the brexit party tops the polls in the eu elections — with the conservatives and labour suffering heavy losses. leader nigel farage said members of the brexit party should nowjoin the government's team negotiating with the eu. if we don't leave on october the 31st, then the scores you've seen for the brexit party today will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. the liberal democrats — who campaigned to stop brexit — moved up to second with around 20% of the vote. the conservatives are pushed into 5th place — with an historic low of less than 10 percent. while labourfall to

third place overall. we'll be looking at all the results and have the latest from around europe. also this lunchtime. a man and woman appear in court charged with the murder of two teenagers in sheffield. and the clearest ever moving footage of queen victoria — discovered in a museum in new york. later we have all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nigel farage‘s brexit party are celebrating victory in the european parliamentary elections.

it won nearly a third of the vote, on a platform of honouring the result of the brexit referendum with a ‘clean break‘ from the eu. but there were also huge gains for the liberal democrats, who won in london, with their calls for a second referendum and a strong pro—remain message. it was a disastrous night, meanwhile, for both the main parties — labour and the conservatives both suffered sweeping losses across the board. the brexit party got nearly 32 per cent, the lib dems 20 per cent, that's up 13 per cent on 2014, the greens, the snp and plaid also made gains. the labour vote was down 11 per cent and the tories came in 5th place with just 9 per cent of the vote, down nearly 15 per cent. our political correspondent tom barton's reports contains some flashing images.

smiling faces from members of a party only launched six weeks ago. the brexit party the clear winners in this election taking almost one third of the vote and 29 meps. brexit! the party's leader saying this could be just the start.“ brexit! the party's leader saying this could be just the start. if we do not leave on october the slst then this because you have seen to date for the brexit party will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for itm repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. it was not just a we are getting ready for it. it was notjust a good night for the brexit party, though standing on a clear remain platform also took great lea ps forward remain platform also took great leaps forward for that the greens beat the conservatives into fourth place. while it was a champagne moment for the liberal democrats coming in second with 20% of the

vote. it is the first time in 100 yea rs vote. it is the first time in 100 years we vote. it is the first time in 100 yea rs we have vote. it is the first time in 100 years we have beaten both the conservative and labour party in the same election and we are clearly able to demonstrate both the conservative and labour party did badly because they were split and could not articulate what they wa nted could not articulate what they wanted on brexit. we've been very clear that we are the strongest remain party. the one thing clear from this result is photos do not like the tightrope walk brexit compromises that the main parties have been offering up until now. so what does it mean for the future, both for the labour party and the conservatives it means they are going to be under pressure to adopt simpler and clearer positions. for the tory party devastation at the polls is likely to see leadership candidates take an even tougher position. this is the worst result in the history of our party in elections and it is a wake—up call

to my colleagues in parliament that we have to do is to deliver on the instruction to british people gave us instruction to british people gave us in the brexit referendum. in scotla nd us in the brexit referendum. in scotland the labour party has been wiped out in the face of an snp surge while in wales the party was forced into third place now the pressure on the leadership including some senior voices is to back another referendum. jeremy corbyn today promising to listen. what you have to me today is a commitment that our party is listening to its members and supporters and reaching out to other parties across the house of commons to prevent a crash out from the european union with no deal a commitment that the future will of course be put to a public vote as we have already proposed in parliament. these results provide no easy a nswe i’s parliament. these results provide no easy answers for the parties when they returned to westminster next week. as you've been hearing,

the brexit party have topped polls in every country or region — apart from scotland won by the snp and the liberal democrats respectively. northern ireland however is still left to declare. reeta chakrabarti has been taking a look at some of the interesting results across the country. this has been an election of stark contrasts, with the brexit party putting in a very impressive performance, but strong performances too from the liberal democrats and the greens and a real disaster for labour and the conservatives. let's take a look at some of the details. castle point here in the east of england, this was one of the brexit pa rty‘s strongest results. look at that, 59% of the vote here in a very leave voting area. but a really, really strong performance, leaving all the parties behind. the brexit party also coming out on top in windsor and maidenhead, that's theresa may's constituency, her own backyard. they came out on top in saint helens here in the northwest, beating labour in their own heartland. look at that.

the brexit party on 35% and the labour party on 22%. for the liberal democrats, it was also a very good night. here in elmbridge for example they topped the poll by 39%. now this is an area that had been conservative for the last three european elections and if you take a little look at the change in the share of the vote, look at that. the conservatives plummeting by 31% to the benefit of the liberal democrats. for the lib dems it was a great night in london, they topped the poll in london and that included islington which isjeremy corbyn‘s constituency. that tale of labour woe was reproduced in scotland where the snp took almost all the areas, all the local authority areas that there are. and in blaenau gwent labour also suffered there at the hands

of the brexit party. one word for the greens who came top in three areas and that included bristol as well, and they will be very happy with their performance at this election. i think the take away though from these selections is the result for the conservative party who on 9% of the vote share came fifth in the table. and there is one remarkable fact for the governing party which is that in the whole of the united kingdom they failed to top the vote in any single local authority area in this entire election. reeta chakra barti there. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. normally we talk about small parties being squeezed but last night it was the big parties. how do you see the fallout in westminster? we are

seeing the main parties being dragged by the scruff of the neck away from the centre ground, the kind of confused middle ground they've been trying to occupy over they've been trying to occupy over the past three years. it means the next tory leader whether he or she is, will be pushed remorselessly towards backing no deal or leaving the eu without any kind of agreement on october the 31st. and frankly a similar story on the labour side where we've already seen jeremy corbyn being pressed by some of his own shadow cabinet to get off but rickety old fence and back another referendum. he is also haemorrhaging votes. you're referendum. he is also haemorrhaging votes. you' re left referendum. he is also haemorrhaging votes. you're left with the conclusion that after three years of going round round over brexit we are pretty much back to where we were at that initial referendum, namely you are either pro—remain for the pro no deal or pro—backing another referendum. norman smith, thank you

very much. the national picture of the vote was reflected in southampton where brexit party leader nigel farage heard he'd been elected as an mep and the lib dems did well. duncan kennedty reports now from southampton. just a warning — there's some flash photography in his report. the smile on the face of nigel farage also enough to dim the lights of southampton he believes we've seen a of southampton he believes we've seen a sea change of southampton he believes we've seen a sea change in british politics. southampton is a stopover for britain has met european cruise industry and the results last night revealed 38 want to change the old political certainties. they think the brexit party is the only serious way to deliver the referendum result. who did you vote for? brexit, it is the only vote. why? to get out and be strong again. was

this and i shall moment orjust a loss of confidence in the others? the brexit party took four the lib dems three and the tories, labour and the green party on one. did you vote dem because they are a rain, i remain party? it was more a protest vote against the others. you voted for change uk, you are a remainer, why did you go that way?|j for change uk, you are a remainer, why did you go that way? i don't think anyone else is sorting out brexit. we also get the sense that many here were floating voters and simply did not know which party to support. what to think about nigel farage me out on top?|j support. what to think about nigel farage me out on top? i think it was a surprise and no one really thought it would happen. no matter what party you vote for the moment no one has any idea what they're doing. around 2 million people voted here, in essence another split between in and out but they not make us feel the way we want. in a moment we'll be in cardiff

after a good night for the brexit party in wales. but first the result in scotland has just been announced. our correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow for us now, lorna. a good night for the snp here in scotland, their best ever result in a european election, they top the polls and increase their vote share to nearly 38% for that they increased the number of meps to three of a total of six available. nicola sturgeon has called this as particular and historic result and said it showed the uk political system has failed and scotland jacks brexit. important to note of course many here in scotland did vote for brexit and the brexit party has secured one seat brexit and the brexit party has secured one seat 3s brexit and the brexit party has secured one seat as have the conservatives as have the liberal democrats. a bad night here in scotla nd democrats. a bad night here in scotland for the labour party, they had a dismal showing and turned up fifth in the vote. the snp the clear winners and they will hope to get

some momentum from the results in their call for a second independence referendum in the event of a no—deal brexit. here in wales the brexit party has been celebrating, winning a third of the vote here as well as gaining two of the four meps and celebrating also plaid cymru coming second last night and outperforming labourfor the first time in the history of the party. but serious questions being asked about what went wrong for the labour party, the last time they came third in wales was back in 1910. the party of government here have been cautious about not calling for another referendum on brexit, that decision coming under severe criticism from senior members of the welsh government this morning. in the past 30 minutes the first minister of wales mark drakeford has heeded that advice and called for another referendum. he is seen as being close tojeremy corbyn but whether or not the leader of that

party will listen to his welsh counterpart remains to be seen. across europe traditional parties have also suffered losses. the big centre—right and centre—left blocs have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the greens and nationalist parties. nationalists were victorious in italy, france and of course the uk. pro—eu parties are still expected to be in a majority but the traditional blocs will need to seek new alliances, as our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. across europe one of the surprises of these elections, green parties. this was germany where they surged into second place. germany's result mirrored the picture europe wide, the traditional centre—conservative right, social—democrat left on the slide, greens and others profited. so now the greens are being courted by those old parties who are looking for their support. people are talking to us. obviously they are keen to have the greens around the table

and so if we are invited around to the negotiating table, we will go there. and it is possible the centre—right under pressure might now fragment further. it is a totally new situation, a totally new setup, and i really believe, i am convinced that the vote of the european citizens has a clear message, that the european union must be reformed in order to be strong again. for the greens and all the other parties how their national results translate into power here in the european parliament is through the alliances they can forge and what is clear is that the surge some predicted for far right, anti—eu forces hasn't materialised. that didn't mean any real celebrations for emmanuel macron's party in france. it was beaten, just, by marine le pen's far right eurosceptics, but it wasn't a decisive win for her. her share of seats may actually have fallen. it was matteo salvini's far right league in italy

that was a big winner. however, his allies elsewhere in europe stumbled, losing seats, limiting his influence. so the most significant gains of all may have gone to the liberals. their candidate might now be in with a chance of securing the top eu job on offer, president of the european commission. the monopoly of power is broken and this is of course why we can do something else. overall then, the eu centre under pressure has held firm, but change may still be coming. and so in these first eu elections since a and so in these first eu elections sincea uk and so in these first eu elections since a uk referendum there has been no brexit effect for the nationalist eurosceptics did well in france and italy but not enough to shift the balance and they have seen example of the uk and have softened their sta nce of the uk and have softened their stance and not called for the exit of their own countries. so the eu is moving and leaving the uk innocence to argue about brexit itself.

in today's other news, a man and woman have appeared in court charged with the murder of two teenagers who died in a house in sheffield on friday morning. the woman, who is the mother of the dead children, is also accused of the attempted murder of two other children. alison freeman is at court now. the defendants appeared here at sheffield magistrates court this morning both wearing a grey t—shirt for the sarah barrass, whose 3a, is cou nts for the sarah barrass, whose 3a, is counts of murder over the deaths of two children. her son blakely was 1a and triston who was 13 at a house in sheffield on friday morning. she is also accused of three charges of attempted murder relating to two other children. the man, brandon machin, there is 37, also faced two

cou nts machin, there is 37, also faced two counts of murder. no plea was given today in court and the pair were remanded in custody to appear at sheffield crown court tomorrow morning. what's believed to be the clearest ever moving footage of queen victoria has been discovered in the film archive of a museum in new york. our royal correspondent sarah campbell has this exclusive report. queen victoria, in sharper focus than ever seen before. this was her last trip to ireland in 1900 and it's believed to be the last time she was filmed before her death less than a year later. it's the best view you will ever get of queen victoria in moving pictures. the footage had been stored for decades in new york's museum of modern art. but it was only when briony dixon, a curator with the british film institute, was shown it, that its historical significance was truly realised. i nearly fell off my chair because i'd never seen

queen victoria in close—up before. it's completely unique. because you can see the queen's face for the first time probably since 1900, since this was shown. it's close—up, you can see expressions, you can see her in movement rather than just as a stiff portrait or a still photograph. queen victoria embraced the new medium of film, she and tsar nicholas ii were filmed at balmoral in 1896 and the following year, a0 cameras were used to capture the queen's diamond jubilee. very much film was an extension of a whole series of image making about queen victoria. it makes her seem real. it makes her seem real and she is well. —— real. but what sets this film apart is the level of detail. and that is largely down to the film's size. 68 millimetres on the left, and on the right, the footage was filmed in 35 millimetres. a cheaper format which became the industry standard, despite the loss of detail. the result, very few films of such

high quality were made and no others capture so clearly this living, breathing, moving monarch. sarah campbell, bbc news. that's it, now on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

good afternoon. more now on the european election results. we have almost all of the results in with just northern ireland left to declare. let's take a look at the share

of the vote with 11 out of the vote with 11 out of 12 regions declared. and it's the brexit party that gained the largest share of the vote, almost a third, with 32%. the liberal democrats took second place with 20% — up 13 points. labour came third with 1a % — down 11 points on last time. the greens increased their support — gaining 12%. the conservatives fell to a historic low — with just 9% of the vote putting them in fifth place. the uk independence party's vote fell heavily to just 3%. and, the new change uk party also failed to make an impact with only 3% share. in all 73 seats in the european parliament were up for grabs — with the brexit party so far winning 28. the 73 seats in the european parliament were up for grabs —

with the brexit party so far winning 28. the lib dems have won 15 — they gained just one in 2014. labour have ten meps — losing eight. the greens more than doubled their seats — with seven meps, up four. and the impact on the conservative party is clear — they've gotjust three meps — down 15. the nationalists parties also picked up seats with the snp winning three seats — and plaid cymru have won one seat after beating labour in wales. one of the 28 new brexit party meps is the former conservative minister ann widdecombe. she's been speaking to our correspondent sarah ransome. well of course if you look at the map today, it is a sea of brexit blue and that is because we just asked the nation a very simple question, we didn't have a great raft of policies, we had one, which was to get britain out of the eu without a deal. and the nation voted for us. and voted for us big time.

so my reflections are that was the second referendum. twice now the nation have said to parliament we wa nt to nation have said to parliament we want to leave. ijust hope this time parliament listens, because if it doesn't and if we don't get out of eu on 31st october, we, the brexit party, will contest a general election. nigel farage has talked about the ambition of the brexit party this morning, he talked about possibly contesting in the general election when ever that might be. when you think about that longer term, what are your thoughts?” when you think about that longer term, what are your thoughts? i very much hope that it isn't necessary, because the only way it won't be necessary is if we have left and we have left cleanly and there is no doubt about it and no re—opening of the argument and we have gone. if that happens, then the job of the brexit party is done. but if that doesn't happen, if we don't leave, and actually at the moment that is the most likely outcome, given their record, if we don't leave or we leave in name only and stand one leg

m, leave in name only and stand one leg in, one leg out, or if there is an attempt to reverse the leave, then we will stand in a general election. how difficult might that b as you said yourself, at the moment it is a one—policy party? said yourself, at the moment it is a one-policy party? it will be difficult. but none of us underestimate that, because we have got from a broad range of political spectrum and you have myself and claire fox, a former communist, you have different political outlooks, but we will come up with policies that we can unite around. it will be difficult, but not impossible. if you told me a couple of months ago, you told me a couple of months ago, you can put a party together in six weeks and it will sweep the board, i would have laughed. the political scientist professor sirjohn curtice from the university of strathclyde is here. let's do an overall summing up, the

broad picture, england, wales and scotland? there were two contests going on on thursday. one was between the conservatives and brexit and it was a battle among leave voters and the question was to what extent would leave votersed, us from rated at the failure to deliver brexit would be attracted by the brexit would be attracted by the brexit party. the answer was rather a lot. it is clear that over a half of conservative voters switched to nigel farage's party, which with the 32% of vote, it got what the opinion polls expected and the conservatives we re polls expected and the conservatives were doing slightly worse. so very clear that voters on the leave side of the argument strongly punishing the government, not least because many think leaving without a deal woui’ many think leaving without a deal wour preferable to the extension that we are involved in. so they accepted nigel farage's argument? yes, on the other side, the other thing that was going on was more on the remain side of the debate and it

was between labour and the liberal democrats and the greens for the remain vote. here the polls were very uncertain and most said the labour party should still come second. but all were detecting during the campaign the liberal democrats and greens were pulling more remain voters. the question was was the more clearer we want a second referendum and we hope it will come up with a different result of the liberal democrats and the greens and the change uk would draw voters. it did, not to the same extent as the brexit party drew voters from the conservative party. it has come as more of a shock to the labour party and perhaps surprised the liberal democrats in particular. but it does therefore mean that on the one hand the conservative party is now going to have to debate should the next tory prime minister be embracing the idea of leaving without a deal? but

equally should the labour party now move much more clearer to saying it is in favour of a public vote on whatever brexit deal emerges to shore up the remain vote. have boris johnson was writing today that these results were clear and what had to happen was that the government had to deliver on brexit. are they that clear? no, i mean it is true that around 35% of people voted for parties that were saying they would have no deal and those undoubtedly represent a majority of leave voters. but 35% is less than 50%, it is difficult to argue it demonstrates that a majority of the public are in favour. but equally on the other side offence, i mean some wa nt to the other side offence, i mean some want to add the numbers up to say that actually a0%, more people voted

for proreferendum parties than no deal party, so it was a mandate for a second referendum. we can argue about to what extent the snp's vote isa remain about to what extent the snp's vote is a remain vote. it is predominantly but not wholly. it is still less than 50%. the truth is neither side can claim on the basis of results that voters have sent a clear signal it should be one thing 01’ clear signal it should be one thing or another. the signal the voters have sent is many of them are sufficiently polarised as to which choice they prefer that the two as it were extreme options of leaving without a deal and having a second referendum, as the polls are suggesting, two most popular options and option about which people feel strongly and people may switch to a smaller party. how worried should the conservative party be?

not if it would vote as thursday but we also know from the opinion polls that may be 15—17% currently word. maybe that number would come down a bit. accept that brexit is not going off the agenda any time soon and this made a european election which gets remembered by voters more, i don't think the conservatives can afford 18%, because because they have the conservative party behind the labour party with no prospect of being able to perform another administration so to that extent at least yes, i think in particular, it is unlikely that the brexit vote will disappear unless and until the conservatives are deliver brexit. a second summary note which says we are better able place to deliver this to nigel for art is not going

to work. and therefore, the next tory prime minister is probably going to have to work out a way to deliver brexit within the arithmetic of the current house of commons because the option of going to the country is unlikely to be attractive. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. a chill in the air today. it's warm enough when the sun is out but every now and again you could see clouds looking a bit like this as the showers come rolling in. it really is remaining mixed for the rest of the day. some sunshine, showers, which could be heavy. feeling cooler as well and the most significant change in temperatures will be in the north—east of england where with a northerly breeze temperatures will struggle up to 11—12. in the south—east and east anglia, 23 yesterday, so a higher 23 yesterday, so a high

here of 19 at best. not too many showers on the south coast. but quite blustery winds around here. northerly winds coming across scotland, dragging in the colder air and a sprinkling of showers across the country through the afternoon into the evening and slowly easing down a bit across western areas overnight. clearer skies in northern ireland and in rural parts. 3-4. elsewhere, 6—8. tuesday could be the chilliest day of the next few. the colder air coming down on that north to north westerly wind and by the time we get to wednesday, less cold air coming in from the atlantic and they will be some cloud and rain. for northern ireland, western parts of scotland, wales, western england, may well be dry on tuesday. more sunshine further east, particularly in the midlands and eastern england, quite a few heavy showers and they could be thundery. temperatures, 10—13. further west and toward the south—west, 17—18.

chilly overnight, mind you, because this brief high pressure will kill off those showers and then we drag in this atlantic air, more cloud, higher humidity, and outbreaks of rain too. maybe some early sunshine on the eastern side of the uk but watching the clouds thickening from the west, outbreaks of rain pushing across. not much rain in the south—east of england. temperatures, 17—18. northern scotland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers but getting that warmer air but not getting the rain but it will be moving its way northwards. thursday and friday, rain moving away from northern england, heading up into scotland and northern ireland and most places becoming dry over the weekend. really warm in the south—east of england. in the mid 20s. you're watching bbc news.

we'll have much more reaction and analysis to the european election results shortly. let's get all the day's sport now, here's jane dougall. good afternoon. i'm jane dougall, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. british number one, johanna konta is through to the second round of the french open for the first time ever. she beat antonia lottner of germany in straight sets. it's the first time in five attempts that konta hasn't been knocked out in the first round. she'll now play the american, lauren davis. konta has been on a good run of form on clay, reaching two finals and beating some big names along the way. petra kvitova meanwhile has been forced to withdraw from the tournament, with an arm injury. she said on social media she was "truly sad" to have to pull out. england's cricketers are playing their final warm—up match before the start of the cricket world cup on thursday. they won the toss and put afghanistan into bat at the oval and jofra archer took two early wickets. the home side dominated from there,

bowling afghanistand out for 160. england are about to start their innings. some more good news for them — bowler marc wood's been passed fit and will be available for their opening world cup game against south africa on thursday. the match descibed as ‘the richest game in football‘ kicks off in 90 minutes' time. aston villa and derby county meet in the championship play—off final at wembley this afternoon. at stake is a place in the premier league. i believe completely in my team, because of the squad they have amassed and they have been there last year and they're a strong team and people will see from the outside and fancy villa a bit. doesn't matter to us, it's a great challenge. a challenge that we all have to step up to and try and overcome. there's nothing better in football than winning a game that you're not expected to win. when you're expected to win, it peoples good, when you're not, it it can feel great. so there is a challenge fours. the big thing and i keep saying it

is momentum. we feel like we got an awful lot of momentum going into the game. the run that we were on until the end of the season, the domination that we had in the two play—off games, we can take that certainly into our game on monday. look forward to that. mo farah has won the vitality london 10,000 for the seventh time. the four—time olympic champion was the honorary starter before completing the one—mile course, finishing ahead of fellow britons andrew butchart and nick goolab. and farah said he'd lost track of his winning streak. i honestly thought it was my sixth but it's even better when i heard it was my seventh one. it's a nice day to come out here and win the race. andy and nick are going strongly. they were pushing on early on. i covered every they were pushing on early on. i cove red every m ove . they were pushing on early on. i covered every move. the push at the end i knew it was what it was going to take. steph twell retained

the women's title, as she continues her bid to make the british squad for next year's olympic games in tokyo, while daniel sidbury and three—time paralympic medallist shelly woods won the wheelchair races, england's bronte law has won her first lpga title at the pure silk championship in virginia. she had a share of the lead from day one and finished two shots clear of the field with a closing round of 67 — a great victory after she lost out in a play—off in san francisco earlier this month. i believe in hard work and determination and i stayed so focussed out there today and you know obviously my caddy, geoff, did a greatjob keeping me calm and i guess after san fran it gave me perspective that i could compete at the top and i came this week with the sole intention of getting that one we better and it feels really good. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories

on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much. more now on the european election results. we have almost all of the results in with just northern ireland left to declare. let's take a look at the share of the vote with 11 out of 12 regions declared. and it's the brexit party that gained the largest share of the vote — almost a third — with 32%. the liberal democrats took second place with 20% — up 13 points labour came 3rd with 1a per cent — down 11 points on last time. the greens increased their support — gaining 12 per cent. their best performance since the late 1980s in a european election. the conservatives fell to a historic low — with just 9 per cent of the vote putting them in 5th place. the uk independence party's vote

fell heavily to just 3 per cent. and, the new change uk party also failed to make an impact with only 3 per cent share. 73 seats in the european parliament were up for grabs — with the brexit party so far winning 28. these are proportional done on a regional basis of the share is pretty much reflected in the number of seats. the lib dems have won 15 — they gained just1 in 2014. labour have 10 meps — losing 8. the greens more than doubled their seats — with 7 meps, up 4. and the impact on the conservative party is clear — they've gotjust 3 meps — down 15. the nationalists parties also picked up seats with the snp winning 3 seats — and plaid cymru have won 1 seat after beating labour in wales.

the brexit party leader nigel farage said the result sends a message to the conservatives and labour to deliver on the 2016 referendum result. we were launched six weeks ago and very short space of time we've managed to top the polls and with a national election and win it comfortably, so look, we are very, very pleased that we were able to do this in such a short space of time but i think this shows the real sense of frustration out there. we didn'tjust vote in a referendum deal to leave the eu, we voted for political partners in a general election of 2017, both of whom said they would deliver. they didn't. march 29 was embedded in people's minds as the date we left the european union. we didn't and that's why the brexit party is here. they broke their promises and parties that break promises do badly in elections. that's a lesson from last night. but it's also fair to say this applies to a lot of labour voters too. labour promised to honour the result of the referendum and they are now moving rapidly towards being a party that wants a second referendum but if you look in south wales particularly, parts of the north

of england, you'll see that the brexit party was actually picking up more support from the labour party there than it was from the conservatives. we are the biggest party in the european parliament coming from the whole of europe and what we want to do is play an active role, take some responsibility. we have got a mandate now. we want the government to include us in the negotiation team. we've got to get ready for leaving the european union on october the 31st. there's a lot we can do. the liberal democrats are the leading remain party and they want to overturn the result of the referendum. that's their position. our position in the brexit party as we want a clean break brexit so that we are a genuinely independent country. they are the two positions and, frankly, if you try and do a bit of both, if you try to give us brexit in name only, then in the end nobody will be satisfied. and really i suppose history will say that is mrs may's legacy. she tried to please everybody. she pleased nobody. brexit is a fork in the road. it's a big massive constitutional decision. we've made that decision and we

deserved to have it delivered. if we win we win and i shall be very pleased because one thing i know for certain is if we left the labour and conservative party on their own there was zero prospect of us getting a proper clean brexit. if we could make it happen and happen quickly i would be delighted. but i do though think british politics is now about more than just leaving the european union. nigel farage speaking earlier this morning. we are hoping to hearfrom him again. he is expected to hold a news c0 nfe re nce him again. he is expected to hold a news conference later this afternoon. we also hope to hearfrom vince cable, the lib dems finishing second. in 2014 they were reduced to just one mep. earlierjoanna gosling

spoke to the parties brexit spokesman. tom brake. she asked him if this had changed anything for his party. in reality, the numbers of mps and house of commons hasn't changed anything. but what is clear is that this was the vote which has just taken place was no ringing endorsement of no deal. and therefore, i think it will renew the vigour of members of parliament like the lib dems and other political parties who will do everything they can to block no deal but also to secure a peoples vote, which i think, for any future conservative prime minister, is the only way out of this almighty mess they have created. it comes back to that 31st of october deadline and is there anything like the time frame needed to have a second referendum and to continue with these debates? we are heading for no—deal brexit on the 3ist heading for no—deal brexit on the 31st of october. well, there isjust

time, we reckon it could be delivered in 20 weeks, but even if that's not the case, the eu have indicated that as long as the uk is engaged in a democratic process, with a clear outcome, which would be the case with a referendum, where people are choosing between the deal at the moment, only theresa may's deal, no other on offer, or staying in the eu, is the eu know we are engaged in that process and i'm absolutely confident they would an extension to enable the vote to take place sometime after the 31st of october. it would be risky because it could end up with just as unclear a picture and then we have extended and then where are we? it is risky in that there is no guarantee the outcome of that referendum would support the position i want, which is staying in the eu. however, i think it's a perfectly legitimate democratic exercise because now three years after the brexit vote,

some clarity is emerging over what brexit means and that's why i think it should be put to that test. do you support no—deal brexit being on the ballot paper? we always said no deal would be a catastrophe for the uk. the governments own analysis confirmed that. but shouldn't be the paper? i think the deal agreed is what should be on the ballot paper and that's the position we are fighting for at present. having noted on the ballot paper with the economic consequences associated with that... but in terms of democracy, you did well over night obviously but the brexit party did better and in terms of democracy, if there is a referendum, could you really say that there shouldn't be the opportunity for those who voted for the brexit party last night to say we do want to leave without a deal? we are not yet at that stage u nfortu nately of deal? we are not yet at that stage unfortunately of deciding what the question will be on the ballot paper but what would need to be tested is

if the government do come forward with no deal and say the result of three years ago was an endorsement for no deal, i completely disagree with that. no 13 years ago was arguing no deal was on offer. on the contrary, they all said it was a fantastic brilliant deal on offer and we would most definitely have to put that to the test. that was the liberal democrat mp tom brake talking to joanna liberal democrat mp tom brake talking tojoanna gosling earlier. the two major parties have suffered heavy losses with labour finishing third in the polls with ten mep's and around 15 percent of the vote — their worst ever showing in a european election. there's been calls from senior figures within the party, including the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry to commit to another referendum. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn said the party would have further discussions about its brexit policy. what we'll do is consult members

through the constituency parties and affiliated trade unions and bring theissue affiliated trade unions and bring the issue back to conference in september. don't you have an obligation owed to listen to this result and the impact on your heartlands and actually have a second referendum and have a clear position? listen very carefully to what everyone is having to say on the subject. the country is clearly very divided. nigel farage and the brexit party don't offer any agreement with the eu, merely a crushing out, which would cause chaos forjobs crushing out, which would cause chaos for jobs and crushing out, which would cause chaos forjobs and services across this country. i think we have a responsibility to listen to what eve ryo ne responsibility to listen to what everyone has to say and ensure that there is an agreement made and that is then put to a public vote. do you concede your ambiguous position on brexit is meant you were falling flat on your face? not at all, we've try to bring people together when they voted leave n'djamena. they

still face problems. a tory government in disintegration, austerity and poverty in this country. and what we have tried to do is point out that in the future there has to be a trade relationship with the european union otherwise manyjobs are at risk. nigel farage wa nts to manyjobs are at risk. nigel farage wants to privatise the nhs and have ano wants to privatise the nhs and have a no deal exit from the european union. i'm not sure how that helps peoples problems. these are not good results for the labour party. because there hasn't been clarity, you've lost votes to the brexit party and the lib dems. is there an a nswer to party and the lib dems. is there an answer to that today? we listen to our members and supporters and the public and the answer is all so we ta ke public and the answer is all so we take the fight to the tories, to end austerity in this country, to rebuild the health service and social services, to invest in good qualityjobs for the social services, to invest in good quality jobs for the future. that has to be the right way forward. the country needs to come together to face our problems together. emily thornberry last night suggested a further compromise talks are over

and your party need to commit further to a second referendum and campaignfor further to a second referendum and campaign for remain. what you have from me today is a commitment that our party is listening to its members and supporters and reaching out to other parties across the house of commons. to prevent it crashing out from the eu with no deal. a commitment that the future will of course be put to a public vote, as we have already proposed in parliament and indeed, colleagues, including emily, voted alongside me in backing that request. john mcdonald this morning talked about the fact there needs to be a public vote can you clarify what he means by that, general election? another referendum? the priority at the moment is for this government to call for a general election and actually have one so we can decide the future. there is no majority in parliament, no legislative programme and parliament has been given nothing to do by the government. i

think it's a demand which should be made. john has also pointed out that any final deal has to be put to a public vote and that we are prepared to do and indeed supported. from here on in, if people want to know what you stand for, can i get from you today that you would stand to be a party that supports remain under second referendum ? a party that supports remain under second referendum? what this party does is supports an agreement with the european union to prevent crushing out, supports putting that proposal one agreed to public vote. jeremy corbyn there. let's take a look at the overall results across the rest of europe and the spread of seats in the european parliament. the big centre—right and centre—left blocs have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, the greens and nationalists. pro—eu parties are still expected to be in a majority but the traditional blocs will need to seek new alliances. the liberals and greens had a good night, while nationalists were victorious in italy,

france and of course the uk. however the centre—right european people's party does remain the largest bloc and analysts say it is likely to form a grand coalition with the socialists and democrats bloc, with support from liberals and the greens. negotiations and horse trading lie ahead. meanwhile, turnout was a surprise. figures have risen to 51% — up from 42.6% in 2014. the turnout bucked a long trend of decline in voter numbers, and was the best since 1994. well we asked our europe correspondent about that turnout — and the implications of these results. more than 200 million people across europe voting. if you think back in 1979, where about 60% of voters going to the polling stations, that's dropped every single time there's been european elections up until this first year bucking the

trend, back around 50%, the highest it has been since 1999. i think there's a few things suddenlyjust to try to extrapolate why people suddenly vote. europe has been on the agenda on the front of people's papers — whether you love it, hate it or somewhere in between, whether it's brexit, the migration crisis, the greece crisis, all these things suddenly you know it's been political rope—a—dope for the european union for the past few years with terrorist attacks across europe added to that. it has been calmer for the past two years since the migration crisis ebbed in terms of the numbers, but actually brexit‘s been the thing on the agenda. if you look, i was talking to a senior eu council official last night, who was saying you can only fight so many political wars and all of these things going on actually now really there is only brexit to deal with and we have to see, for the eu point of view and the pro—eu stance, what is almost a passing tide of the brexiteers, the brexit party being the highest single party of any national country now, the eu

fans and those within the council commission hope that passes by the end of october. the outcome of the european elections has reaffirmed the deep divide between supporters and opponents of the country's planned exit from the european union.so has the brexit debate re—engaged voters? we'll hear from our correspondent in manchester, vicky holland manchester on a bank holiday. the sunshine gives the city a continental feel. but europe and the european elections wasn't everybody‘s focus. to be honest, i don't know what the an election was for. was it for brexit? no, to elect our meps. no, i don't mind about the result. i cared about brexit, but not who is in parliament. i didn't vote, the reason why, because we're leaving, you know, europe, brexit, i didn't see the point. last time, it passed me by, really, so i felt i had to do my duty and make sure i voted

and got my point across. in manchester's former central railway station, the count got under way. the north west was previously split into loyal labour heartlands, rural conservative voters and strong support for ukip. no more. i therefore declare that the following candidates have been duly elected to north west electoral region. claire regina fox, the brexit party. this time, it was the brexit party took the most seats, with ukip nowhere to be seen. none of us were aware we were standing four weeks ago. so it has been incredible and i really do think it's partly because the organisation of the brexit party, but it is also because people are really angry. the conservatives ended up with no meps at all. for those working at grassroots level, it is a hard result to swallow. we got a lot of flak on the doorstep in regards to what's going on in westminster. and a lot of people saying why they should vote, because it is not

democracy any more. a lot people feel disenfranchised with politics at the moment. even in the labour heartlands of manchester, the candidates were punished. a disappointment that we haven't got three. we've got to re—engage with those who voted remain and re—engate with those who voted leave. but for the liberal democrats and the greens it was a night to celebrate. i have been a trafford councillor for 19 years, i've been active in the liberal democrats for most of my life. it's an amazing time. it's an absolute honour to be elected to represent the region and i am just so pleased that the voters in the north west have put their faith in the green party. here in the north west, like most of the country, it is the traditional parties who suffered — labour and the conservatives. the conservatives were completely wiped out here. it's the brexit party who have taken three of the seats, but the liberal democrats have done better than ever before, winning two seats.

with some parties suggesting a general election is the only way to solve the problem of brexit, the two big parties will have to work hard to clean up. two candidates with the same name — but opposing parties — were elected for the same region. alexandra phillips is now a brexit party mp for the south east region while alexandra philips for is a green party mep also for the south east region. there was a time when there were two john smiths who were labour mps. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. a chill in the air today. it's warm enough when the sun is out but every now and again you could see clouds looking a bit like this as the showers come rolling in. it really is remaining mixed

for the rest of the day. some sunshine, showers, which could be heavy. feeling cooler as well and the most significant change in temperatures will be in the north—east of england where with a northerly breeze temperatures will struggle up to 11—12. in the south—east and east anglia, 23 yesterday, so a high here of 19 at best. not too many showers on the south coast. but quite blustery winds around here. northerly winds coming across scotland, dragging in the colder air and a sprinkling of showers across the country through the afternoon into the evening and slowly easing down a bit across western areas overnight. clearer skies in northern ireland and in rural parts. 3-4. elsewhere, 6—8. tuesday could be the chilliest day of the next few. the colder air coming down on that north to north westerly wind and by the time we get to wednesday, less cold air coming in from the atlantic and there will be some cloud and rain. for northern ireland, western parts of scotland, wales, western england, may well be dry on tuesday. more sunshine further

east, particularly in the midlands and eastern england, quite a few heavy showers and they could be thundery. temperatures, 10—13. further west and toward the south—west, 17—18. chilly overnight, mind you, because this brief high pressure will kill off those showers and then we drag in this atlantic air, more cloud, higher humidity, and outbreaks of rain too. maybe some early sunshine on the eastern side of the uk but watching the clouds thickening from the west, outbreaks of rain pushing across. not much rain in the south—east of england. temperatures, 17—18. northern scotland seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers but getting that warmer air but not getting the rain but it will be moving its way northwards. thursday and friday, rain moving away from northern england, heading up into scotland and northern ireland and most places becoming dry over the weekend. really warm in the south—east of england.

in the mid 20s.

you're watching a bbc news eu elections special with the brexit party a clear winner, the lib dems taking second place and a very tough night for the conservatives and labour. nigel farage says he's ready to take on the biggest parties at westminster — after the brexit party took nearly a third of the vote... and 29 meps. we have a mandate and want the government to include us in their negotiating team. we have got to get ready for leaving the european union in october 315t. there is an awful lot we can do. a successful night for the liberal democrats, who campaigned to stop brexit, coming second with around 20% of the vote.