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display for the snp. labour party make a comeback as the second force in scotland, not much to argue about but they are back in second place which they argue which put them in a better position to potentially challenge the snp in their old heartlands at places like the central belt you can see that overtaking the conservatives to get back into second place. let s just have a quick look at some of the results there, scottish borders for example obviously the south of scotland, this is traditionally a conservative stronghold and as you can see, they still have the plurality of seats. you may think why all the scottish councils hung or in no overall control, it is because they use proportional representation system so it is harder to get a majority, but this is a sort of place that voted heavily for no independence referendum, very much gone behind the conservatives as the party of unionism in scotland as part of that realignment, but even here you can see a really strong ....
of a difficult situation if they want to change the protocol. that was a point want to change the protocol. that was a point that want to change the protocol. that was a point that we want to change the protocol. that was a point that we reflected on yesterday. it is interesting because there will be a majority of politicians elected who either support the protocol or, in the case of the party, they say they can work with those issues within the executive. if we talk about the middle too distant future, what about the immediate future and the prospect for getting a functioning executive it up and running again? maybe this is overoptimistic so i will caution what i m saying with that, but i generally think it s a case of when it comes back, not if. if you look at the unionists at the crossroads, first of all they have various factors making it difficult to get any changes to the protocol and the biggest obstacles are at the british government and part of the irish ....
good morning and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever, signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. the nationalist party has claimed nearly 40% of the seats declared so far. counting has resumed this morning. let s have a look at how things stand this morning. these are the live results coming through to us, so there you can see sinn fein at the top of that board. 29% of first preference votes, that is an increase of 1% on their last showing and the dup down 7% with 21% of the votes. the biggest winners there, the alliance up 4% and tuv up 5% so that is how it is with 18 constituencies currently declared. and this is the number of seats in the northern ireland assembly with sinn fein having 18 seats, that is unchanged currently. the dup 12 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats have been declared. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, ....
cheering. the snp remain the largest party in scottish councils with labour overtaking the conservatives to finish second. labour was the biggest winner in wales, where the conservatives lost more than 80 seats. in other news, more attempts are being made to rescue civilians trapped at a steelworks in the beseiged ukrainian city of mariupol. 50 people were taken out of the city yesterday. chelsea get their new owners terms have been agreed, with the consortium led by american todd bowly. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. let s cross live to belfast and get all the latest from annita mcveigh. thank you very muchjoanna and welcome back. as you say, sinn fein and course to emerge as the biggest party from these elections, a huge moment for nationalists and undoubtedly with constitutional questions raised by ....
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with chelsea, who have confirmed an agreement is now in place for the club to be sold, in a deal worthjust overfour billion pounds to an american consortium. the investor and businessman todd boehly, who is already part owner of baseball side the la dodgers, is the man leading the group. the club was put up for sale, before owner roman abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to russian president vladimir putin. the deal is worth, £2.5 billion, with a further 1.75 billion to be invested across the club. if it gets premier league and government approval, it s expected to be completed later this month. we are going to see a change of culture as far as chelsea football club is concerned. under roman abramovich, the club spent more money on wages and transfers and lost more money than any other club in the premier league. it is unlikely that an american owner, with an experience of spo ....