to triumph and to despair, keep abortion safe and legal! and to despair, polarising an already divided nation. the court literally taking america back 150 years. it s a sad day for the country in my view. but it doesn t mean the fight s over. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. with nearly half of america s states expected to use the ruling to ban or restrict abortion, we ll be asking what happens now. and our other main story tonight. two severe by election blows for boris johnson. the tories lose tiverton and honiton in devon, and wakefield in west yorkshire. his reply. yes, it s absolutely true that we ve had some tough by election results. and they ve been, i think, a reflection of a lot of things, but we ve got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment. a second earthquake in afghanistan in a region where at least a thousand people are known to have died. and glastonbury festival kicks off at worthy
future harm. and therefore i am resigning my party with. labour, maybe not surprisingly, are congratulating him on this move. but, crucially, he is also going to stand down as an mp, he says as soon as he can. we think that would be next week. that, of course, doesn t mean another by election for rishi sunak to face, and chris skidmore s gloucestershire seat has a majority of 11,000. normally you might think thatis of 11,000. normally you might think that is pretty safe, but in a by election scenario in the current political climate, that looks pretty vulnerable. , ., vulnerable. many thanks, vicki youn: , vulnerable. many thanks, vicki young, there. 50 potential new victims of the post office it scandal have contacted solicitors since the broadcast of a tv drama about the case this week. around 700 sub postmasters and postmistresses were convicted over a period of 15 years linked to the faulty horizon computer system which made it look as if money was missing from branch accounts.
gove s constituency area, rock solid conservative area, the lib dems are now saying they are making big gains there and it is really up in the air about who will control that council, which would be a pretty outstanding result if it were to happen. bz icki result if it were to happen. vicki youn: , result if it were to happen. vicki young. thank result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you very - result if it were to happen. vicki young, thank you very much. we are going to go to swindon in a moment. the issues that have been raised, cost of living, housing, gp appointments, these are things that the national government, that rishi sunak said he will tackle. certainly when it comes to inflation on the economy? i when it comes to inflation on the econom ? ., , when it comes to inflation on the economy? when it comes to inflation on the econom ? ~ , :, economy? i think it is easy to say that it is focused economy? i think
they are the ones leading on that and forcing other leaders to follow them when it comes to sanctions against belarus, for example, and the uk was one of the first to do that. i think they are aware that they are facing criticism, particularly from labour over failing to act against enough of the russian oligarchs and the case made by the opposition and some tory mps, it is worth saying, this has not come as a surprise. western intelligence was warning about this happening in ukraine for some time, weeks if not months, so why couldn t this sanctions list have been drawn up this sanctions list have been drawn up in advance? this sanctions list have been drawn up in advance? up in advance? thank you, vicki youn: , up in advance? thank you, vicki young. reporting up in advance? thank you, vicki young, reporting from - up in advance? thank you, vicki - young, reporting from westminster. let me bring you the remarks we were reporting on a little bit earlier, from the ukrainian president,