this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: big wins for the conservatives. they have taken control of 11 councils and gained more than 500 seats. labour has a tough time after it loses more than 380 seats and seven authorities, including glasgow city council, which they have held since 1980. mixed fortunes for the liberal democrats. the party is down by 42 council seats. disappointment for ukip, as they lose all of their seats bar one. and the snp is the biggest party in the scottish council elections, with tories replacing labour as the second—biggest. in other news: the government finally publishes its draft plan to tackle air pollution, but it has been criticised for being too unclear. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. first some breaking news. a third man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of the billionaire businessman guy hedger. he was fatally shot in his home on sunday. does two manner accused of aggravated burglary —— those two men are also accused of aggregated burglary. the conservatives have made big gains in the local elections,

in their best result in nearly a decade. labour has taken a beating, losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow, amongst others. ukip‘s vote has collapsed, and the liberal democrats had varied fortunes. with all councils now declared, the conservatives have gained 319 seats in england. labour have lost 142 seats, the lib dems have lost 28, and ukip are down 143. in scotland, the snp have lost seven seats, the tories have gained 164, and labour have lost 133. in wales, labour have lost 107 seats, the tories have gained 80 seats, plaid cymru have also gained 33 seats. the lib dems have lost 11 seats. here is our political editor laura kuenssberg. ..is duly elected as councillor for the said division. blue was the colour. in essex... teesside... derbyshire. .. lancashire... south, east, west and north.

even in glasgow, where in some parts the tories went out with the ark. the conservative party candidate is duly elected as mayor. and in the marginal midlands, a big win. the area's first ever metro mayor, wearing a tory rosette. this is may's day. this is not about who wins and who loses in the local elections. it is about continuing to fight for the best brexit deal for families and businesses across the united kingdom. are you still seriously maintaining, today, that you are not looking at a victory and sweeping back into number ten, potentially with a very large majority? i'm not taking anything for granted. i will be going out for the remaining weeks of this general election campaign to earn the support of the british people. and it is labour that is suffering. red spilled in west dunbartonshire, northumberland, nottinghamshire. seats disappearing in

almost every corner. a very bad night for labour? thank you so much for coming. mr corbyn needs a lot more than a brave face. i declare that andy burnham is duly elected as the mayor... 0ld faces, but new mayors in manchester and liverpool gave labour something to cheer. but what's this? where's andy burnham ? the leader arrived tonight to celebrate that manchester victory, but the actual winner, andy burnham, was nowhere to be seen. jeremy corbyn has inspired, but there is a huge question mark. can this kind of support for translate to the whole country? crowd: yes, we can! 0ne senior labour figure told me the results were catastrophic,

but the leader will hardly admit that. we've had very disappointing results in other parts of the country. yes, we have to go out there in the next four weeks and get a message out. yet, with only weeks till the general election, candidates who want to stay on as labour mps are already pointing the finger. it's a pretty disastrous picture. it's simply not good enough, for a party that's been in opposition for seven years, that's heading towards a general election in five weeks, to not be picking up seats and not making forward progress. a symbol of the party's decline, a totem, labour lost control of glasgow's city chambers to the snp. they failed to win there outright, but they are the biggest party by far. yet the emerging pattern in scotland — a tory comeback. this is a clear and emphatic victory for the snp. it means we've got councillors and council groups across the country able to protect local services,

but it's also a great launchpad for the general election. in wales, labour lost more than 100 seats, but held cardiff, and held back some of the worst. but the tories and plaid nibbling away some of their support. defending wales is what plaid cymru is all about. labourare in no position to do that. they've had a majority of mps in wales for decades, and they've failed to put wales on the map. but it was ukip that had the worst crash from their heights. their scorecard nearly zero. brexit seeming to challenge their very reason for being. we've won the war, but we haven't yet won the peace. and i would say this: that we need ukip to be there, we need ukip to be strong. ukip is the insurance policy in case brexit doesn't get delivered. and yes, this is sometimes how seats are decided. a vote so close candidates draw straws. here, a lib dem had a lucky choice.

in what, overall, that party described as a patchy performance. political speak for "not that much to be proud of, nor disaster instead". the liberal democrats are now your best route to prevent our country and our communities being taken for granted by a conservative landslide. not much sign of the greens becoming a significant force, gaining some small new footholds, but losing others along the way. yet, in a patchwork of results, there was one big winner. on her party's first big day out with her in charge. of course, this is not the general election. today's results may not translate directly into what happens next month. but, after today, theresa may has plenty to be confident about. yet there will be no letup. she and the rest will be straight back out on the trail. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. labour has taken a beating, losing control of its former stronghold of glasgow, amongst others. ukip‘s vote has collapsed, and the liberal democrats

had varied fortunes. with all councils now declared, the conservatives have gained 319 seats in england. labour have lost 142 seats, the lib dems have lost 28, and ukip are down 143. in scotland, the snp have lost seven seats, the tories have gained 164, and labour have lost 133. in wales, labour have lost 107 seats, the tories have gained 80 seats, plaid cymru have also gained 33 seats. the lib dems have lost 11 seats. he doesn't look very happy, even a bit tense. those defeats and setbacks in the north and the midlands hard to take, and then, you'd almost believe labour was having a good day — almost. we've had some difficult results overnight. some have been very good. labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, his family and his leader and just now, jeremy corbyn could use a little comfort. well, in the light of the results we are seeing now, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? obviously we need to gain support. and i'll tell you, compared to two years ago,

we are doing our best, doing well. we've obviously got a lot further to go. everybody understands that. but there are also a large number of people who didn't vote in the local elections, and a very large number who, sadly, are still yet to register to vote. and i hope they will all register to vote by 22 may. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersy ferry. the city goes with labour each time. but now some of that support is going adrift, in the city doubts are creeping in. in some places across the river, labour is in danger, for all the faith of those who want jeremy corbyn to steer their party and the country. liverpool is labour. you're labour. isjeremy corbyn good for labour? yes, definitely. he is the change the country needs. we've put up with too many people without integrity, who can be bought, who are false, who only cared about themselves. he does care about people. dead, he's dead. he's got no personality, i'io presence.

he's got no — he doesn't look strong. he looks weak, he looks like a wet cod all the time. even though you are agreeing with all he says. i love the guy, i do. i'm honest, iwould like him to win, but he's never going to win, not in a million years. britain is choosing its course beyond the eu, and its captain and who leads britain after brexit is a big issue, for some the decider. so you're a labour man. i was, but i won't be doing it this time because i don't trust them to get us out of europe. i think corbyn will the get ripped to bits in the negotiations, so i'm going to switch to the tories this time. jeremy corbyn came here after a bad night and a worse day, to show and tell reasons to be cheerful. liverpool is a labour fortress, but talk to people and it's as clear as day that support is crumbling. and labour mps who won, with voting majorities

of up to 5,000 and more, are telling me privately they've abandoned hope of holding their seats in parliament. after seven years of tory cuts and austerity, labour is fighting to beat the odds. no—one told jeremy corbyn leading would be easy, but he has learned how hard it can be. ukip faces questions about its future, after winning just one of the council seats it was contesting. it has lost all 13 councillors in lincolnshire, where its leader, paul nuttall, is running in the general election. he says the party is a victim of its own success. the former ukip mp douglas carswell says it is all over for ukip. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports from boston, in lincolnshire. this lincolnshire market town has been ripe ukip turf. boston has seen a surge in migration from eastern europe. more people here backed brexit than anywhere else in britain. but, last night, voters abandoned ukip. they were there for a purpose. they got us a referendum, and we're getting us out. so i think they did what they set out to do. they're a spent force. i don't think they'll do much now. most of ukip‘s support here, and almost all of the county council seats, went to the tories.

it is not a local issue, but some say they are the party to deliver brexit. i don't think ukip had any idea of how to do it. who do you think does, who do you think can do that? i think we have to rely on the conservative party, i think at the moment the conservatives are the only viable party. i think theresa may is the right person to lead this country. she's strong enough. in recent years, ukip has been a force to be reckoned with. they played a key part in getting the eu referendum, and then the country backed brexit. but in these elections, their support has collapsed in places like this, where they were once so popular, prompting some to ask whether this is the start of the end for ukip. this is where the party's leader will stand in the general election. today, he avoided the cameras. but in a statement, paul nuttall said his party had been

a victim of its own success, and if the price of britain leaving the eu is a tory advance, it's a price ukip‘s prepared to pay, although he insisted the party still had a bright future. sue ransome agrees. she lost her council seat last night. her husband failed to win, but they say ukip will fight on, despite theresa may encroaching on their territory. has she stolen ukip‘s policies? yes, absolutely. does that mean she's stolen ukip‘s vote? possibly, because she's saying what people want to hear. she's saying what i want to hear. so ukip‘s role now — is theresa may saying what you want to here? after brexit referendum, that's how we see ourselves. we are here to make sure what 17 million people wanted is going to happen, and there'll be no backsliding. but having suffered such losses, even in its heartlands, it is hard to see where ukip goes from here. the government has finally published its plan to reduce air pollution in the uk,

having lost a legal battle to delay it until after the general election. but it has already been criticised by environmentalists and motoring groups for being too vague. among a range of possible measure are new council clean air zones, and a possible diesel scrappage scheme. 0ur science editor david shukman reports from nottingham, one of a number of uk cities failing to meet pollution standards. the rattle of diesel in the morning rush hour in nottingham. one of many cities where traffic generates unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide. so all eyes are on the government's new plan to clean up. the authorities in nottingham have been taking steps on their own. with a tram system to get people out of cars and a special lane for electric vehicles. but the council says the government still isn't doing enough. they are trying to make local authority responsible for it, and to duck their own responsibility as a central government. that is not going to work. local authorities have not got the resources to be able to respond. they have not got the means

to solve the problem. the environment secretary, andrea leadsom, who unveiled the plan today, declined our request for an interview. but she said air quality was a high priority. 0ne scheme is to install new filters on older vehicles, like the device being fitted to this bus. but this will not apply to cars. another scheme is to remove speed bumps, because cars are more polluting when they slow down and speed up. but safety experts say lives would be at risk. and there is a possible scrappage scheme for the most polluting vehicles, but little detail on how it would work. we've always wanted a national network of clean air zones, along with help and support, such as a scrappage scheme, for people to switch to cleaner forms of transport. now, it appears that the national network of clean air zones is not