a brexit backlash in the local elections — both the conservatives and labour are punished at the polls. between them the main parties have lost hundreds of council seats — voters apparently fed up with the deadlock at westminster. why don't you resign? the prime minister faces why don't you resign? the prime ministerfaces a call to resign why don't you resign? the prime minister faces a call to resign from one conservative activist. she says voters have sent a message to politicians. these were always going to be difficult elections for us and there were some challenging results for us last night, but it was a bad night for labour too. i think people were sending a very clear message, a simple message, to both main parties, to us and the labour party — just get on and deliver brexit. some of them were local factors and

some of them were people probably disagreeing with both parties on attitudes towards the european union. cheering the big winners have been the smaller parties like the liberal democrats, greens and also independent candidates. results are still coming in. we'll be analysing what they tell us about the current political landscape. also this lunchtime... research shows that gay men who are taking drugs to treat the hiv virus can't pass it on through unprotected sex. one of the most powerful cyclones to hit india for years batters the north east coast, with winds of over 120 miles per hour. a million people are forced to flee their homes. lemur calls scientists warn that madagascar‘s unique wildlife could be on the

verge of being lost forever. and star wars fans in mourning — peter mayhew, who played chewbacca, has died at the age of 7a. and coming up on bbc news — a blow to liverpool's title hopes as it's confirmed that naby keita is out for the rest of the season with a thigh injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. both the conservatives and labour have faced a backlash at the local elections, with voters apparently punishing them for the brexit deadlock. both parties have suffered significant losses, while the main winners have been smaller parties like the liberal democrats and the greens, as well as independents. the prime minister says voters were showing they want politicians

to "get on and deliver brexit". nearly 9,000 council seats have been up for grabs in england and northern ireland. counting is still under way, but so far the conservatives have lost more than 500 seats, and labour are down almost 70. —— down more than 70. it's been a good night for the lib dems, who've gained more than 350, and the greens, who've won 69. ukip have lost more than 50 councillors, while independent candidates have won over 250 seats. with more on the results, and their implications, here's our political correspondent chris mason. just look at those faces. the conservatives held swindon and

gained north east lincolnshire, but they lost control in st albans, southend, broxtowe, peterborough, worcester, basildon and elsewhere. these were always going to be difficult elections for us and there we re difficult elections for us and there were some challenging results for us last night, but it was a bad night for labour too and i think people we re for labour too and i think people were sending a very clear message, a simple message, to both main parties, to us and the labour party. just get on and deliver brexit. applause not all of her colleagues here at the welsh conservative conference are altogether supportive though. thank you, everybody... why don't you resign? we don't want you! mrs may, told to herface, she should go.

crowd chant ‘0ut'. he is crowd chant ‘out‘. he isjeremy corbyn in trafford in greater manchester, but labour lost control in hartlepool, the wirral, and bolsover. we have one micro trafford to an open mole —— overall majority, we have swings to labour in a number of boroughs across the whole of the country, and that gives us a basis on which we can unite and seats such as swindon, thurrock and other places, and i'm looking forward to an election when we do that. cheering it's not exactly been a laugh a minute for the liberal democrats in recent yea rs. minute for the liberal democrats in recent years. but they are upbeat today. i've just celebrated a really great result here, chelmsford, essex, but this story across the country, you know, the lib dems were written off at one point but we've come back very strongly. we other big winners of the night. cheering dems won control of

councils in bath, winchester, north norfolk and the cotswolds. independents have done well so far, as has the green party. we have broken through 116 new councils, cementing our place as the fourth party in england in local government, and a real momentum going into the european elections. we are the biggest representation of any remaining party in the european parliament at the moment. it's been tough so far for parliament at the moment. it's been tough so farfor ukip parliament at the moment. it's been tough so far for ukip macro. they've gone backwards. yes, we've lost some seats, but we've made some gains in sunderland. we've made a few games there and when you look at the results of areas like sunderland where we didn't win, we got a lot of second places, so there are good there are good and bad across the board. there are plenty more results to come, with the parties watching closely, peering into what it might mean for their wider fortunes and doing so through the giant prism of brexit. oh, and here, at daft o'clock in the morning, was this

some cross—party collaboration? or perhaps commiseration. chris mason, bbc news. let's get the thoughts of oui’ bbc news. let's get the thoughts of our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. is this a case of the voters saying, a plague on both your houses to labour and the conservatives? many voters are absolutely fed up to the back teeth of the two main parties spending time on brexit and getting absolutely no nowhere. what is less clear is what corbyn and mame will do now, despite both their teams saying we know want peoples we know people want brexit sorted, it seems to me both are both still paralysed by the divisions and splits in their own ranks from doing anything and if anything, last night's result seems to have entrenched the divisions with labour leave supporters saying we lost those votes in our northern heartlands, we have to unequivocally back brexit. labour remain as

saying, hang on a second, a lot of parties who backed remain did rather well, we have to back a referendum. on the tory side mrs may's lot saying they only way we break the deadlock is to do a deal with labour and brexiteers saying in effect, don't you dare do that and already renewing calls for mrs may to go. it seems to me, for all the electorate shouting at the two main parties, do something, both mrs may and mr corbyn are like two startled bug eyed rabbits stuck in the middle of the road with a great big lorry, horn blaring, headlights on full beam, thundering towards them, and that lorry is called the european elections in a fortnight‘s time, which i suspect are going to make last night's result looked like a stroll in the park for the two main parties. norman smith, thank you, oui’ parties. norman smith, thank you, our assistant political editor. the conservatives have suffered most of their losses across the south of england.

in winchester the liberal democrats took control of the city council from the tories, picking up six seats from them. labour also gained seats. from winchester, duncan kennedy. liberal democrats, 1000178. democracy by numbers, that number triggered a change of power in winchester. the lib dems took control from the conservatives, with voter anger over brexit propelling the shift. there was a bit of anger over brexit and i suspect a number of people didn't vote because of that. the losing conservatives have analysed it the same way, unable to persuade voters to see past brexit. people were very upset with the politicians not being able to come toa politicians not being able to come to a positive conclusion on a deal to a positive conclusion on a deal to leave the european union. the winchester result was a small piece of political history in a place that used to be the centre of english power. but whilst you don't have to go back to the ninth century, when

this chap, alfred the great, was king of everything around here to find political upset, the conservatives have been in control here for nearly a decade, and all that in an area that voted 60—110 to remain inside the european union. but even in a place with such pro—european tastes, one word, yes, that one, was on everyone's lips. brexit. brexit. obviously brexit. why do you think the lib dems took control in winchester?” why do you think the lib dems took control in winchester? i think the majority of people are just off with the way conservatives are handling brexit. why do you think it went the way it did? sheet isn't doing what she should do. she being? theresa whatever kind of world is it's one that saw quite a change here, protest, message sending, well, add your own label. no one seems to have the monopoly on political wisdom. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in

winchester. meanwhile labour has lost ground in parts of the north of england and the midlands. the party lost its majority on wirral council, losing three seats to the conservatives and the greens. from there, judith moritz reports. labour's control of the wirral was only hanging by a thread before last night it had a majority ofjust one seat. so wins here for other parties we re seat. so wins here for other parties were enough to push the left out of power and the council into no overall control. i think what we've seen tonight in many other wards as there is a disillusionment, u nfortu nately, there is a disillusionment, unfortunately, with the established parties, particularly in the light of what's going on nationally with brexit and the smaller parties, the protest parties, the greens, etc, have benefited from that. it was the greens who against the most, snatching two seats from labour. it's a tipping point for the green party, certainly in the wirral and

many parts of the country, where people are seeing what it's like to have green representation, they see what green councillors can achieve and they really like it and they wa nt and they really like it and they want more of it and they are voting for it. the greens did best here in birkenhead and tranmere. the idea of them having two out of three councillors in this area would have been unthinkable until recently. but if there's been a brexit clash, labour has also been punished locally for its part in a planning row, proposing to build on green belt land. voters we spoke to said they hadn't been turned off politics altogether. but locally it's got to be the greens for round here. definitely. i wouldn't say they've got this issue nationally, there's issues with all the parties. there's been splits within labour's left and central factions been splits within labour's left and centralfactions in this been splits within labour's left and central factions in this area and that may have been a factor too. now both the local party and the whole council chamber are deeply divided.

judith moritz, bbc news, birkenhead. counting is under way in northern ireland's council elections. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in belfast. what is the latest there? votes being counted for 11 councils across northern ireland, and the predictions were that northern ireland wouldn't experience the same kind of brexit effect that's being seen elsewhere. that is largely expected to be because so much about the way many people vote here is based on whether you are a unionist 01’ based on whether you are a unionist or nationalist voter, so that changes the dynamic a little bit, puts a dampening effect on any potential swing, and in recent years the trend has been towards the two largest parties, the dup and sinn fein, with support diminishing for the ulster unionist party and the sdlp, so support is expected to hold up sdlp, so support is expected to hold upfor sdlp, so support is expected to hold up for the two biggest parties here. but one of the factors which could be in people's mines is the fact that northern ireland hasn't had a devolved government for more than two years because the dup and sinn

fein haven't been able to agree a new power—sharing arrangement so there is also questions over whether voters may decide to punish them for that at the ballot box. a couple of interesting local stories on the ground to tell you about. the dup are fielding theirfirst ground to tell you about. the dup are fielding their first openly gay candidate, that's notable for a party with a reputation for being very socially conservative on lgbt issues stop and another row, the ulster unionist party has tried to distance themselves from an election leaflet which the alliance party said tried to connect them with the ira. but it's early days here. the full picture expected to be complete actually tomorrow. emma vardy, thank you, our ireland correspondent. and for more coverage of the election results, with some councils still counting, huw edwards will back on bbc one this afternoon at 3:30. and we'll be back with norman smith in westminster later in the programme.

a look at the day plus my other news now. new research has found that taking anti—hiv drugs stops gay men passing on the virus to sexual partners. a study published in the lancet looked at nearly 1,000 gay male couples — and discovered no cases of hiv transmission over a period of eight years. richard galpin reports. 26—year—old matt stokes is hiv positive. the diagnosis was a huge shock and don't worry he'd infect others. but this latest study, that taking anti—retroviral drugs prevents taking anti—retroviral drugs p reve nts a ny taking anti—retroviral drugs prevents any chance of transmitting the virus, is for him and his partner a game changer. for me, knowing with complete certainty that i can't pass hiv onto anyone with the undetectable level in my blood is hugely reassuring and a huge confidence boost, and also a huge confidence boost, and also a huge confidence boost, and also a huge confidence boost to partners, so it's really difficult to overstate the importance of this finding. the

study involved almost 1000 gay male couples living in europe who are not using condoms, and in which one partner has been diagnosed with hiv and is taking anti—retroviral drugs. over a period of eight years the study found that hiv was not passed on amongst any of the couples because the drugs suppressed the virus to undetectable levels. essentially what we've shown is providing conclusive evidence, once and for all, if you are hiv positive and for all, if you are hiv positive and on effective treatment, you are sexually non—infectious. your risk of transmitting the virus to somebody else is zero. that's usually liberating for people were living with hiv, that if they are an effective treatment there is no risk in terms of passing on the virus. all this is raising hopes hiv could ultimately be eradicated. new cases have already been dropping significantly in recent years. for matt and his partner, as for many

others, the results of the study bring certainty and reassurance. but he's hoping it will also help end the stigma of being hiv positive. richard galpin, bbc news. a devastating cyclone has hit the east coast of india. more than a million people are sheltering in relief centres, amid 120 mile an hour winds which have uprooted trees and brought down electricity and phone lines. cyclone fani is the most powerful to hit india for years. rahul tandon reports. this is the fury of nature in one of india's poorest states. the cyclone hit this area at around 8am local time, and over the last hour we've seen the wind speeds increase dramatically. in puri, where the cyclone came in,

wind speeds are up to 210 kilometres an hour. on thursday one of the largest evacuations that this area has ever seen took place. the authorities used tractors, boats, cars, any form of transport they could find, to get people into safety, into those temporary shelters. the first part of that work has been done. but when this cyclone passes by, many people will have seen their lives destroyed. their land will have been destroyed by the cyclone and the boats they go fishing on will also be devastated. a huge operation taking place, now the government asking people to stay indoors. many people in those shelters though will be worried. what will they go back to when this cyclone moves on? the time is 18 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime... the conservatives and labour lose hundreds of council seats across england with voters apparently fed

up england with voters apparently fed up with the brexit deadlock at westminster. and coming up, farewell toa westminster. and coming up, farewell to a celtic legend. thousands of people gather in glasgow for the funeral of football legend billy mcneill. coming up, double olympic champion caster semenya could run herfinal 800 metres as a professional before controversial new testosterone regulations come into force next week. the island of madagascar — just off the southern coast of africa — is home to species that are found nowhere else on earth. but now scientists are warning that its unique wildlife could be on the verge of being lost forever. they've urged the country's new government to stop the destruction of forests and to promote sustainable farming. our science correspondent victoria gill reports from madagascar. lemur calls a tropical sanctuary. home to wildlife that lives

nowhere else on earth. lemur calls but all this biodiversity, the life that thrives in the forests of madagascar, is under threat. lemurs depend on primary old—growth forest like this, but across madagascar 80% of this habitat has been cut down, and a big driver of that is agriculture, slash and burn, burning the forest to produce a plot of fertile soil. but here in mangabe, there's a farming revolution going on. with the help of a malagasy charity, teenagers are learning to grow food in a new, sustainable way. these are lessons in weeding, pruning, maintaining the soil, using compost and crop rotation to keep the same plot productive. translation: it's really difficult with the traditional farming techniques, because you move

from one field to another and cut and burn trees. but with the new methods, stay in one place, it's much easier. translation: if the forest continues to be destroyed, there will be less water to drink and there will be a loss of habitat for the wildlife. lemurs will disappear. they'll die out. today the community is celebrating the newest group of recruits who will sign up to learn these new skills. and a training scheme will soon be brought to other villages in the region. because as well as protecting the forest, this way of farming is producing higher yields. critical in a community that relies entirely on what people can grow. the future of the forest depends on these young people. if the forest is lost, many things will be lost, such as soil fertility, clean water to drink, and the air will become not

clean for the population. generations have farmed here. but with so little of its forest remaining, conservationists say the country is now on an environmental precipice. so, while building theirfuture in one of the world's poorest countries, this generation holds the survival of madagascar‘s unique biodiversity in their hands. victoria gill, bbc news, mangabe, madagascar. a 46—year—old turkish man shot in the mosque attacks in new zealand seven weeks ago has died in hospital. the man, who hasn't been named, was being treated in intensive care when his condition suddenly worsened. his death brings the number of people killed in the shootings to 51. final preperations are taking place ahead of a three—day coronation for the king of thailand, maha vajiralongkorn, which starts tomorrow. a procession in bangkok this morning

brought the king's name plaque, horoscope and royal emblem to the royal palace from a nearby temple. the monarchy is considered in thailand as the spiritual protector of the people and commands a deity—like reverence. thousands of people have lined the streets of glasgow for the funeral of the celtic and scotland legend billy mcneill. the 79—year old, who died last month, was the first briton to lift the european cup, and won 31 trophies as player billy mcneill was one of the giants of scottish football, a man who led his beloved celtic to its greatest travel —— time. his role in the game transcended all divides. everyone remembers billy holding up the european cup in lisbon, but a site that was. it is already imperious

presence and stature was magnified by the achievement. of the greats of the game past and present came to pay their respects. billy mcneill secured his place in footballing history by leading celtic to a 2—1 win against inter milan in 1967. seven minutes from time came the winning goal. becoming the first british player to lift the european cup. in 1965 he scored the winning goal in the scottish cup final, kick—starting the glory years that would lead them to lisbon. at parkhead celtic‘s family of fans gathered to remember with sadness and pride the history billy mcneill leaves behind. it was 60 years old when they won the european cup and thatis when they won the european cup and that is why i am here today, for a very special man. he wasjust a legend, a superb man and i am so proud to be here, the same as

everybody else. early mcneill, devoted family man and outstanding player. a footballing legend. —— billy mcneill. our sports correspondent chris mclaughlin is at celtic park. we can see behind you just some of the people who have wanted to come out and pay their respects. absolutely. emotional scenes inside st aloysius' church earlier. also emotional scenes here outside the stadium where billy mcneill made his name as a player and as a manager. thousands of fans you could probably see behind me have turned out to watch the service on the large screen here and to pay their respects to the funeral cortege that is expected here at any moment, coming down the front of celtic park. the family will spend some time at the billy mcneill statue that has become such a focal point for people to pay their respects since he died last week. billy mcneill the manager and former

captain of this club always described celtic as a fairy tale. the fans know that for much of that very tail he was the hero. they are here to pay the final respects, to say theirfinal here to pay the final respects, to say their final farewell to the man they say is a hero of notjust scottish football but british football. thank you. the england team have started a packed summer of cricket with a one—day international against ireland at malahide near dublin. after a delay for rain, england won the toss and bowled, and gave a debut to fast bowler jofra archer, who is making a late bid to be part of england's world cup squad. tributes have been coming in for the actor who played chewbacca in star wars — peter mayhew — who's died at the age of 7a. he appeared in five of the star wars movies. harrison ford said they were ‘partners in film and friends for life', while mark hamill described him as the gentlest of giants. he was seven foot two inches tall. here's our entertainment

correspondent lizo mzimba. all right, for lightspeed. it was the way that peter mayhew played with no dialogue but a real range of human emotions that endeared him to millions of fans. he portrayed everything from frustration... to despair. to even a hint of menace. ina way despair. to even a hint of menace. in a way that audiences effortlessly knew how he was feeling. when director george lucas was casting the original star wars in 1976, he thought former hospital porter mayhew was perfect for the part of chewbacca. he threw himself into the pa rt research chewbacca. he threw himself into the part research does rehearsing enthusiastically. even learning the

script so he could speak what chewbacca was trying to portray. todayis chewbacca was trying to portray. today is star wars co—stars paid tribute to him. it was so remarkable about him, his spirit and his kindness and his gentleness, it was so close to what type wookiee is. they are fierce animals, but they are like yourfamily dog. they are fierce animals, but they are like your family dog. there they are fierce animals, but they are like yourfamily dog. there is no one more loving and the unconditional love than the family pet. he returned to the role in the first of the latest trilogy, the force awa kens. first of the latest trilogy, the force awakens. and he will be family __ my force awakens. and he will be family —— my group fondly remembered for the relationships he shared with the other cast, particularly harrison ford's han solo. laugh it up, fussball. and to millions he simply played one of cinema's greatest heroes. peter mayhew, who's

died at the age of 7a. back to our top story, and voters in the english local council elections have punished both the conservatives and labour in what appears to be a protest against the brexit deadlock. let's return to norman smith at westminster. what should we read into these results ? what should we read into these results? these results mayjust be the first act of a two act drama with the second act in the form of the european elections set to be an awful lot bloodier with bodies all over the stage, because last night there were local factors at work as well as brexit. in the european elections there is only one issue in time, and it's brexit. secondly of course, nigel farage enters the fray with his new brexit party, no doubt about where he stands. but also chains uk enter with their commitment to another referendum ——

change uk. the two main parties will be wandering around in no man's land. lastly of course we know european elections, a lot of people not that fussed about them. it is a free hit for many people to abandon their traditional party loyalties. there is a real possibility i think ofa there is a real possibility i think of a seismic shock to the two main parties next week. the big question is whether that shock is enough to jolt the two main parties out of their current deadlock over brexit. norman, many thanks. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. high, bank holiday weekend approaching. this is what we got last year. a record—breaker. 29 celsius on may day. this year we could be breaking records but perhaps not necessarily for the right reasons. it could be chilly with temperatures in some places