this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 103m: fed up with the brexit deadlock, senior conservatives call for unity, after the party suffers its worst results in english local elections for nearly 25 years. we need to be listening to these results from these local elections, which has a say are about to deliver brea ks which has a say are about to deliver breaks it, but not this particular form of briggs. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. here, rail passengers face disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. and in half an hour the travel show visits the caribbean island

of st martin where clubbers are picking up paint brushes to help with a hurricane clear up. senior cabinet ministers have urged the conservative party to unite after it suffered its worst english local election results for 25 years. more than 1,300 tories councillors lost their seats in thursday votes — with further calls for theresa may to step down as prime minister. the labour party also suffered heavy loses, and there were big gains for the smaller parties and many independents. with me is our political correspondent, nick eardley. now the dust has settled on the english part of the results, we still have northern ireland to go,

what is the mood that has resulted? presumably no one was surprised that the conservatives were defeated. they may have been more surprised by the scale of some of the other results. yes, the scale of the conservative losses was considerably more than many thought. we had heard predictions of up to 1000, up to 1,300. ithink predictions of up to 1000, up to 1,300. i think the conservatives are bruised this morning and desperate to try and find something that avoids another kicking in the european elections which happen in just three weeks. the big question for the conservatives is now how they find a solution to the brexit impasse. that's what they are blaming for this result, that's what we heard the prime ministers say yesterday. and in some senses the labour leadership seems to have agreed that people are punishing the conservatives and labour parties for failing to deliver on brexit. talks between the two to try and find a solution will continue next week. this morning we heard from the

health secretary, matt hancock, about what he thinks needs to happen 110w. sigh unlikei sigh unlike i think the prime minister's deal is a better arrangement than a permanent customs union. but i think we need to be in the mood for compromise. i think we need to be, we need to be listening to these results from these local elections. which has i say are about deliver brexit but it wasn't deliver this particular form of brexit, there was no door that i knocked on where the person opened and said, well, i would like a slight change to paragraph five of the agreement oi'i to paragraph five of the agreement on this particular way. that is not the mood. the mood of the nation is get on, deliver brexit and then move oi'i. get on, deliver brexit and then move on. was about the mood of the labour party? they might have been expected to have a good night on thursday after, i think i'm right in saying, the low ebb of their support last time, received support in 2015, not

as good a result as many were expecting. that's right, many in the labour party thought they would make substantial gains. some predicting up substantial gains. some predicting up to 400. quite the opposite, the party suffered a net loss which at this stage of the conservative government, nine years on, a fairly unpopular government at the moment, the labour party would be expecting to do far better. there are many on the labour benches who are saying that as a result of the fudge the party has been pursuing on brexit, the fact that they don't have a clear enough policy, many believe, to ta ke clear enough policy, many believe, to take to voters. we have heard some saying that now they need to get on with it. and come to an agreement with the government so that this can get over the line, some in northern seats, for example, say that for the party to regain trust, it needs to be seen to be delivering brexit. the wigan mp this

morning saying not delivering brexit would be the ultimate betrayal. 0n the other side, there are many mps, my phone has been buzzing with them this morning, who are saying the opposite. but if you look at where the gains came for the liberal democrats, the green party, to parties that want another referendum, but oppose brexit, that would stay in the eu, they argue thatis would stay in the eu, they argue that is where labour can do well. this is what the lib dems leader, vince cable, had to say this morning. i think what had happened was that we had a couple of bad general elections, 2015, 2017. people had written us off, prematurely. and i think have now been proved wrong. we are clearly a major force. and in the coming european elections, we will demonstrate that again. we are very clearly the leading remain party. we expect to do well on the basis of that. i suspect the debates over where the party —— might parties go

in the next few days will continue, but it does feel like in the leaderships of both the conservative and labour party, there is a feeling that there is an impetus to get on with these talks and try and deliver something. how many times have we sat here and said there might be unable to spot a solution is much harder a thing to find? still they seem to be inching towards some kind of agreement, if they can get it. at least the talks have kept going over a number of weeks. presumably any agreement will hit the problem we have seen with chorizo naples mac agreement, not enough votes necessarily available to get it through. theresa may. labour wants a closer relationship, it seems like the conservatives are prepared to move some way towards that, if not completely. the question that that then opposes for

the two parties is what does it do to party discipline? if the prime minister moves closely towards labour's position, it will infuriate some tories who will refuse to get on—board anything some tories who will refuse to get on—boa rd anything that looks some tories who will refuse to get on—board anything that looks like a customs union. likewise, on the labour side, if the leadership was to agree to a deal that didn't include another referendum, there would be fury from one wing of the labour party. there are huge party management issues here as well. even if the government and the labour party leadership can come to some sort of compromise, getting it through the parties won't be easy. some predict that even if they did reach that agreement, it might not get through parliament. there is a long way to go. certainly is. thank you very much. meanwhile, counting continues for local elections in northern ireland where 462 seats are being contested in 11 council areas. results so far have been similar to those in england with smaller parties making gains. 0ur correspondentjohn

campbell is in belfast. good morning to you. obviously the party system in northern ireland is very different from the party system in england. there is no obvious read across to what people think of government policy. what about the party performance there? in some respects nothing really is going to change here. the dup will still be the largest unionist party, sinn fein stilled the largest nationalist party. no councils will change hands. beneath the surface there are some interesting things happening. we have seen a big surge for the alliance party. it is a cross community party which does not identify as either nationalist or unionist. it has done very, very well in greater belfast and perhaps even more importantly for that party, it is picking up seats in areas where it had no real presence in years. for example, alliance will have a councillor in derry city for the first time in almost 40 years. we also see the green party doing

well in belfast, picking up seats they have never won before. and the socialist people before profit party also picking up a couple of seats in belfast. the biggest council in belfast. the biggest council in belfast is going to be a more plural council. speaking of pluralism, we also see the dup returning their first—ever openly gay councillor. this is a woman called alice pennington, elected in greater belfast. in most parts of the uk, an openly gay councillor is not an issue, barely a new story. in northern ireland it is because the dup isa northern ireland it is because the dup is a very conservative, religious, fundamentalist group, which has not always been friendly to gay people. they now have a gay councillor, this is being seen as significant. what about the implications of these elections for the talks that are due to take place from next week on the possibility of, let's say only the possibility,

of, let's say only the possibility, of restoring power sharing? we heard from many parties that they got a message on the doorstep that people wa nt to message on the doorstep that people want to see a return to stormont. i think most significantly we heard that from sinn fein. certainly there had been a mood among nationalist voters that stormont haven't really delivered for them, so so what if it didn't exist? the message we were getting from the sinn fein leadership is they were keen. the willingness to do a deal may be bare but as we are hearing in terms of technocrats well, the ability to put something together is much more difficult. you could perhaps read into that support from the alliance party that people were expressing some dissatisfaction with the two big blocks, they were saying give us something fresh, give us something new. perhaps in that regard it will give a bit of impetus to these short cross— party give a bit of impetus to these short cross—party talks which are going to ta ke cross—party talks which are going to take place. but i don't think we should oversell that. john campbell in belfast, look forward to speaking to you later as the final tally

becomes clear. thank you very much. cyclone fani which battered parts of the eastern indian coastline has signifciantly weakened as it moves north towards bangladesh. the cyclone was one of the strongest to hit india in recent years, killing at least 12 people, and bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour along the country's eastern coastline. richard forrest sent us this report.... as cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for it to hit. in west bengal, trains were chained to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at kolkata's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. i'm going to ranchi. so now our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not able to catch flight today and even i'm not able to book flight for tomorrow,

day after tomorrow and 3—4 days ahead. fani, one of the biggest storms to come out of the bay of bengal in the past decade, made landfall in puri before heading north—east towards kolkata and moving on to bangladesh. more than a million people were evacuated from the low—lying coastal areas. and this is why. winds of 200km/h have ripped down trees and torn roofs of buildings. electricity poles have been toppled and windows blown out. weather forecasters say fani is weakening but still poses a major threat as it heads to bangladesh. officials in india say their mass evacuation efforts appear to have been successful and now their attention will turn to assessing the true scale of the damage in rural areas. well, as we have been explaining, the storm is movingnorth—eastwards into bangladesh from where it made

landfall at puri, a small town on india's eastern coast. 0ur correspondent, yogita limaye, is in bangladesh for us and joins us from the satkhira district now. thank you very much for getting up to talk to us. with the conditions as they are. everyone seems to be of the view that the cyclone is dissipating. what damage has it done in the way to that stage? that's right, in fact, in the way to that stage? that's right, infact, even in the way to that stage? that's right, in fact, even before it entered bangladesh, what we are told is that it had weakened. the indian media logical department said it had gone from being a cyclone storm into a deep depression. —— indian meteorological department. that means wind speed had decreased. and there wasn't as much rainfall. this was the place where it entered bangladesh. very close to the border

with india, close to the state of west bengal. there were gusty when signed heavy rainfall here but significantly reduced wind speed. while we have been driving here we haven't seen any evidence of their being any sort of large—scale devastation, the kind that we have seen devastation, the kind that we have seenin devastation, the kind that we have seen in the indian .we . we know that the worst seems to be over and that it does seem to be now going from a deep depression to a depression which would mean rainfall hasn't —— as it moves further north. all of the areas that it was meant to pass through and is passing through our densely populated areas, of course there is a big fear that there would be damage here as well. hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated and put in cyclone shelters. bangladesh also has a big coastline and there were fears of storm surges which means that waves, 45 feet higher than they normally are, were expected along the coastline. —— from four to five

feet. some areas by the coast there seems to have been destruction but not something of a mass scale. as thorough as this country is concerned, i think the worst fears have not materialised. and what about the prospects of the clear up operation? will this be expensive? here in bangladesh, so far, we don't know, no officially saying there has been a mass level of destruction. of course people who have been moved to shelters, i think the government will have to decide when it is safe for them to go back. they have told fishermen not to go out to sea. the alert is still definitely very much there because the storm, in its weakened form, does remain in this country. there is still an alert in many districts. at some stage i suspect the government will have an assessment of when they can call off that high alert and when people can get back to life as normal. thank

you very much. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in an elaborate ceremony to mark his ascendancy to the throne. today is the first of three days of coronation rites for the king who inherited the throne in 2016 when his father died. this is the scene live now in bangkok, where those ceremonies are continuing. king maha vajiralongkorn is now visiting the emerald buddha temple. it is located within the grounds of the grand palace in bangkok and is the country's most sacred temple and an important pilgrimage site for thai buddhists. this is the country's most sacred temple, an important pilgrimage site for thai buddhists. the king has not lived a great deal of time in thailand. but obviously is now crowned as monarch. there will be opportunity for him to get to know the people of thailand much better,

and for them to get to know a figure who has not been very prominent but at times quite controversial. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in bangkok. thailand has strict laws, which ban criticism of the monarchy. thanks very much for coming out to speak to us. this is a very long and come ceremony. it is a process that tie people have not lived through before, most of them, 70 years ago the last one. that's right, the last time people in thailand so these ceremonies was 70 years ago, 1950, but today one of the most powerful monarchies in the world has a new king, the ceremony started with a bathing in sacred water. water that had come from five rivers, right across thailand. then came the an ointment. that an ointment, the water comes from 107 chubby cherries

from across the country and one other which comes from the sacred palace water itself. —— 107 tributaries. that signifies the close relationship between the military and monarchs here in thailand. as you mentioned, this is a king who is seen to be quite different from his father. but when he made his speech, his royal command, he talked about ruling with righteousness for the benefit of the thai people. on social media many people here believe that this is carrying on his father's legacy. his father was much revered, much loved. this is a king who has been more remote, he spent a lot of time with his 13—year—old son. this is seen as an opportunity for him to anchor his place at the head of this long dynasty. does the arrival of a new

monarch indicate any kind of prospect of change in thailand? we have had this long—standing kind of conflict situation which has led the army to take power on two occasions in the last 20 years. it has got such a strong grip on the political system. the king was my father was seen as system. the king was my father was seen as something of a moderate influence, i wonder if that something people are hoping for in the new monarch, that he might bring the new monarch, that he might bring the warmth and peace that is on display in the ceremony to the day—to—day politics. display in the ceremony to the day-to-day politics. one of the things i have heard about the father, the previous king, was that he felt and talks like an uncle to the people of thailand. you will have seen from the pictures of his funeral but thousands came out onto the streets to say their farewell. when it comes to this new king will be interesting to see the procession tomorrow, where he is expected to go around the city and visit various

temples. we are limited in what we can say when it comes to talking about his majesty. within the last two years, he has taken a different view to his father on many things. 0ne view to his father on many things. one of the things his palace bureaucracy, he has change the way the palace has been run. also palace finances, he has taken them closer towards the palace. $30 billion worth of finances. he's very close to the military, a former airline pilot. he flies planes himself, flies himself around. he's very close to the military in that respect. the military has overthrown the government twice in the last 13 yea rs. the government twice in the last 13 years. there has been a bit of a different approach by new king. in the last week he has married his new bride. someone who was head of his new security detail, she was once cabin crew. she was also named queen

today during that anointing ceremony. but the pictures you might be seeing now are of him at the buddhist temple at the emerald buddha where he will be appointed as the royal patron of the buddhist faith. thank you very much. enjoy the rest of the ceremony. the headlines on bbc news... senior conservatives call for the party to pull together after it suffers its worst results in english local elections for almost 25 years. there's further calls for theresa may to step down as prime minister. cyclone fani hits bangladesh after leaving a trail of destruction in india. more than one and a half million people are evacuated. train passengers warned to expect disruption, as network rail carries out engineering work. parts of the west coast main line will be closed, as will london euston station.

sport centre, here's mike meanwhile the 2017 champions, city, won the league cup in february. they are yet to lose a domestic game this season although they did miss out on the league title which was clint by arsenal last sunday. i have been on two sides, i have been the favourites, the underdog. we won't ta ke favourites, the underdog. we won't take them for granted. i respect weston for the journey they have been on this season and the players they have as part of their squad. —— west ham. we have to make sure we

are on it and give our best performance. psion like it's a very special feeling able to lead the girls out. it's a great achievement for this club in out great achievement for this club in our first year of being pro, to make the fa cup final. probably no one would have thought we would get there. that makes it even more special. it's going to be a great occasion. coverage starts on bbc one from ten past five. you can also listen live on bbc five live. everton boost hopes of a place in the europa league next season after a fourth straight home win. it means everton a fourth straight home win. it means eve rto n m ove a fourth straight home win. it means everton move up to eighth, one point above wilson second. that's where they need to finish for a european place. the double 0lympic charmian caster semenya says no human can stop herfrom caster semenya says no human can stop her from running

caster semenya says no human can stop herfrom running after victory in the 800 metres. it came just two days after the south african lost a landmark case against the athletics governing body. the meat was her final race before the new rules can into force. i'm going to keep on doing what i do best which is running. will i doing what i do best which is running. willl see doing what i do best which is running. will i see you doing what i do best which is running. willl see you here in doha? yes, of course. what are you going to run in? it doesn't matter at the moment. you can never tell the future. the only thing you know is that you will be running. josh little upset the tourists on his debut, taking four wickets

including eoin morgan. an unbeaten half—ce ntu ry including eoin morgan. an unbeaten half—century from ben faulks knocked out from by the end of this evening we should know the identity of the finalists for this year's world snooker championship. the scot is battling to make it into an eighth final at the crucible. he had a bit of luck along the way. higgins showed some of the old magic as well. the scots won the final frame. it promises to be an exciting contest as it resumes this afternoon. let's get live pictures on the other semifinal, at the moment trump started the day still locked in this very tense cat and mouse first frame. neither player really taking control as yet.

best of 33 and still 9—7 to trump. least 33 you can follow the action. a real tense frame, this. lots to keep you up—to—date with. backin back in around an hour. north korea has test fired several short—range missiles overnight. (tx it's the first major weapons test since the failed summit between donald trump and kimjong—un in february. the united states says it's monitoring the situation. palestinian militants in gaza have launched dozens of rockets into neighbouring southern israel. the israeli military say more than 90 missiles were fired, and that it has been hitting back — targeting positions of the hamas organisation in gaza. there have been no reports yet of deaths or serious

injuries on either side. the exchanges followed a heightening of tension on friday, when two israeli soldiers on gaza's border were injured by gunfire. two members of the hamas militant group were then killed in what the israelis said was a retaliatory strike. a passenger plane with more than 100 people on board, has slipped off the runway into a river, next to jacksonville airport in florida. the local mayor says that everyone on board the boeing 737 is "alive and accounted for", and that the plane was not submerged. boeing say they're "aware of the incident" and are gathering information. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets under way. one of the uk's busiest routes, the west coast mainline, will be closed between london euston and milton keynes. there's also a reduced service for east midlands trains services into london st pancras. passengers are being asked to check theirjourneys before setting off and use alternative routes.

0ur correspondent leigh milner has been at euston station, which is shut all weekend. 0ver over the weekends, some stations including euston will be closed. because hundreds of engineering works are taking place. they are happening because fewer passengers a p pa re ntly happening because fewer passengers apparently travel during the bank holiday weekend. let me just remind you of some of the lines which will be affected. starting with the west coast mainline, some stations including euston will be closed. some stations between london and glasgow. engineering works will affect south—western railway trains from london waterloo to clapham junction and barnes. there's also disruption on the thames link services to and london st pancras. if you are travelling from essex today, which i am, buses will be replacing some of the trains between

shenfield and southend victoria. network rail say other operators, including virgin trains and london north—western railway, will also be affected in preparation for the hs two. lots going on. the obvious advice, you guessed it, check before you travel. always good advice. a grandmother has been jailed for six years, after becoming the ‘second in command' of a drugs gang headed by her two sons. 51—year—old angela collingbourne, helped the group to sell nearly three million pounds of cocaine in newport. seven other members were also jailed for conspiracy to supply class a drugs. £10 million of government money is being shared out amongst schools in england, to help tackle bad behaviour. it involves teachers from schools,

with a track record of improving poor discipline, being on hand to provide training and advice to others that may be struggling. the three year programme launches next september. police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there's been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. the bbc asian network's shabnam mahmood has more. the focus of this year's ramadan is

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