Be taking a look ahead. The kings return to royal life as he takes on around 300 new patronages, including some that were closed to his mothers heart. As prince harry prepares to return to the uk and, of course, its Bank Holiday Weekend. So were going to be talking to a retail expert about how you could bag a bargain. This may. Good morning. Its taken 22 years but ipswich are finally back in the big time as victory over huddersfield propelled them back to the premier league in the title race. Four goals for Erling Haaland helped Manchester City keep pace with arsenal as he hit back at family nemesis roy keane. More later , the mixed roy keane. More later, the mixed picture for the rest of the bank houday picture for the rest of the Bank Holiday Weekend, with sunny spells for some, but also some outbreaks of rain and also some showers. Ill have all the details coming up soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on. Breakfast on.
Veteran Party Activist Graham Mccormick has pulled out of the race to become leader of the snp and scotlands next first minister. It leaves just john swinney as the official candidate to succeed humza yousaf, after the former leader announced hes stepping down. Mr mccormick says that hell be backing mr swinneys nomination for the role instead, after the pair had, he said, a fruitful conversation. A candlelit vigil conversation. A candlelit vigil has been held for a teenager who was stabbed in North East London earlier this week. 14 year old Daniel Anjorin was attacked on his way to school by a man with a sword for other people were also injured in the attack. Four men have been arrested. Believe men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Men have been arrested. Believe this is a different story. Well this is a different story. Well move on. Four men have been arrested after £40 million worth of cocaine was found in east yorkshire. Around 500 kilos of the drug were disc
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
Rishi sunak s plans have not yet come to fruition. Our Political Correspondent, hannah miller, has this report. Labour won mayors, councils, and police and crime commissioners. Rishi sunak left clinging on to just one mayor in the tees valley. Even his majority diminished. This morning, the former home secretary, and one of the Prime Ministers biggest critics, warned of a total wipe out for the conservatives. I despair at these terrible results. There is no spinning these results, there is no disguising the fact that these have been terrible Election Results for the conservatives, and they suggest that we are heading to a labour government. Her prescription for the pm. He needs to actually lower taxes in a way that people will feel, not tweaking round the edges. If he is serious about migration, he needs to put a cap on illegal migration, he needs to take us out of the European Convention on human rights. In defeat, the now former conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, s
Several israelis injured, at least one critically. The wounded evacuated to hospital. The Israeli Military showed this drone footage. Ten projectiles fired before the Israeli Air Force destroyed the launcher. America and britain had been urging israel to open this crossing to aid. For now, its shut again. Today, israels embattled Prime Minister reacted to hamas s demands for a permanent cease fire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza. The state of israel is not willing to accept this, he said. Capitulating to hamas s demands would be a terrible defeat for israel. This afternoon, Israeli Police raided the offices of the tv channel aljazeera within hours of a unanimous cabinet decision to shut down its operations in israel. If youre watching this prerecorded report, then aljazeera has been banned in the territory of israel. The government accused it of being a mouthpiece for hamas. Its Regional Bureau chief called this a dangerous decision. Israel cant claim all the time that is a democra