the people of selby and ainsty have made it clear. they— and ainsty have made it clear.deserve urgent support— economy. they deserve urgent support in— economy. they deserve urgent support in the cost of living crisis. _ support in the cost of living crisis, defences to protect our communities, and nhs that is fit for— communities, and nhs that is fit for the _ communities, and nhs that is fit for the future, public transport that connects us, more — transport that connects us, more police on our streets, and action— more police on our streets, and action to — more police on our streets, and action to protect our beautiful countryside and rivers. that's what — countryside and rivers. that's what we _ countryside and rivers. that's what we want and that's way i am here _ what we want and that's way i am here. and in a year's time i believe — am here. and in a year's time i believe will _ am here. and in a year's time i believe will be on the precipice of a labour government, a mission driven labour— government, a mission driven labour government to transform the country,

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by elections alwa s ainsty. of course. by elections always come — ainsty. of course. _ ainsty. of course. by elections always come with a _ ainsty. of course. by elections always come with a caveat, - ainsty. of course. by elections i always come with a caveat, don't they? they often result in huge swings from one party to another. turnout is normally well down on a general election. the conservatives will of hope many of their supporters said no. also would help the labour party and did not help the labour party and did not help the conservative party and that is why this by election was called in the first place. it came completely out of the blue. you may remember former british prime minister boris johnson announced he was stepping down. the day after that his friend and ally nigel adams who was the mp for selby and ainsty said he was going to leave parliament for them end there was widespread gossip and talk, i guess you could call it and in the reason he was going to step down was that he wasn't awarded a c in the house of lord and boris johnson's resignation ho

i think that campaign more broadly you can't really overstate —— selby and ainsty.esult. what it indicates about labour's chances at the next general election. it points to a very red win rather than any slim path to victory for the conservative party. how will rishi sunak be feeling right now? we saw him out early doors with the uxbridge candidate who won. he said this shows when it comes to a general election, it is not a done deal but probablyjust a short distance from here to downing street with his top team. what will they be saying to each other, what will they be thinking and suggesting going forward in terms of trying to tackle this huge challenge that they have? i tackle this huge challenge that they have? ~ , , have? i think it is very understandable - have? i think it is very understandable that i have? i think it is very i understandable that rishi have? i think it is very - understandable that rishi sunak would say that the next election is not a done deal. hope is very thin on the ground in the conservative party campaign headquarters at the moment. he

in selby and ainsty, a labour— candidate, 13,965.andidate, 13,965. in selby and i ainsty, a labour candidate called keir defeated the conservatives. his older namesake hopes to do the same at the next general election. here in yorkshire, labour outperformed the sizeable opinion poll lead, winning a largely rural seat which is not its natural territory. and overturning a 20,000 tory majority, something it hadn't done before at a by—election. keir starmer said the result put his party on course for victory nationally. irate result put his party on course for victory nationally.— result put his party on course for victory nationally. we have shown what a change _ victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour _ victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour party - victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour party can i victory nationally. we have shown | what a change labour party can do. this should never have been a by—election. because by the chaos, the division, the infighting in the tory party, and that'

i selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, labour won the seat in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, labour seat from the conservatives, with keir mather, who's 25, becoming the youngest mp in the commons. he secured close to 16 and a half thousand votes. in somerton and frome in the west country, the liberal democrat, sarah dyke, won a dramatic victory, bagging more than 21,000 votes. but the conservatives clung onto uxbridge and south ruislip in west london by the slimmest of majorities, with steve tuckwell receiving nearly 1a thousand votes just 495, ahead of labour. (mix screens)we�*ll have plenty of analysis on what the results could mean for a general election. but first, here's our political editor, chris mason. (os live) thumbs upfor care thumbs up for care starmer this morning, but he had to get on a train to celebrate. destination, yorkshire, selby & ainsty had a rock—solid conservative majority until it didn't. labour's win here, then, one heck of an achievement. you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party, and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from t

when it comes to selby and ainsty, they did | comes to selby and ainsty, they did everything at it. had. for labour, that shows they are getting through, the messaging is getting through, the messaging is getting through, and they can achieve a traditional conservative heartlands where there is not a labour base. it is interesting. it is building the machine from scratch. it was always unpredictable what would come out of it. that is absolutely right. i think keir starmer can take great cheerfrom that. of think keir starmer can take great cheer from that. of course, there think keir starmer can take great cheerfrom that. of course, there is no geographical element. looking at the south, if you look at the north—east, i don't like to draw that way... it causes outrage. there is something going on here. the lib dems have managed to eat away confidently into what used to be tory heartlands around fremont. at the same time, selby, as you rightly said, it was low down the target list in traditional terms, and then you look at the more read all areas, where it feels unlikely that the cons

so, a two—horse race in selby and ainsty, but the lib dems sense new openings.e're out there fighting for every single vote. you know, lots of people often say, you know, how do we break through? we've clearly broken through in north shropshire. you know, we came from third to first and actually in north yorkshire, the lib dems are the official opposition on north yorkshire council. so, you know, we've got a presence in north yorkshire. on the doors, when i've been talking to people, people who traditionally have voted conservative are voting lib dem. and very interestingly i've had two conservative councillors tell me that they will be voting lib dems. the greens see a link between the wider economic challenge and the need to tackle climate change. i think having a real view. on the cost of living crisis, particularly looking _ at the possibility of everybody having access to renewable energy to heat their homes, _ homes that are well insulated. i would want to see retrofitting - council properties and any new build built to a very high eco standard. that's som

selby and ainsty had a rock—solid conservative majority, until that is, it didn't.here, then, unquestionably one heck of an achievement. you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party, and we hear you. we hear that cry for change, away from the chaos, away from those rising bills, the crumbling public services, a cry for change, and we will deliver. we will deliver through keir mather here, and we will deliver with the next labour government. this is whatjubilation looks like for labour, winning big in a place where they don't expect to win. and yet, and yet, there's just that sense of the jitters because of what happened in london. steve tuckwell, the conservative party candidate, 13,965. - cheering. delight in the middle of the night from conservative activists in north—west london, squeaking home in a contest many, including many tories, thought they'd lose. 0k, wow. cue a breakfast visit to ruislip from the prime minister and an outbreak of applause in the doorway of a greasy spoon. rishi sunak didn't expect to be meeting jubilant supporters today,

next, we can zip 200 miles up the a1 to north yorkshire, to selby and ainsty.ative — is a friend of borisjohnson�*s and also packed it in around the time he did. anotherfamiliar scene. another familiar scene. lots of piles of paper and elastic bands. this is how things look at selby leisure centre? — where counters are on the lionel richie shift — all night long. it may well be getting light before the result here. this is a conservative seat with a whopping majority, but labour feel chipper here too. winning here for keir starmer would be a massive moment. and finally to the west country — to somerton and frome. and — you guessed it — we are in another big hall — the bath and west showground, soon to be full of ballot boxes and lots of bits of paper. the counters look like they are making the most of it before it gets rather noisy later on. another conservative seat until recently — and another where they feel vulnerable. they feel vulnerable in three places tonight. thank you for that. we will hear more from you a little bit later. well, the results of the by

the people of selby and ainsty have sent a clear message.here and in westminster have failed us. and, today, that changes. it's time for a fresh start. earlier, the lib dems were celebrating in somerton and frome. another huge victory for them in a seat that had been conservative. their candidate saying it showed her party was back in the west country. lifelong conservative voters have today voted liberal democrat for the first time. thank you for putting your trust in me to deliver for you. i will not let you down. but look at this, in the west london seat of uxbridge in south ruislip, it went down to the wire. votes had to be re—counted before it was announced the conservatives had clung on. and i hereby declare that the said steve tuckwell is duly elected. cheering perhaps a surprise for some in boris johnson's former seat. the tories put their victory down to their campaign against the labour mayor of london's plan to expand the ultra low emission zone, where drivers are charged if vehicles don't meet certain standards. sadiq khan has lo

— selby and ainsty? well, it is potentially _ selby and ainsty? living and _ play? i think is fair to say the cost of living and mortgagesl play? i think is fair to say the . cost of living and mortgages is play? i think is fair to say the i cost of living and mortgages is a massive — cost of living and mortgages is a massive issue here, it is mortgages and renting — massive issue here, it is mortgages and renting also. people are sick and renting also. people are sick and tired — and renting also. people are sick and tired of the tory government here _ and tired of the tory government here in— and tired of the tory government here in selby and ainsty and they are, you — here in selby and ainsty and they are, you know, they are just fed up with it _ are, you know, they are just fed up with it so— are, you know, they are just fed up with it. so they talked was about change. — with it. so they talked was about change, they have talked to us about a fresh _ change, they have talked to us about a fresh start — change, they have talked to us about a fr

selby and ainsty, somerton and frome, uxbridge and south ruislip.ts and calls, rhymes and reasons, consequences and implications. it will be great hearing from you on this. if you live in one of those constituencies, if you live in a similar constituency, if you live in a constituency nothing like those! let's hear from you, a constituency nothing like those! let's hearfrom you, because a constituency nothing like those! let's hear from you, because this is a big political story. let it all hang out. massive wing for —— massive swing for labour in selby and ainsty. big swing to the lib dems in somerton and frome. with an interesting, friendly acknowledgement by the lib dem candidate and winner of tactical voting, big part of the story. and uxbridge and ruislip, dominated by ulez. we had an amazing phone—in on ulez. we had an amazing phone—in on ulez a couple of weeks ago. the tories hung on by theirfingertips. who really won the spoils here. a mixed picture, or is actually a very clear picture, there is a bit of blurring on the edge by a local issue

selby and ainsty and labour won.e lib dems took somerton and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives, by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election isn't a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people more . more on that people more. more on that breaking news next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and unite unions who worked closely with the transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. tenants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of london increase rents by between 3 and £500 per year. the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by £308, with an average price per month of £1,200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with the ave

and today, it's the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.ly borisjohnson's resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20 thousand majority for the tories at the last election. live now to selby and my colleague luxmy gopal. gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you _ gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you can - gorgeous day there. it is. the rain has cleared now and you can see l gorgeous day there. it is. the rain | has cleared now and you can see in the sunshine, beautiful selby abbey. i've seen a lot of politics —— make it has seen a lot of politics and at 950 years and it has seen some high profile politicians in the past few days including the prime minister himself rishi sunak because his own constituency isn't far from your, 60 miles away, of the opposition keir star

alex forsyth, bbc news. in selby and ainsty on the bbc news website, and in the coming days we ll be public opinion. to wimbledon and all eyes will be on centre court later where the defending champion novak djokovic needs just one set to reach the quarter—finals. monday may signal a new beginning or fans a fresh start but centre court fans today are delighted there is one unfinished job from sunday night. last night when the match did not finish we thought we would last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited uld last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited toi last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited to see novak so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we so we are super excited to see novak d'okovic. ~ ., , ., , so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. he's _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been slotted - so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we he's been slotted in. a saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see _ saw the ball, he's b

there is great happiness in the labour party of that win in selby and ainsty. thatis culprit, that is the ulez car charge that is due to be extended at the end of august. now, he told me that sadiq khan, the mayor of london, the labour mayor, who took that decision should reflect on that. as i understand it, there is an initiative being looked at by labour, that there are labour mps in those london seats, labour candidates in those areas and labour candidates in those areas and labour candidates outside london who have to have a relationship with london. they are planning to go and see sadiq khan and they are going to say to him, please will you pause this extension of this charge to outer london? they are going to say this cost us this seat and could cost us dearin cost us this seat and could cost us dear in the general election. as i understand it, the mayor is not for turning, but the mayor is for listening. i understand that sadiq khan's position is this was a very difficult decision i had to take, i understand people's concerns, but i had to do this for ch

and ainsty, then it isn't clear what they can count on as a safe seat at next year's election.one from politics, less than a year after being forced out of downing street, it remains to be seen from tonight's results whether he is taking his winning ways with him. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. live now to our newsroom in westminster and legendary expert on elections and election numbers sirjohn curtice. thank you forjoining us. sirjohn, when has the labour party last performed in this way? labour party last performed in this wa ? ., ., ., this way? you need to go back to the 92-97 _ this way? you need to go back to the 92-97 parliament, - this way? you need to go back to the 92-97 parliament, the l to the 92—97 parliament, the last time that the labour party was able to secure a swing of over 20% in a by—election. the swing in selby at nearly 24% is the second—biggest swing from conservative to labour in postwar by—election history. so there is no doubt that that result at least is a spectacular success for labour and is as every bit as bad as the conservatives feared. but it con

but what about selby and ainsty and what about uxbridge ? pretty and what about uxbridge?hare there. 526 votes in uxbridge . in uxbridge. >> well, in both of those seats we had fantastic candidate who had been in place for some time . they campaigned incredibly hard and had the support of our mps as well . hard and had the support of our mps as well. but hard and had the support of our mps as well . but the fact is mps as well. but the fact is that across this country we have a broken electoral system first past the post, and that means that liberal democrats, like every political party. so we have to focus our resources on areas seats where we can areas and in seats where we can win. and so we had to focus our resources somerton and frome, resources on somerton and frome, and that's why we've got these stunning there that we've stunning result there that we've achieved overnight in. >> it's interesting, you mentioned fantasy candidates in certain constituencies because i was looking a little bit about sarah for the candidate, the now mp for somerton and frome. she was hid

there are a number of candidates standing in the selby and ainsty by—election.tlining their pledges to voters. and for viewers in the uk — you can watch the results in a by—election news special on thursday night from midnight on bbc one and here on bbc news. we've just had some news. train drivers are due to launch a week long ban on overtime from the end of july. members of aslef a 15 train operating companies are doing this in the long—running dispute over pay saying train companies do not employ enough drivers which is why they are dependent on the rest of the day working. the union has warned this ban will seriously affect services. more on that on our website on bbc dot co .uk foreign news more on that on our website on bbc dot co .ukforeign news or on our bbc news app. —— —— bbc.co.uk/news hello. the weather pattern here in the uk fairly familiar this week, but let's first head into southern europe where the ongoing heatwave intensifies further this week. temperatures today above 46 degrees in inland parts of spain, widely high 30s, low 405. that heat tra

defeats in somerton and frome, selby and ainsty.e — need to regain their trust and their confidence. but i think the unexpected result was the one in uxbridge — unexpected result was the one in uxbridge. labourwere unexpected result was the one in uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win _ uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win that— uxbridge. labour were 25 to one on to win that seat. and we defied that with a _ to win that seat. and we defied that with a brilliant local candidate in steve _ with a brilliant local candidate in steve tuckwell. very much latching on to _ steve tuckwell. very much latching on to the _ steve tuckwell. very much latching on to the issue of ulez. it is not 'ust on to the issue of ulez. it is not just a _ on to the issue of ulez. it is not just a local_ on to the issue of ulez. it is not just a local issue. i think the ulez issues _ just a local issue. i think the ulez issues shows that when labour are in power. _ issues shows that when labour are in power. and _ issues shows that when labour are in p

next, we can zip 200 miles up the a1 to north yorkshire, to selby and ainsty.of borisjohnson's and also packed it in around the time he did. anotherfamiliar scene. lots of piles of paper and elastic bands. this is how things look at selby leisure centre? — it may well be getting light before the result here. this is a conservative seat with a whopping majority, but labour feel chipper here too. winning here for keir starmer would be a massive moment. and finally to the west country — to somerton and frome. and — you guessed it — we are in another big hall — the bath and west showground, soon to be full of ballot boxes and lots of bits of paper. the counters look like they are making the most of it before it gets rather noisy later on. another conservative seat until recently — and another where they feel vulnerable. conservatives feel vulnerable in three places tonight. the pentagon has been releasing more details of the soldier who entered north korea — but it seems there's an awful lot they don't know. private travis king went through the demilitarised zone o

keir mather, who's one selby and ainsty for the labour party. party swing of very nearly 24. there too. from tories to labour. nearly 24. there too. from tories to labour . yeah, it's tories to labour. yeah, it's huge. tories to labour. yeah, it's huge . we'll get more reaction huge. we'll get more reaction from that seat later on. in the meantime, let's go to jeff moody, who's in somerton and frome, where for the lib dems have taken i mean , again a have taken i mean, again a bigger swing. i think it's about 29% there, isn't it, geoff? from the tories to the lib dems . yes the tories to the lib dems. yes i >> majority to an 11,000 liberal democrat majority. it's no surprise that that has happened , although the size of that swing is certainly a shock result . the lib dems were always result. the lib dems were always expected to do well here. in fact, sir ed davey declared victory here shortly after the ballot boxes started arriving last night. he declared victory very, very early on and he was proved to be right. well, i'm now in frome. he is d

coming up in this hour after this week's by elections, rishi sunak took a kicking in selby and ainsty and also in somerton and frome. but i'll be asking, are the tories toast or does uxbridge say ulez you lose to keir starmer. toast or does uxbridge say ulez you lose to keir starmer . to you lose to keir starmer. to answer that question, we'll be live from today's anti ulez protest outside the bbc television centre in london. plus the just stop oil protesters stopping sick children getting to hospital. big question of the day. i'm asking what would you do if it was you in that situation? but first, it's the headlines with the wonderful tatiana sanchez . the wonderful tatiana sanchez. >> martin, thank you very much and good afternoon . this is the and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. milly tens of rail passengers are facing disruption today as strikes by the rmt union continue on one of the busiest travel days of the year. thousands of its members at 14 train companies are walking out over pay and conditions. services are also disrupted because of a ban on overtime

in selby and ainsty, a labour candidate called keir defeated the conservatives.o the same at the next general election. here in yorkshire, labour outperformed the sizeable opinion poll lead, winning a largely rural seat which is not its natural territory. and overturning a 20,000 tory majority, something it hadn't done before at a by—election. keir starmer said the result put his party on course for victory nationally. we have shown what a change labour party can do. this should never have been a by—election. caused by the chaos, the division, the infighting in the tory party, and that's why so many people have said to us that they want change. labour party, 13,470. labour had hired hopes of taking borisjohnson�*s old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london, but following a recount, the conservatives clung on. the winning candidate steve tuckwell suggested that a single issue had sunk labour's chances. the labour mayor of london sadiq khan is extending what is called the ultra low emissions zone to this area. it effectively translated as a tax on older,

and today its the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.inister and conservative mp nigel adams, who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson�*s resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prise the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20,000 majority for the tories at the last election. live now to selby to richard edwards, a political reporter with bbc radio york and my colleague luxmy gopal. beautiful selby abbey behind me, a constituency of around 100,000 people, what is it about the town of selby that has got the prime minister rishi sunak himself and the leader of the opposition keir starmer personally involved in campaigning here? to answer that and many other questions, let's go to richard edwards, my colleague and political reporter at bbc radio york. this is one of three by—elections on thursday, what is it about this one in selby that has the conservatives are worried when they have a majority, very comfortable majority of 20,000? bath have a majority, very comfortable majority of 20,000?— have a majority

but in somerton and frome and and ainsty, it was a and selby and ainsty, it was a very story labour veryurning big and the lib dems overturning big conservative majorities . let's conservative majorities. let's go first to our reporter paul hawkins , who spent the day in hawkins, who spent the day in the seat of uxbridge and south ruislip. of course, this was bofis ruislip. of course, this was boris johnson's seat before. here's had say. here's what he had to say. >> like the other two by >> i like the other two by elections. this one was all about one local issue trumping voters potential desire to give the government of the day a kicking. and that is ulez , which kicking. and that is ulez, which means ultra low emission zone. it's the charge, the daily charge £12.50 for high polluting vehicles that travel in the centre of london. the london mayor, sadiq khan, wants to extend that zone to the outer boroughs of london, including where hillingdon so all where we are. hillingdon so all the candidates made it an election issue. made it election issue. it made it difficult for the labour cand

today, it's the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.eat was held by the former minister and conservative mp nigel adams, who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson�*s resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20,000 majority for the tories at the last election. let's go live now to selby to my colleague luxmy gopal. yes, matthew, here against the backdrop of selby abbey, in a constituency of around 100,000 people, the two main political parties have been bringing out their big guns must of the prime minister rishi sunak andy leader of the opposition, labour's sir keir 0pposition, labour's sir keir starmer, have been personally involved in campaigning here, and on voters minds are local issues such as public transport, green spaces, and of course national issues. you will not be surprised to hear the issue of the cost—of—living crisis has been on peoples minds, according to candidates who have been doorknocking in the lead up to the by election. let's have a chat

there are a number of candidates standing in the selby and ainsty by—election.didates is on your screen now and can also be found on the bbc website, along with a video from each candidate outlining their pledges to voters. you can watch the results in a by—election news special on thursday night from midnight on bbc one and here on bbc news. victims of terror attacks in the uk say a government compensation scheme which was set up to help people like them is actually doing more harm than good. a new report says the criminal injuries compensation authority is too slow, pays out too little, and shows no sympathy for victims, leaving many feeling like they're "on trial". one of those calling for reform isjoanne mcsorley, who was injured in the manchester arena bombing in 2017. in her first ever tv interview, she's been telling her story to graham satchell. screaming. suddenly there's a loud bang, and i can feel that there's something wrong. i know that people are dying around me and i think i'm going to die too. joanne's life changed forever after the manchester ar

and today it�*s the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.e wake of his ally boris johnson�*s resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prize the seat away from the conservative party despite a 20 thousand majority for the tories at the last election. 0ur reporter luxmy gopal reports from selby. against the backdrop of selby abbey and in a constituency of 100,000 people, the main political parties have been bringing out their big guns. the prime minister, rishi sunak, and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, have been here joining in with campaigning. the local issues on voters minds include green spaces and public transport. national issues you won�*t be surprised to hear include the cost of living crisis, according to candidates who�*ve been out knocking on people�*s doors. and that�*s notjust rising food prices and high energy bills, but also rising mortgage rates and the knock on effect on rent. one of the people i spoke to here today said that his adult son has had to move back home with him because of how much

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selby and ainsty whilst the liberal democrats took somerton and frome both are overturning majoritiesf about 20,000. mr sunak says the defeats were far from favourable , but he plans to from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people. >> westminster has been acting like the next elections, a done deal like the next elections, a done deal. the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all them that it's all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different . and look, the reality different. and look, the reality is circumstances of these is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable . all a reminder favourable. all it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus matters to people focus on what matters to people and be distracted by what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going on in westminster. >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. you've voted for change. >> you put your trust in the

and up in selby and ainsty , they and up in selby and ainsty, they lost by 20,000.is is these huge turnaround. so the key thing about this daily mail coverage is they're saying you've got to be more conservative, go true blue, that's going to save you next time. >> yeah. nick, is it the case that rishi tory party isn't really a tory party >> yeah, of course it's. everyone knows that the socialist party, they're eco socialist . socialist. >> socialist party? >> a socialist party? >> a socialist party? >> a few people who >> yeah. with a few people who are cool, my mate, lord are cool, like my mate, lord frost. he's been on my podcast and throwing in. he's and just throwing that in. he's here this is bad and here saying that this is bad and you know, of course he's saying they to learn from this and they need to learn from this and they need to learn from this and the of basic the sort of basic overall feeling one, there's bit of feeling is one, there's a bit of tory apathy. tory voters tend to stay their stay home to express their disapproval. just stay disapproval.

it matters that we care about selby and ainsty.oters are most concerned about immigration. however, those who've made the switch to labour are much more concerned about the cost of living, as is the rest of the labour vote. so what we're seeing, i think, is those conditions that you're you know, lots of people often say, you know, how do we break through?

. election to win somerset and frome and selby and ainsty ., they are both over 20,000 majority. so we are looking now at a situation where no tory safe seat may be safe . i no tory safe seat may be safe. i think i could be wrong. you can hold me to this. i'll buy you all drinks. we could be looking at a liberal party in 1924 style meltdown in 2024, and that was one of the most devastating obliterates signs of a british political party. and that would be mean people like suella braverman lots of the top tories would be gone. they've got an awful lot of ground to make up . awful lot of ground to make up. it's going to be bad, but. but baron bailey may not like me being so negative about his party. >> yeah, that's. >> yeah, that's. >> look , you'd be a fool to say >> look, you'd be a fool to say that a place like somerset and fruit growing isn't important. it sends a message that the prime minister needs to listen to. but there's three things i'd say. firstly actually, the real pain was felt in local pain was felt in the local elections when lab

and today its the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.ormer minister and conservative mp nigel adams who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson�*s resignation as an mp last month. let's cross live now to my colleague luxmy gopal in selby who's with some of the candidates. hind me is selby abbey and before this backdrop we have seen the big guns brought out here in the constituency of selby star that is with a population of around 100,000. we had the prime minister rishi sunak and the leader of the opposition, keir starmer, both coming along to personally get involved in the campaign which shows you just how important this particular by—election is to the main parties. it is of parties as well better being represented here, and we can speak to some of them now. let's go to arnold, candidate for the green party, thank you for joining us. first of all, the climate crisis is one of the key issues for many people, as well as the cost of living crisis. how do you balance the two and prioritise them both equally? timer;r you balance the two a

today it's the turn of selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.nservative mp nigel adams, who quit in the wake of his ally borisjohnson's resignation as an mp last month. labour believe they can prise the seat away from the conservative party, despite a 20,000 majority for the tories at the last election. live now to selby and my colleague luxmy gopal. yes, selby abbey behind me looks out onto the town and this constituency in north yorkshire has a population of around 100,000 people. it is not farfrom rishi sunak�*s and constituency and the prime minister has been here to help with the campaign effort and that is because even though it is considered a conservative heartland, the party is worried that it may risk losing its majority here. we have been speaking to some of the other candidates. the liberal democrats came in the third in the general election with around 4800 boots and matt walker is their candidate for the by—election. he wasn't able to speak to us. he did speak to the bbc earlier and talked about the issues with the political system

. election to win somerset and frome and selby and ainsty .are both over 20,000 majority. so we are looking now at a situation where no tory safe seat may be safe . i no tory safe seat may be safe. i think i could be wrong. you can hold me to this. i'll buy you all drinks. we could be looking at a liberal party in 1924 style meltdown in 2024, and that was one of the most devastating obliterates signs of a british political party. and that would be mean people like suella braverman lots of the top tories would be gone. they've got an awful lot of ground to make up . awful lot of ground to make up. it's going to be bad, but. but baron bailey may not like me being so negative about his party. >> yeah, that's. >> yeah, that's. >> look , you'd be a fool to say >> look, you'd be a fool to say that a place like somerset and fruit growing isn't important. it sends a message that the prime minister needs to listen to. but there's three things i'd say. firstly actually, the real pain was felt in the local elections when labour became the biggest local b

we will be reporting from selby and ainsty .n. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast showers for many of us today. hit and miss downpours with some sunny spells in between and it will be turning drier later as the showers fade away . low pressure showers fade away. low pressure still with us, but it is moving away. and so the more persistent rain that many places saw on tuesday, well, that's out of the way. but showers have replaced that rainfall. the heaviest downpours will be in the east and they'll continue into the evening in places. but eventually after midnight , most eventually after midnight, most of the showers confined to the north and northwest of scotland, parts of northern northern ireland elsewhere, ireland as well. but elsewhere, clear and temperatures in clear spells and temperatures in main urban areas, 10 to 13 celsius. but in sheffield , rural celsius. but in sheffield, rural spots in the single figures and 3 to 6 celsius possible for parts of scotland. fi

selby and ainsty in nonh london. selby and ainsty in north yorkshire.since the last general election in 2019. polling stations will close at 10:00 tonight. constituents will need to bring photo id with them if they want to vote . thousands of medical to vote. thousands of medical appointments and operations have been postponed and as senior doctors hold a 48 hour strike over pay , consultants and over pay, consultants and dentists have agreed to offer emergency care only as they work out for the first time in a decade. out for the first time in a decade . nhs bosses have warned decade. nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption to patient care. and it comes just two days after a junior doctors staged a five day walkout, the longest in the history of the nhs . health the history of the nhs. health secretary steve barclay says the government has listened to the bma's demands as average nhs earnings of a consultant. >> after this pay rise will be £134,000 a year. and on top of that 20% of their salary goes into their pension, which means they'll be able t

voting will take place on thursday in the north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty, in borisjohnson 5onsituency of uxbridge and south ruislip, and in somerton and frome. the former mp there, had faced allegations of sexual misconduct, but the claims have since been dropped, and a parliamentary panel has closed its investigation. 0ur political editor, chris mason, has visited all three constituencies, and reports now, from somerton and frome. this contest here in somerset is an insight into a crucial tussle come the next general election. a tussle between the conservatives and the liberal democrats. yes, labour and the greens and others are contesting this seat too but it's clear who the front runners are. the by—election has come about after the resignation of the guy who was elected as conservative mp after allegations of sexual misconduct and drug—taking. he admitted taking cocaine but denies sexual wrongdoing. and the south—west of england for so long was a real heartland for the liberal democrats, but they were near wiped out after their years in coalition with the conservatives a

all three seats in uxbridge and south ruislip in london, selby and ainsty in nonh london, selby and ainstyrome in somerset have been held by the conservatives since 2019. polling stations close at 10:00 tonight. constituents are being reminded to bring photo id with them . and how about this? five them. and how about this? five whale sharks have been rescued by divers after they were found trapped in fishing nets in ocean waters off indonesia . some waters off indonesia. some spectacular footage this you can see how caught up the whale sharks are. but the divers managed to free them from the nets and let the whale sharks glide away and swim freely again. the whale shark is considered the largest species of fish in existence as it is on the red list. though of the international union for conservation of nature as a vulnerable species . this is gb vulnerable species. this is gb news. we will bring you more throughout the afternoon. but now it is back to mark and . now it is back to mark and. pip >> aaron, thanks very much and welcome back to the live desk with nhs bosses warning patients tha

selby and ainsty whilst the liberal democrats took somerton and frome both overturning majorities ofund 20,000. rishi sunak says he plans to deliver for the people. westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal i >> -- >> the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all of them that it's not st mid—term by elections are rarely easy incumbent governments. easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. and look , the reality is the circumstances of these byelections from byelections are far from favourable . all reminder favourable. all it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus on matters to people focus on what matters to people and be distracted what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going on in westminster. >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. >> you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you . we hear that and we hear you. we hear that “y and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos, away from those

and up in selby and ainsty , they and up in selby and ainsty, they lost by 20,000.is is these huge turnaround. so the key thing about this daily mail coverage is they're saying you've got to be more conservative, go true blue, that's going to save you next time. >> yeah. nick, is it the case that rishi tory party isn't really a tory party >> yeah, of course it's. everyone knows that the socialist party, they're eco socialist . socialist. >> socialist party? >> a socialist party? >> a socialist party? >> a few people who >> yeah. with a few people who are cool, my mate, lord are cool, like my mate, lord frost. he's been on my podcast and throwing in. he's and just throwing that in. he's here this is bad and here saying that this is bad and you know, of course he's saying they to learn from this and they need to learn from this and they need to learn from this and the of basic the sort of basic overall feeling one, there's bit of feeling is one, there's a bit of tory apathy. tory voters tend to stay their stay home to express their disapproval. just stay disapproval.

alex forsyth, bbc news. in selby and ainsty on the bbc news website, and in the coming days we ll be taking a look at the other two by—elections that somerton and frome — all crucial measures of public opinion. to wimbledon and all eyes will be on centre court later where the defending champion novak djokovic needs just one set to reach the quarter—finals. monday may signal a new beginning or fans a fresh start but centre court fans today are delighted there is one unfinished job from sunday night. last night when the match did not finish we thought we would last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited uld last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited toi last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited to see novak so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we so we are super excited to see novak d'okovic. ~ ., , ., , so we are super excited to see novak djokovic- he's _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been slotted - so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.

the constituencies are in somerton and froom, in selby and ainsty, and in the seat vacated by the formeroting closes at 10pm, and we'll have a special results programme here on the bbc news channel, starting at midnight. to the war in ukraine now. russia's ministry of defence says it's targeted production and storage sites for what it called �*unmanned boats' — in its latest missile strikes on ukraine. it classified the strikes in and around 0desa as "retaliatory". it follows monday's attack on the bridge that connects russia with russian—occupied crimea. ukrainian officials say at least two people died and nearly 30 others were wounded in the missile attacks overnight in 0desa and mykolaiv. meanwhile, kyiv has warned ships in the black sea heading towards russian or occupied ukrainian ports that they could be viewed as transporting military cargo. a short time ago we spoke to 0leksiy goncharenko, a ukrainian member of parliament from 0desa. i asked him about the message russia is sending from these attacks the message is very clear. russia wants starvation in the world. russia wants as

yesterday we were in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, in northern england — and tomorrow we're inseat of somerton and frome in somerset. the by—election was triggered by the resignation of david warburton who had won the seat three times for the conservatives. he stood down following an investigation by parliamentary authorities into claims of sexual harassment. live now to frome and my colleague lewis vaughanjones. thank you for that, welcome to frome, in bloom here. we come to a very interesting venue here in frame. this is at the cheese and grain, and sir paul mccartney played in here last year on his way to glastonbury. there are rehearsals going on right now, not paul mccartney. just a little flavour of what is going on, that is frome college music department rehearsals and they are performing here later this evening, tickets are available i am told. we are going to get onto the politics because this is a crucial battle. with me is labour's neil guild. great to see you. the conservatives here, a huge majority, the liberal democrats in second place, labour, it is an uphill str

selby and ainsty whilst the liberal democrats took somerton and frome both overturning majorities ofund 20,000. rishi sunak says he plans to deliver for the people. westminster has been acting like the next election is a done deal i >> -- >> the labour party has been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just told all of them that it's not st mid—term by elections are rarely easy incumbent governments. easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. and look , the reality is the circumstances of these byelections from byelections are far from favourable . all reminder favourable. all it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus on matters to people focus on what matters to people and be distracted what's and not be distracted by what's going westminster. going on in westminster. >> but labour leader sir keir starmer says people want to see change. >> you voted for change, you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you . we hear that and we hear you. we hear that “y and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos, away from those

labour wants selby and ainsty whilst the liberal democrats took somerton and frome both overturning majoritiesf around 20,000. rishi sunak says he plans to deliver for the people . deliver for the people. >> while westminster has been acting like the next election is acting like the next election is a done deal, the labour party's been acting like it's a done deal been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge just of them that it's just told all of them that it's not mid—term by. elections are rarely easy for incumbent governments. these are no different. and the reality different. and look, the reality is circumstances of these is the circumstances of these byelections are far from favourable. it's reminder to favourable. it's a reminder to politicians that we need to focus on what matters people politicians that we need to focu not| what matters people politicians that we need to focu not be1at matters people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted; people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted by people politicians that we need to focu not be distracted by

london, in borisjohnson's old seat of uxbridge and south ruislip, and in the constituency of selby and ainstyfrom each contest, beginning in north yorkshire. this contest in north yorkshire will be a measure of how well or not labour are doing and how badly or not the conservatives are doing. the tories have won here with big, even whopping majorities over the last decade, but this race feels really competitive between westminster�*s two big parties and plenty of others are standing, too. the by—election is happening because the former mp, a conservative and a friend of borisjohnson's, packed it in when he did. and it now means that politicians of every colour have some persuading to do. it's the honesty in politics, i think. we need the honesty and i think people are upset by that. i think maybe people are not voting like they used to do because of that, because i don't think they feel that their vote matters any more, because there's just no truth in politics, so what's the point? years ago, i couldn't wait to get to a polling station to cast my vote. now i'm thinking, well, who do i vote f