, safer and greener london and in what i hope will be a year of great change a future Labour Government led by keir starmer. Government led by keir starmer. Working with us in city hall will mean we can go much further and accomplish so much more. And accomplish so much more. And labours also been celebrating success in liverpool, in South Yorkshire and in West Yorkshire today, and in greater manchester, where andy burnham was re elected. He andy burnham was re elected. He picked up just over 63 of the vote there and said hell always give his best to the job. Im overwhelmed, so have so many people prepared to put their trust in me. 7 is overwhelming. Its humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support, and its why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. Seems to me thats what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together , you know, get people together, you know
We will not be silent. We will not be silent. We will raise the voice of gaza. We will raise the voice of palestine. Hello . Come back hello . Come back hello . Come back caroline. Lucas. All is forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take forgiven. Meanwhile, in my take at ten, prince harry returns to britain next week. This will surprise you, but i think he should have a heros welcome. Find out why at ten. So, two hours of big opinion, big debate and big entertainment. Ill be deaung and big entertainment. Ill be dealing with the bbc in two minutes time. You will not believe the alleged discrimination thats happening. But first News Headlines and some breaking news with sam francis. Francis. Mark, thank you very much and good evening to you from the newsroom. Its 9 00. And as mark said, we start with some breaking news in the england local elections. There has been local elections. There has been a surprise upset tonight in the last few minutes for the conservative party in the West Midlands, with
Demands for rishi sunak to call a general election. However, the a general election. However, the party failed to win back control of oxford after nine councillors there defected to independent last year over the labour leaders stance on gaza. Well, leaders stance on gaza. Well, the liberal democrats have also made some gains , with party made some gains, with Party Leader Sir Ed Davey pledging to make the conservative government. He says history people from around our great country have had enough of this out of touch conservative government. Government. Theyve had enough of being taken for granted and being let down. Its time for change. Anas sarwar. And across this country , sarwar. And across this country, from cheltenham to dorset, from west oxfordshire to here in winchester, so many people , winchester, so many people, including lifelong conservatives, are switching to the liberal democrats to make that change happen. That change happen. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister insists hes
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Budget and stay in a premier inn . To fall out over those topics and many more, my friday a team tv news legend Nicholas Owen ex bbc radio superstar liz kershaw and the founder of the electoral calculus polling expert martin baxter. So my reaction to todays Political Drama is coming in my friday feeling. But coming in my friday feeling. But first, the News Headlines and sam francis. Sam francis. Mark, thank you very much. Mark, thank you very much. And good evening to you. Its just gone 8 00 and we will start with the latest developments in the local elections. The conservatives have suffered their worst results in decades, conceding hundreds of seats to opposition parties across england. So far, labours gained more than 170 seats and taken control of now eight more councils in england. Sir keir starmer claims those gains are a direct message. He says to the Prime Minister as hes renewed demands for rishi sunak to call a general election. However, the a general election. However, the p