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for the local elections in scotland and wales, and also in northern ireland where voters have been having their say over forming a new government. and in other news, the un is attempting a new rescue mission in the ukrainian city of maruipol, where scores of civilians are trapped underground with little food or water. good morning and welcome to bbc news, with continuing coverage of the election results across the uk. so far, it s been a mixed picture for all the parties. in england, the conservatives have lost control of three flagship london councils westminster, barnet and wandsworth to labour. the liberal democrats and greens have also made gains across england. counting has begun in council elections across scotland and wales and in northern ireland, where voters have been electing members of the stormont assembly. so here s the state of play for the parties. 75 of the 146 councils in england declared, and labour, as you have heard, have gained three, taking thei ....
tonight we dissect three reports on the concrete material that s closed schools due to safety fears. how many opportunities to solve the problem were missed over 60 years. we ll be speaking to the president of the institution of structural engineers. also tonight warnings that africa is facing a debt crisis worse than ever before. it s choices between building new roads that will provide access for food producers, social services, health and education or servicing debts. and as we head into a new term in parliament, our expert panel will talk us through the challanges facing parties with a general election inching closer. good evening. as more than a hundred schools in england make alternative arrangements for their students following instruction from the government, newnsight has seen evidence that risks associated with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete being refered to as raac were outlined as far back as 1961. although the material was deemed safe if used ....
behind that white cloth. that will hopefully be made clear shortly. sir is expected to place health services at the heart of the campaign. the parties travelling to what it describes as blue while battlegrounds in a bid to challenge the conservatives in southern england. sir ed has been talking to the media this morning and saying he wanted to not only launch the local election campaign, but he also looked at it as the party s general election campaign. he talked about how he wants to offer the chance for voters to come as he put it, send the conservatives a strong message that they want them gone. this is the first of the party launches for the first of the party launches for the local elections taking place in may. we understand it will be health services that sir ed davey will focus on as part of their pitch. we expect him to urge voters to, as he has said this morning, send this out of touch conservative government message about the state of local health services. t ....
now comes the time, once again, for them to make their mark on it. katie gornall, bbc news, brisbane. labour leader keir starmer tells this programme that the tide is turning . is there anything that the conservatives can do now to avert oblivion at the next general election? fresh on the face of it, things may seem bleak for the tories, but rishi sunak says it isn t a done deal for labour. horse we ll be pulling apart the results to work out the real winners and losers, and hearing from the main parties about lessons learned for the next general election campaign. what will the issues be that motivate, but also divide voters? we knew from the work we were doing in the constituency that ulez was an issue and that s why we lost in relation to uxbridge and we need to reflect on that, all of us need to reflect on that, all of us need to reflect on that, including the mayor. we ll be asking our what this means for everything from net zero to crime to immigration, the red ....
jet stream is going to be responsible for very wet weather come the weekend. in fact, we could see a month of rainfall in just a couple of days, but at the moment the jet stream is south of us, and that means the cooler air streaming in from the northern climes, that is how it will stay, we will be predominantly in the cool north atlantic air. this is the rainfall accumulation over the next few days and into monday, noticed that central parts of the uk, we are nudging into that teal colour, 50 60 millimetres of rain, just about 48 hours or so, but not through tonight or tomorrow, tonight isjust hours or so, but not through tonight or tomorrow, tonight is just a hours or so, but not through tonight or tomorrow, tonight isjust a case of a few showers across northern ireland and northern england, and a lot of dry weather with clear spells, as low as 6 degrees in rural spots a triple threat for number 10, as many conservatives fear they face the biggest by election reverse ....