In the four remaining regional mayor races including Greater Manchester and the West Midlands where the tories will be hoping andy street can cling on. And, we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as ten police and crime commissioners. One, of course, was linked to South Yorkshire. In the past half an hour, Steve Rotheram was declared the win er of the mayoral contest in liverpool. Here he is speaking shortly after his victory was announced about what this result represents. Today the people in our area have not only spoken, they have hollered at the top of their voices with two simple and clear messages to the government, enough is enough and, locally, labour is delivering in power. Up and down this country, ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagementand ordinary people are fed up with the chaos, mismanagement and decline the tories have resided over. Despite this, though, we are getting on with thejob this, though, w
against the netherlands. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. fighting has resumed in gaza after a seven day ceasefire between israel and hamas expired this morning. the israeli military says it s struck more than 200 what it called terror targets . hamas, which is proscribed as a terorist organisation by the uk government, says more than 100 people have been killed. before the pause in fighting, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the country, near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the border from gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from
been very damaging storm, unusually well forecast in this case. all the various computer models that we tend to look at from europe and america in the uk met office, they all seem to be telling the same story with the same sort of placement of this low pressure system and the intensity of it. usually, there is a bit of uncertainty, different models telling a different story, taking it on a different track. different timings etc. we try and find the line of best fit that we can give the best forecast. in this case it was quite easy because they all sang from the same hymn sheet. when i started to show its face about five or six days ago. mccain started. so that enabled us to pass on the message to people to make the right kind of plans, he can t stop the weather from doing what it does but you can be ready for it and get the message out there. so it s been a blessing in that respect. find message out there. so it s been a blessing in that respect. and there was this red
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Bollywood film of all time . And coming up in the sport on bbc news, englands cricketing summer has started. Theyre in bristol, playing a one Day International against ireland. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The conservatives have made big gains in the local elections, recording their best results since 2008. Many of the votes cast yesterday across england, scotland and wales are still being counted, but labour has fared badly in many areas, including losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow. Ukip has seen its vote collapse, only winning a single seat so far. The Liberal Democrats have had a mixed result, and havent found the breakthrough they had been hoping for. Just a few moments ago, this is how things looked. It means the conservatives have so far gained 240 seats, labour have lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 177, the Liberal Democrats of lost 31 and ukip have lost 68. When it comes to councils. The tories have picked up five councils, labour h