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hours? uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours? ., , ,., uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours? ,, . ., ., hours? there was some speculation that race would hours? there was some speculation that race would be hours? there was some speculation that race would be tighter hours? there was some speculation that race would be tighter than - that race would be tighter than people thought but the figures were getting so far suggest that s not the case. labour this lunchtime confidently saying they think they have won the london mayoralty again, sadiq khan will get that historic third term as mayor of london. i didn t have a result to go to now in south west london. the didn t have a result to go to now in south-west london. didn t have a result to go to now in south-west london. the local council and ma or south-west london. the local council and mayor of south-west london. the local council and mayor of london south-west london. the local council and mayor of lon ....
no one should call this one too early. you wouldn t call a premier league football match after about 30 minutes. and there s a lot more people who ve got their view, too. except you are at the end of you are at the end of a government term. that s fair. but people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice. who s going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. in dorset, the conservatives lost control of the council to the liberal democrats, who are second in terms of the number of seats won overall. but in some places, labourface a challenge from the greens. this is bristol, where they became the biggest party on the council, picking up every single seat in what will be one of their top target constituencies. these are huge steps forward for the green party. there s now nine councils across the country where we re the largest party. large numbers of councils where greens are part of the ruling administration, often working with other parties ....
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i cal ....
returning now to the service of hub at westminster abbey two weeks after the attacks at the palace of westminster. back to simon mccoy. just 200 yards away from where i m standing, at 2:40pm on march the 22nd two weeks ago, the lives of so many people were changed one way or another. the injured and those who died. many of whom their families we re died. many of whom their families were here today at the service of hope and reconciliation. peter hunt is with me now. the fact it was only two weeks ago, it has very much affected the mood of the service. this was not a memorial service, it is too early for that, nor a service of remembrance as some funerals have not yet ta ken of remembrance as some funerals have not yet taken place. it was billed asa not yet taken place. it was billed as a service of hope, quite difficult for some of those most directly affected. i think what it was was a gathering of all those people most directly affected, either of the injured or berea ....