this is bbc news. labour and the conservatives have claimed success in the local elections. jeremy corbyn says they have achieved results despite not making big gains. i am disappointed in places where we lost a bit of ground. but we gained a lot as seats across the country. and places where we never had those votes before. the conservatives gain control but lost trafford council on a mixed night for the government. we will not take anything for granted. we will continue to work hard for local people and we will build on the success people and we will build on the success for the future. the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire and richmond. but support for ukip across the country collapsed. in other news, the first review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities in england highlights major concerns

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failed to win any of the other authorities it targeted within london. jeremy corbyn this —— describe the performance as a solid as teresa wake —— may welcome the results for the conservatives. but she would not take anything for granted. they gained control of barnett. as well as peterborough and redditch. but they did was control of trafford council. labour one plymouth in a less for sure. —— day one. liberal democrats one kingston upon thames. with the leader vince cable saying his party will work on the date back. —— on the way back. the tally looks like this. labour have gained 59, the conservatives lost 21. lib dem gained 68. the greens gained five and it was a major loss for ukip. it has been

described as a wipe—out. last night's results would mean that in a general cup —— election, the conservatives and labour would be neck and neck on 35%. the others on 1496. neck and neck on 35%. the others on 14%. with her analysis of the night is our political editor. her report contains flashing images. there have been a lot of tory nerves. but they held them for the most part. in a famous tory council wandsworth, they cla p famous tory council wandsworth, they clap on. the only debt —— they held but only just. they

great- siege enthusiasm. these people here. have enthusiasm. these people here. i have been out all night. celebrating. this is what labour is about. we haven't seen people... there is much more to come and it will get better. is legion of supporters agree. i'm excited for what liberty and due for us. thrilled about it with result. i think it is about time. they certainly have reason to be cheerful around the country. the only patch of blue and a northwest sea of red. council seats in the cities. but not enough to wrap their high—profile target in london. from there, they we re target in london. from there, they were left with a disappointment with one of the big results. —— the mayor there. and labour's hopes of

capturing barnett where there is a big jewish population crash partly due to anti—semitism in the party. looking at how the votes went, that was certainly the biggest factor. 0utside was certainly the biggest factor. outside the cities, labour mac —— labour could not stop many towns and turning tory. swindon the state blue, they took basildon, peterborough. the conservatives give you the most voters leaving ukip —— deserting ukip in droves. but the lib dems burst out of their lethargic. taking from the tories. the only party promising a public vote on the brexit deal turned pockets like tori richmond the yellow. we are reasserting ourselves. it is a major national

force. that's a lot of hard work and effort and i want to thank all of you for what you have achieved. but some of that success was down to happy greens working alongside. they gained a sprinting of seats themselves. it succeeded -- exceeded oui’ themselves. it succeeded -- exceeded our expectations. they defended all the seats being detected by the bigger parties. this place had gotten used to term almost every time of voters went to the polls. but this time around, the public‘s jost something like the status quo. labour edging jost something like the status quo. labouredging upa jost something like the status quo. labour edging up a little, the tories slipping slightly. but that does not mean nothing has changed. perhaps the lack of movement tells us perhaps the lack of movement tells us both main parties are even more firmly stuck in a comfort zone. for labour, some disappointment but no disaster. there will be a lot more as well. the tories a sigh of relief

instead of a celebration. as well. the tories a sigh of relief instead of a celebrationlj as well. the tories a sigh of relief instead of a celebration. i think we would just enjoy this. poker is perhaps not ready for that kind of dramatic change. and chris mason our political correspondent is here. it appears that for the conservatives, it is a great big sigh of relief. —— conservatives mac. the biggest story is ukip.|j think you are right. the question from the conservatives today is one of relief because we are so used to local elections taking place between general elections, parties in power nationally tend to get a bit of a kicking. so for the conversatives to be able to perform as they have done to hold on in some places, they made slingbacks in overall council numbers overall, but making gains in

the kinds of places where labour would have hoped to make gains for insta nce would have hoped to make gains for instance around in the west midlands. the conversatives can say that this is evidence thatjeremy corbyn‘s appeal may have plateaued. there were huge swathes of the uk that did not yesterday. this was primarily elections in urban england but there were other lots of parts of england. some parts of northern ireland by election where people did not go to the polling stations at all. both of the two main parties can point to areas of success and areas of disappointment. but they remained sort of locked in areas where they are relatively co mforta ble where they are relatively comfortable within. neither breaking out and stealing territory from each other. as far as ukip is concerned, they were nuked. pretty much last night. yes they hung onto a handful of seeds that they were defending.

but the vast majority have disappeared. they did not stand at anywhere near the same number of seats that they had four years ago when most of these seas were last contested in 2014. how different politics was then. notjust david cameron as prime mr, ed miliband the wa nt to cameron as prime mr, ed miliband the want to be prime minister. the labour leader a year away from the general election. nigel farage with the leader of the ukip at the time. they did well in the national opinion polls. they had done well in the previous european elections. they were central in making that argument for the idea of having an eu referendum. the evidence ever since the eu referendum has been at local elections and parliamentary by elections and the general election last year. that those who imports ukip with the gusto in order to try to ensure there was an eu referendum seem to be returning to their traditional party folds. plenty going back to the conversatives it

would appear. and concluding that ukip's a job is done. speaking to ukip's a job is done. speaking to ukip's leader today, a one standard —— at one setting and eat —— and ep. he is hoping they can carve out some progress. some other brexiteers may not like the flavour of. but for now it isa not like the flavour of. but for now it is a tricky time politically. not least because they long knew this would be a confidence of their ultimate success, securing and it eu referendum victory. they have been very successful in elections to the european parliament. the consequence of brexit is that there will not be any british members of the european parliament. so that particular avenue that has been elect early successful for ukip was soon reach a brick wall at the end of it. thank you. chris mason. busy day for chris. andy mcsmith is the former political correspondent at the independent

as well as chief political correspondent of the daily telegraph and the observer. hejoins me now via webcam. thank you forjoining us. i asked chris about the sigh of relief that the conversatives were given. but at what cost? because i wonder where this positions them in terms of the possible strengthening of position ofjacob possible strengthening of position of jacob rees marc? i think if possible strengthening of position ofjacob rees marc? i think if i we re ofjacob rees marc? i think if i were a conservative, i would be really because you would normally expect that governing parties get whacked in the north —— local elections. but they have been ported the troubles that have lied ahead. —— been ported. theresa may has not done so well that she can see off rivals. really things now depend so much depends on the brexit deal.

carry—on. much depends on the brexit deal. carry-on. i wasjust good to talk about the labour party but do ask when you were going to say. about the labour party but do ask when you were going to saylj about the labour party but do ask when you were going to say. i was just going to get to them. we know their results. i want to have you concentrate on this course modem that they are calling for. do you think -- that they are calling for. do you think —— postmortem. getting there will be a growing chorus of voices asking the same questions he has?” think the labour party has become so divided. i think people like ward andrew daniels and others will demand a postmortem. and jeremy corbyn support is just say they will not have it. becausejeremy corbyn has become very committed to demonstrating that their man is an election winner. they will not admit that these were not very good for labour. they will see what the

others will call for as just crying —— christ. —— cries. others will call for as just crying -- christ. -- cries. and yet you have the likes of andy burnham spigot from greater manchester. he was also pinpointing work that needed to be done. he put a dent to stronger de—evolution to reach out to those areas that labour has missed this time around. labour has done very well in london. they did miss their target seats. they did not ca ptu re miss their target seats. they did not capture councils. but the labour vote is strong in london. they're in a good position there. but you have the opposition party and the night with fewer councils under their control than they began. they gained

two, lost a few. and that is not a good result for the opposition party. i is to work for them back in the 1980s and our member getting exciting ones and there good polls. and we want local election results. 0ne and we want local election results. one of the old—timers said to me ignore all of that. what happens in a general election is that you go back to the governing parties. if you win the election, you have to be ten points ahead in the polls and you have to be wiping the governing party off the map. in local government. which is what labour did in the mid—90s before the 1997 victory. all that is happening at the moment is that the labour vote is holding. they are not gaining anything anywhere. i think people like andy burnham were calling for a rethink our talking sense. i don't think that the labour leadership is inclined to listen to nuns.

think that the labour leadership is inclined to listen to nunslj think that the labour leadership is inclined to listen to nuns. i will go back to polls because you brought them up. we put up a projection labour and the tories on 35%. who should be more worried heading towards a general election? labour should be more worried the cause precedent says as you get near a general election, opinion moves towards the governing party. i have said there was one obvious example quite recently that where that didn't happen. very spectacularly in 2017. labour gained during the course of the general election. and itjeremy corbyn‘s people were confident they could do it again. i don't think they can pull it off twice. thank you for your time. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are ayesha hazarika, political commentator

and evening standard columnist and the former conservative minister nicola blackwood. president trump is addressing the annual conference of the national rifle association in dallas, texas. it's the group's first meeting since the mass shooting at the parkland high school in south florida in february that sparked a wave of nationwide protests in favour of tighter gun controls. but so far, the us congress has taken little action and mr trump maintained that safety and security is a big priority for his administration. you give your time, your energy, your boat and your voice to stand strong for those sacred rights. give it to us by god. —— given to us by god. including the right to self—defense. and now thanks to your activism, and dedication, you have

an administration fighting to protect your second amendment and we will protect it. the headlines on bbc news: labour and the conservatives are both claiming success in the local elections in england, jeremy corbyn says his party achieved "solid" results despite not making big gains. the conservatives gained control of barnet, but lost trafford council, on a mixed night for the government. the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hi, hugh. steven gerrard is honoured

to become the manager of rangers. he is not concerned about his last of expenses. the former liverpool and england captain awesome the first managerjob. he england captain awesome the first manager job. he retired just 18 months ago and won everything except the premier league at anfield. he was under the under 18 pasta coaching centre. when the call came, it was a no—brainer. i got a different feeling. in my stomach. from the previous opportunities i had in terms of being a number one manager. so, yeah, there were a lot of things to think about. but from that phone call i got a special of feeling and i knew rangers was for me. since i stopped playing, i miss the pressure of fighting for three points on the weekend. being the manager, i know that will come and there will be a lot of scrutiny and a lot of pressure. but that is what

i love about being involved with football. one game in the league that he will be joined next week at least one of the scenes are likely not to be there. a game between the bottom two and the scottish premiership and it is currently them leading. manchester united will be all but guaranteed a second—place finish in the premier league if they win their match tonight at brighton who if they win will definitely stay up who if they win will definitely stay up at the end of their first season in the league. united have already had the ball in the net, but his effort was ruled offside. it is still goalless after 20 minutes. bridging's christopher finished 37 seconds behind the leader in jerusalem. just hours before the 9.7 km time trial. he said later his

injuries were superficial. here is an east—west. a day were just getting to the start was a struggle. just hours before hand on his last practise right, chris froome had crashed. the aftermath caught on camera after a bruising few months now cuts and graces. suddenly his fitness was the focus as the team set about patching him up. but after a final warm set about patching him up. but after afinalwarm up, set about patching him up. but after a final warm up, and there he was chasing what would be a famous win. after his titles in france and spain, the tourof after his titles in france and spain, the tour of italy would com plete spain, the tour of italy would complete the set. but froome's preparations have not been easy. he is being investigated after an adverse drugs test. but they that first tumble took its toll. 0nly zist first tumble took its toll. 0nly 21st opening time trial. still three weeks to go. but playing catch—up. crash will always heard for sure. it is not ideal to race afterjust having a crash. but that is by grazing and it is all part of the

sport. any problems long term? know, all superficial. after a difficult build—up then, another difficult day for chris froome. his hopes for a historic win are off to an event. —— start. the first tour has been the dtymhii ihamhihh ht the rfiafi th; victory on hthhthih hhhhthihh. ht hhh rhhh thh victory on the second stage with him over the second overall lead with two more stages left the race. she made it a birthday to remember. when he by an impressive 14 seconds on her 33rd birthday. four—time champion john higgins four—time championjohn higgins has resumed his semi final in the world snooker championship in sheffield.

they are in a mid—session interval after some entertaining snooker this evening. john higgins leading by 11 frames 29. you can follow it on bbc. and on the bbc sport website. —— 11-9. and on the bbc sport website. —— 11—9. barry hawkins has a 9—7 lead. all that and more on the bbc sport website. you can also follow the football as well. that is it for now. a 20—year—old man has pleaded "not guilty" at the old bailey, to planning to assassinate theresa may, during an attack on downing street. nimur rahman — on the left, is alleged to have carried out reconnaissance, and delivered a rucksack to be fitted with an improvised explosive device. he faces trial next month along with 22—year—old mohammad imran from birmingham, who's accused of planning to join the islamic state group. he also pleaded not guilty. a volcano's erupted on hawaii's largest island, sending plumes of smoke high into the air.

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