elected as the mp for the area in which i was born, raised, and built a family in and to represent my home is a huge honour. the pundits expected labour to win big here, but our community came together, and i am thankful to them and the hundreds of activists that came out to deliver this message. this wasn t the campaign labour expected, and keir starmer and his mayor, sadiq khan, need to sit up and listen to the uxbridge and south ruislip residents. thank you. 0ur polling expert, sirjohn curtice, gave us his views on labour failing to take uxbridge. 0n the labour side we can sit too contrary argument is emerging. 0n the one hand leadership may want to say it is a clear warning. if we start talking about increasing spending and increasing taxes then we are at risk of losing what we have god. 0n the other hand, others will say if enthusiasm for the labour party is so thin that a local issue like this could upend what should have been a successful victory campaign, then maybe
of the women s world cup. hello. i m victoria valentine. we start here in the uk. and the results of three key parliamentary by elections. has lost two of the three seats it was defending. in selby and annsty in north yorkshire labour made history overturning a 20,137 vote majority, what s believed to be the biggest ever by election swing to the party. the liberal democrats won the somerton and frome seat from the conservative by more than 11,000 votes. the conservatives narrowly held off labour by a95 votes to hold former prime minister, boris johnson s seat of uxbridge and south ruislip in london. 0ur correspondent vincent mcaviney has the story of the night. for the first time in 11 years, three by election ballots were being counted on the same night across england. all three of these constituencies were won by the conservatives at the 2019 general election, but two were triggered as a result of boris johnson s fall from office. in west london, the former prime stood down
and here in the swiss alps it s been burning in the oht valay area near the italian border since monday evening. azadeh moshiri is in kouvaras south east of athens where wildfires broke out monday night. watch the situation there are now? here in greece several fires have been ripping through the mainland because of the impact of the heatwave and some of the wind is making it difficult for firefighters to get close to those fires. here, where i am in kouvaras, we saw very strong fires and this is the aftermath. you can smelt the burnt ash and the trees that were lit on fire. this one was suspected of being lit by a man who has now been arrested and the firefighters are still trying to deal with the consequences but have said, when we spoke to them earlier, people who have evacuated can now return and their work is to essentially monitor their work is to essentially monitor the fires across the country and make sure they can outpace them. yesterday 1200 children we
and zac crawley hits 189, putting england in a strong in the crucial fourth ashes test at old trafford. in half an hour. on newsnight at 10.30pm. as you hear this, polls are closing in three by elections. it s a triple threat for number ten, with the fear of the biggest by election reverse for any seeking government in half a century. hello. the polls have closed in three by elections in england that are important tests of confidence in rishi sunak and his conservative government. the constituences of uxbridge and south ruislip in london borisjohnson s old seat selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, and somerton and frome in the south west were all won with sizeable majorities by the conservatives at the last general election. but there are real fears within the party that it could lose all three seats. our political editor, chris mason, is here to explain more. clive, by elections are a quirky thing people being asked to elect a member of parliament but not contribute to