This weekend will be very mixed , this weekend will be very mixed, varying from place to place and from day to day. Ill have the full details in the forecast coming up soon. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on. Gb news. On that, i have to say, on the harry story, its across a lot of the papers this morning, and i know there will be people saying, oh, here we go again. Saying, oh, here we go again. Harry coming back to the uk, looks like his wife wont be with him. But you know what. 7 if its a father and son relationship, if they can rebuild that a little bit, thats got to be a good thing, hasnt it. 7 i mean, away from all the hoo ha around it all. If they can do that on a personal level, thats got to be good. And theres clearly still a lot of love there, especially from the king towards harry. So i think if harry can come and see his, his father, i thought it was really lovely. After the kings, cancer d
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
With me are the bbc s deputy Political Editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, Transport Secretary mark harper, and Liberal Democrat olly grender. Yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a third term. You will know if you have been following all the Election Results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the Blackpool South by election. There are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. Lets just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. So far, how disappointed are you . fin panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . Panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . , panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . ,. ,y you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing
Gains. Another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. The third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. The Prime Minister touring a Military Base with very little to laugh about. Laughter. Trying to defend his partys losses after a dismal set of results. Obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors, but weve still got lots of results to come as well. And there are also things that i would point to. Harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rallyjust on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a General Election. That hasnt happened. The conservatives did deprive labour of a win in harlow, but they still lost five seats and are considering that a success. The party had also pinned its hopes on ben houchen remaining tees valley mayor, though he wasnt even wearing a rosette. He did thank the Prime Minister in a later show of unity.