alex forsyth, bbc news.s website, and in the coming days we ll be taking a look at the other two by—elections that are taking place in uxbridge and south ruislip and 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. nesta mcgregor has the latest. monday may signal a new beginning or 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 get lucky so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we so we are super excited to see novak d'okovic. ~ ., , ., , djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball. _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been slotted - djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been s

alex forsyth, bbc news, in uxbridge and south ruislip.les are the bane of anyone on wheels — and now they have forced the organisers of a popular cycling event in cambridgeshire to call it off. the strawberry community cycle event usually takes place in september and attracts 400 riders, but as jo black reports, the club blamed the cancellation on the "grave state of many roads." holes left. holes middle! beware of the potholes, a thorn in the side of many a road user, and now an annual cycling event in cambridgeshire has been cancelled because the organisers think the state of the roads make the course far too dangerous for the riders. this year, we started to look at the course a few weeks ago, and we noticed that the potholes had become worse around the local community. so we rode the course and realised the potholes were just too dangerous for us, let alone people who don't cycle regularly. the strawberry community cycle event has been running since 2015 and attracts up to 400 people each year. there are four routes to choose from, ra

is alex forsyth. whistle.rlington fc. cheering. in the stands, miles watches with his grandparents. they're from nearby selby and over the years they say the area's changed. industry's flattened. there's really not much left at all. and it really has become from a nice, small, homely market town. and the heart's been ripped out of it, really. actually, gettingjobs, like my granda said, it is very limited. i've gone to uni in leeds, i have a part time job in selby and i get paid a decent wage but affording to fill my car and things like that, it's just getting to the point where it's not cost effective. as the political parties battle it out for votes in the upcoming by—election, the cost of living could be key. do you know what colours you want for hand and a foot. _ in tadcaster, danielle ceramics and art studio had a visit from the shadow chancellor. labour have been talking a lot about the impact of rising prices. her business has only been open a year, but with three sons, including a four—week—old baby, s

alex forsyth, bbc news.isited the constituency of uxbridge out of the conservative victory. he was interviewed by our political correspondent and here is what he had to say. prime minister, ulez has helped you win here, but in other parts of the country where you did very well in 2019, you've been absolutely thumped. do the results from last night not show us that the country isn't buying your message and you still have a mountain to climb? look, westminster�*s been acting like the next election's a done deal. the labour party's been acting like it's a done deal. the people of uxbridge have just told all of them that it's not. now, no one expected us to win here, but steve's victory demonstrates that when confronted with the reality of the labour party, when there's an actual choice on a matter of substance at stake, people vote conservative. a short time ago, the labour party leader, sir keir starmer, spoke about the party's victory in selby and this is what he had to say. the result here in selby and ainst

alex forsyth, bbc news.ave hailed the results as �*spectacular�*, their leader sir ed davey has been speaking in frome. in the last hour. four, three, two, one. the lib dem leader has been celebrating the somerton and frome result — with an explosive display. let's listen to some of what he had to say. i'm really starting to like by—elections! laughter chesham and amersham, north shropshire, and then tiverton and honiton. and now the amazing sarah. the new mp for somerton and frome. cheering with an 11,000 majority! my friends, what we achieved here is nothing short of spectacular. rishi sunak has been visiting the constituency of uxbridge and south ruislip this morning — after the conservative victory there. he was interviewed by our political correspondent nick eardley — and here's what he had to say. prime minister, ulez has helped you win here, but in other parts of the country where you did very well in 2019, you've been absolutely thumped. do the results from last night not show us that the country isn

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.

alex forsyth, bbc news.that is right. the conservatives went into - and a big win. that is right. the conservatives went into the - and a big win. that is right. the l conservatives went into the north yorkshire by—election with a huge majority, over20,000. labour majority, over 20 , 000. labour overturned majority, over20,000. labour overturned that. it is now a majority of 4000 for labour, the biggest majority labour have ever overturned in a by—election. the last time they were seeing swings of this scale was in the run—up to 1997 when labour got a majority. in a general election context, if labour want to majority, this is not a key seat, and this would just be a bonus. there are conservatives who are hoping the reason they got a kicking last night was down to the context of this by—election. it was because nigel adams, the former conservative mp, stood down after borisjohnson did in a row about who would all would not be able to take up would all would not be able to take up a seat in the house of lords

alex forsyth, bbc news., when there�*s an actual choice on a matter of substance at stake, people vote conservative. well, the new conservative mp for uxbridge and south ruislip — that�*s boris johnson�*s former seat — is steve tuckwell. he�*s also been talking to nick eardley. was this all down to ulez? well, as you know, i've been campaigning forjust over five weeks now. i've hit every pavement slab and knocked on thousands of doors. the people of this constituency made this by—election a referendum on ulez. they were telling me loud and clear that ulez was not welcome here, they didn't want it, it was going to devastate businesses and cost families £4,500 a year to go— about their daily routine. it�*s interesting, because ulez was originally a concept of the former mp for here when he was london mayor, borisjohnson. well, the decision to push ulez into outer london much that of sadiq khan, the london mayor. were you telling borisjohnson when he was an mp here and you were a councillor that he was wrong to

alex forsyth, bbc news, in somerton and frome.tails for all three by—elections are there. tennis fans don't need to be told this bit honestly, we do need to talk about one of the best days in wimbledon, semifinals day. yes. talk about one of the best days in wimbledon, semifinals day. yes, a blue ribbon — wimbledon, semifinals day. yes, a blue ribbon day. _ wimbledon, semifinals day. yes, a blue ribbon day. the _ wimbledon, semifinals day. yes, a blue ribbon day. the novak- wimbledon, semifinals day. yes, a i blue ribbon day. the novak djokovic, in generations to come when the sports reporter is here talking about the greatest of all time, he wants the stats to back him up. he is already in terms of grand slams out there on his own, 23, trying to equal margaret court's record at 2a. he wants to equal and overtake roger federer's record of eight wimbledon singles titles. he hasn't been beaten on the centre court for ten years. beaten on the centre court for ten ears. �* , ~ ., beaten on the centre court for ten ears. �* , ~ , ., no

alex forsyth, bbc news in uxbridge and south ruislip. a special bit of extra music fair. i like that. it is kind of appropriate given who is coming up on the show later. we will be taking a trip down musical memory lane and we arejoined by a trip down musical memory lane and we are joined by record a trip down musical memory lane and we arejoined by record producer pete waterman and director debbie isset, whose new musical is called i should be so lucky. celebrating the best of pop from the 80s and 905. kylie will be featuring. there may be some tunes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london with me alison earle. the head of the met has announced every london borough will have at least one police front counter open 24 hours a day. it's part of a two year plan to overhaul scotland yard. cuts during the austerity years meant one unit was covering up to four boroughs. there are also plans to recruit more staff to investigate domestic abuse and sexual offences. we understand that people are co

alex forsyth, bbc news, in selby and ainsty.hat are taking place in somerset and greater london, all crucial measures of public opinion. we will have full coverage on all of that. let's get our first check on the sport this morning.- that. let's get our first check on the sport this morning. sundays are meant to be — the sport this morning. sundays are meant to be relaxing, _ the sport this morning. sundays are meant to be relaxing, a _ the sport this morning. sundays are meant to be relaxing, a day - the sport this morning. sundays are meant to be relaxing, a day to - the sport this morning. sundays are| meant to be relaxing, a day to enjoy yourself and wide but not with the cricket at the moment! we are in for a series for the ages because australia were 2—0 up at headingley just was a match that england had to win to keep this thrilling series alive and they did that. but it was nerve—racking and far from straightforward with wickets falling and england getting over the line at the end with three wickets. a bit of breathing s