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the first minister of scotland was voting in glasgow. the votes will be counted tomorrow in local elections in scotland and wales. the results should be a valuable guide to the current state of the parties. tomorrow too will bring the verdict of voters in northern ireland, where sinn fein are hoping to top the poll for the first time in history, giving them the power to nominate a first minister at stormont. all that s tomorrow, but tonight we have thousands of council seats being fought in england in dozens of local authorities and the counting is already under way. we have reporters at all the key contests. and we ll be looking in more detail at the results with my colleague reeta chakrabati. and i m here at the touch screen bringing you all the numbers and results that matter and what they mean. election night would not be complete without our knight with the numbers, professor sirjohn curtice, who ll be ready with his analysis of the results as they come in. here in the s ....
nothing too intense in terms of rain. a fairly settled the picture. this afternoon some brightness showing through for the south west of england, wales, northern ireland already seeing some showers. the odd one could be on the heavy side. into the evening that risk will continue. across eastern england brightening up across eastern england brightening up a little. overnight more cloud piling in, however. these bearing more meaningful rain. some weather fronts sinking down pushing toward an area of high pressure. they will be fairly weak affairs. it will be very mild under the cloud. there will be some rain overnight tonight. as i said, they are putting into this area of high pressure. the fronts tending to lose their potency. some rain left on them for the south east of england first thing on wednesday. they should be more in the way of sunshine. the cloud will break. with the sunshine we have the power to put a little bit of heat into the atmosphere and spark off some ....
ratings, trumps and even a guy name brandon. but is the joke really on joe? and jimmy. paris take back the of the kids education a documentary or the actors making a bold statement about what is happening in public schools today. but first, a former democratic congresswoman as raising questions about who is really behind biden s new ministry of truth kelsey said it s biden s old boss former president barack obama. she tweeted this, quote biden is just a front man obama april 21, social media quote don t go far enough unquote. so the government needs to step into do the job. six days later homeland security rolls out the ministry of truth. also known as disinformation governance board. in fact it was just a week and a half ago that obama said this information is killing people. people are dying because of misinformation. we see our new information ecosystem is turbocharging some of humanity s worst impulses but regulation has to be part of the answer. while conte ....
tonight with the context, stephanie rawlings blake the former mayor of baltimore and lord peter ricketts former uk national security advisor welcome to the programme. the white house wants to liquidate the assets it has been confiscating from the russian oligarchs and donate those proceeds to ukraine. the money it will generate is insignificant compared with the $81; billion in damages ukraine has already suffered. but the broad new legal powers the president set out today are another step in america s financial war on the kremlin. maybe it also reveals just how costly this war is becoming. at the same time president biden sent congress a supplementary budget bill for $33 billion to fund the ukrainian fight in the months ahead. mr biden said he will not back down in the face of russian bullying. despite the disturbing rhetoric coming out of the kremlin, the facts are plain for everybody to see. we are plain for everybody to see. we are not attacking russia. we are hopin ....
sexual misconduct. seven women have accused tim westwood of predatory and unwanted sexual behaviour, abusing his position in the music business. he denies the allegations. he kept putting his hand on my leg and stroking my leg and touching my face. running his hands in my hair, like, what are you doing? like, stop touching me. yet more trouble for p&0. european causeway ferry arrives back in port after more than an hour adrift in the irish sea. hundreds lined the streets for the funeral of harry billenge, the d day veteran who raised tens of thousands for the british normandy memorial. and coming up, a huge evening ahead, manchester city prepare for their champions league semifinal, real madrid the opponents, can i get the upper hand? can they get the upper hand? can they get the upper hand? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, we are alive in the ukrainian capital. as the war rages on into its third month, the united nations secretary general is tryin ....