we pulled it off. we broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. the prime minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. an awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing . i want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. i will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted jeremy corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. for millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and peo
india s supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and it s a happy 50th birthday to the american children s tv series sesame street. and one of the most powerful people in global media, the boss of the walt disney company, speaks to the bbc about his 15 years in charge. it s a busy day on the campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. the conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focussing on increasing support for childcare. here s our political correspondent peter saull. what is going on? once facilities like this in every community in england. the last labour government help new parents by building surestart centres, but hundreds have closed in recent yea rs. hundreds have closed in recent years. and should he
granted. india s supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and it s a happy 50th birthday to the american children s tv series sesame street. and the victoria derbyshire programme travels to norway to investigate the shocking scale of self harm and suicide material being shared on instagram. seven severe flood warnings that represent a threat to life remain in place on the river don in south yorkshire. water levels in some areas are still rising. a woman swept to her death by a flooded river has been named as derbyshire‘s former high sherriff annie hall. her body was pulled from the river derwent near matlock on friday, as persistent rain caused floods across yorkshire and the midlands. our reporter luxmy gopal reports from the village of fishlake near doncaster. rising water levels posing a da
good evening. welcome to this bbc news special on the day britain s constitutional crisis came to a head. on the matter of the government suspending parliament for five weeks, the english high court had decided it was a political matter and none of its business. scotland s top court ruled it was very much its business and unlawful. today the country s supreme court made the ultimate judgment. nobody knew for sure which way it would go. few anticipated it would be this bad for the prime minister. the decision to advise her majesty to prorogue parliament was unlawful. it had the effect of frustrating or preventing the ability of parliament to carry out its constitutional functions without reasonable justification. westminster in shock as 11 justices of the supreme court unanimously ruled the prime minister should not have suspended parliament. the most senior court in the land said the prime minister had acted unlawfully. the effect on the fundamentals of our democracy was ex
it will be a shorter working week with no loss of pay. coming up on afternoon live all the sport holly hamilton wales have opened their world cup campaign witha wales have opened their world cup campaign with a convincing victory over georgie. we will relive all the tries at 2:30. with rain on the way, some have been looking for a dry place to stay and that rain is brought to us by a weather system that is influenced by what happened in the caribbean two weeks ago. i will tell you more later on. also coming up by royal appointment: harry and meghan visit a south african township as they arrive in south africa with four month old archie for their first overseas tour as a family. hello everyone this is afternoon live. it s called 0peration materhorn and it s the biggest peace time operation to repatriate britons stranded abroad after the collapse of thomas cook. the civil aviation authority has chartered a fleet ofjets to bring home more than 150,000 british holidayma