a south gloucestershire councillor leads for the conservative group on south wiltshire council.ssage and we'll have to see what the result brings in a few hours' time. if the labour candidate grew up here but moved to london and said that he would move back, we're having this by election because chris skidmore, the former conservative mp, resigned, said that the government should be pushing ahead more quickly with net zero policies and he's since refused to endorse the conservative party in this byelection and said that if you lose then you should take a lesson from that, that people want to hear more about green issues. is that the lesson that you would take if you were to lose here? well, firstly, chris is a very good friend of mine. i still speak to him regularly and very much wish him well, although i disagree with the decision he took. he actually has said in the last few days that he greatly admires the conservative candidate on a personal level. so i think we'll see what the result brings in a few hours' time and not to start speculating about what it might, may or may no

i they are in the south gloucestershire? ~ u, gloucestershire?be re gloucestershire? i think we can be pretty clear _ gloucestershire? i think we can be pretty clear that _ gloucestershire? i think we can be pretty clear that the - gloucestershire? i think we can be pretty clear that the labourl be pretty clear that the labour party have managed to win this seat. what will be interesting to see is how well they won. but just to underline to see is how well they won. butjust to underline the significance of this — if the next general election were to be fought on the current boundaries and kingswood won't exist without a general election is actually fought — if that were the case, then kingswood is one of those seats where the swing required 11% is only a little less from the swing it labour would require to get an overall majority at a general election under the old boundaries, it would've been about i2%. so in other words, winning kingswood is consistent with the claim that the labour party are at the moment at least on course to win an overall

the vote in kingswood in south gloucestershire was prompted by the resignation of former tory mp chrislabour are hoping to take both seats, but in a statement said, we were always aware of the challenge ahead of us, with a large conservative majorities in both seats. there is a special live page “p seats. there is a special live page up and running on the bbc news website or app, and i will be back at half past with an update from both counts. you are life with _ update from both counts. you are life with bbc— update from both counts. you are life with bbc news. now to the war in ukraine. the head of nato, jens stoltenberg, has warned that the delay in approving new us military aid to ukraine is already having an impact on the battlefield. he said he expected congress to eventually approve the aid package because a russian victory was not in us interests. the united states being by far the biggest ally, of course it's vital that that continue to provide support, and therefore i continue to expect that they will be able to make a decision, hopefully as soon as possible. and a short whil

gloucestershire, what you _ kingswood and south gloucestershire, what you have is an example of theconcentration, the labour seats that have been_ concentration, the labour seats that have been run since 2015 and a sea of blue _ have been run since 2015 and a sea of blue around it but this is an example — of blue around it but this is an example when that picture is beginning to change with seats on the edge — beginning to change with seats on the edge with a mixture of open country— the edge with a mixture of open country at — the edge with a mixture of open country at the age and to the east more _ country at the age and to the east more suburban areas, if labour can repeat— more suburban areas, if labour can repeat that — more suburban areas, if labour can repeat that across the country is one of— repeat that across the country is one of the — repeat that across the country is one of the ways they could secure a majority _ one of the ways they could secure a majority so — one of the ways they could secure a ma'ori . ., . .,, one of the ways they could secure a ma'ori . , ., major

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol — have beene resignation of ex—conservative mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election in wellingborough, was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone�*s suspension from the house of commons for six weeks, for breaching the mps�* code of conduct. well, already tonight we have had statements from labour and the conservatives. first the tories say we have fought robust campaigns on the ground first the tories say, "we have fought robust campaigns on the ground in both of these seats with local candidates. but these by—elections were always going to be hard. the government of the day rarely win by—elections. both of these seats have been labour recently and they require smaller swings than were seen in recent by—elections". whilst pat mcfadden labour's national campaign coordinator said:"we are proud of the positive campaigns we have run in kingswoo

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol — will be ex—conservative mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough, which was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone's suspension from the house of commons for six weeks for breaching the mps' code of conduct. my colleague nicky schiller is spending the day in wellingborough and joins us now from a community centre in the town. welcome to this eco—in wellingborough, which is also a swap shop. you can see lots of items of clothing here, and other different items, and people bring them into swap for others. here we have a range of baby clothes that are available. jonathan hornet is with me. he is the man running this. i can see we have lots of items of food with us, jonathan. our people allowed to come in and take that food? how does it work?- allowed to come in and take that food? how does it work? people can brina food

they got around 7% of the vote last time, they are in charge of the south gloucestershire council, theyry much have a presence but i think in terms of national politics and fighting, a kind of national campaign this is very much being seen as a two horse race between labour and the conservatives. i would say it really has been us proper two horse race, this isn't something we can talk about it tonight labour quietly confident that they're going to win it, as if that's completely normal and expected, that does involve overturning a majority of more than 11,000, that isn't something would necessarily be perceived as a kind of easy. while we can sort of see it as a two horse race, make that point of what we are expecting to see we are in a remarkable time and politics in terms of the types of seats that are in place. the types of seats that are in lace. �* the types of seats that are in . lace, �* ., ., the types of seats that are in lace. �* . ., ., , the types of seats that are in lace. ~ . ., ., , ., place. and, hannah, any idea now when _ place. and, hannah, any idea now when we _ plac

two counts took place overnight, one in kingswood in south gloucestershire, the other in wellingboroughmptonshire. the results came in the early hours of this morning, with the labour leader sir keir starmer declaring that the outcome shows people want change. let's take a closer look at those results. in wellingborough, labour won with more than 13,000 votes — that's a share of more than 45%. labour's success continued in kingswood in south gloucestershire, with more than 11,000 votes and a 2,500 majority. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller has all the details from a dramatic night in politics. genevive in victoria, also known as genevive in victoria, also known as gen kitchen, labour party, 13,8114 votes. it's a result even better than they had hoped for. the biggest drop in the conservative vote in the second largest swing from tory to labour in any by—election since the second world war. any by-election since the second world war-— any by-election since the second worldwar. ., ., ., , world war. they know that our roads are not fit to — world war. they know that our roads are

the in south gloucestershire. the pubuc in south gloucestershire.kidmore and peter bone. full details on those by elections right here gb news throughout the evening and if you'd like to sign up for free news alerts, do scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news. common alerts . go to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you paul . we've got a >> thank you paul. we've got a huge hour ahead and we start with the huge controversy surrounding the three women convicts of a terror offence at a pro—palestine protest test. and there are big, big questions today about whether the judge who heard that case was actually impartial. tam akram is understood to have liked a comment on linkedin three weeks ago, but called for a free palestine and also referred to israel as terrorists. you found them all guilty after they displayed images of a paraglider just a week after hamas . october just a week after hamas. october the 7th terrorists invade vision of israel , but the 7th terrorists invade vision of israel, but in his own words, the judge decided no

kingswood in south gloucestershire is on the edge of the city of bristol and will go to the polls onrvative mp chris skidmore. he stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough, which was recalled following a recall petition in the constituency. it follows mp peter bone�*s suspension from the commons for six weeks for breaching the code of conduct for mps. nicky is spending the day in wellingborough and joins us from a college in the town. hello, we are inside a trash in college, a further education college —— we are at the further education couege —— we are at the further education college here. students study a range of vocational courses, including construction, and health and social care. we havejoined by some of the students today. both these students are 18. this is the first time you could possibly vote. elizabeth, first of all, what would you like your mp to do for you? i first of all, what would you like your mp to do for you?- first of all, what would you like your mp to do for you? i would like to net your mp to do for

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol — have been

voters in south gloucestershire have also been to the polls following the exit of representative mp chrislenges ahead of us with a large conservative majorities in both seeds with our —— which are both in and our target list for a general election. i'll be back with continuing coverage of those i elections through the night here on bbc news, and you can get more on the bbc news website or app. you're live with bbc news. the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year with the economy shrinking for two consecutive quarters. gross domestic product — a key measure of economic activity — fell by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023. that followed a contraction of 0.1% the previous quarter. it's the third uk recession in the past 25 years. and the difficulty for the british prime minister is that one of his five key pledges was to grow the economy. our economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. on the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, the need to fil

in kingswood in south gloucestershire, labour took more than 11,000 votes.arty, will add to conservative fears, with the party coming third in both polls. the swing from tory to labour in kingswood was 16.4%. our political editor chris mason has the story. the polls for the wellingborough constituency have now closed. ah, constituency have now closed. a night of counting into the small hours beckoned. encouragement and biscuits on offer. every vote counts. a process for the patient. at silly o'clock, the results. and the story of these contests. i do hereby declare that damien egan is duly elected. gen kitchen of the labour party is duly elected. after some sleep for some and no sleep for others, the winners tried to explain their wins. this is becoming an increasingly familiar sight and sound — a labour victory rally. we ran a campaign on access to nhs, bringing back pride to our town centres, making sure people felt safe and secure on our streets and tackling potholes. i was saying on the hundreds of doors that i knocked, the choice is what voice do you wa

now kingswood is a town situated in south gloucestershire . south gloucestershire. midlands. so that's where we're deaung midlands. so that's where we're dealing here. okay, let's dealing with here. okay, let's take a little shall we? take a little look, shall we? how they voted back in 2019. now in kingswood, skidmore had in kingswood, chris skidmore had been the past four been successful at the past four general . he increased general elections. he increased his vote share on each occasion and it was up 56% in 2019. before 2010, labour had won the seat at every general election since 1992, so to win , labour since 1992, so to win, labour need a swing in the share of the vote of 11.4 percentage points, so quite a big swing there in wellingborough , former wellingborough, former conservative mp peter bone won at every general election from 2005 to 2019. he increased the tories share of the vote by a staggering 62% in 2019. labour came second in four of the five contests, including in 2019 with candidate andrea watts. however, the exception was in 2015 when ukip was

gloucestershire .labour kingswood, south gloucestershire .ative majority. but are labour celebrating victory too soon? let's get the views of former government minister and radio and television broadcaster edwina currie. hi, edwina. now we know by elections are often about giving the incumbent a bloody nose, but bbc elections expert sir john curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any post—war election. that sounds like more than just a protest vote . vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection committee that chose her were idiots. uh, and her were all idiots. uh, and conservative headquarter were absolutely crazy to let that happen. they should have seen

gloucestershire .labour kingswood, south gloucestershire .rvative majority. but are labour celebrating victory too soon? let's get the views of former government minister and radio and television broadcaster edwina currie. hi, edwina. now we know by elections are often about giving the incumbent a bloody nose, but bbc elections expert sir john curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any post—war election. that sounds like more than just a protest vote . vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection committee that chose her were idiots. uh, and her were all idiots. uh, and conservative headquarter were absolutely crazy to let that happen. they should have se

and labour won kingswood in south gloucestershire with 11,000 votes. party coming third in both polls. the swing from tory to labour in kingswood was 16.4%. our political editor chris mason has the story. the polls for the wellingborough constituency have now closed. a night of counting into the small hours beckoned. encouragement and biscuits on offer. every vote counts. a process for the patient. at silly o'clock, the results and the story of these contests. i do hereby declare that damien egan is duly elected. thank you. cheering. gen kitchen of the labour party is duly elected. cheering. after some sleep for some and no sleep for others, the winners tried to explain their wins. cheering. this is becoming an increasingly familiar sight and sound — a labour victory rally. we ran a campaign on access to nhs, bringing back pride to our town centres, making sure people felt safe and secure on our streets and tackling potholes. i was saying on the hundreds of doors that i knocked, the choice is — what voice do you want in parliament? do you want a voice

and another by—election in kingswood in south gloucestershire. conservative mp packed it in, he fell out with the conservatives as far as net zero policies are concerned. the conservatives are pretty gloomy, labour are pretty optimistic, that has been the trend of by—elections for the last year or so. we will find out the results in the small hours of the morning or at a more conventional time if you are not as nerdy as me about these things. chris mason, our political editor, thank you. well, today's figures from the office for national statistics estimate that the uk economy went into recession in the last two quarters of 2023 — shrinking by 0.1% over the summer and then by 0.3% between october and december. our economics editor faisal islam looks at its impact. signs of the times in harlow town centre. on the one hand, some evidence of the struggle, for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, the need to fill recruitment gaps, too. it may look like a recession — indeed it is now officially a recessio

no voters in kingswood, in south gloucestershire, on the edge of the city of bristol, have been to thels following the resignation of x mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month after the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough, called following a recall petition and the northamptonshire constituency. that was prompted by former tory mp peter bone�*s suspension from the house of commons for six weeks for breaching the mps code of conduct. we could describe expectation management from both the conservatives and labour party who issued statements after the polls had closed. the tory one said... whilst the labour statement said... lets go live to kettering, which is where the wellingborough result will be declared. our political correspondent harry farley is there. got the coffee on the 90, there. got the coffee on the go, what's the mood there as to when we might get a result? fix, when we might get a result? degree of expectation management from labour. but in recent by—elections, we've seen labour overturned majorities bigger than that. w

gloucestershire and around 13% of the vote in wellingborough in northamptonshire.s making the point that a vote for reform uk is a vote to put labour in office. the number of people voting for reform, both labour and conservative voters because they are frustrated with the two main parties. a difficult week for the government losing those two big by—elections. and labourfacing a tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a motion in the house of commons calling for for intermediate ceasefire in gaza. the shadow foreign secretary was on the laura kuenssberg show this morning, he refused to say whether they would back it or not, he said it would be through diplomacy and not through a vote in the house of commons. the conflict in israel and gaza, those questions around anti—semitism in the labour party, having to withdraw support and suspend their candidate in the upcoming rochdale by—election which is a seat that labour would have expected to win, they are no longer backing a candidate in that by—election at the end of the month and next week, they are under pr

., �* . . “ , voting took place in kingswood in south gloucestershire caused by the resignation of chrisllingborough... the second biggest drop from the conservative since 1945. it's the second second—largest swing from tory to labour in a by—election since the second world war. the performance of reform uk which used to be the brexit party will add to conservative fears as they came in third taking 13% of the vote. that is a record result for them. in kingswood labour toppled a loving thousand majority with nearly 45% of the vote. so keir starmer said the results were fantastic. the tory mp jacob said the results were fantastic. the tory mpjacob rees mogg blamed a low turnout. here is ian watson. in the uk — the labour opposition — has won a resounding — double byelection victory — in a bad night for the party bosses were quick to blame him for the scale of the defeat. the result here in kingswood for labour was perhaps a bit less spectacular than it was in wellingborough and there was no underlying scandal or controversy. but in some ways this result could be more significant because i

gloucestershire.over to labour, particularly in wellingborough. there is a much more difficult by—election to come for the labour party in rochdale after they had to withdraw support from their candidate, so labour not actually supporting a candidate in a by—election in a constituency that they would be expected to wind. david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary was on the programme this morning with laura kuenssberg and he was asked about the by—election coming up. t was asked about the by-election coming up-_ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment _ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was _ coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was that - coming up. i am sorry that the initialjudgment was that he i coming up. i am sorry that the i initialjudgment was that he had made _ initialjudgment was that he had made an— initialjudgment was that he had made an apology, the candidate had made _ made an apology, the candidate had made an— made an apology, the candidate had made an apol

labour overturned large majorities in kingswood in south gloucestershire, after the resignation of overturningch used to be the brexit party will add to conservative fears as they came third taking 13% of the vote. in kingswood, labour topped with an 11,000 majority with nearly 45% of the votes. keir starmer called the results fantastic thing they should people want to change and the tory mp blame toa to a low turn out. just time to let's speak to henry hill who is the deputy editor of conservative supporting blog, conservativehome... your top line analysis of what we have seen?— have seen? the by elections basically confirm _ have seen? the by elections basically confirm everything | have seen? the by elections . basically confirm everything the polls have been saying for the last year or so which is that the conservatives are heading, as things stand, for a heavy defeat at the general election if the prime minister, if the conservatives managed to win one of them than that may change, the narrative, the same it did last year, but the bare—bones tax would not change. labour even on the kingsw

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol will be atergy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough which was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone's suspension from the house of commons for six weeks for breaching the code of conduct for mps. my colleague nicky schiller is spending the day in wellingborough and joins us now. good afternoon. good afternoon, we have been in — good afternoon. good afternoon, we have been in wellingborough, - good afternoon. good afternoon, we have been in wellingborough, we . good afternoon. good afternoon, we l have been in wellingborough, we have moved to the queensway estate. in 2019, this was labelled as he left behind area socially and economically deprived. later on, we will talk about the issue of knife crime in the area. i want to bring in ben schofield, our political correspondent, who has been covering the whole of this by—election build—up. matthew mentioned peter bone, that is a reason why we have a by—elect

gloucestershire and around 13% of the vote in wellingborough in northamptonshire.people voting for reform, both labour and conservative voters because they are frustrated with the two main parties. a difficult week for the government losing those two big by—elections. find government losing those two big by-elections-_ government losing those two big by-elections-— government losing those two big by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week _ by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week ahead. _ by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week ahead. they - by-elections. and labour facing a tricky week ahead. they are - by-elections. and labour facing a | tricky week ahead. they are being called to back _ tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a _ tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a motion _ tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a motion in - tricky week ahead. they are being called to back a motion in the - tricky week ahead. they are being i called to back a motion in the house of commons for intermediate ceasefire in gaza. the f

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol will be atskidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough which was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone's suspension from the house of commons for six weeks for breaching the code of conduct for mps. well, let's go live to my colleague nicky schiller who is spending the day in wellingborough talking to voters. good morning from wellingborough, in the heart of northamptonshire. it is about an hour the heart of northamptonshire. it is aboutan hour on the heart of northamptonshire. it is about an hour on the train from london, the next station is corby. we are in market street, which like many towns across the united kingdom has a mix of shops from the high street chains is that we have local independent coffee shops, the bargain stores, there are charity shops, the banks and building societies, and indeed we have seen a number of prope

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol — will be this follows the resignation of ex—conservative mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough, which was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone�*s suspension from the house of commons for six weeks, for breaching the mps�* code of conduct. my colleague nicky schiller is spending the day in wellingborough and joins us now from a cafe in the town. good morning. if you are feeling a little hungry, let mejust good morning. if you are feeling a little hungry, let me just tempt you with some of the lovely cakes that are on offer here at the ugly mug cafe in the heart of wellingborough, which as you say, voters here go to the polls in a by—election on thursday. joining me are dan and tasha clarkson, who on this cafe. dan, i'm interested in getting from your perspective what you think the issues are that the euro local mp

in the south gloucestershire constituency of kingswood, damien egan overturned a conservative majoritypolling guru sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde the one new thing we have got out of this by—election, just reflected in your previous contribution, is the fact that it does now look as though reform uk are able to win a notable share of the vote. we know from the polling data that a lot of that is coming from people who voted conservative in 2019. not all of them will necessarily vote conservative if reform went on the ballot paper, but it is pretty clear that reform will do more damage to the conservatives than they are to labour. and that is not going to be enough for reform themselves to win a seat, but it does increase the risk to conservative mps that they will lose their seat to labour, particularly if you bear in mind that is in the two constituency reform predecessor, the brexit party, did not stand in 2019 because they stood down and all the seats the conservatives were defending. richard tice, the current reform leader, has made it clear

voters in kingswood in south gloucestershire — which is on the edge of the city of bristol — will besignation of ex—conservative mp chris skidmore. the former minister stood down last month over the government's energy plans. the other by—election is in wellingborough which was called following a recall petition in the northamptonshire constituency. it was prompted by former tory mp peter bone's suspension from the house of commons for six weeks for breaching the code of conduct for mps. let's head back to nicky schiller who has spent the day in wellingborough for us. nicky, who has spent the day in wellingboroughfor us. nicky, good evening. wellingborough for us. nicky, good evenina. . evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here _ evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here all— evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here all day _ evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here all day and _ evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here all day and we - evening. good evening, matthew. we have been here all day and we have . have been here all day and we have

gloucestershire?loucestershire? the truth is at the beginning _ gloucestershire? the truth is at the beginning of— gloucestershire? the truth is at the beginning of the - gloucestershire? the truth is| at the beginning of the night, rather remarkably, the conservatives more or less said they were going to lose the two, which is not normally what you would expect to see, are one of the things noted about both these by—elections is at the conservative party didn't seem to put in a great deal of campaign effort. rishi sunak didn't appear, there wasn't pressure on tory mps to turn up and make sure they did their bit for the candidates. it's almost as though the conservative party reckon that perhaps might not trying too hard they would help to deflect journalist interest away from the by—elections and thereby perhaps try to bury the bad news, but i think the truth is that they are still going to discover that although we should say that the turnout in both by—elections is low, and thatis both by—elections

that's in northamptonshire and kingswood in south gloucestershire.ngswood vote was triggered after conservative chris skidmore quit in protest over the government's green policies. and in wellingborough , polls are and in wellingborough, polls are open because peter bowen was accused of bullying and sexual misconduct allegations. he denied. voting closes at 10:00 tonight. gb news will be broadcasting throughout the night with expert analysis and all those important results from midnight tonight , right through midnight tonight, right through to breakfast. first thing in the morning for the latest stories, do sign up for gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts . alerts. >> for the latest news from the bank of england . well, i think bank of england. well, i think we've got it in a clip here. >> oh, ostrich. consider how the world we know is trembling on the brink . have you heard the the brink. have you heard the news? may i hear your views? will you tell me what you think ? will you tell me what you think? t

gloucestershire.vote was triggered after conservative chris skidmore quit in protest over the government's green policy in wellingborough . green policy in wellingborough. polls open after peter bone was accused of bullying and sexual misconduct . accused of bullying and sexual misconduct. he though, denied those allegations . voting closes those allegations. voting closes at 10:00 tonight and will be broadcasting throughout the night with expert analysis and the all important results from midnight tonight and that will last right through till breakfast. crystal palace manager roy hodgson is in a stable condition after falling ill during the team's training today. the 76 year old was due today. the 76 year old was due to speak at a scheduled news conference for monday's game against everton, but that's now had to be cancelled. the premier league club have confirmed within the last hour that roy hodgson is now undergoing tests in hospital, keeping an eye on that story for you now, the first ever commer

gloucestershire .ingswood gloucestershire. the kingswood vote was triggered after conservative chris skidmore quit in protest over the government's green policy in wellingborough . green policy in wellingborough. the polls are open after peter bowen was accused of bullying and sexual misconduct, although he denied those allegations. voting closes at 10:00 tonight and right here on gb news. we'll be broadcasting throughout the night with expert analysis and those all important results, all from midnight tonight , right from midnight tonight, right through to breakfast for the very latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts . common alerts. >> so the news this morning was not very good for the prime minister in fact, somewhat embarrassing. we are now back in recession. they're calling it a technical recession. we'll have a look at what that really means in just a moment. but remember, the people's forum with rishi sunak that we hosted here o

gloucestershire. labour's national campaign coordinator , national campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden, says although it will be some time before we know the results the party is making real progress in all corners of the country. gb news up all night following those events for you and bringing you those live declarations together with expert analysis from midnight tonight, right through till breakfast. now in other news, today the government is facing questions tonight over its economic record after it emerged the uk entered a recession at the uk entered a recession at the end of 2023. official figures out today show the economy shrank by 0.3% in december following similar contractions in the previous three months. it's the first time the uk's gdp has dropped since the first covid lockdown . since the first covid lockdown. the chancellor says though there is light at the end of the tunnel, if the government sticks to its economic plan within the last hour, it's been confirmed that two boys, both aged

gloucestershire kingswood, south gloucestershire they overturned an 11,220 conservative majority tohris skidmore's former seat, a rather unfortunate name turn out was almost half. it was previously , but the real winner previously, but the real winner was the reform party, who established themselves as the third party, ousting the liberal democrats, whose leader, ed davey appears to well be keeping a very low profile after the post office debacle and is repeated calls for others to resign. then after a dash to his father's side for approximately 45 minutes this week, prince harry claimed i love my family. crikey really? which family do you mean the king? fair enough , you mean the king? fair enough, but maybe you'd hope he could love them in a slightly less sort of branding them racist, writing and calling them writing books and calling them evil mean, how bad does evil way. i mean, how bad does meghan look now well? will meghan look now as well? will she and her some she go and see her dad? some people may be able to overlook their behaviour, selling out their behaviour, selling ou

gloucestershire . in south gloucestershire. some time before we know the official results, the party is making real progress in all corners of the country. that's the assessment of the labour party. gb news is up all night following the events for you and bringing you those live declarations together with expert analysis from midnight right through to breakfast, the government is facing questions tonight over its economic record after it emerged the uk entered after it emerged the uk entered a recession at the end of 2023. official figures show that the economy shrank by 0.3% in december and of course , that december and of course, that followed another quarter of contraction as well, meaning an official technical recession. but but we're going to, of course, refer to those two counts that we're looking at tonight . we're covering two tonight. we're covering two by—election counts. both wellingborough and kingswood. we're going to be with you through the night here on gb news. britain's election channel. and we've just heard fr

elections in kingsdown, in south gloucestershire and wellingborough in northants tomorrow?tain entered recession. it's not a good look. >> yeah. and that could well happen. what's your prediction on that front , mr halligan? you on that front, mr halligan? you normally get it right . normally get it right. >> well, i wrote in the sunday telegraph at the weekend that i do think it's more likely than not that the uk did go into recession at the back end of last year, a recession, of course, is two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. we know that the economy shrunk july, august, september. that's the third quarter. last year it shrunk just by 0.1, by a 10th of 1. that's a tiny amount in a, you know £2 trillion economy. and it may be that there was another very, very tiny o.1% slowdown in the final quarter of last year. october, november , december. october, november, december. that's two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. it would be the, the shallowest possible recession that you could have. but it was still crossed the line into recession that the dreade

proctor spent ia seasons with gloucestershire, later coaching south africa when they returned to the from manchester city's first dropped points in the premier league for two months — with the title race taking another twist on saturday. liverpool stay top. they won 4—1 at brentford with mo salah scoring on his return from injury, while city needed to win to have chance of staying second. but they couldn't. held 1—1 by chelsea at the etihad on a day erling haaland missed a host of good chances. the champions were heading for defeat after raheem sterling scored against his former side. but rodri's late equaliser at least kept their year—long unbeaten home record intact. the draw though does end a run of 11 straight wins in all competitions. we played an incredible second half. the first half was a little bit not our level, will happen with many games. you have to play 90 minutes, notjust a half. arsenal have now scored 11 goals in two games after winning 5—0 at burnley. the floodgates opened early through martin 0dergaard, then bukayo saka got two of the four that followed as arsenal

he was south africa coach when they returned for the 1992 world cup.t—trick against hampshire in the semi—final. mike procter, who has died at the age of 77. the new netball super league season got going today — the severn stars were first up — and got off to a win over leeds rhinos, 57—41, and just a few hours later, two time winners and defending champions loughborough lightning started off their season with a win over surrey storm, 63—50... with team bath just edging strathclyde sirens... all 10 teams are in action at nottingham's motorpoint arena. so confirmation of those results from the opening day with two later matches. london pulse were beaten by manchester thunder. and the game between cardiff dragons up against the saracens mavericks finished 48 all. duane chambers' return to the british indoor athletics championships at the age of 45 took him as far as the semi finals of the 60 metres in birmingham. running from lane one on the right chambers... who won the world title in this event... finished last in his semi final... which was won by eve

he was south africa coach when they returned for the 1992 world cup.e procter who has died at the age of 77. the new netball super league season got going today — the severn stars were first up — and got off to a win over leeds rhinos, 57—a1 and just a few hours later, two time winners and defending champions loughborough lightning started off their season with a win over surrey storm, 63—50, with team bath just edging strathclyde sirens. all 10 teams are in action at nottingham's motorpoint arena. so confirmation of those results from the opening day... with two later matches. london pulse were beaten by manchester thunder. and not long under way between cardiff dragons, against the saracens mavericks — a short while ago it was 2a—29. duane chambers' return to the british indoor athletics championships at the age of a5 took him as far as the semi—finals of the 60 metres in birmingham. running from lane one on the right, chambers, who won the world title in this event, finished last in his semi—final which was won by eventual championjeremiah azu, who'

he spent 14 seasons with gloucestershire and later coached south africa on their international returnicester tigers later. gloucester await the winners after beating defending champions exeter chiefs. josh hathaway with the pick of them as gloucester survived a late fightback to hold on and win17—14. glasgow warriors are second in the united rugby championship after thrashing dragons by 40 points to 7. the hosts got off to an absolutely flying start. it took just 30 seconds for them to open the scoring withjosh mckay going overfor the first of their six tries in the bonus point win at scotstown stadium. cardiff were a man down. they had a lead at one point. the irish side came back to win by 16 points to 12. bulls and leinster also won. irish will bounce protest i come back to women and edinburgh in their clash against the women's celtic challenge cup rugby tournament. they managed to halve a 14—point deficit in the final 20 minutes, but still looked like they'd head home with nothing. that was until katie corrigan got hold of the ball and surged through to cross over with 50 seconds

and our south west of england reporter jeff moody is in in gloucestershire . in kingswood in gloucestershireyou first. chris, let's come to you first. those comments that we're getting the prime getting now from the prime minister, saying minister, rishi sunak, saying the circumstances surrounding both by elections were particularly challenging . what particularly challenging. what do you make of that reaction from the prime minister >> i mean, what else could he say? there's no there's no surprise he's saying that the pm didn't come here to campaign in wellingborough. he didn't go to kingswood and campaign . both kingswood and campaign. both those elections were those by elections were triggered , uh, for embarrassing triggered, uh, for embarrassing reasons , for the party in reasons, for the party in kingswood . the mp, chris kingswood. the mp, chris skidmore, quit a seat that was being, uh, wound up and shut down at the next election, eight months early, to seek a career outside of parliament. here in wellingborough. peter bone, the long serving tory mp brexiteer, was pushed out amid a de