a disappointing night for labour in the local elections in england, as the party makes limited gains, and doesn't win some of its key councils. jeremy corbyn's party took plymouth from the conservatives but failed to win any of its target councils in london, and lost nuneaton and bedworth. obviously, i'm disappointed with any places where we lost a bit of ground. but if you look at the overall picture, labour gained a lot of seats across the whole country, we gained a lot of votes in places where we never had those votes before. the conservatives celebrate in london, as the party hold on to theirflagship boroughs, but lose trafford, their only council in greater manchester. theresa may says overall it was a good night. we've made progress in places like dudley and walsall, we've taken control of basildon and peterborough. and that's all the result of the really hard work of councillors, our activists, our supporters and our revitalised campaign machine. the liberal democrats have made progress in some areas, taking control of richmond—upon—thames.

support for ukip collapses. we'll have the latest analysis from our correspondents across the country. also this lunchtime. an nhs england report into the deaths of people with learning disabilities highlights concerns about treatment. hawaii declares a state of emergency because of a volcanic eruption on its largest island. the former liverpool and england captain, steven gerrard's expected to be named the new manager of rangers football club. also in the sport on bbc news. not the ideal start for chris froome at the giro d'italia. he fell during practice, as he aims to win a third successive grand tour. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one.

labour has made some gains in local elections across england but overall it's been a disappointing night for the party which failed to win some of its key targets. jeremy corbyn's hopes of major wins in london evaporated as the conservatives not only hung on to wandsworth and westminster, but also retook control of barnet, where the anti—semitism row was blamed. they also lost nuneaton and bedworth for only the second time. the conservatives benefited from a collapse in support for ukip, but they lost trafford in greater manchester, and plymouth was taken from them by labour. the liberal democrats had a good night taking control of richmond—upon—thames. this is the national picture after over three—quarters of the results have been declared. in terms of council control, there has not been much change with both of the biggest parties in england holding on to most councils they were defending. ) in terms of the number of councillors, labour and the lib dems have both made gains. the conservatives achieved some gains in councillors.

ukip have lost nearly all of the council seats they held, winning just three so far. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. cheering celebrations here... cheering there, and everywhere. but disappointment, too, for both of the main parties in england. both claiming they've done ok, but no decisive shift to either labour or the tories. cheering it was plymouthjeremy corbyn had to travel to, to celebrate his party's big win of the night, with labour taking the south coast council from the tories. but in the morning mist, he admitted results hadn't all been good. obviously, i'm disappointed with any places where we lost a bit of ground. but if you look at the overall picture, labour gained a lot of seats across the whole country. we gained a lot of votes in places where we've never had those votes before and we had a very, very effective

campaign across the country. theresa may has been celebrating in wandsworth, a solid conservative london council labour had hoped to win. for the tories, the results must need belief, in the end, while there have been losses, there have been unexpected gains. the result of the really hard work of councillors, activists and supporters and our revitalised campaign machine. but we won't take anything for granted. we will continue to work hard for local people and we will build on this success people and we will build on this success for the future. there were tears ofjoy in the richmond—upon—thames where the lib dems took the london borough from the tories. cani the tories. can ijust the tories. can i just say well done and thank you. this morning the party leader praised his team. not a complete is bounce back but some ground

regained. whether against labour or conservative is, in brexit or remain country, we are reasserting ourselves. elsewhere, it might not have been a win but the tories losing control was enough for labour to celebrate in trafford, once the only conservative council in the north—west. in barnet in london, home to a largejewish community, labour admitted the anti—semitism i’ow labour admitted the anti—semitism row had cost them and the tories took control. the conservatives managed to hang on in swindon despite a big push from labour. it is unhappy times for ukip, they suffered almost total wipe—out, raising questions about whether it can survive. a lot of people who supported ukip recognised the only people who can deliver brexit now is the current conservative part —— government and that means many feel they have to give that government support. for

the green party which has upped its total number of councillors, it has been positive so far. traditionally government get a kicking at local elections but this time it hasn't happened. the tories had been in government for eight yea rs had been in government for eight years with austerity throughout and despite a difficult winter for the nhs and recent wind rush scandal, labour has only made small steps rather than big strides. it is relief for the tories and leaves labour puzzled. all is over, there are still result to come in, a final picture won't be revealed until later this afternoon. let's look in more detail now at how a few of those key council results impact on the national picture. in a moment, we'll report on barnet in north london where the conservatives had a majority ofjust one seat, and which labour saw as a key target. in contrast, trafford has been held by the conservatives for 14 years, and was their only council in greater manchester.

meanwhile, nuneaton and bedworth is an area that often indicates the colour of the government at general elections. jeremy corbyn says his party "is now well placed to fight and win the next general election," after achieving what he called "a solid set of results". but labour failed to win derby, and fell short of gaining control in areas like swindon, dudley and walsall. in nuneaton and bedworth, they lost control of the council for only the second time, losing eight of their councillors in the area. the conservatives picked up most of those, to leave neither party in overall control of the council. sima kotecha reports from dudley. opinion has always been divided here, and a tight contest was expected, but in the end it was the conservatives who made major gains, snatching five seats from the hands of ukip. which way did you vote, if you don't mind me asking? conservative.

i just want to sort this brexit out once and for all. i think everybody‘s sick of what's going on. yeah, conservative. got no faith in labour whatsoever at this moment in time. i think it's a shame for ukip. i think some of the policies were very good. i think it was well supported for different reasons. i think there is the sense that people have lost interest altogether with it. the tories have been running the local authority since last year, afterjoining forces with the eurosceptic party. dudley was often described as fertile ground for ukip, but last night the party was almost wiped out. it now has just one councillor. all these immigrants coming in the country, i think it's a bit bad. ifeel sorry for them, for what they're going through, but... you know, i think there is enough in the country, like, you know. they come in, they don't to pay a penny into the system, they have

everything they want and we can't get nothing. so the council here has no overall control, with the tories and labour even, with 35 councillors each. in other regional news, labour lost control of nuneaton and bedworth, an area that often indicates the colour of government at general elections. derby went, too, and now has no overall control. these places are brexit territory, but ukip have done terribly. it seems the tories here have benefited. sima kotecha, bbc news, dudley. theresa may says she's pleased with the conservative performance overnight. they gained control of councils in peterborough, southend and basildon, but admitted more work had to be done. they lost their flagship council in the north—west, trafford. labour picked up most of their seats in the area, leaving the council with no party in overall control. that result means the tories no longer control any councils in the greater manchester area. our correspondentjudith moritz has been to trafford this morning.

labour party, 2018 votes. cheering it's years since labour have had something to cheer about in trafford. the council's been in conservative hands since 200a. not any more. last night, red overtook blue here, leaving the authority in no overall control. we were a target for the labour party, it's the only conservative council surrounded by a number of labour councils in greater manchester and the north—west. and we've seen significant opposition activity. in the wards where we've seen them change this evening, there is a combination of a significantly higher turnout than we've previously seen before. in local elections, it's local issues which swing the pendulum. here there have been rows over controversial development plans on green belt land. the greens won two surprise seats here.

over the pennines in sheffield, environmental issues also came into play. the city council's tree—felling programme has angered voters, and though labour retained control in sheffield, it's been weakened by green gains. i believe that the trees have really brought into sharp relief the way that democracy is just not working any more. we've had multiple protests, multiple petitions, people writing hundreds or probably thousands of letters by now, and the council does absolutely nothing to change the strategy it adopted since the beginning. in hull, labour held on, though that lead was dented by a strong swing towards the liberal democrats — some surprise in such a pro—brexit city. but the party says it is proof that it's alive, kicking and on the up. judith moritz, bbc news. all the seats in london's 32 boroughs were up for election. labour held on to their inner city strongholds but failed to win over their key

target seats, wandsworth, westminster and barnet — where the row over anti—semitism appears to have cost the party votes. labour had hoped to gain control of the council but they lost councillors in the area as the conservatives took control of the borough. our correspondent richard galpin reports from barnet. conservative, 2800... conservative party supporters celebrating early this morning as it became clear they would regain control of the council here in barnet. and by a substantial margin, taking 13 more council seats than labour. are you tempted to call a snap general election? the prime minister came to the borough to congratulate the winning team. the election in this borough, which has a largejewish population, one which labour had thought it could win for the first time in more than 50 years. but it wasn't to be. it seems the anti—semitism issue was

a key reason. although people knew where we stood locally, we have been very firm on that, that we saw it as fighting anti—semitism as a moral position to be in, ourstance anti—semitism as a moral position to be in, our stance was the right one. in the background, where they are condoning a party that hadn't yet dealt with the anti—semitism three years after it was brought to their notice? knowing labour was vulnerable, the conservatives focused on wards here with large jewish populations.|j focused on wards here with large jewish populations. i went to 700 different doorsteps and asked them, are you planning to vote? they would mostly tell me, we are labour supporters but we arejewish, and we just can't bring ourselves to vote for the current labour party. the labour candidates and supporters in

this borough find this a day of disappointment. for the party nationally, a time for reflection on why some voters clearly believe the party has not dealt properly with the anti—semitism issue. richard galpin, bbc news, barnet. let's put those election results into context now, and what they might mean nationally. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. your analysis, norman? the big question being asked of jeremy corbyn is whether we have reached a peak corbyn, the high watermark for him, which is not to say he did badly last night when he came into this election on a roll with a real sense of momentum. last night you felt the corbyn bandwagon stuttering and stalling and in some areas it clunked into reverse. if you look outside of london, there are share of the vote went down,

they didn't hold on to key councils in the north light derby, there were losses in some of those bellwether marginal seats in the midlands, like nuneaton and redditch, and further southin nuneaton and redditch, and further south in the old lair belt seats, swindon and basildon, again, not making the progress they should. and in london, they missed out on those tory targets. when you talk to team corbyn, they say it was a consolidation election. the difficulty is consolidation is the same as standing still, and standing still is not enough to get you from opposition into government. as for theresa may, she can break open the biscuits because she did better than she dared hope, in large pa rt better than she dared hope, in large part thanks to the collapse in ukip with most of that support going into her back pocket. for the lib dems,

after the quagmire of the coalition yea rs, after the quagmire of the coalition years, they are clawing their way back, the odd green shoot to be found in richmond and maybe kingston. ukip, they were pretty much the getaway kid and there are real questions as to whether ukip can survive as a political party. i noticed their general secretary suggesting ukip may be like the black death, they may go into remission and then come back again. i have to say comparing yourself to the black death is not the best winning strategy i have heard. thank norman, from westminster. you, well, special coverage you, of the local elections continues throughout the afternoon on the bbc news channel, and from 3pm on bbc two. and you can find out the result of your own local council by entering your postcode on the bbc news web page and clicking on the links to england local elections 2018.

the time is 1.17pm. our main story this lunchtime... a disappointing night for labour in the local elections in england as the party makes limited gains and doesn't win some of its key councils. and coming up... islay remembers the 700 soldiers and sailors who went down with their ships during the great war. coming up on bbc news... all the latest from the world snooker championship semifinals, wherejohn higgins has been up against kyren wilson this morning. mark williams resumes his match with barry hawkins this afternoon. the world's first national review of the number of deaths of people with learning disabilities has found either abuse, neglect, delays in treatment or gaps in care had played a part in one in eight of the cases that were scrutinised. the review was commissioned by nhs england after the death of a young man called connor sparrowhawk. nikki fox reports.

just some of the faces of those with learning disabilities who died too young. stephanie bincliffe spent seven years mostly in this room. she died at the age of 25. richard hanley died of constipation at 33. laura booth went into hospital for a routine eye operation and never came home. she wasjust 2i. but it was the death of this young man, connor sparrowhawk, that prompted action. he drowned in the bath following an epileptic seizure, aged just 18. his death was entirely preventable. today's report found that in one in eight of the deaths reviewed so far, there were failings. abuse, neglect and delays in treatment were just some of the reasons given. it highlighted that life expectancy was considerably lower for those with learning disabilities — 29 years for women and 23 for men. promises were made when this study was set up three years ago. this will be a very important moment to step back and look at the way

we look after that particular highly vulnerable group. but so far only 8% of the 1,300 deaths that have been reported have actually been reviewed. the problem has been that the project has been under—resourced. .. connor's mum, sara, who has campaigned tirelessly since her son died, believes nothing has changed. jeremy hunt made a big speech about trying to sort of prevent these deaths happening. in actual fact, the situation is worse now than it was before. so all we are doing really is sending to the surface the horror, without actually changing anything. nhs england says that these early lessons from the report will feed into hospital and community work and an extra £1.11 million will be spent in order to ramp up the speed and number of reviews over the coming year. for the many families of those who have lost their children too soon, they want to see immediate action so that more people don't die

prematurelyjust because they have a learning disability. nikki fox, bbc news. the nobel prize for literature will not be given out this year because of a sexual assault scandal at the swedish academy which awards it. it's the first time such a decision has been made in almost 70 years. maddy savage reports from stockholm. churchill, steinbeck, dylan... for more than a century, the nobel literature prize has been amongst the most prestigious awards for authors from around the world. but the institution that hands out the literature award, the swedish academy, has been in turmoilfor months. it's all because of this french photographer, jean—claude arnault, who ran a cultural project that got funding from the swedish academy. he's accused of sexually assaulting at least 18 women and leaking information about prizes. he's married to katarina frostenson, who was a member of the academy when the allegations came out.

she later resigned, alongside a handful of others, amid deep internal rows about how the allegations were handled. so it's a big deal that the swedish academy hasn't really been able to cope with this scandal. but also the fact that they haven't expressed any remorse, any regret about their behaviour in public in the last few weeks. the swedish academy's decision to postpone the prize is an admission that it has lost credibility both here in sweden and around the world. in a statement today, it said it would spend the next year looking at how to tackle conflict of interest and communication in future, as well as recruiting new members. this is a scandal that's notjust put the literary sphere in a spin, but upset a lot of people across sweden, where sex assault allegations are taken seriously and the nobel awards are a source of national pride. they haven't taken the questions seriously about the sexual harassments. such an honourable group of people are acting like kids. i think it's bad for sweden, because a lot of swedes think

the swedish academy are the good guys, the people who do good and want to do good. restoring public confidence in the academy and the prize won't be an easy assignment. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. a volcano's erupted on hawaii's largest island, sending plumes of smoke high into the air. lava flows have been seen heading for residential areas with witnesses reporting seeing "curtains of fire" and smelling sulphur in the air. 10,000 people have been told to evacuate and a state of emergency has been declared. james cook has the latest. ok, wejust had a huge earthquake, and now in that direction, there's a massive cloud of smoke coming up. a rose—tinted plume of smoke and ash was visible from a great distance, pouring from the kilauea volcano. close—up footage shot by a drone showed lava bursting from a fissure

in a wooded residential neighbourhood and oozing down a road. the us geological survey said the lava spattered and burst from the fissure for about two hours, but only travelled a few paces. residents said the molten rock was hurled into the sky with a noise like the roar of a jet engine. since it's right there behind our house, we could hear the lava exploding right in front of the house. and so, you know, is the house going to still be there when we go back over there? it might be. the lava is flowing downhill, we're uphill, but it's going to be changing the scenery, for sure. hawaii's governor, david ige, declared an emergency and activated military reservists from the national guard to help with evacuating some 10,000 people. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. rangers football club looks set to unveil steven gerrard as their new manager this afternoon. it would mark the former

liverpool skipper and england international‘s first step into first—team management. natalie pirks is here. if as is expected, he is announced as the club's 16th manager, it marks a big step for both parties? it isa it is a huge coup but also a huge risk for both. steven gerrard has made no bones about the fact you with wanted to go into management. he retired in 2016, 19 years at the top of the game. he's very passionate and clearly very with football. but for him to cut his teeth in management at rangers is a huge deal. he clearly feels that the land a half you spent as liverpool undertakings coach has stood him in good stead. for rangers, it is a bold move, it has been described as a box office used his cottage football and lord knows they needed after another season in which celtic have run away with the league for the seventh year in a row. they did it by thrashing rangers 5—0 at the weekend. steven gerrard will be

going up against brendan rodgers, his manager at liverpool for three yea rs. his manager at liverpool for three years. you will want assurances they will back him financially because that has been something lacking at rangers. they went into administration and liquidation in 2012. they have had to work their way back to this point. a lot of expectation on steven gerrard. he has lived with that all his life but he will find out, just likejohn barnes before him, about the pressures of political football in glasgow. to sum it up, sam allardyce today, the everton boss, said, good luck with his whip was nice to come. —— with the sleepless nights to come. thank you. the tour of italy, one of cycling's three big distance—races, starts shortly. but it will start injerusalem. the race has proved controversial, with the organisers having to insist they will not clamp down on pro—palestinian protesters. british cyclist chris froome hopes to win a third grand tour in a row, though he is still under investigation by cycling authorities after an adverse drug test result. from jerusalem, andy swiss reports. it's unusual and uncontroversial —

the tour of italy starting in israel. and even before the first rider had set off through jerusalem, and even before the first rider had set off throutherusalem, the drama was under way. this was britain's chris froome this morning, having crashed in practice. the cuts and bruises plain to see. it's hardly the ideal preparation. after winning the ideal preparation. after winning the tour de france and spain, last may's opening ceremony, chris froome spoke of his hopes of an historic hat—trick. spoke of his hopes of an historic hat-trick. it would be a dream come true. to try and target this now, it has been an amazing experience. as the early starters make their way through the early starters make their way throutherusalem, the early starters make their way through jerusalem, we understand chris froome should be ok to race later. but that trash this morning was really the last thing he needed after what has been a turbulent build—up. he is under investigation after double the allied made of an asthma drug was found in his system

last year. he says he will prove his innocence but some have questioned whether he should be competing.“ innocence but some have questioned whether he should be competing. if i would be in the same situation as him,| would be in the same situation as him, i would would be in the same situation as him, iwould not would be in the same situation as him, i would not be would be in the same situation as him, iwould not be here. would be in the same situation as him, i would not be here. but it is his decision and that is not up to me to complain about it. there is a wider controversy about it. human rights groups are unhappy the races beginning in israel. security is tight. organisers will now be hoping that it tight. organisers will now be hoping thatitis tight. organisers will now be hoping that it is the cycling that takes centre stage. andy swiss, bbc news, jerusalem. princess anne has laid a wreath on the island of islay to commemorate almost 700 men who died in two separate troopship disasters in 1918. the centenary event also remembered islanders who lost their lives during the first world war. our scotland correspondent, glenn campbell, is on the island. islay had lost about 150 men on the western front from a population of

about 6000 by the time 1918 began. and then the carnage of the first world war came directly to them, washed up on its shores not once but twice in that last year of the war. in the seas off islay, 100 years ago, two troopship tragedies just eight months apart. the ss tuscania was torpedoed by a german u—boat in february 19 18. it would be followed across the atlantic by many other troopships in convoy before another ship went down in october after a collision in a storm. together, these disasters claimed the lives of around 700 mostly american men, and tested this small island to its limits. the senior police officer on islay at the time was sergeant malcolm mcneil, whose grandson is a former secretary general of nato. there were survivors,

there were the injured and there were the dead, so the job of handling that, you know, was really quite amazing. on a small island, maybe a couple of doctors actually there as well, so the marshalling of people took on enormous proportions. lord robertson laid a wreath in a commemoration in at sea, overlooked by warships by the british, german and american navies. these three ships sailed past the american monument on islay this morning as a tribute was played by a lone piper. and princess anne led a ceremony to honour those lost when the ships went down, and honour the islanders who responded to these disasters one century ago. and over that 100 year period, these stories have not been particularly

well—known, lost perhaps in a century of islay missed. but now they are being the recognition perhaps they have always deserved. thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. and all eyes are on this weekend, of course. i don't want to have a spoiler in place but it looks like it'll be a good bank holiday. more on that in a second, the full bank holiday forecast coming up. before that, pretty decent in eastern parts of the country. plenty of sunshine in the country. plenty of sunshine in the greater london area. that picture was in hardwood, and the greater london area. further west, it has been cloudier. underneath, people talbot area as well. there has been early morning patches of drizzle and some missed in the hills as well. things gradually improving as well. things gradually improving as well. things gradually improving as we go just