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we speak. and in wales they ve lost overall control of bridgend and merthyr tydfil, two councils in their south wales heartland. although they have held on to the capital city, cardiff. also newport and swansea. and it has been a bad night for ukip overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. coming up, we ll be live in glasgow. the snp are trying to take the city council from labour. the scottish counting has onlyjust started, so those results are all to come. labour have had decades of controlling glasgow city council. we ll be covering the results from scotland as they come in. to say the least, there is plenty to talk about! here in the studio we re joined by our political editor laura kuenssberg. the home office minister brandon lewis for the conservatives. the shadow foreign secretary l ....
increasing our vote share by 7%, our best share for seven years, double the increase the tories have seen in terms of vote share around the country. the results have been disappointing for ukip, with the party only managing to win one of the seats it has contested, losing 136 previously held council seats. the snp has finished as the biggest party in the scottish council elections, with tories replacing labour as the second biggest. there is no way that this result can be spinned as anything other than a clear and very emphatic win for the snp. in other news this evening: diesel scrappage schemes and clean air zones. the government publishes its draft plan to tackle dirty air, but critics say it s toothless. two men are charged with the murder of billionaire businessman guy hedger, who was shot at his home in dorset last weekend. marine le pen is heckled at a campaign event, while emmanuel macron poses with supporters as the french presidential candidates embark on a la ....
saturday the 6th of may. the campaign of the french presidential candidate emmanuel macron says it s suffered a massive hacking attack before france goes to the polls. the teenage british racing driver who lost both legs in a formula 4 crash says he ll get back behind the wheel. i want to take the positives out of this and that is it for now, i have still got a few years in this for sure. still got a few years in this for sure. in sport chelsea are on the brink of the premier league title as their closest challengers, tottenham, are beaten by west ham at the london stadium. these papers are taking part in the first ever festival of makers and we will find out what it is all about. and we will find out what it is all about. another north south divide across the country. the chilly start for scotland. some outbreaks of showery rain into the extreme south west. some outbreaks of showery rain into the extreme south west. good morning. first our main story. after a day of t ....
at west ham last night. and the travel show heads to the church of the holy sepulchre injerusalem. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory after the conservatives made major gains at local elections. the tories gained 500 seats and seized control of ii councils, with the gains mostly coming at the expense of labour and ukip. the tory leader said she would fight for every vote on 8thjune to strengthen her hand in brexit talks. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said his party faced a challenge on a historic scale to win back power, but insisted he could close the gap on the tories. meanwhile, the lib dems say they would raise income tax by a penny in the pound to raise £6 billion for nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the book for six metropolitan mayers. metropolitan mayers. andy street was the victor in a tight contest for mayor in the west ....
star kim cattrall will be here later. i am counting. and if you have got a question for her, get in touch this morning. we will talk about ageism in hollywood and her incredible career. good morning and welcome to the programme. this is the week when most of the parties set out their ma nifestos, most of the parties set out their manifestos, we get some promises and some figures. what they say they will do if they win enough votes to form a government. labour will launch at 11 o clock. and plaid cymru will launch their at ten o clock. we will also talk about the new mcdonald s advertisement about a boy grieving for his father, which some say is offensive. these get in touch with us. the top story today. moors murderer ian brady has died. he and his partner tortured and murdered five children in the ‘60s. myra hindley died in prison in 2002. origi, who was believed to be terminally ill with cancer, had been receiving palliative care at as hworth receiving palliative ca ....