thought to have been killed. translation: i ran towards my family but everything was under| you can see their homes and possessions scattered under the debris and their loved ones disappear in this single moment. and the heroic coach who saved a swimmer after she fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool at the world aquatics championships in budapest. i just swam as fast as i could to grab her and pull up to the surface, and once i pull her up, so i wasjust, my goal was only to make her breathe. counting is under way in two key uk by elections for the conservative party in west yorkshire and devon. in wakefield, the conservatives are defending a majority ofjust over 3000. and in tiverton and honiton, the tories have a much larger majority of more than 24,000. counting in wakefield hasjust been completed. both are being seen as a stern test of the conservative government s popularity in the light of partygate and the cost of living crisis. let s talk to bbc newsnight s polic
government. these are testing times for our country. our in a dangerous date right now. people are being hit by a tory cost of living crisis which these energy bills for, petrol and food prices skyrocket and the food budget stretched to breaking point. in this election, we offered a vision that was positive, full of hope and aspiration, guided by the principle that politics should be based on creating a better country for us all. country for us all. and now auoin country for us all. and now going straight country for us all. and now going straight over - country for us all. and now going straight over to - country for us all. and now. going straight over to tiverton and honiton because we are about to get the result from the returning officer. i. the returning officer. i, richard the returning officer. i, richard youngman, being the returning officer do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the set election is as follows: donahue morg
by election since 2012 and in that sense that we ought not forget about it because it would be bad psychologically for the labour party. we would be bad psychologically for the labour party.- for the labour party. we are waitin: for the labour party. we are waiting for for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield - for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield to - waiting for wakefield to declare and it shall come any moment and we are keeping that on bbc news and world news. mo hussein, i d like to bring you in here because inevitably, the pressure will mount for boris johnson, who was not even in the country at the moment. how much will this damage his sense of control of what is going on around him? of control of what is going on around him? the timing of this is not great- around him? the timing of this is not great. he around him? the timing of this is not great. he is around him? the timing of this is not great. he is on - around him? the timing of t
In west yorkshire and devon. in wakefield, the conservatives are defending a majority ofjust over 3000. and in tiverton and honiton, the tories have a much larger majority of more than 24,000. counting in wakefield hasjust been completed. both are being seen as a stern test of the conservative government s popularity in the light of partygate and the cost of living crisis. let s talk to bbc newsnight s policy editor, lewis goodall. he ll be with us throughout the coming hours, bringing you all the latest updates from both constituencies. let s just start with a tweet from the leader of the lib dems, ed davey. put this out an hour ago and the hammer being a reference to the by election when last you a report a hammer to a blue tory wall. that is not very circumspect, is that?
Tonight, the for wakefield. tonight, the people of wakefield have spoken on behalf of the british people. they have said unreservedly borisjohnson, unreservedly boris johnson, your contempt for this unreservedly borisjohnson, your contempt for this country is no longer. your contempt for this country is no longer. . . your contempt for this country is no longer. welcome to our viewers on is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and, is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and, indeed, i viewers on pbs and, indeed, around the world on bbc world news as we bring you special coverage of two key by elections, the first one of which in wakefield hasjust been declared, one by labour, and this is the winning candidate, simon lightwood. it is not acceptable that people leave emergency every month and not treated because of record waiting times and it is not acceptable that convictions for crimes like robbery have fallen by almost half i