MIllIons of voters In england, scotland and wales are preparIng to head to the Polls Tomorrow for the bIggest set of electIons In nearly 50 years. Many have been postponed from last year, due to the pandemIc. On the fInal day of campaIgnIng, lets take a look at whats at stake. In england, 4,650 CouncIl Seats are beIng contested across 143 local authorItIes. 13 dIrectly elected mayors are beIng sought, IncludIng In the capItal, where 25 seats are also up for grabs In the london assembly. Elsewhere, all eyes wIll be on hartlepool, where theres also a parlIamentary By ElectIon to choose a new mp for the town. MeanwhIle, voters In scotland wIll elect 129 members of the ScottIsh ParlIament. 60 members of the senedd wIll be elected by voters In wales. People there wIll also have the chance to select new polIce and crIme commIssIoners. A total of 39 wIll be elected across england and wales. ClIve myrIe Is at holyrood for us thIs mornIng. I thInk there are goIng to be some fascInatIng storIes
And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in re