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
And they came a close third to the conservatives. Heres the result their candidate came in just 117 votes behind their conservative rival securing 17 of the vote. I spoke to the leader of reform uk richard tice and asked him if he was pleased with the result or frustrated not to have done better. It would have been great, but nevertheless, we are delighted with 17 , its above our National Polling average, our best by election result, and what it shows actually, with great local candidates, more and more people are hearing about reform uk and they like the message they hear, and everybody knew labour would win this but if you look at the collapse in the tory vote, they went from 50 down to 17 . This is a seismic shift. What about the idea for voters that actually you did very well Given National vote share and the things you mentioned, nobody will dispute that, but its still nowhere near actually winning a seat, so what does that say to voters in the area . That says we have the wrong E
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
Good afternoon. The Police Officers wounded in a sword attack in hainault yesterday suffered horrific injuries according to the metropolitan Police Commissioner sir mark rowley. He says one of the officers came close to losing her hand and shes had several hours of surgery. A 1a year old boy was killed in the attack. One of the victims of the Nottingham Stabbings Last year. Graham satchell reports. Devastation this morning at bancroft s school in east london and confirmation that one of their students, a 14 year old boy, was killed in the sword attack yesterday. Its the second time in less than a year that bancroft s is in mourning for one of its own. Former student grace omalley kumar, who was killed in a knife attack in nottingham, was also a student here. The final moments of yesterdays terrible attack were captured on a doorbell camera. The 36 year old man still carrying a sword is cornered and met Police Officers move in. A taser is fired and then a female officer approaches and a
Good evening. A 14 year old boy has died and a number of others, including two Police Officers, have been injured after a sword attack in east london. Police declared a Critical Incident after they were called to reports that a vehicle had been driven into a house at hainault shortly before seven oclock this morning. A 36 year old man is in custody. Police say the incident is not believed to be targeted or terrorism related. Our special correspondent lucy manning is in hainault for us now. Lucy. A 14yearold boy did not make it to school lucy. A 14yearold boy did not make it to school this lucy. A 14yearold boy did not make it to school this morning, it to school this morning, stabbed by hind the police tape, and his family now suffering the consequences of that sword rampage. The suspect is in custody, in hospital, but he is too injured to be questioned yet but he has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The police here this morning being hailed for the police here this morning being