Positives and areas where they have managed to hold control of councils, potentially some of the mayor raises my give them a bit of a Silver Lining but on the whole, the great picture is pretty bleak for the tories. Let me show you this. First of all, this is the vote share compared to 2021 when the seats were last contested. In 2021, Boris Johnson got a bit of around two bounce after the Vaccine Roller but look what happened since. The change in the last three years. That is the tory vote change, down 14 . That is pretty big. Its worth looking through some councils when the conservatives used to be in power but are not any more because of this. Have a look here at redditch. This is a Bellwether Seat and we said that all morning and an area with the parties think the result is pretty indicative of how the country is feeling. Look at that. The conservatives have lost 11 seats, labour won ten and it means this long line of blue down here is done. This is now a labour controlled council.
A Senior Un Official has warned that the situation in sudan will have ramifications well beyond the Horn Of Africa unless more is done to halt the civil war between the army and the Rapid Support forces. Fashir in north darfur in recent weeks. French police have entered the prestigious Sciences Po University in paris to remove students whod occupied part of the building in protest against the war in gaza. Separately, about forty students were removed from the sciences po building in lyon. King charles has been presented with a beautifully illustrated record of his coronation, almost a year after the historic service at westminster abbey. This 21m long piece of history, includes 11,500 elegantly inscribed words, using specially made ink. We start in the uk where its been a painful night for the conservative party in the local and mayoral elections across england and wales. Votes are still being counted, but the latest figures show the tories have lost more than 400 councillors. The oppo
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