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
From next season, fa cup matches will now only be played at weekends with no replays after the first round. The decision has been condemned by many efl and lower league clubs. And even politicians have commentated, the Prime Ministers spokesperson said, David And Goliath fixtures are a part of the magic of the cup and we know that replays have been a welcome source of income for smaller clubs throughout the years. And the opposition leader, sir keir starmer, had similar sentiments. Wrong position. Traditionally, theyve been part of the game. The fa cup is a great leveler. Its that chance in football you have to play a team outside of your own division. Its part of the tradition of the fa cup, but equally importantly, for smaller clubs, its a real revenue raiser. Small clubs are really struggling financially. They need that revenue and they deserve it. Theyve gone far enough to get a replay and they should have the replay. The everton and scotland defender Nathan Patterson is out for th
Nagelsmann said this is a decision from the heart. It is a great honour to coach the national team, this was a little bit of a surprise in the sense that he was very strongly linked with a return to bayern in recent days and he made it clear he was open to a major club job. Ive been told liverpool had him on the list, not necessarily at the head of that list but he was a name that was under consideration so for him to make this decision and sign up untilat for him to make this decision and sign up until at least the world cup i think is a huge boost for dfb, the german fa, a massive feather in their cab and that gives them some Planning Security for the next few weeks time and also for that world cup. That like a feather in your cap. A feather in their cap. Lando norris beat Lewis Hamilton to take Pole Position for the sprint race at the chinese grand prix in a hectic wet session. The mclaren driver had his fastest lap time deleted and then reinstated in the final minutes of the sessio
Them women, have been killed in jerusalem after a man drove a truck into them. Israel says it was a terror attack, carried out by A Palestinian who was then shot dead at the scene. The israeli Prime Minister claims the attacker was a supporter of the so called Islamic State. The victims were three army cadets and one officer. They were Standing Ina Cadets and one officer. They were standing in a popular beauty spot, which overlooks the old city of jerusalem,. A warning, this report contains to stressing images. A hazy view ofjerusalem. This is what Israeli Soldiers on a Training Course had come to see. Security camera footage shows two groups. The one in the background has just got off a coach when this happens. Look at the top left of the screen. The lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits them. Then it backs up quickly, apparently trying to crush more people before the driver is shot dead. He is said to have been A Palestinian from a nearby area of eastjerusalem. Witnesse