Is involved in such a decision. It beggers belief, really. Good morning. Its february 24th. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The conservatives have labelled their victory in the copeland by election a truly historic event. They took the seat from labour by more than two thousand votes The First Time a Governing Party has won a seat from another party in a by election for 35 years. The area has had a labour mp since the 1930s. For labour, the Shadow Chancellor John Mcconnell called the result disappointing. The party did hold on to the seat of stoke on Trent Central, in the other parliamentary by election result declared overnight. Labour finished two and a half thousand votes ahead of ukip leader paul nuttall. In the last hour the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn has been giving his reaction to the by elections results. After his speech, he is taking questions now. Is defeated in copeland a disaster for the labour party . Its a disappointment. Im very sad about it. We campaign to win it back,
Charities is launching a Recruitment Drive for volunteers to help protect the native red squirrel. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is the favourite to succeed Claudio Ranieri at Leicester City. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. It was, by any standards, a great result for the conservatives causing a major electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2,000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips Politics Of Division but he says their message was not enough to win through in copeland. 0ur political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Harrison, trudy. The Conservative Party cand
Scotla Nd Scotland Raked break out and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Tom watson, labours Deputy Leader, has said the party must change tack and do better at winning over voters but he has said that now is not the time to change leadership. Speaking at the Scottish Labour Conference in perth mr watson acknowledged the loss of a long held labour seat in copeland on thursday had been hugely disappointing. Labours Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on. Heres our Political Correspondent carole walker. Jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. He was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by election. But hes facing questions about the partys defeat in copeland. What about copeland, mr corbyn . The tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labours hands since it was created. Lab
Scotla Nd Scotland Raked break out and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Tom watson, labours Deputy Leader, has said the party must change tack and do better at winning over voters but he has said that now is not the time to change leadership. Speaking at the Scottish Labour Conference in perth mr watson acknowledged the loss of a long held labour seat in copeland on thursday had been hugely disappointing. Labours Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on. Heres our Political Correspondent carole walker. Jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. He was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by election. But hes facing questions about the partys defeat in copeland. What about copeland, mr corbyn . The tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labours hands since it was created. Lab
Scotla Nd Scotland Raked break out and a spirited second half performance at murrayfield earns scotland their first six nations win over wales in a decade. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Tom watson, labours Deputy Leader, has said the party must change tack and do better at winning over voters but he has said that now is not the time to change leadership. Speaking at the Scottish Labour Conference in perth mr watson acknowledged the loss of a long held labour seat in copeland on thursday had been hugely disappointing. Labours Leaderjeremy Corbyn has said he will stay on. Heres our Political Correspondent carole walker. Jeremy corbyn has made it clear he has no intention of stepping down. He was in stoke yesterday, where labour saw off the challenge from ukip to win the by election. But hes facing questions about the partys defeat in copeland. What about copeland, mr corbyn . The tories were jubilant after seizing the seat which had been in labours hands since it was created. Lab