south cambridgeshire.re. cambridgeshire. approach to that and the prospect of a second referendum. a second referendum. first all of the day's news and headlines. good afternoon. i'm jane hill with a summary of the news. despite both claiming successes. including wandsworth and barnet in london. the tories lost control of trafford after 1a years. here's our political correspondent chris mason. cheering. also wiped away smiles for the two big westminster parties too. big westminster parties too. here in plymouth, taking the council from the conservatives. from the conservatives. jeremy corbyn admitted the results haven't all been good. haven't all been good. disappointed in any places where we lost a bit of ground. lost a bit of ground. lot of seats across the whole country. country. effective campaign all over the country. country. that labour hoped to poach but didn't. didn't. been some losses there had also been unexpected gains. unexpected gains. supporters and revitalised campaign machine. machine. but

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. we'll get all the reaction and ask what the key issues were that swung the vote. also on the programme: women in england who missed routine breast cancer screenings due to a computer error

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. president trump tells members of america's powerful gun lobby that he will not bow to calls for stricter controls. a state of emergency is enforced in part of hawaii following an eruption of one of the world ‘s most active volcanoes. and newsnight, at packed studio of politicians and pundits to make sense of where the election results ta ke sense of where the election results take us now. good evening. the local elections in england have largely seen voters stick with the status quo with neither of the two main parties able to celebrate significant gains. labour has fallen short of the expectations of many in the party and failed to make the inroads supporters had hoped for. the conservatives lost councillors but outperformed predictions. the conservatives took control of barnet, which many attribute directly to the labour row over anti—semitism. they also won basildon, peterborough and redditch. but they lost control of six councils. two went to labour —

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire and richmond. but support for ukip across the country collapsed. in other news, the first review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities in england highlights major concerns about the treatment. —— their treatment. a volcanic eruption prompts a state of emergency on hawaii's largest island. 1700 people forced to leave their homes after streams of lava began flowing into residential areas. and for the details released about the royal wedding. herfather will details released about the royal wedding. herfatherwill walk details released about the royal wedding. herfather will walk her down the aisle when she marries prince harry later this month. labour have failed to make the breakthrough that it was hoping for in the local elections in england. the party won two councils but failed to win any of the other authorities it targeted within london. jeremy corbyn this —— describe the performance as a solid as teresa wake —— may welcome the results for the conservatives. but she would not take

fascinating in south cambridgeshire and in kingston and in richmond in london.rn sizeable conservative majorities to take overall control of the councils themselves. that is a pretty remarkable result for a party which many people had written off. gained 75 seats across the country but in terms of council ‘s game, they were the big winners. interesting for them where that takes them. —— councils gained. not every seat was up, not always changing control, councils. difficult to focus on individual places and see what is happening broadly. how does it affect the two biggest parties, the once contending for government in the next election? to some extent, the next election? to some extent, the takeaway is not very much happened. both the two main parties gain some seats and some cancels here and there, lost hereunder. labour didn't make the big gains they were hoping tonight. counsels like wandsworth, but they took tower hamlets, the last two declared, labour majority from no overall control. the conservatives moved forward outside of london particularly in the tow

these went on to affect southern parts, but we have seen storms in west wales, west england and cambridgeshirereason we are getting storms in the south that is because we are here in area of low pressure. we are not seeing storms develop in northern areas, generally that low cloud will drift back in from the north sea, becoming expansive in central and eastern scotland moving across england to reach eastern pars of wales. 0vernight muggy in some part, temperatures from most areas will stay up into double figurers, tomorrow we could see further big storms across the south but there is doubt about how far north they get. they could say in the english champion. if they form southern most areas of seeing the downpours which could bring a risk of localised flash flooding. that low cloud burning back and most of us having dry weather with sunshine, feeling warm in that sunshine again, on wednesday there is a greater chance of seeing thunderstorms break out because pressure will be falling, so the air is more unstable. we will see them develop more wide live. some will be lively indeed. high pressure

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip across the country collapsed. we'll get all the reaction and ask what the key issues were that swung the vote. also on the programme: women in england who missed routine breast cancer screenings due to a computer error make a record number of calls to helplines. the first review into the deaths of people with learning disabilities in england highlights major concerns about their treatment. and steven gerrard is to become the new manager of rangers. coming up in sportsday, late in the hour, bumpy start for chris froome in giro d'italia, he is way off the pace in the opening stage. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. labour failed to make the breakthrough it was hoping for in the local elections in england. the party won two councils but failed to win any of the authorities it targeted in london. jeremy corbyn described the performance as "solid." a relieved theresa may, welcomed the results for the conservatives, but said the government wouldn't take anything for granted.

the liberal democrats celebrate victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, as support for ukip collapseswe'll be looking at what swung the vote and where this leaves the parties. also tonight.... how failings are shortening the life expectancy of some people with learning disabilities by up to 30 years. caught in spain — one of britain's most wanted fugitives and a former suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence. and stephen gerrard on the moment he was asked to become the new manager of rangers. there were a lot of things to think about, but, from that phone call, i got a special feeling and i knew rangers was for me. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a big night for both teams at the amex with manchester united hoping to all but nail down second place in the premier league while brighton could ensure survival. good evening. the local elections in england have largely seen voters stick with the status quo with neither of the two main parties able to celebrate significant gains. labour has fallen short of the expectations of many in the party and failed to make the inroads support

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire and richmond.cross the country

personally, from my perspective in cambridgeshire, we area rural perspective in cambridgeshire, we areforce predominantly with two major cities. we have maintained front line numbers. we are quite lucky in that respect that we have dry quite hard to do that. the issues really are those back—office functions. the support mechanisms for officers such as human occupational health, and of course, those are the people that could help front line officers. when it comes down to it, we need more officers. demand has increased in cambridgeshire and other forces and it takes longer to do with incidents and to safeguard people. and my officers, they are not taking refreshment breaks, toilet breaks, they are working extremely long hours. rural offices of feeling extremely vulnerable because of the demand pulled into the cities and it isa demand pulled into the cities and it is a real concern for me. it is affecting not only their worklife, but their private lives as well.|j would add that liz's force, cambridgeshire, has had little reduction in offices, in hampshire, we have lost 1,000 police offi

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip

the liberal democrats are celebrating victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, but support for ukip

this was cambridgeshire just a few hours ago.e around port talbot, the skies have been grey and there have been spots of drizzle at times. for the rest of the afternoon, the best of the sunshine continues across eastern areas of england and in trees and areas of scotland were locally in aberdeenshire we could see temperatures climbing to the low 20s. 0vernight, the cloud will probably thicken overnight across the irish sea coast is returning murky, otherwise it will be a mailbag, temperatures between nine and 10 celsius —— nine and 12 celsius. for the bank holiday weekend, fine weather is still in the forecast, sunshine for most of us the forecast, sunshine for most of us and it will get warmer, a dry bank holiday weekend for most of us. the pressure across eastern europe brings in warm air and temperatures are forecast to rise significantly across western germany western france and will come our way. the early may bank holiday record is set at 27 celsius. the bank holiday has only been around for a0 years but we will smash that

some heavy showers and some thunder developing from cambridgeshire, north of london to northern easternonly around ten to 12 degrees here. cooler to the south—east, but still 20 celsius. a spell of rain through wednesday nights into thursday. affects many central and eastern parts. for thursday sunny spells for many with a scattering of showers in the north and west. for most a dry day with temperatures back down to where they should be for the time of year at 13 to 17 degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines. the foreign secretary is in washington in an attempt to stop president donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal. working with our european friends. we can be tougher on iran but not throw away the heart of the deal which is about stopping them getting a nuclear weapon. president trump says he‘ll make an announcement about the iran nuclear deal at seven o‘clock tomorrow evening. the uk has its hottest early may bank holiday on record — hitting a high of 28.7 degrees celsius. just make the most of it because this incredible weather is unheard of this early. it was the beast fro

away from milton keynes, there is another contest in south cambridgeshire, which is going on as we speakdemocrats are hopeful that they could take that council. that has been a conservative council for several yea rs, conservative council for several years, it was a strong remain area. the council where heidi alan is the local mp, so we could well see a big upset happening in south cambridge. very interesting, thank you. a quick thought before we end this segment of the coverage, that would be a turn up? it certainly would. we were just listening to layla saying they are coming back, the lib dems. we spoke earlier it is from a low base but she's right, coming back in areas you would expect them to. tom watson is right, they are not making a big breakthrough but you wouldn't expect that from such a low base. that would make them very happy. before i came in i met a smiling ed davey who was confident about kingston, let's if it is realised. quickly on dan jarvis, kingston, let's if it is realised. quickly on danjarvis, not won it on first preference. we will talk about that later on. thank

you will have noticed more cloud streaming in and this is the scene at the moment in cambridgeshire,es you noticed are lower than yesterday and around the mid teens. as we go through the evening and overnight, the cloud across the southern areas will move away and prolonged clear spells into thursday morning means it will be a chilly start to thursday but with clear skies overnight that will translate to sunshine in the morning, so tomorrow looks day with dry weather, lots of sunshine, and fairweather cloud developing here and there, particularly towards the north—east of england, scotland and northern ireland and temperatures in the mid and high teens. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. mps say carillion bosses created a ‘rotten corporate culture' and were ‘too busy stuffing their mouths with gold' as the firm collapsed. labour says it would close the uk's two main two immigration detention centres, in the wake of the windrush scandal a starring role for princess charlotte and prince george as bridesmaid and page boy at the royal wedding this weekend. a

control, we are watching colchester and there raqqa just down the road and also peterborough in cambridgeshirees only need one seat to take control of peterborough, they need three seats to take control here need the old ukip votes to go their way, that's by no means certain. very interesting, thank you, we will talk to you later. very interesting in basildon, another fascinating talk to you later. very interesting in basildon, anotherfascinating one for us to night and we want to keep a close tabs on it in terms of the london contest, wandsworth, in south—west london, conservatives held as one of the great showpiece authorities because of the low council tax for decades. tim donovan is there, what are the signs? for so long, this place has been of the labour radar, they haven't considered it in play and the conservatives have got on with quite a miserable confidence running this place. but things changed the debate, last year, when there was a big swing, surge of labour support, they took jane ellison's big swing, surge of labour support, they tookjane ellison's seat in battersea, came close

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