hello, i m anjana gadgil. in the last half hour, manchester city have become the premier league champions without kicking a ball. it happened as second placed arsenal were beaten i o by nottingham forest, who secured their own premier league title. so that s five of the past six league titles. let s talk to the sports centre in salford, arsenal led for most of the season but city were unstoppable in 2023? , ., ., ., 2023? arsenal did lead for the ma ori 2023? arsenal did lead for the majority of 2023? arsenal did lead for the majority of the 2023? arsenal did lead for the majority of the season, - 2023? arsenal did lead for the majority of the season, it - 2023? arsenal did lead for the majority of the season, it willl 2023? arsenal did lead for the l majority of the season, it will be very disappointing for arsenal fans, but city fans can celebrate, they don t play until tomorrow, and that will become a celebration for manchester city, but they have won their third tit
with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
A return to powersharing. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. a warning her report contains flashing images. it s becoming a familiar story on this island. a surge for sinn fein on an elections results day. this time last year, the party became the largest party in the devolved government at stormont. today, they repeated that in the local council elections, overtaking the dup. it was a message of telling people what we were for, it was about hard working councillors, but for me it definitely was about positive leadership, it was about a restoration of the executive, it was about making politics work, and i m very glad that has resonated with the electorate and they have come out in such strong numbers. northern ireland s democratic unionists have been refusing to return to power sharing at stormont because of their objections to the post brexit trading arrangements, and, while this election was for local councils, it was seen as people s first chance to send a message ab