Shortly. Sunshine. All the details very shortl. , its saturday 4 may. Our main story rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have Everything To Fight For, despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local elections in england. With results expected in several mayoral races today, the tories will be hoping that andy street can cling on as mayor in the West Midlands. Having already won key councils and a decisive by election, labours expected to hold on to most of the regional mayors up for grabs. Our Political Correspondent, harry farley, has the story. Not many smiles around for the conservatives. The party is that for its worst local elections result in years. One result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. X t aur cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of cheer for rishi sunak. Your i reelected mayor of teesside cheer for rishi sunak. Your reelected mayor of Teesside Ben Houchen
Loganair launches Aberdeen from Teesside
Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor, welcomes back Loganair on Teesside – Aberdeen; note the highly apt aircraft name.
Loganair began Teesside to Aberdeen on 1 February.
The 304-kilometre service currently operates six-weekly (no Saturday service) using the 49-seat Embraer 145.
Frequency will increase to 10-weekly from the start of the summer season, with the schedules timed for a day trip Monday to Thursday in both directions.
Eastern Airways has operated the route for years and had nearly 32,000 seats at its peak. It competes directly with Loganair and currently has a six-weekly offering using 50-seat Embraer 145s. It’ll rise to 10-weekly from the start of summer using Jetstream 41s, its website shows.