Has had to say about that. Hong kongs Pro Democracy Movement delivered a landslide victory in local elections this weekend. Across hong kong, turnout was over 70 thats a record. Nearly three Million People voted, and they voted overwhelmingly for pro democracy candidates. Just have a look at this. This is the electoral map. The yellow shows us the electoral map. The yellow shows us the progress made by pro democracy politicians. They took 17 out of the 18 districts. Compare that to 2015, when all 18 were controlled by pro beijing groups. Weve also seen some of the territorys best known politicians defeated by young inexperienced pro democracy candidates. And of course, the context for all of this is that pro democracy anti beijing protests have been going on for over five months. And these results represent yet another blow to the authority of hong kongs chief executive carrie lam. Shes said. And while shes reflecting, the protests go on. Jonathon head is there. Today, Office Workers i
They get, which is supposed to help pay for food and rent too. Students also tell us theyre also being ripped off by landlords. It was so strong upon us. We were com pletely it was so strong upon us. We were completely blindsided. They will try to gouge money out of you at the end of your tenancy because they know what the majority of students can p5y~ what the majority of students can pay. We had no reason to believe we couldnt get the deposit back until we we re couldnt get the deposit back until we were hit with that. Well talk to 32 year old accountant, edith monk. She has ms and has been left with no care at all because her council cant find anyone to help her get out of bed in the morning. Police forces should not be allowed to investigate Domestic Abuse cases involving members of their own force thats what two women, one of whom is a serving officer, who are currently suing gwent police for the way their cases were handled, have told this programme. If you tell anybody what im l
Force affecting parts of Greater Manchester, northern derbyshire, up into parts of west and South Yorkshire. The potential that we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. That sort of rainfall will bring some localised flooding and certainly some very poor travelling conditions, but in a broader area than that across Northern England, also north wales, you can expect some very wet weather through the guest of the afternoon. For scotland and Northern Ireland some showery rain, its drying out and brightening up, quite breezy. To the south a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers and those are your temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, 8 10. The rain will continue for a time across Northern England and north wales. Thats why we are so concerned about flooding and travel problems. The rain will sink down into the midlands. It will tend to peter out. To the south east of that, one or two fog patches, one or two showers. Quite a chilly night, chilly and N
At all. Rada, i feel like shes going to add to the negative list that we already have in nigeria. But before we get started, lets get your latest news with sophia wenzler. News with sophia wenzler. Nana. Thank you. Good afternoon. Afternoon. Its 3 01. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. In the gb newsroom. A conservative mp has accused his local Water Company of being incompetent after supplies were contaminated by parasites. The number of confirmed cases of crypto spyridium in the brixham area have more than doubled to 46. The mp for totnes says southwest waters response to the outbreak has been inadequate and has put Peoples Health at risk. The firm says its now cleaning a water tank where the parasites were found. Meanwhile, parasites were found. Meanwhile, olympian Dame Kelly Holmes has joined protesters today demonstrating about poor water quality. 37 protests are taking place in places including brighton, falmouth and edinburgh. Water Companies Say theyre spending more than £1