it all added up. in all honesty, we had to vote labour this time, yeah. southampton has always been seen as a political weather vane, a south coast battleground between labour and the tories. after only a year in charge, the conservatives have been swiftly ejected here, and it is sir keir starmer�*s activists who are beaming today. further east along the coast, labour also took control of worthing and crawley, but the biggest political ripples in this part of england were felt in somerset. well done! i wasn't expecting that! winning a council that had been run by the conservatives for the last 13 years. i think people have just had enough of all the duplicity, and it is about time, really. i am delighted, absolutely delighted. i think it does send a message to central government that people, local people want to feel empowered and supported. the lib dems gained seats across southern tory heartlands,

as well as taking hull from labour in the north of england, which is where the conservatives mostly held off labour's challenge in places like hartlepool, where voters didn't seem too fussed about downing street parties. things will go on no . matter what happens, you know what i mean? you'll get people doing things which they shouldn't do, - but what they want to do is put it back to the back burner, - and let's get... let's move on. either labour or conservatives, whoever, everybody does silly things. local elections are not a simple reflection of national politics, but they give parties a lot to think about. labour is making progress, but has a long way to go back to power, while the conservatives will be concerned their vote in parts of true blue england seems to be sinking. ben wright, bbc news, southampton. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.

good evening. the earlier rain across northern and western parts of the uk should largely fizzle out through the evening and overnight, and that means that the weekend should be generally dry, sunny spells, just a few showers in the forecast, i think, tomorrow. so, here's the latest satellite picture, as the weather front crosses the country and moves southwards, here it is very early in the morning, and then i think by the middle of the day, it should be out of the picture, as high pressure builds in. so, through the early hours, a few showers there in east anglia and the south east. elsewhere across the country, it's a case of clearing skies and our temperatures around seven o'clock in the morning on saturday around 9 celsius in belfast, seven celsius in glasgow, 13 degrees in london with that cloud and a few showers. now, the forecast indicates a fair bit of cloud across east anglia and the south east in the morning. it could hang around through the afternoon as well, could be some showers, showers also could develop from southern parts of wales across the pen pennines, just about into the midlands.

i think the best of the sunshine will be out towards the west across wales, south—western parts of england, the higher temperatures here up to around 19 degrees or so. all in all, i think saturday is going to be a mostly fine day. here's sunday, high pressure still in charge, butjust starting to drift out towards the north sea. and this low pressure makes inroads. so, on sunday, i think increasing amounts of cloud out towards the north—west. i think more than anything, it's hazy skies. elsewhere, scattered fairweather clouds with light winds, temperatures inland up to around 18—19 degrees, on the north sea coast, a bit fresher there, closer to m degrees. now, here's monday. that weather front really does push in across northern ireland and into scotland, so some wet and breezy weather at times here. but across the midlands, east anglia and the south east, it's going to be a fine monday with sunshine and quite warm, too. given some sunshine, temperatures could get up to around 21 degrees. now, here's the outlook

for next week. now, you will notice that the breeze is mostly coming off the atlantic, so it's not going to be all that warm. still temperatures probably in the high teens, just about 20 degrees across the south, but the thinking is that elsewhere across the country, it will be a good deal cooler with frequent showers and breezy weather. bye— bye.

hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the talk tv presenter daisy mcandrew and columnist for the article ali miraj. tomorrow's front pages,

starting with... the express reports theat prime minister borisjohnson is "back on track", says red wall voters remained loyal to the conservative party. the times says the conservative party has been "punished in the south" as they lose hundreds of council seats in thursday's local elections. the mail, meanwhile, says that starmer is in crisis after a police investigation is launched into a beer and curry night held by the labour leader. the i says the tories have put the prime minister "on notice", but don't ignore the police inquiry following labour leader sir keir starmer. the sun says, "will you korma quietly, sir," referring to sir keir starmer�*s police investigation into a beer and curry night, in breach of covid rules at labour hq. the ft report on boris johnson's "renewed threat" following significant losses in the local elections. the guardian, meanwhile, claims that senior conservatives blame boris johnson for losing

swathes of the party's southern heartlands. the mirror simply says "snubbed" following the news that prince andrew and the duke and duchess of sussex will not be appearing on the balcony at buckingham palace for the queen's platinum jubilee. so, let's begin. do you want to kick us off, daisy, with the front page of the times? tories punished in the south. that robabl is tories punished in the south. that probably is the _ tories punished in the south. twat probably is the biggest story coming out of the local election results. we all know about expectation management, so that's when all the political party start briefing and spinning in advance of an election result, trying to dampen down expectation. for instance we saw and some of the right leading newspapers earlier this week, tories expecting to lose 800 council seats. we all knew that was not the case but when you see a figure like that, if you

have it, that probably what they think is the worst possible outcome. so if you go by thatjudgment, then for the conservatives to have lost nearly 500 it is standing out to be now is astonishingly bad for them. so the times saying here tories punished in the south and that is interesting that when you look at who it is that's turned their back on conservative, it is prominently in the south and you've heard about places like launceston and westminster council and wandsworth council, true blue tory councils that were even conservative during the heyday of tony blair before austerity, and they have turned their back on the conservative party. that is really interesting. not an amazingly good night for the labour party, but i think certainly a worse night by a margin for the conservatives.— a worse night by a margin for the conservatives. ~ ., ., , ., ., ~ ., conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting _ conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting that _ conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting that the _ conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting that the sun, - conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting that the sun, if - conservatives. what do you make of it? interesting that the sun, if you i it? interesting that the sun, if you look at the sun, has actually a

rather poor quality version i'm afraid for tomorrow's paper but are you going to korma quietly? what good news there was for labour and there was some good news and dramatic in some places has been kind of overshadowed by the police's announcement.— announcement. indeed. look, keir starmer with _ announcement. indeed. look, keir starmer with the _ announcement. indeed. look, keir starmer with the beer _ announcement. indeed. look, keir starmer with the beer gate - announcement. indeed. look, keir starmer with the beer gate fiasco i starmer with the beer gate fiasco now called paris gate and given that keir starmer likes it rather bland dish, _ keir starmer likes it rather bland dish, i_ keir starmer likes it rather bland dish, i can— keir starmer likes it rather bland dish, i can see why some say he is not sealed — dish, i can see why some say he is not sealed the deal with the voters when _ not sealed the deal with the voters when you can see that from the results — when you can see that from the results last night. labour certainly did reasonably 0k. making some inroads, — did reasonably 0k. making some inroads, daisy mentioned some of the london _ inroads, daisy mentioned some of the london councils they want and also took barnett and made inroads into scotland _ took barnett and made inroads into scotland under the leadership of the leader— scotland under the leadership of the leader there who push the tories and the third _ leader there who push the tories and the third place. but overall is not good _ the third place. but overall is not good enough for keir starmer to really— good enough for keir starmer to really show that he is going to hreak— really show that he is going to break through next time. clearly he has not _

break through next time. clearly he has not seal the deal yet. on the other— has not seal the deal yet. on the other hand — has not seal the deal yet. on the other hand for boris johnson, clearly— other hand for boris johnson, clearly he _ other hand for boris johnson, clearly he has not done badly enough there to _ clearly he has not done badly enough there to he _ clearly he has not done badly enough there to be any imminent move right now against him chemist we will all move _ now against him chemist we will all move on— now against him chemist we will all move on with this sort of pedestrian offering _ move on with this sort of pedestrian offering that we have currently got into me _ offering that we have currently got into me at — offering that we have currently got into me at the moment, it feels a bit like _ into me at the moment, it feels a bit like the — into me at the moment, it feels a bit like the early 19905 underjohn major— bit like the early 19905 underjohn major where he limped on and then got through with a small majority in 92 we _ got through with a small majority in 92. we could end up with that, who knows? _ 92. we could end up with that, who knows? certainly on the beer gate know5? certainly on the beer gate issue. _ know5? certainly on the beer gate issue. keir— know5? certainly on the beer gate i55ue, keir starmer ha5 know5? certainly on the beer gate i55ue, keir starmer has had a difficult — i55ue, keir starmer has had a difficult few days on that given the fact he _ difficult few days on that given the fact he was so 5tark about the fact that boris— fact he was so 5tark about the fact that bori5johnson fact he was so 5tark about the fact that boris johnson 5hould fact he was so 5tark about the fact that bori5johnson 5hould re5ign and now has his — that bori5johnson 5hould re5ign and now has his own questions to answer. one wonders— now has his own questions to answer. one wonders if it might've been wi5e one wonders if it might've been wise a he referred himself to the police earlier in this in a sense on the front foot but we are we are. interesting what he says there about possible comparisons to the early 90s and i wonder if it's a bit more like the mid 90s with keir starmer being note tony blair and even his supporters would say that and they would argue of course that actually being bland, to use the phrase, it

is a fair one is actually good as a contrast to being like borisjohnson which is what the criticism is often laid on him but if we are close to midnight where you have that sort of liberal democrat and labour pincer movement against the tories that did so much damage in 97. we have coming up coincidently to buy elections that could test whether that theory is true or not in chivington in the south and wakefield in yorkshire. interesting looking at that little democrat results as they have done very well and i suspect it's got little to do with ed davey and that sounds unkind, but i think it has much more to do and people have always said voting liberal democrat is a blog on both your houses and rejection of the main parties and there is a lot of that going on at the moment because people are not very turned on by keir starmer and i think they do find implant and then some people love boris and some

people have really turned against borisjohnson. i think interesting to see what the demographics of those people chemist and when you look at the results today and last night, it is for want of a better word the posture people who are rejecting borisjohnson's conservative party. there was a wonderful quote earlier last week from a conservative campaigner, canvasser, he said the longer the drive, the worse the reaction. and he was saying as he was giving out and about in canvassing for the conservative party, the bigger the house, the podge of the people, the wealthy are the area, the worse the reaction was and so there is this shift going on in support for the conservative party and to see that they are still holding up quite well in the so—called red wall. there are all these demographic shifts coming on and who is turning to which party and which leader and things you could not of predicted even a couple of years ago but certainly a decade

ago. so i think there is some similarity to what you are saying but there are some really big differences in the political landscape and to come back to korea gate, ifind it extraordinary landscape and to come back to korea gate, i find it extraordinary the web is being reported because many people are saying now if keir starmer gets a fine, that he will have to reside because he kept calling for the creditor to reside but actually if you look closely at what keir starmer has been saying, he was calling for the prime minister to resignjust he was calling for the prime minister to resign just because the prime minister it was investigated. before we knew he had a fine chemist if he were doing tit—for—tat or light for light, he should resign now. tit-for-tat or light for light, he should resign now.- should resign now. interesting thou:ht. should resign now. interesting thought. let's _ should resign now. interesting thought. let's move _ should resign now. interesting thought. let's move on - should resign now. interesting thought. let's move on in - should resign now. interesting thought. let's move on in the| should resign now. interesting - thought. let's move on in the front page of the telegraph. victory for sinn fein stokes united ireland fierceness could be done that we won't get the final result as we wippert until tomorrow now but we know enough to think that we could be moving into some interesting territory politically in northern ireland and notjust because of a border pole when it ever because of

more portly because of the future of the ireland protocol.— the ireland protocol. that's right because of— the ireland protocol. that's right because of the _ the ireland protocol. that's right because of the protocol- the ireland protocol. that's right because of the protocol has - the ireland protocol. that's right| because of the protocol has been the ireland protocol. that's right i because of the protocol has been a really _ because of the protocol has been a really sore — because of the protocol has been a really sore point for the dup. they have really 5ore point for the dup. they have really— really sore point for the dup. they have really suffered with it. it was highlighted only a few days ago by the government that they'll be bringing — the government that they'll be bringing in legislation in the queen's— bringing in legislation in the queen's speech to try and take unilateral— queen's speech to try and take unilateral action to resolve this issue. — unilateral action to resolve this issue, which means they are effectively a border in the i receipt _ effectively a border in the i receipt and they have to be checked on goods— receipt and they have to be checked on goods coming into northern ireland — on goods coming into northern ireland and this is all around the protection — ireland and this is all around the protection of having no border on the island — protection of having no border on the island of ireland between northern ireland and the republic given— northern ireland and the republic given the — northern ireland and the republic given the fact that they will be pretty — given the fact that they will be pretty incendiary in terms of the good _ pretty incendiary in terms of the good friday agreement and the peace process— good friday agreement and the peace process more generally. what you have now — process more generally. what you have now got is sinn fein have played — have now got is sinn fein have played a — have now got is sinn fein have played a blinder of a campaign and have not— played a blinder of a campaign and have not even hardly mentioned the issue _ have not even hardly mentioned the issue about — have not even hardly mentioned the issue about reunification of ireland or having _ issue about reunification of ireland or having a — issue about reunification of ireland or having a border pole at all. they have _ or having a border pole at all. they have really— or having a border pole at all. they have really focus on the cost crisis and the _ have really focus on the cost crisis and the dup on their part have been totally— and the dup on their part have been totally tied _ and the dup on their part have been totally tied up in knots over this

northern— totally tied up in knots over this northern ireland protocol issue and they feel— northern ireland protocol issue and they feel they have been sold out by the uk _ they feel they have been sold out by the uk government and this issue perpetually goes on and on and on. and it _ perpetually goes on and on and on. and it is _ perpetually goes on and on and on. and it is a — perpetually goes on and on and on. and it is a serious concern. we have a situation _ and it is a serious concern. we have a situation there where if the dup do not _ a situation there where if the dup do not take up their position in the storm _ do not take up their position in the storm assembly, how will that look to their— storm assembly, how will that look to their voters? they walk away from that and _ to their voters? they walk away from that and have a effective route from london _ that and have a effective route from london and — that and have a effective route from london and perpetuity was to be just is not _ london and perpetuity was to be just is not working the dup also need to -et is not working the dup also need to get reat— is not working the dup also need to get real and play apart and try and find some — get real and play apart and try and find some argument that they can get behind _ find some argument that they can get behind. butjust relying on this border— behind. butjust relying on this border on _ behind. butjust relying on this border on the irish sea issue is i think— border on the irish sea issue is i think pretty incendiary to them and will not _ think pretty incendiary to them and will not help their chances in the future _ will not help their chances in the future at — will not help their chances in the future at all.— will not help their chances in the future at all. talk the government miaht future at all. talk the government might actually put _ future at all. talk the government might actually put some _ future at all. talk the government might actually put some proposal| might actually put some proposal distillation in the queen's speech was delivered on tuesday. t distillation in the queen's speech was delivered on tuesday. i think this is a really _ was delivered on tuesday. i think this is a really good _ was delivered on tuesday. i think this is a really good headline - was delivered on tuesday. i think this is a really good headline for. this is a really good headline for them and it's a serious issue. as i was saying, it is extraordinary that theissue

was saying, it is extraordinary that the issue of reunification and what brexit has