this is have changed hands. bbc news. despite not making big gains. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7pm... level—pegging with labour in terms of the projected national vote. achieved "solid" results, despite not making big gains. across the country collapsed. about their treatment. gained a lot of seats across the whole country. whole country. and further details are votes in places we have never those votes before. released about the royal wedding. council, on a mixed night for the government. when she marries prince harry later this month. we won't take anything for granted.

local people, and we will build on this success for the future. across the country collapsed. analyse their results and assess their campaigns. but that the conservatives results were concerns about their treatment. encouraging. on hawaii's largest island. after streams of lava began flowing into residential areas. and further details are released about the royal wedding. when she marries prince harry later them with good services and this month. good keep taxes low. taxes low. evening, results here at westminster and london. councils that labour were targeting. and targeting. but labourfailed in their efforts. welcome party's performance in the local elections as "solid. to bbc

news. last won in 2014, a particularly good year for labour. good year for labour. in the local elections in england. of the authorities it targeted in london. jeremy corbyn described the places where we never had those votes before. performance as "solid. votes before. effective campaign all over the country. country. labour party has done these elections. i'm very proud of those councils. take anything for granted. of trafford council. across the country. actually, we exceeded expectations. of derby and nuneaton. that we held at where we had a very good local government. we have done that. that. saying his party was "on the way back. we would win one or two councils and do better than that. councils and do better than that. cities in the north as well as burrows like this in the south. burrows like this in the south. india, we succeeded in doing that.

that was very appealing in different parts of the country. as the former hhad of political & social at yougov. for ukip, at —123. thank you forjoining us here. there's always different... seats, sometimes every, sometimes conservative back. conservative back. and the rest on depredations were hot and labour did not meet them. 14%. hot and labour did not meet them. editor laura kuenssberg. her report contains some flashing images. in areas like westminster, barnett and london. but they did that in it trafford. trafford. the liberal democrats will be happy with them for the most her performance. with her performance. part. congratulations, councillor. are talking about barnett last night. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth, they clung on. while sitting at your twitter feed. but only just. you broke it down.

they thought they could take control. at it but they failed. cheering. barnett do seven hoppers an age of jewish voters. jewish voters. feel barnett gave labour a bloody nose? to be making progress. nose? labour ran it so close, in such a traditional tory area? barnet goes against the byrne it is because of anti—semitism. because of anti—semitism. the reality is more obligated than that. reality is more obligated than that. which they attempted to capitalise on. rising support for the conservatives against labour. against labour. the affects the overall result is a very difficult to tell. difference. difficult to tell. 0k, a geographical breakdown. geographical breakdown. take us through this shows they are all mouth and not a lot of trousers! that. through that. voters, working—class, young, the

classification. classification. you can see from their faces that is better than working—class, they were younger they also were believers. they had hoped. is he walking towards they also were believers. power, though? labour did edge up. among the leaders that conservatives did especially well. did especially taking two councils, plymouth and kirklees. but losing three well. others. dramatic strides to number them and support their position on ten? brexit. not quite. brexit. at the count, difficult one thatjeremy corbyn has to in plymouth, celebrating. face. 0k, thank you very much. we have not seen peak corbyn? there is much moer uk/election2018 ... to come and it's going to get even better. legions of supporters agree. labour can do for us. and pop your postcode, in the box there. it is about time!

the only patch of blue in a north—west sea of of smoke high into the air. red. reporting seeing "curtains of fire" and smelling sulphur in to grab their high profile targets in the air. james cook has the latest. london. of one of the big results. ok, wejust had a huge earthquake. and now there is a massive cloud of smoke coming up. smoke coming up. population, crashed, partly due to anti—semitism. you put that down to the anti—semitism row? great distance pouring from the kilauea volcano. well... kilauea volcano. that was certainly the biggest factor. residential neighbourhood in oozing data rows. data rows. outside the cities, labour could not stop many towns from turning tory. fisher for about two hours, but only travelled a few paces. travelled a few paces. the sky with a noise like the roar a jet engine. jet engine. behind our house to get ukip in their droves. here this wallop exploding.

right from the house. house. will it still be there we go back over there? it might be. taking from the tories. the lava is flowing downhill. we're uphill. it will be changing pockets, like tory the scenery for sure. sure. richmond, yellow. help with evacuating some 10,000 people. james cook bbc news, los angeles. and effort and i want to thank all of you for what you have achieved. some of that success was down to happy greens working alongside. they gained a sprinkling of seats themselves. texas, where president troubled address the nra annual meeting. address the nra annual meeting. let's listen in. that's a that were being attacked by the bigger parties. good sign. congressman mike burgess, great labour edging up a little, the tories slipping friends. slightly. that does not mean that nothing friends.

has changed. dallas, texas there and president donald trump. firmly stuck in their comfort zone. for labour, some disappointment, but no disaster. don't worry, we'll be here a lot more. for the tories, a sigh of relief, rather than celebration. 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. are you tempted to call a snap general election, prime minister? general election, prime minister? no, i think we will just enjoy this...! amongst the most prestigious kind of dramatic change. awards from around the world. the swedish academy, has been in turmoilfor months. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. it is all because of this french photographer. he ran a cultural project that got funding from the swedish academy. some key target seats, like wandsworth and swindon. information about prizes. and about in wandsworth and swindon talking to voters...

of the academy the question now when the allegations came out. is why? labour did not get over the line. we want to hear from you wherever you are. internal rows about how the allegations were handled. ao no point in voting at being able to cope with the the moment. scandal. not everyone turned down all the about their behaviour in the public choices on offer. in the last few weeks. throughout that and around the period. you voted with your wallet? world. completely, and why would i want to vote any other way. here's pete in trafford, how did you vote? in future, as well as recruiting new i voted labour for the first time, based on local issues. members. in a span, but upset a lot of people across sweden. awards are a source of national pride. i have always been a tory voter, but living here, it put me off. about the sexual harassment. it's such an honourable group

of people, and acting like this is, and more so than ever kids. after brexit. have different reasons. who do good and want to do local elections, what about you? good. won't be an easy assignment. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. who's judged the man booker prize in in the council would bring through their own... previous years. compost bins, that is the biggest issue. so that we can reduce waste, it is something other countries do. for the people, the working—class. thank you forjoining us, erica. when the news broke, what went through your mind? through your mind? it is very shocking news. why is this shocking? for several reasons. from morris in manchester,,. forjeremy corbyn and his cronies. is he a plus or a minus? the pulitzer prize and the man

he can be a minus at times, but labour is notjust one person. booker. the messages from around the country showed it is an extraordinary achievement. strong feelings deeply split. achievement. it can a bang on offer that no other prize ever has. that no other for the greed of the rich again, said one. prize ever has. a tory supporter said... loyalty‘s often an unbreakable two winners, that is a question of logistics for another time. habit. logistics for another time. however you describe yourself. an historic conservative voter, it is in my blood. i can't ever imagine voting for any other party. i don't believe in none of them, i never vote, load of rubbish. i used to vote for conservative before. but labour this time? yes. hollywood and reached the what's changed your mind? swedish academy. to bring somebody new. academy. it is reaching across different social strata, isn't it? different social strata, isn't it? that is right. party to get to the top of the pile, not much changed in these elections. the swedish academy or associated with hollywood. with hollywood. happens in every industry across the

up on the scrapheap. board. board. conversation will keep going john pienaar, bbc news, swindon. and chris mason our and keep trickling everywhere. political correspondent is here. keep trickling everywhere. understand the moment, these are allegations. allegations. report, the panel's reaction was to resign. some mixed reactions, just summarise how the resign. do you think that was quite day has gone. how the day has gone. extreme of them? good evening, extraordinary days, days like this. extreme of them? extraordinary days, days like this. because so much of what is going on very secretive. very secretive. of the way the deliberations of the panel are carried on. we did not know. know. inaccuracies, real votes in real ballot box is there are with many other prizes like the man booker, or a shortlist. like the man booker, always intriguing. ballot box is always intriguing. and worthy of scrutiny. or a shortlist. worthy of scrutiny. the winner is announced with great fanfare, very suddenly. fanfare, very suddenly. manner, and this seems to be part of that. that.

impact and the fx, the ripple effects of #metoo are going to go? effects of #metoo are going to go? is there a lot of talk in the circles ? is there a lot of these results and saying i did not even get a say this time. even get a say this talk in the circles? time. sure, there is a lot england, primarily but not exclusively urban england. of talk. talk. i think that taught needs to carry on. exclusively urban england. carry on. cell, that is what seems to be happening. happening. westminster to get some sense of how their messages going down. their messages going down. how people are treated throughout every level of that industry. every level of that industry. race can point to areas where they did really well. —— pretty well. think it absolutely is something that is going to carry on. that is going to carry on. erica wagner, thank you very much. is how neither can claim any sort of sense about right victory. you are watching bbc news. sense about right victory. to bbc news' reporting. here's newswatch with samira ahmed. report from the conservatives, one of relief. of relief. manage expectations particularly well. hello, and welcome to news watch with me.

well. with me. amber rudd out of herjob that justice. justice. coverage in the build—up to address of this woman who has to be kept anonymous appear on screen? these elections. elections. party is getting a kicking in local elections. elections. authorities across england. on friday, we gave analysis. big spending cuts in the last eight yea rs. big spending cuts in the last ticking at local elections, but this time around i has not happened. time around i has not happened. eight years. years. authorities have been in government for eight years. for eight years. with austerity throughout that time. polling day —— including one, amber rudd. rudd. opinion polls that suggest a certain amount of resilience. certain amount of resilience.

than a bigger strides. in big metropolitan areas and in university towns. university towns. digging in in places that have strong support for leave. strong support for leave. labour a little puzzled. newsnight and had this comment to make. when he took time out to e—mail us on a similar lines. pegging at roughly 35% of the vote each. each. suggest, yet again, something approaching a dead heat. approaching a dead heat.

a stable government with an overall outright majority. outright majority. so politics remains very, very intriguing. and joins me now from westminster. being read, i'm quite intrigued by the spin being put on this. the spin being put on this. the press for building expectations too hi to explain labour's was olds. too hi to explain labour's was olds. what is your take on that? kensington even help would be a success for them.

success for them. in them and they managed to keep all three. managed to keep all three. think labour did anything themselves to manage expectations. to manage expectations. jeremy corbyn did not do quite as well as expected. well as expected. be misguided to blame the media for that. that. gone into an election which has flopped. we are talking brexiteer. chris mason was saying, quite an unsurprising result. unsurprising result. main areas of lean towards labour and the lib dems. and the lib dems.

being a hard brexit position and ultimately these areas are remain. ultimately these areas are remain. let's have a look of against the tories have had. tories have had. hoovered up a lot of the ukip voters. can they hold onto them though? though? it is a potential path to maybe a merger —— majority. merger —— majority. it does hinge on to the blue flu quotas. to the blue flu quotas. if it is the case —— on those leave voters. case —— on those leave voters. election that that will be there for her. thank you for that.

log on to our election 2018 web page? and pop your postcode in the box there. and the former conservative minister nicola blackwood. achieved "solid" results, despite not making big gains. council, on a mixed night for the government.

across the country collapsed. about his alleged affair, down to inexperience. stormy daniels to keep quiet.

witchhunt, he understands this better than probably anybody. better than probably anybody. statements, he just outed yesterday, so that's it. leader, kim jong—un. korea. we haven't yet, we are doing very well with the hostages. well with the hostages. constant contact with the leadership. leadership. we are in constant contact with north korea. contact with north korea. place, which will be announced shortly. where? when? very soon. annual meeting.

our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue is there.. point is that this is somewhat insensitive. insensitive. it is so soon after the tragedy in which 17 people died. tragedy in which 17 people died. fourth—year he has come here on the trot. trot. money against his opponent, hillary clinton. clinton. its members are his natural constituents. constituents. arms for americans, that they hold very close. very close.

that one in florida, where 17 students and teachers died. students and teachers died. agenda, towards the top of that political agenda. political agenda. would fade away after that kind of shooting. shooting. that is something the president has to be aware of. president has to be aware of. congress hasn't acted. legislation, in fact he chided them for being frightened of the nra. for being frightened of the nra. that came to barely anything, a very modest bill going through. modest bill going through. guy with a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. with a gun.

gary o'donoghue, thank you very much. you very much. the scene inside this convention centre. centre. mike pence, the vice president, has been speaking. president, has been speaking. there he is. he is. we are expecting mr trump to take to the podium quite soon after. take to the podium quite soon after. ithink m. i think m. some remarks before president trump addresses the nra. addresses the nra. it is the fourth time to address the meeting. time to address the meeting. bring you those shots, as soon as we get them. on downing street. with an improvised explosive device. the islamic state group. he also pleaded not guilty.

that were scrutinised. death of 18—year—old connor sparrowhawk. stephanie died at the age of 25. richard handley died of constipation at 33. at 33. hospital for a routine eye operation, and never came home. operation, and never came home. she was just 21. was just 21. this young man, conor sparrowhawk, that prompted action.

that prompted action. the bar following an epileptic seizure, aged just 18. the bar following an epileptic seizure, agedjust18. the bar following an epileptic seizure, aged just 18. seizure, aged just 18. his death was entirely preventable. entirely preventable. deaths reviewed so far, there were failings. failings. in treatment were just some of the reasons given. reasons given. considerably lower for those with learning disabilities. learning disabilities. 29 years fervour women, 23 for men. fervour women, 23 for men. were made when the study was set up three years ago. three years ago. look at the way we look after that particular highly vulnerable group. particular highly vulnerable group. deaths that have been reported, have actually been reviewed. actually been reviewed. is that the project has been under resourced.

situation is worse now than it was before. before. is sending to the surface the horror without actually changing anything. without actually changing anything. will feed into hospital and community work and electra £1. community work and electra £1. ramp up the speed and number of reviews over the coming year. reviews over the coming year. just because they have a learning disability. nikki fox, bbc news. harry on 19th may. chapel. our royal correspondent nick witchell sent this update.

role to be played by meghan markle's pa rents. role to be played by meghan markle's parents. parents. they divorced when meghan was about six years old. was about six years old. royal family, and their roles for both of them on the big day. both of them on the big day. groom harry and william will have been waiting. been waiting. will be waiting to have a chance to greet them. greet them. late mother, diana princess of wells. wells. her brother will be —— princess of wales. wales. fellowes will give one of the readings. readings.

no word so far on bridesmaids and page boys. bridesmaids and page boys. george and charlotte will be among them, but they will all be children. them, but they will all be children. now maid of honour. has decided against that, all very modern. modern. all we need now really is the weather like this. nicholas witchell there. out how the weather is looking with nick miller. weather on the way, this weekend and for the bank on a day. for the bank on a day. scotland quite brizzi at times with some outbreak of rain. a bit of that overnight. overnight. a mixture of clear skies and cloudy spells. spells. seven to 12 celsius this saturday as it begins. it begins.

mainland, more breeze and some outbreaks of rain. outbreaks of rain. 22 or 23 in the warmest parts of south—east england. south—east england. really pleasant just about wherever you are. just about wherever you are. rest of the weekend, the bank holiday as well. enjoy.