Shortly. Sunshine. All the details very shortl. , its saturday 4 may. Our main story rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have Everything To Fight For, despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local elections in england. With results expected in several mayoral races today, the tories will be hoping that andy street can cling on as mayor in the West Midlands. Having already won key councils and a decisive by election, labours expected to hold on to most of the regional mayors up for grabs. Our Political Correspondent, harry farley, has the story. Not many smiles around for the conservatives. The party is that for its worst local elections result in years. One result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. X t aur cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of cheer for rishi sunak. Your i reelected mayor of teesside cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of Teesside Ben Houchen
The tees valley mayoral win for the conservatives appears to buy time for the Prime Minister with his own party. But is he Running Out Of Time with the country . Well have in depth analysis of the votes. Good evening. Two very different moods tonight in the conservative and labour camps after the local and mayoral elections. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after whats been a painful set of results so far for his party some of the worst tory losses in england for decades. On the other side, labour arejubilant, cock a whoop at their gains across the country, including in the Blackpool South by election, overturning a conservative majority with a colossal 26 swing. Well, this the latest state of play, with the conservatives having lost a36 councillors, and labour gaining 169 so far. Well dig deep into the numbers and look at what the results could mean for the coming General Election. As ever, to guide us through it all, chris mason. Chris, it has
Hours, a few thunderstorms have pushed across scotland, those have faded away, and the rain will drift further north overnight. Some clearer skies coming into the south, a few mist and fog patches and here we will have the lowest temperatures, could be as low as two or three degrees in the west country. Tomorrow, north wales, Northern England, Northern Ireland and much of scotland will have a cloudy day, misty and murky over the hills, bit of rain left over, most of it for Northern Ireland, sunshine to the south, that could give us a few showers into the south east. We may get a few thunderstorms in the north West Of Scotland with a bit of sunshine helping to trigger those, 19 degrees in the highlands. A warmer day than today across Southern Parts of england and south wales and the midlands, 16 or 17 degrees. A bit more sunshine on the way on sunday, should brighten up a bit across northern parts of the uk but that could trigger a few showers, thunderstorms in eastern scotland, Cloud A
Of gavin and stacey, is coming this christmas. Coming up on bbc news, can luton move out of the Premier Leagues Relegation Zone tonight . Victory over everton could put them on the road to survival. Hello there. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after a painful night for the conservatives, in the local and mayoral elections. The losses are some of the worst the partys suffered in england for decades. Just look at this, the latest election figures as they stand, with the conservatives having lost more than 340 councillors. And labour have gained more than 140 so far. Chris mason has followed all of the developments through the night, and hes at westminsterfor us. After a lot of coffee hi, chris. Hello, good evening. Since we chatted last night there has been lots of noise, numbers and not a lot of sleep. And here is the picture as things stand with still more than 2a hours worth of results still to come. The conservatives are in a rut, a trend of
When the open comes to royal troon in the summer, theyll have the longest hole in the tournaments history very long. A lot of cloud today with a few showers around but some heavy, potentially thundery rain arrives overnight in the far south. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up shortly. Just highlighting some of the interviews that weve got lined up for you. Were going to be talking to the minister for women and equalities. Thats kerry Kemi Badenoch, who will be discussing the importance of womens only spaces. What time she on at just before 9 00. Just before 9 00. If you can hang around for that. And as always, wed love to hear from you throughout the course of the program. Get in touch via our website. It is gbnews. Com forward slash your say top story on this wednesday morning, former detective chief superintendent of the met kevin hurley has called for all officers to be armed. Yes, this comes after another high profile incident in london where a man was tasered , th