But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
A shutdown avoided at least for now, but what is the future for House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy . And what of the spending for ukraine . Money promised by the white house was stripped from the bill this weekend, just hours before a pro russia candidate in slovakia, regained power. Good evening, jeremy hunt is the seventh chancellor in 13 years to addess a conservative Party Conference. Today he stood on stage next to a slogan promising long term decisions for the future. Not the easiest sell when your partys trailing 16 points in the polls, and the government is about to cancel a key part of a flagship infrastructure project, in which you have already invested billions of pounds of taxpayers money. A decision the current Prime Minister signed off as chancellorjust three years ago. We are also going to build better railways, madam deputy speaker. With spades going into the ground on hs2, our commitment to fund Manchester Leeds leg of Northern Powerhouse rail, we are going to build broadban
The man behind the vision was then ceo mikejeffries. Mike was tireless. He was very energetic and boisterous. He was an incredibly big personality. He would explode into a room. Bbc panorama has uncovered a highly organised International Operation recruiting young adult men for sex with mikejeffries over several years, when he was the ceo of the brand. This experience, i think it broke me, and it mentally messed me up. Two men have agreed to tell me their accounts on camera. They attended separate events hosted by mikejeffries in 2010 and 2011. Both men say they were recruited and auditioned by a middle man, james jacobson, known to the men asjim. David says mrjacobson led him to believe he was pursuing a modelling opportunity. I was made to believe, look, this is where everybody gets their start. This is where you want to get your start. It was like he was selling fame. And the price was compliance. David says compliance meant engaging in a sexual act with mrjacobson. Seven more men i
Israels military has rejected accusations that its forces buried the bodies of palestinians at a medical complex in gaza. More than 200 bodies were found under the courtyard at the hospital in khan younis. The city of baltimore is taking legal action against the operators of the Container Ship which hit and destroyed one of its main bridges last month. The lawsuit says the Container Ship, the dali, was clearly unseaworthy, and had an incompetent crew. The ships owners have already asked a court to limit their liability. Good evening. The british Prime Minister rishi sunak said the deaths of at least five migrants, including a seven year old girl, that were attempting to cross the channeljust hours after his rwanda deportation legislation passed the commons, were a sobering reminder of why the governments plan is important. These were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais this morning, just before daybreak as a group of migrants, attempted to launch their boat on the journey to engl
Translation i am working very hard to try and make a living for what i love doing. I see my friends with full time jobs only making e700 a month. They take advantage of the fact that were young because they know that were going to shut up and take whatever money they give us. In the city of algeciras, these kids face a tough future. It feels like a bustling place, but 40 of young people cant find a job, the highest rate in the whole country. The sky high level of unemployment here in algeciras means theres huge scepticism that anything will change for the better after the European Parliaments elections in six weeks time. There are deep rooted economic problems and despite the vibrancy of this place, Success Stories are pretty hard to find. But this is one business is good at this repair company. A 230 metre long container ship, the latest vessel theyre fixing. Its meant 21 year old mario has been able to get a decentjob, something thats eluded many of his friends outside something that