But labour did win a number of the mayoral contests, including Sadiq Khan installed for a second term as londons mayor. Iam i am deeply humbled by the trust londoners have placed in me to continue leading the greatest city on earth. Disruption continues on some of britains busiest Rail Lines, after small cracks are found in some high speed trains. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The uk prime Minister Borisjohnson has invited the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. It follows the snps fourth scottish Parliament Election Win in a row and labours win in the welsh parliament. Nicola sturgeon said there could be No Democraticjustification for blocking an Independence Vote and vowed to push ahead with her plans for a second referendum after the covid crisis is over. Our Scotland Editor Sarah Smith reports. Across scotland, victorious snp candidates are celebrating increasing their vote and winning a remarkable fourth term in government. Kaukab stewart became the first woman of colour elected to the scottish parliament. Whilst i may be the first, i will not be the last. And with a pro Independence Majority in that parliament, Nicola Sturgeon says Westminster Cannot Stand in the way of another referendum. All of this risks treating voters in Scotland And our entire democratic process as if they simply dont matter, like they are just a sideshow. Voters are not a sideshow. When the tories held on to aberdeenshire west, the snp� s hopes for an outright majority were extinguished. Scottish conservatives campaigned saying a vote for them would stop another Independence Referendum and now say its time to move on. We need to focus on the issues that will secure scotlands recovery, and that really is important for peoples jobs, for young peoples education, for investing in our nhs after Everything Theyve done over the last year to get us through this pandemic. The pro independence scottish greens increased their seats to eight and say the Prime Minister cannot ignore a result thats delivered a mandate for another referendum. If westminster does refuse to grant the authority for another Independence Vote, then the Snp Plan to legislate for one here at holyrood anyway and dare the Prime Minister to take them to court if he wants to try to establish that the scottish Parliament Cant have a referendum without his permission. None of that will happen soon. The new Snp Government will prioritise covid and the recovery for the next few months before they make any moves to try and fulfil their Manifesto Promise to give voters in Scotland A choice over whether they want to leave the united kingdom. Sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. Lets Take A Look at the results in scotland. Snp on 64 up one seat. Conservatives in second with 31. Labour down 2 seats on 22 and the greens on 8 seats up 2 and lib dems on 4 down 1 seat. Which means that there is a majority for independence supporting parties at holyrood. Lets speak to our political Correspondent Nick eardley whos in edinburgh. Nick, theres going to be a battle about this. I suppose the question is who is going to move first, when it is going to happen . Goad is who is going to move first, when it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have seen it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have seen sort it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have seen sort of it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have seen sort of a it is going to happen . Good morning, i think we have seen sort of a first. I think we have seen sort of a first move from the Prime Minister over night. He has written to Nicola Sturgeon and the welsh first Minister Mark Drakeford saying we should all get together for a summit about pandemic recovery. What you are going to hearfrom the Uk Government over the next few weeks, and for the last few weeks as well, and for the last few weeks as well, a lot of talk about what they see as the benefits of The Union, so the vaccine programme, some of the big economic interventions we have seen over the pandemic in the uk. But you are absolutely right, there is a huge battle coming over this because there is, in there now, the biggest ever pro Independence Block of msps, the same as it was in 2011 when David Cameron agreed to another Independence Referendum and i think you are going to see a couple of battles. The first one will be political, a big row over whether borisjohnson has the right to say no to another referendum. You heard Nicola Sturgeon upping the stakes in her Rhetoric Yesterday saying that The Union can only continue if its by consent and if borisjohnson doesnt allow another referendum that Consent Isnt being sought any more. But there might be a big legal battle. The snp have in the back of their pocket a piece of legislation which they want to pass through here, which would allow holyrood they hope to hold a referendum on its own. Thats almost certain to end up in the courts. The Uk Government would challenge it, they would be a legal battle over that as well, and the signs are, although its not completely clear, the Uk Government has a pretty strong case. Nicola sturgeon will go back to work today, we will see her this afternoon talking to the Prime Minister this afternoon about the pandemic, and i think she was then the next few weeks talking mostly about that because of something, big decisions to be made in scotland, but when you and i are back at westminster in the next few months, i think this will be a big part, not just of scottish politics, but of Uk Politics over the next few years. How much pressure as Nicola Sturgeon herself under from those in her party who think that she needs to go more quickly . Shes made it very clear at the Covid Recovery is the priority, so how long can she give it before she pushes this issue . I think shes got a bit of Breathing Space on this note because the greens and the snp are pretty much in the same place on this. Their manifesto said it some point over the next parliament which gives a lot of leeway, just one idea, keep an idea on whether they are into coalition talks. There has been some chat at holyrood they might seek a formal deal to say coast on the Governments Majority is, Farfrom Guaranteed but something to keep an eye on. But the main person putting pressure on Nicola Sturgeon to go faster and to show more urgency was herformer Mentor Alex faster and to show more urgency was her former Mentor Alex salmond, faster and to show more urgency was herformer Mentor Alex salmond, and yesterdays result was pretty humiliating for his new party. They got about 2 across scotland, didnt win any seats, even Alex Salmond himself there was a big personal following in the North East of scotland failed to get a seat. He looks like hes going to stay on the political scene in some ways, so we may hear some of that pressure from him but i think the legitimacy of that argument has been really undermined by the fact he didnt get any popular support in the selection at all. Nicola sturgeon in terms of the parliament has a lot of leeway, a lot of control and i think she will feel she has more Breathing Space than she had before the election. ~ space than she had before the election. , ~ ,. ,. Election. Thank you very much indeed. In england, the conservatives gained control of 12 more councils while labour lost seven but it did better in the mayoral elections. Eight Labour Mayors kept theirjobs including londons Sadiq Khan and The Party took another two mayoral spots from the conservatives. Our political correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. From london, this was something to lift labours battered spirits. I therefore declare Sadiq Aman Khan elected as the mayor of london. Cheering and applause. 55 of the vote and a second term as mayor. Labour holding the capital on the heels of conservative wins in former labour heartlands. The results of the elections around the Uk Show that our country, and even our city, remain deeply divided. The scars of brexit are yet to heal. A crude Culture War is pushing us further apart. Theres a Growing Gap between our cities and towns. And economic inequality is getting worse. Therefore i declare that Andy Burnham is duly. Elected as the mayor of the Greater Manchester combined authority. Greater manchester was one of seven more mayors� offices so far retained by labour. And it won the West Of England Mayors Job from the tories. Cambridgeshire and peterborough too. But in the west midlands Labours Challenge failed. Conservative cheers here were echoed across englands councils. Conservatives have seized control of a dozen local authorities, taking southampton from labour, who also lost overall control of durham for over 100 years. More than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labours strongholds. Theres a lot of work now to do. Weve got to finish the job with covid and thats by no means over, get the remaining 18 Million people in the country who havent been vaccinated to be jabbed. Weve got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of childrens education, and then, of course, weve got to make good on the promise we made at the general election to level up all parts of the country. From the Labour Side its emerged that Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader elected by party members, has been stripped by Sir Keir Starmer of responsibility for running campaigns. So the story of these elections, conservative advances that have left Labour Questioning what its Path Forward should be. Damian grammaticas, bbc news. Lets get more on the fallout in the Labour Party following on from that result. Conservatives gain 239 Councillors Labour down 301 councillors Liberal Democrats almost unchanged but a good performance for the Green Party putting on 70 councillors. Lets speak to our political correspondent Helen Catt whos in westminster. 0ne Labourmp said 0ne Labour Mp said to me after the results Sir Keir Starmer needs to forget about unity and just be a more decisive stronger leader, now sucking his deputy, im not sure thats what they had in mind. Whats Auoin On . Thats what they had in mind. Whats going on . Theres thats what they had in mind. Whats going on . Theres a thats what they had in mind. Whats going on . Theres a lot thats what they had in mind. Whats going on . Theres a lot of thats what they had in mind. Whats going on . Theres a lot of different l going on . Theres a lot of different opinions in labour at the moment about what should change. Both about The Party and some believe about Sir Keir Starmer. He himself said on friday he would take responsibility for these results, The Party would need to change, they needed to reconnect with voters. There have been lots of people since questioning both The Party strategy, its direction, and also his leadership of self although there are those who have been defending him like for example the newly elected maia for the West Of England macro maia. Here is what he had to say. Mayor. I think we have a tendency to be ahead of the curve when it comes to political directions so, for example, when Tony Blair became very popular we were first in that and we are similar in all trends when it comes to politics, so im hoping that my result is an indication of the future. Obviously we are very, very pleased with the result. What was significant about it was that we didnt just win in our urban heartlands, places like bristol and bath, but outside in the countryside. Where the West Of England has got very many rural and remote communities, the support was very, very good there too, so its very encouraging for us because Keir Starmer quite rightly wants us to appeal to all parts of society. Wherever people live, wherever you work, whatever you do, labour must have a message that resonates. Now he may be saying Sir Keir Starmer allowed people to hear the message he wanted to put across, but as you said, there have been huge questions about that decision to remove the jeopardy questions about that decision to Remove Thejeopardy Leader Angela Rayner from Remove Thejeopardy Leader Angela Raynerfrom her Remove Thejeopardy Leader Angela Rayner from her role as chair of The Party and her Role Being in charge of running campaigns. Diane abbott, the former home secretary, has been on sky describing it as baffling, saying it was unfair, it wasnt Angela Rayner who made the big decisions around hartlepool, and there was nowhere in the country where they were hearing people hadnt voted labour because of Angela Rayner. 0f Hadnt voted labour because of Angela Rayner. Of course, Angela Rayner herself is a very popular figure. Also Andy Burnham the mayor of Greater Manchester, one of the great Success Stories for labour, saying he couldnt fathom this move either. A Labour Spokesman defended it by saying The Party needed to change how it ran campaigns in the future. 0ff Change how it ran campaigns in the future. Off the record, sources say Angela Rayner need to take responsibility for a campaign which was described as bungled. We are expecting to see a few more changes in the top team in the coming days. And we are told that Angela Rayner will get a prominent role, but at the moment, without knowing what that might be or what is coming next, what that leaves is space and airtime for those critical of Keir Starmer and the direction his taking The Party, to really express that. 0k, thank you for the latest goings on in the Labour Party. Thank you very much indeed. Police investigating the death of Community Support Officer Julia James have arrested a man in his 20s. The man, from the canterbury area, was arrested on friday and remains in custody. 53 year old ms james was found dead on 27 April in woodland near dover, having suffered serious head injuries. With the elections over, the uk prime Minister Borisjohnson invites the leaders of Scotland And wales to a summit on how to recoverfrom the pandemic. Nicola sturgeon and the snp win a historic fourth term, as The Party sets its sights on a second referendum on scottish independence. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer faces a backlash after sacking his deputy Angela Rayner amid fall out from The Partys disappointing performance in the elections. Serious disruption on some of the uks busiest Rail Lines continues today after cracks were discovered in some high speed trains. Great western railway and london North Eastern railway have advised passengers not to Travel Today. Lets speak to our News Correspondent Sean Dilley whos at kings cross station. I presume this is disrupting an awful lot of passengers . They must be slightly alarmed about whats going on . Be slightly alarmed about Whats Auoin on . , be slightly alarmed about Whats Auoin on . ,. , be slightly alarmed about Whats Auoin on . ,. ,. , going on . They may well be alarmed but the advice going on . They may well be alarmed but the advice from going on . They may well be alarmed but the advice from the going on . They may well be alarmed but the advice from the rail but the advice from the Rail Operators is if you dont need to Travel Today please dont. They recognise some people have to do, but this is a rather big for the Rail Operators, isnt it . Of course they the caution, they are only doing what theyre doing because safety is important, but we are now at a major london terminal but this impacts on lner for all the East Coast Trains potentially Coming Down from scotland, newcastle, york, the same is true for the other london major terminal is deeply impacted, paddington On Gw are going out to bristol, penzance, swansea and so on. What i will say is we have just had a recce behind us at kings cross a few minutes ago, there were two Lner Trains on the platform, one in particular incredibly packed, so the Train Companies from here are saying they are examining all of his her touchy 800 trains to ensure they are fit to be used. This is why they are fit to be used. This is why the timescale will come forward hitachi. And advance over the coming days. Chris harris, the Train Companies have people to help but they say please, if you dont have to Travel Today, please stay at home. ~ to Travel Today, please stay at home. , ~ ,. , india is continuing to be hit by a huge second coronavirus wave, but although its government has said the pandemic is showing signs of slowing down in some regions, numbers of cases have started to rise again. More than 4,000 deaths have been recorded in the past 2a hours. The Death Toll now stands at more than 2a0,000. And over 400,000 new cases were recorded over the past day, bringing the total to 22. 3 million. Experts say that the Testing Capacity is under continued pressure with people unable to access tests. So, what is the situation at one of delhi s leading hospitals . We arejoined now by Dr Sumit Ray . The critical Care Chief at a new delhi hospital. Doctor, thank you very much for joining us today. Just describe whats going on at your particular hospital. How much pressure are you under there . Hospital. How much pressure are you under there . ,. , , under there . Now the number of cases which are coming under there . Now the number of cases which are coming to under there . Now the number of cases which are coming to the under there . Now the number of cases which are coming to the emergency which are coming to the Emergency Room have come down a little bit, i must say. The numbers in that sense in delhi are Coming Down, but what is happening now, the timeline of covid, two weeks after the curve rises, what happens is pressure on theice rises, what happens is pressure on the Ice Eu increases because patients deteriorate who got Covid Two Weeks earlier. Now the pressure is on beds, which is where we are facing the maximum pressure now, the pressure has eased a little bit, im not saying its easy but its a little bit better in the Emergency Room, but the pressure on the ic has increased. ~ ,. , increased. When it comes to ventilators increased. When it comes to ventilators and increased. When it comes to ventilators and medicine increased. When it comes to j ventilators and medicine you desperately need to treat these patients, do you have everything you need . Are there enough beds for example . We have seen in many countries problems where there is just not enough capacity to treat those who are most seriously ill . Yes, the number of beds have been a problem. The ventilators have been a problem. The ventilators have been a problem. The ventilators have been a problem. The surge was so fast and so massive most of the hospitals and icus didnt have adequate numbers of beds or ventilators and that is a constant challenge we are facing right now. Medicine is mostly we are getting the medicines except a few, but only for a very small amount of people. The biggest challenge is beds and ventilators. In the national Capital Territory of delhi. That is where the Oxygen Situation has improved significantly over the last three days, but these are the major challenges and that is what is restricting us to take care of all the patients who deserve to be in the patients who deserve to be in theice the patients who deserve to be in the Ice Eu on ventilators. I5 the patients who deserve to be in the Ice Eu on ventilators. The Ice Eu on ventilators. Is India Caettin the Ice Eu on ventilators. Is india getting help the Ice Eu on ventilators. Is india getting help from the Ice Eu on ventilators. Is india getting help from other the Ice Eu on ventilators. Is india | getting help from other countries . We have heard about equipment including oxygen being sent to india. Is that helping . Are you getting enough from International Community . I getting enough from International Community . Getting enough from international communi . ~. ,. ,. , community . I think india produces Enou H Community . I think india produces enough Oxygen Community . I think india produces enough Oxygen But Community . I think india produces enough oxygen but the community . I think india produces enough oxygen but the logistics i community . I think india produces enough oxygen but the Logistics Ofj enough oxygen but the logistics of the problem at the help from the International Community in terms of sending tanks etc is adding to the battle, so that aspect is really helping. We are getting some ventilators from abroad. 0ur hospital, we have some Oxygen Concentrators which are helping, but what we need is also what is happening is theres help coming from abroad to set up Oxygen Plants in hospitals, useful in the long run. But what we need now is ventilators and notjust ventilators, we need physical space to put in a bed. We are beyond capacity, stretched beyond capacity, and for that we need Surge Capacity buildings rapidly built by the government with help from abroad but we need hospitals quickly, which have ic you beds, which can take a certain subset of patients who are overwhelming the Health Care System in already established hospitals. What has been the impact of your team, something youve never experienced before, its traumatic, isnt it . � ,. , experienced before, its traumatic, isntit . ,. , isnt it . Its a very traumatic Exoerience Isnt it . Its a very traumatic experience particularly isnt it . Its a very traumatic experience particularly for L Isnt it . Its a very traumatic i experience particularly for the young doctors and nurses, and their anguish is they feel people could have saved more lives if the surge is not so rapid and large and if we had a number of ventilators and beds, because finally you lose the patient, those who are admitted, on the ventilators if there is not adequate numbers and some degree of triaging it had to be done. Nobody is used to it. That is a huge emotional Challenge And Pressure on young residents and nurses. Young residents and nurses. Doctor, Thank Ou Young Residents and nurses. Doctor, thank you very young residents and nurses. Doctor, thank you very much young residents and nurses. Doctor, thank you very much for young residents and nurses. Doctor, thank you very much for describing i thank you very much for describing what is going on there. Unfortunately, familiar themes we have seen around the world, and we wish you the best of luck treating your patients there. Thank you very much. Russian president Vladimir Putin is presiding over moscows traditional Victory Day Parade commemorating the seventy sixth anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany. More than Twelve Thousand troops, and a cavalcade of tanks, Aircraft And Weaponry are taking part in the event in moscows Red Square after last years commmorations were pared down due to the coronavirus. In a speech, President Putin said that russia would firmly defend its interests. Lets speak to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. As ever, quite an event there, steve. What has the atmosphere been and what did President Putin have to say . And what did President Putin have to sa . � , and what did President Putin have to sa . � ,. , and what did President Putin have to sa . H. ,. ,. ,. , say . Yeah, its always a Maor Event here. In say . Yeah, its always a Maor Event here in the say . Yeah, its always a Maor Event here. In the west say . Yeah, its always a Maor Event here. In the west we say . Yeah, its always a Maor Event here. In the west we talk say . Yeah, its always a major event here. In the west we talk about here. In the west we talk about World War ii, the russians talk about the great patriotic war, 194145, and about the great patriotic war, 1941 115, and they secured victory, the soviet people secured victory at an enormous Human Cost on 27 Million civilians killed in a conflict so what happens on Victory Day as russia remembers the victims, it honours the heroes and celebrate a victory. It also, with the display of military might you see on Red Square, and we saw it again today, the kremlin sends a clear message i think to the outside world that russia has muscle, russia is a military superpower today, and in the light of the tension you can see increasing between russia and the west, all the talk of a new cold war, that is a Message Moscow was keen to get out and when President Putin delivered his short speech on Red Square today, he didnt mention the united states or nato, but he did talk about there is no justification for those who have aggressive plans, who put anti semitism and anti russian sentiment, thats a lot mentioned by russian officials who accuse the west of anti russian feelings. Steve, in moscow, thank you very much indeed. Debris from a chinese rocket that had been hurtling back towards earth at 18 Thousand miles per hour has reportedly crashed into the indian ocean. The faint spot you can see here is the so called Space Junk passing over the us state of iowa last night. The united states criticised china for allowing the rocket� s uncontrolled descent, after Fears Debris could land on us soil. However, chinese State Media says it has now landed harmlessly near the maldives. And thats all for now from us. Hello. Some lively weather heading our way through the weekend. Low pressure dominating means there will be some fairly frequent showers but it also means we are going to be pulling in airfrom the it also means we are going to be pulling in air from the atlantic so, in contrast to last week, much milder. We will lose the risk of overnight frost finally. Here is the low in question. For sunday, with a centre of the low closest to Northern Ireland and scotland, here is we also the most frequent showers. Much of england and wales will have a dry afternoon. A lot of milder getting pulled up on the southerly winds right the way across the uk but some particularly warm air through the afternoon for East Anglia and the South East of england. We could see temperatures here in the sunshine up to 20 21, always a bit more cloud further west and the Tail End of that Weather Front could bring heavy showers into the South West and wales as the afternoon comes to a close. Northern ireland and scotland certainly i think getting the heaviest of the days of showers. Some rumbles of thunder possible, more persistent cloud for the North West of scotland, some pretty blustery winds as well. But still milder than yesterday. Temperatures in the mid teens. Now, through the evening and overnight, where weve got that warm air across the South East and East Anglia, we could see some very heavy showers breaking out with further rumbles of thunder and local downpours moving into the early hours of monday. They could close in on the coast of the North East of england. A mild night, 11 12. Across the board we are frost free with temperatures no lower than 6 7 even across the sheltered parts of scotland. The low is still with us on monday, potentially pushing more persistent rain towards the North East of Scotland And i think that will head towards the northern isles, though. This area of heavy rain. Monday shapes up. The low centre still rolling away to the west of ireland. That means lots of showers for Northern Ireland, scotland through the day and a bit more hit and miss across england and wales and there will be the odd sharper one. Still breezy, cool in the South East but temperatures around average for the time of year, which is doing a lot better than we have done in the last week or so and that really sets the tone than for the rest of the week. It stays showery and temperatures will sit in the mid teens