its not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. Now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way its been going, actually, it is quite revealing about whats happening in politics. So we will kick off with that on this episode of newscast. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its adam in the studio. And it is chris in cardiff today, because theres a splash of democracy and voting going on here, with a new Labour Leader being elected on saturday who will become the new First Minister next week. And talking of other stories that have occurred today, michael gove, the levelling up and communities secretary, unveiled the governme
Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
Vaughan gething and the education ministerjeremy miles. They have both been competing to succeed the leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. So leader. Lets go straight now to the senedd and listen. Senedd and listen. So its only fittin senedd and listen. So its only fitting that senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here senedd and listen. So its only fitting that we are here for senedd and listen. So its only} fitting that we are here for the results of the Welsh Labour Leadership Election and the start of a new era for labour in wales. Both candidates in our Leadership Race candidates in our Leadership Race can be proud of the campaigns they have run. Write it and how we can put the values of our movement into action in the senedd, improving lives across wales. And i know the winner will work quickly to form an administration that focuses on the priorities of
Lizzie Greenwood Hughes is there for us. Once again, Willie Mullins has triumphed in the Sport Ofjump Racing at the cheltenham gold cup, for in six years for the irish maestro and two in succession although his margin of victory was not as great as last year, this was our ghibli a more impressive performance from the horse because the ground is testing soft but heavy and places for more than 30 years where the word heavy has been in the official going here at cheltenham. But he saw off is hugely talented competitors, so it was another poor day for the bookmakers here, but a great day and great week for the cheltenham festivals most successful winning trainer, Willie Mullins. Here he is speaking to laura scott. It mullins. Here he is speaking to Laura Scott Laura scott. It has been extraordinary, laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our laura scott. It has been i extraordinary, our horses laura scott. It has been extraordinary, our horses were in such extraordinary, our horses were i