here's the winning candidate, louie french, paying tribute to his former colleague: first of all, i wouldesented the sea for more than ten years. and for for the people every single day. he made an enormous impact on everyone who lives here and is a member of parliament that i will work tirelessly to build on everything he achieved. i cannot put into words how much how his wife's bravery has been inspiring to me. thank you in tribute to my good friend. let's go live to bexleyheath and to our political correspondent matt cole. with a reduced majority by retaining the seat, will this be triumph or relief for the governing conservative party? i think a bit of both to say the least. certainly, chatting to representatives of the conservative party earlier in the evening, the report in saying that a wind was a win. and they said if we win this, therefore we take this as a victory. they take it as being a cold dark decemberfor those being significantly down and they were. 11,189 votes to the winning candidate, contrast that with the former mp who passed away from cancer two months ago. when he w

here's the winning candidate, louie french, paying tribute to his former colleague: first of all, i wouldokenshire, who represented this seat for more than ten years. and who fought for the people every single day. he made an enormous impact on everyone who lives here and as a member of parliament, i will work tirelessly to build on everything he achieved. i can't put into words how much how the support of his wife kathy has meant to me during this campaign and her strength and bravery throughout has been inspiring. thank you kathy and it has been a huge honour to wearjames' rosette tonight in tribute to my good friend. our political correspondent matt cole has been at the declaration in bexleyheath. he says the conservatives will be triumphant but also relieved. 11,189 votes to the winning candidate. contrast that to james brokenshire, the former mp who passed away from cancer two months ago. when he won this seed back in 2019, he had just when he won this seat back in 2019, he had just shy of 30,000 votes. almost three times the number. labour's vote down too. to 6,711. compare that to

but their candidate, louie french, still got more than half the vote, although there was a 10% swing, came third. 11,189. the result was not surprising in this safe tory seat, even if the opposition had hoped recent negative headlines about so—called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority. people look at the westminster issues, they see a number of issues and allegations being thrown around at different parties, you know? it wasn't something that was coming to me, people know i'm not involved. i haven't been in westminster, you know? people have said, "louie, we need to get in and deliver on these priorities," and that's what i'm fully committed to doing. labour are encouraged by this result, with their candidate, daniel francis, arguing a swing like that could translate into future gains for them elsewhere. well, it's been an incredibly good result tonight for labour here. we had a swing of over 10%. if that swing was replicated across the country, we would be making significant gains from the conservatives and on a path back to government. but tory party chairman oliver do

but their candidate, louie french, still got more than half the vote, although there was a 10% swing seat, even if the opposition had hoped recent negative headlines about so—called sleaze could chip away at their strong majority. people look at the westminster issues, they see a number of issues and allegations being thrown around at different parties, you know? it wasn't something that was coming to me, people know i'm not involved. i haven't been in westminster, you know? people have said, "louie, we need you to get in and deliver on these priorities," and that's what i'm fully committed to doing. labour are encouraged by this result, with their candidate, daniel francis, arguing a swing like that could translate into future gains for them elsewhere. well, it's been an incredibly good result tonight for labour here. we've had a swing of over 10%. if that swing was replicated across the country, we would be making significant gains from the conservatives and on a path back to government. but tory party chairman 0liver dowden says a solid hold midway through an election term, when t

the newly elected conservative mp louie french paid tribute _ conservative mp louie french paid tributetribute to james brokenshire as he did his _ tribute to james brokenshire as he did his victory speech earlier this morning — morning. first of all i'd like to pay morning. — first of all i'd like to pay tribute to my good friend, james brokenshire, who represented the seat for more than ten years and who fought for people of old bexley and sidcup every single day. he made an enormous impact on everyone who lives here. and as a member of parliament i will work tirelessly to build on everything he achieved. i can't put into words how much the support of his wife cathy has meant to me during this campaign. and her strength and bravery throughout has been inspiring. so, the conservatives have held comfortably onto that seat. there was a _ comfortably onto that seat. there was a 10% — comfortably onto that seat. there was a 10% swing to labour. turnout in by—elections tends to be lower than _ in by—elections tends to be lower than by—elections —— general elections _ than by—elections —— ge

has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by—election victory for louie french been secured with a greatly reduced majority. the poll was caused by the death from cancer of the former cabinet minister james brokenshire. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. if money is power, then one of the world's most powerful institutions is probably one you've never heard of. located in oslo and worth more than a trillion dollars, norway's sovereign wealth fund owes its existence to the country's vast reserves of oil and gas. it claims to be an ethical investor, so there was some consternation when it appointed my guest today, nicolai tangen, as its new boss. is a risk—taking, flamboyant hedge fund manager the right man to steer the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund? nicolai tangen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. you currently manage a sovereign wealth fund which is worth roughly $1.1; trillion — an unimaginable sum of money which is not your money — it is actually the people of norway's money. why should they trust you to m

has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by—election victory for louie frenchinet minister james brokenshire. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.

has retained the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup, but the uk by—election victory for louie frenchn secured with a greatly reduced majority. the poll was caused by the death from cancer of the former cabinet minister, james brokenshire. thousands of people are facing a seventh night without electricity after storm arwen brought down power lines across the north of england and scotland. more than 100 soldiers were deployed to help out in aberdeenshire, and late this afternoon, durham declared a serious emergency and called on the government to send troops there, too. fiona trott reports. getting urgent help to the most vulnerable in the community, this fire station in ulverston has turned into an emergency hub. pylo ns pylons in cumbria still lying on the ground six days on. preparing them as a massive task. h. preparing them as a massive task. m, ., preparing them as a massive task. ., ., , ., ., task. the scale of devastation is something _ task. the scale of devastation is something we _ task. the scale of devastation is something we never- is something we never experience, defin

their candidate, louie french, won more than half the votes in the south east london constituency, withafrica, as the region faces the worst drought for many years. crops are failing and animals on which many communities depend are dying of thirst. there's been three years of poor rainfall in northern kenya, much of somalia and southern ethiopia. it's feared the drought will continue long into next year, putting millions of lives at risk. the bbc�*s senior africa correspondent anne soy reports from northern kenya. the devastating impact of drought. this is wajir in northern kenya. they've not had enough rain here for three consecutive seasons. water pans have long dried up. there are dead animals everywhere. even at ahmed ibrahim's home. he is 66, and tells me he's never witnessed anything like this. translation: the drought has been i going on for the last nine months. i i had 150 head of cattle, but now left with about 30, which are very weak. i also had 400 goats. i'm only left with these few that you can see. a few times every day, neighbours helped to lift the remaining livestock s

here's the winning candidate, louie french, paying tribute to his former colleague. to pay tribute to my good friend james brokenshire who represented the seat for over ten years and thoughtful people every single day. he made an enormous impact on everyone that lives here and as a member of parliament apple tirelessly to build on what he has achieved. how much is five cathy has meant to me, i cannot put words to. her strength and bravery has been inspiring. thank you, cathy and it has been an honour to pay tribute to my good friend tonight. our political correspondent matt cole has been at the declaration in bexleyheath. 11,189 votes to the winning candidate. contrast that to james brokenshire, the former mp who passed away from cancer two months ago. when he won this seat back in 2019, he had just shy of 30,000 votes — almost three times the number. labour's vote down too to 6,711. compare that to just over 10,500 last time round. so votes all around down. the turnoutjust 34% compared with just shy of 70% last time. so, fewer than half the number of voters out this

their candidate, louie french, won more than half the votes in the south—east london constituency, withbrokenshire, whose death in october triggered the contest. the boss of the mercedes formula 1 team, toto wolff, has offered to meet survivors of the grenfell tower disaster, following anger from survivors of a sponsorship deal between his team and a company which made insulation used on the building. kingspan's branding is on the car that seven—times world champion lewis hamilton is driving at this weekend's saudi arabian grand prix. the firm's insulation was installed on a small portion of grenfell tower — but kingspan says it was used without its knowledge. the actor sir antony sher has died, aged 72. sir antony, who had cancer, was widely regarded as one of the country's finest contemporary classical actors, with a long association with the royal shakespeare company. his most legendary performance was of the villanious richard iii — his portrayal of an energetic hunchback on crutches won him the 0livier award. unfinished. sent before my time into this world, scarce half made up. eve

the conservative candidate louie french took more than half the total number of votes cast.out this win. t tell us what the conservatives are saying about this win.— saying about this win. i think overall the _ saying about this win. i think overall the conservatives - saying about this win. i think overall the conservatives are saying about this win. i think - overall the conservatives are pretty happy with this, this is a mid—term by—election, historically governing parties do not always tend to do particularly well in midterm by—elections, that something a number of senior mps and ministers who had been out campaigning here in the last couple of weeks have been stressing. they managed to hold pretty comfortably unto the safe conservative seat, still holding on to more than 50% of the vote, there had been some nervousness in the last few weeks after some quite tricky headlines for the conservatives about things like so—called sleaze but also around national issues like immigration which some had worried were coming up which some had worried were coming up on the doorstep a

the conservative candidate louie french took more than half the total number of votes cast.9,000 to 4,500. alec baldwin has said he doesn�*t feel guilty about the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of his film rust in october — because he doesn�*t feel responsible for the incident. in an interview broadcast on us tv last night, he said he cocked the gun that killed ms hutchins, but didn�*t pull the trigger — and that he didn�*t know who had put a live bullet in the gun. he admitted that his acting career may now be over as a result of the shooting. sophie long reports from los angeles. i sat on that pew right before they called lunch and i said, "this movie has made me love making movies again." cos i used to love to make movies. idid. you know. now, alec baldwin says he�*s not sure he�*ll ever work again after something went horribly, horribly wrong when he was rehearsing a scene, pointing what he believed to be an empty gun at halyna, as she directed him to do. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger, never. that was the training th

whole life on the backbenches, some of the new intake, some of the newest conservative mps, like louie frenchvernment. that was the scale of it, 100 conservative mps, but prime minister's questions is not a good guide to the mood in the conservative benches because there is a tendency to rally round when faced with an attack from the opposition, so there was vocal support for the prime minister, lots of cheering when he attacked keir starmer for vacillating over the vaccination programme but the true guide to the mood on the conservative benches is partly the rebellion yesterday but also watch the reaction to the result in the shropshire by—election tomorrow. the liberal democrats are talking up their chances but one mp said even if it is a humiliating hold, if it is a conservative victory but with a low majority on a low turnout, their nerves will not be calm, so there's degree of authority which boris johnson has lost, but he's way of dealing with that is to move the conversation on as quickly as possible —— his way. he will be at a press conference in the next couple of hours and he will b

french didn't care about him. he was enormously popular all through his life. when he died literally hundreds of thousands of people turned out for his funeral. louie philippe and ministers were worried his funeral procession through paris was going to spark a revolt and spark a revolution. so, it wasn't that he lost his popularity or wasn't an influential figure during his life or wasn't treated as a serious problem. it's just that over the years, he didn't really have an active party, an active faction inside of the french -- ongoing french discourse. so, he just has kind of fallen by the wayside. >> so, he's like an eric phoner, annette gordon. >> except i'm just some american. and when i would go, i remember this happened to me actually a couple times where i would go to a library and say i'm here, i'm an american, i'm doing this all in bad french, by the way. and i'm writing a book about the french revolution and the revolution of 1830. they're like, cool, what's the topic. and i said, the marquis de lafayette. and they would say, oh, you're an american, of course it's about the marquis de lafayette. >> i think it's frustrating for them becaus