with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
we re out with police, tackling illegal electric motorbikes, tearing around at up to 70 miles an hour. and the terraces move to the streets, as thousands say a final farewell to sir bobby charlton. on bbc london. five people from the same family, including three children, die in a house fire in hounslow. we hear from locals, upset and in shock. hello. with a general election widely expected next year, rishi sunak is circling the wagons with a major reshuffle of his cabinet. the new faces include an old face, the former prime minister david cameron, out of parliament for seven years, but now foreign secretary. lord cameron as he now is says although he disagrees with some individual decisions made by rishi sunak, like the cancellation of part of h52, he believes the prime minister is a strong and capable leader. so who s been chopped from the cabinet? well, most notably, suella braverman, sacked as home secretary, following days of speculation over her future, after ange
passport in any area, which is one indicator of availability of the requirement for voter id, and thirdly, we certainly can t see any link between the extent to which turnout fell and how well or badly labour did, turnout fell and how well or badly labourdid, in turnout fell and how well or badly labour did, infact turnout fell and how well or badly labour did, in fact anything labour tends to be doing rather better in wards where turnout fell most, but it argues against the conservative claim that labour were simple doing better because their voters stayed at home, and also equally argues against the labour claim that they were going to be disadvantaged by the voter id pilot. so, ijust put those three facts out there, we should not draw conclusions too fast but it is not immediately obvious on the kind of evidence we can collect quickly that there is necessarily going to be found to be a significant problem anglo conservative mp andrea leadsom said to me that local elections are often