Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they believed it was a knife edge, they believed it was a knife edge, the result here. But as we are hearing from the labour party now, they believe they have pulled it off, and Richard Parker, their candidate, has won. I was down on the floor five minutes ago, Richard Parker was down there as were other members of the labour party, Jess Phillips mp as well. They had all just go down on the floor, we didnt really know why, but they all seemed fairly positive. Could that have been the first sign before
Lost the West Midlands. Another reaction you could have is to say frankly, with the labour party 20 points ahead in the Opinion Polls and given that the West Midlands is pretty marginal territory, of course the labour party should be winning pretty much any political contest in that region because if they can win the contest in that region, we might ask questions cant win. It is a testament to andy streets personal popularity that albeit he may have lost narrowly, the fact that he has run labour so close i think he can take quite some considerable credit for because as we know, the parallel police and Commissioner Election the conservatives were quite a long way behind. I conservatives were quite a long way behind. ,. ,. ,. ~ conservatives were quite a long way behind. ,. ,. ,. , behind. I want to go back to the messaue behind. I want to go back to the message from behind. I want to go back to the message from ellie behind. I want to go back to the message from ellie reeves, behind. I
Be on the capital to see if sadik khan can win a third term as london mayor. Rumours have been swirling that the results will be much closer than the polls have suggested. We are expecting results from a handful of councils as well as ten police and crime commissioners. The labour leader has been speaking following a rally this morning to celebrate a clear Warrant A Plasma Collection is the first mayor of the East Midlands. The first mayor of the East Midlands the first mayor of the East Midlands. ,. , midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral contest. Midlands. He was asked about the london mayoral contest. Sadik midlands. He was asked about the l london mayoral contest. Sadik khan was absolutely the right candidate. He has got two terms of delivery behind him and im confident hes got another time of delivery in front of him but, that, if you look across the country, i am standing here in mansfield, in the East Midlands where we fi
to weather we see rain off the atlantic? there is a question about sunday s weather. we could see some rain on sunday but it could be much slower to move in and we might stay dry for most of sunday, still hanging on a bit of sunshine. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the row between the prime minister, his home secretary and the country s most senior police officer over the pro palestinian march on saturday ramps up dramatically tonight. suella braverman accuses the met police of playing favourites with protestors . the labour leader accuses the government of picking a fight with the police and calls on the pm to hold suella braverman accountable . former deputy m
Is expected to meet the military, who have taken power in the country, on sunday. He could be hours away from losing his power. Tens of thousands of people joined rallies across the country on saturday calling for mr mugabe to go. There are also crowds outside his official residence. They wa nt to outside his official residence. They want to reinstate the Vice President. Despite all of this the vetera n president. Despite all of this the veteran president remains defiant. Our africa editor, Feargal Keane reports from harare. Something happened inside the people today. A shared energy that helped them into the streets. They were there on the big streets and small. A common purpose in a place so long divided. Voices that wouldnt have dared speak of Robert Mugabe a few days ago now sang his political requiem. This is a historic moment. It is so special. We have waited for this for 37 years you have come back from england, you are happy to see this, im sure. Indeed, i am very happy. This i