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both party leaders campaigned in the south, a place multidimensional in terms of income, race and politics. today, some of those who voted gave us their thoughts. may i ask how you voted, and what was the main issue for you? yes, ivoted labour. this whole scandal with the party, we lost family members. then to find out that whilst we can t see people, to see them depart the world, there are people having parties. what was the main issue for you, for voting? the war in ukraine, and just whatl is going on in that country as well. and the issues after brexit. the conservatives held on to places like fareham but lost ground here in portsmouth to the lib dems, the tories describing it as blood bath. lib dems and labour were celebrating in west 0xfordshire
election. labour did increase its vote share here, but hartlepool demonstrates there is still work to do if it is to retake cards in the north. danny savage, bbc news, hartlepool. hearts. at the other end of the country, labour regained control of southampton city council from the conservatives. the new council leader, satvir kaur, said the cost of living crisis was one of the main reasons for her party s victory, adding that people s trust in the prime minister had completely dissipated . duncan kennedy reports from southampton. it is officially known as sea city. in recent years, southampton has been more like seesaw city, with council control changing hands. last night, it was labour who beat the conservatives, gaining four councillors, and the tories losing four, creating a clear message for the labour winner here. time and time again, on the doorstep, people were really feeling let down by this conservative government. whether it was over crime or the cost of living, they did
labour takes control of five flagship councils in london that have been held by the conservatives for decades, but it failed to make similar gains elsewhere in the local elections. in the last few minutes, the convenience store chain mccoll s has collapsed into administration. we will get the latest with our business correspondent. coming up on the bbc news channel, west ham manager david moyes apologises after being sent off during his side s europa league semifinal defeat to eintracht frankfurt for kicking the ball at a ball boy. the united nations says a third operation is under way to try to rescue civilians from the ukrainian city of mariupol. a convoy is due in the beseiged south eastern port city today to get hundreds of people out of the azovstal steelworks, which is under attack by russian forces. there are thought to be 200 civilians, including at least 20 children, still in underground bunkers at the plant.