after racing to victory in doha. three days of ceremonies marking the coronation of king maha vajiralongkorn of thailand have begun at the royal palace in bangkok. blending hindu and buddhist theology, the rituals are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. in the last hour, the ceremony of water purification has taken place, with the king being anointed with sacred water from thailand s rivers. the ritual is a symbol of offering sovereignty. during the ceremony, monks chanted prayers of benediction. live now to our south east asia correspondentjonathan head, who joins us from bangkok. can you tell us what is going to come up in the next ceremony? well, the next part of the ceremony involving water, which is the integral part of the coronation, rather more important than the crowning itself, is what is known as the anointment. now, when his father, the last king of thailand, went through this anointment, he deliberately chose representatives
face disruption for the bank holiday. no human, can stop me from running .that‘s the declaration from caster semenya, after winning the 800 metres at the doha diamond league meeting, amidst continued speculation over her future in the sport. the weather is looking a bit mixed through the bank holiday weekend. although a bit colder, there will be sunshine and if few showers around as well. full forecast in 15 minutes. it s saturday may the 4th. our top story. there are heavy losses for labour. let s speak to our political correspondent nick eardley who joins us correspondent nick eardley who joins us from the london newsroom. nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. it s taken a while to get a proper view of the entire situation. and it s not a good one for the conservatives in particular. it s expected a lot of wounds will have been licked because this is the worst performance by the party in a quarter of a century. 1300 counsellors down on the results from four
down on north east india more than one million people are evacuated from their homes. ceremonies are taking place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. iam i am live at euston station where passengers are facing destruction this weekend. i will have the latest. a record breaking day ahead at wembley. west ham are looking to cause an upset and beat the might of manchester city, in the women s fa cup final, with over 50 thousand tickets sold. good morning. the weather is looking a bit mixed through the bank holiday weekend, although feeling colder with some sunshine and a few showers around. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it s saturday, may the 4th. our top story: after its worst local election performance in nearly 25 years, conservative cabinet ministers are calling for the party to unite. after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for l
ceremonies take place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. iand i and live at euston station where rail passengers are facing disruption this weekend. i will have the latest. they said they d live forever, now the kids from fame are making a comeback. a record breaking day ahead at wembley. west ham are looking to cause an upset and beat the might of manchester city, in the women s fa cup final, with over 50 thousand tickets sold. a full forecast in about 15 minutes. it s saturday, may the 4th. our top story: after its worst local election performance in nearly 25 years, conservative cabinet ministers are calling for the party to unite. after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for labour, but big gains for smaller parties and independents. let s speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. not
of st martin where clubbers are picking up paint brushes to help with a hurricane clear up. senior cabinet ministers have urged the conservative party to unite after it suffered its worst english local election results for 25 years. more than 1,300 tories councillors lost their seats in thursday votes with further calls for theresa may to step down as prime minister. the labour party also suffered heavy loses, and there were big gains for the smaller parties and many independents. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. now the dust has settled on the english part of the results, we still have northern ireland to go, what is the mood that has resulted? presumably no one was surprised that the conservatives were defeated. they may have been more surprised by the scale of some of the other results. yes, the scale of the conservative losses was considerably more than many thought. we had heard predictions of up to 1000, up to 1,300. ithink predictions of up to 10