Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they believed it was a knife edge, they believed it was a knife edge, the result here. But as we are hearing from the labour party now, they believe they have pulled it off, and Richard Parker, their candidate, has won. I was down on the floor five minutes ago, Richard Parker was down there as were other members of the labour party, Jess Phillips mp as well. They had all just go down on the floor, we didnt really know why, but they all seemed fairly positive. Could that have been the first sign before
To going ahead with the full hs2 line and we have been asking them for some time what their commitment is and they said they wanted to study the numbers and see how they looked before making any sort of long term commitment. I want to bring another conservative mp, greg smith. I know you are not the biggest fan of hs2 but can you understand why some people see this as a betrayal . The understand why some people see this as a betrayal . As a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward at as a betrayal . The argument is the Prime Minister put forward at the l Prime Minister put forward at the arguments i have been making for years and years and years, no point spending all this money to connect a handful of places in the United Kingdom when with my transport select committee hat on, i visited leeds and bradf
We will get a view from the defence industry. Also Tonight Pressure mounting on the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the ceasefire proposal. Still no word from hamas. We have got an Expert Panel this hour to discuss it from all sides. Good evening. There has been no end of speculation on what Part Nigel Farage would play in this election. Whether he would stand for reform or even for the conservatives. Well now we now he has taken full charge of the reform party, assuming power from former leader richard tice, and tomorrow will formally announce he is running to be mp for clacton on sea. A seat the conservatives won in 2019 with 72 of the vote. Here he is making the announcement this afternoon. What i intend to lead is a political revolt. Yes, a revolt. A turning of our backs against the political status quo. It does not work. Nothing in this country works any more. The Health Service doesnt work. The roads dont work. None of our public services are up to scratch. Im join
the idf has confirmed that two russian women are now safely back russian women are now safely back in israel and others are also in the process of being transferred. the six day temporary truce is due to end in just a few hours. senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc in the past hour that israel would agree to an extension as long as hamas continues releasing hostages. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out a raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, and killed two senior terrorists . the palestinian authority says two children were also killed by gunfire in jenin. my panel tonight to discuss all this is kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party now a professor at the university of glasgow and american journalist. leader of the scottish labour party now a professor at the university of glasgow and american journalist. and author brian stelter who is a special correspondent for vanity fair. we ll be speaking to them