It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
of fact checkers busy here at bbc verify. let s start with a claim that s dominated the debate this week. angela rayner and the labour party, keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week, they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000. no we won t. that s a lie. by £2,000 per working household. penny, your government have raised taxes. crosstalk. we have, and we hated putting the taxes up. we ve looked at this a lot in the last few days and the figure is misleading because the £2,000 is over four years and the figures the conservatives have used to calculate it are dubious. both the conservatives and labour are promising not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat during the next parliament. obviously there s a lot of politics in this too, but when it comes to the facts, that s where we re at. there was also a big claim that cuts are coming when it comes to public spending, whoever gets the keys to number ten. there s £18 billion of cuts coming down the line agr
Detectives say it could be a Significant Development. Prince william travels to manchester to meet some of the Police Officers who were first on the scene after the Suicide Bombing that left 22 dead. And this is the man who will be irelands new Prime Minister . The son of an indian immigrant, leo varadkar will become the first openly gay taoiseach. And coming up on bbc news as thousands of fans descend on cardiff ahead of tomorrows Champions League final uefa president Aleksander Chefereen insists it will be safe. Good evening from york where later this evening theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn will take part in the bbc Question Time leaders special. The audience, as we can tell, are already here. About 150 of them drawn from every part of the uk, representing different strands of public and political opinion. The event begins in 2. 5 hours time, at 8 30pm, and chaired by David Dimbleby. And it takes place less than 2a hours after Donald Trumps decision to take america out of the paris cli
In aleppo, after the last rebel fighters and civilians leave the eastern half of the city. And we speak to a seven Year Old Girl whose plight has moved people Around The World with her descriptions on social media of life under siege in aleppo. And we will look at tomorrows front pages. The Daily Express warns that the uk faces christmas storms, with 90 mph gales and torrential rain. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. German police say there is clear evidence linking their main suspect a tunisian man, anis amri, to the attack on a Christmas Market in berlin. His fingerprints have been found in the lorry that was driven into shoppers on monday, killing 12 people. Speaking at the family home in tunisia, amris brother called on him to give himself up. Chancellor merkel said today she was proud of the calm way in which germans had responded to the attack, as our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. It is new footage that hasjust emerged. The scene immediately after mondays a