anna foster in hartlepool. _ people go to the polls.us is no longer the leading cause of death in england and wales was not our head of statistics robert cuffe has joined me to tell us more. the big chance is joined me to tell us more. the big change is covid _ joined me to tell us more. the big change is covid death. _ joined me to tell us more. the big change is covid death. all- joined me to tell us more. the big change is covid death. all other i change is covid death. all other causes of deaths like heart attacks, strokes and dementia, they haven't changed much in the last couple of months but coronavirus deaths have fallen off a cliff in a great way. looking back to january, they were up looking back to january, they were up over40,000, in looking back to january, they were up over 40,000, in february, the mid—teens, and in march, the most recent month we have the data, it is around 4500 deaths, bringing it below other leading causes of deaths, which are heart disease and dementia. there is always a bit of a debate of how you cut

five live s anna foster is on the road this week and will be bringing us an insight into what votersarlington and has been speaking to researchers at the centre for process innovation, the cpi. this is one of the places that they are doing some really innovative work when it comes to coronavirus variants. now, in the north—east of england it's got a real history of heavy industry, of course, but things like chemicals and scientific industries as well. and here in darlington there's been a lot of investment in this particular centre, which at the moment is looking for ways to deal with those coronavirus variants that we are hearing about, and making sure that vaccines can get to market as quickly as possible. now, juliana haggerty is here with me, one of the people who runs this place. i feel like we should start by talking about this lab and what is going on in here and what you are doing. ok, so this is kind of one of our innovation labs, and it allows us to develop and test and optimise and scale up processes, and that could be for vaccines, it could be for other therapies and trea

five live s anna foster is on the road this week bringing us an insight in to what voters want from theirt is interesting, these local elections and big elections in scotland and wales does everything from police and crime commission is to act at metro mayors. it's the first large—scale opportunity for people to vote since the general election in december 2019 which really redrew the political landscape particularly here in the northeast of england. so many labour seats turn conservative seats that were really traditional labour heartland territory. people thought it would never turn blue but it did. a lot of people want to know whether or not the conservatives are able to hang onto those votes that boris johnson talked about being loaned to them. he said you might be loaning us the ability to brexit because we make a particular outcome. we want to try to keep you in the future. labour are trying to pull back the support they lost. 0ne labour are trying to pull back the support they lost. one of the big issues like leading up and putting money into areas like these that have seen poverty

anna foster is spending the day there for us. the sun is shining, it's all looking good.ects here are - prospects? hello, clive. the prospects here are absently| prospects here are absently fascinating because it's a huge by election for both labour and the conservatives. labour see it as one of their real heartland seats. since 1974, they're desperate to hang onto it. the conservatives hope it could go the way that so many labour seats went back in december of 2019 at the general election. of course, it's always hard to compare to a general election. you have a whole list of independent candidates in the mix as well. 16 candidates in total standing and that by election. how is it to stand as an independent? 0ne is it to stand as an independent? one man is with me who knows exactly what it's like to do thatjob. stewart, the former elected mayor of hartlepool. i hate to do this to you, but everyone will do this to you, but everyone will do this to you every time you do an interview, but most people from outside the area will remember you as the football mascot, the indepen

elections whilst in england voters will be choosing who will sit on their local councils. 5 live's anna foster morning, i am really well not least because the sun is shining. we are on the high street. back in 2019 in the general election a huge swathe of the area was considered a labour heartland but turned tory. we have to constituencies, stockton north which is a labour heartland which said labour in 2019. over the river 100 metres that way, stockton southis river 100 metres that way, stockton south is a seat which turned from labour to tory. there will be questions when people cast their vote over what will inform those votes, what will they take into account. and if they did lend boris johnson their boat, do they feel they got value for money? the high street, it is a beautiful high street, it is a beautiful high street, the widest in the country with fabulous 17th century and 18th—century building. but it has suffered notjust because of the pandemic, but it is one which has suffered from being very close to an out of town shopping park five minutes from here. lots of big stores moved out

there are parliamentary elections as well. 5 live“s anna foster is on the road this week elections as to vote and one is the economy, their local high street, the area around them, the atmosphere, how much they had to spend, add workplaces look like. you can see this beautiful street with lovely buildings, this is the castlegate centre. it doesn't look as great as the rest of the high street. this is central to the efforts to regenerate stockton high street because that will be locked down. on the other side of it which you can't see is the river tees. what they are hoping to do is really open it up, bring more people in to get more people shopping, spend money to help the economy. this will turn into a huge part down to the river. it sounds fantastic. but this high street suffers from many issues of empty shops, letting signs. they are doing what they can to make people's lives and pockets feel better and that feeds into the election. in stockton—on—tees they do not have a council election this time, there are five or six seats coming up as by—elections. they do have a metro mayor el

five live's anna foster is on the road this week and will be bringing us an insight in to what voterse seat but it turned labour and then back to conservative in the last vote. borisjohnson thanked voters for lending him his vote. our people happy with lending those votes? this borrowed votes as boris said. do they feel they have done enough to hold onto those votes? as in everywhere, but particularly here, has economic regeneration gone on? there's been some particular times of poverty in this area. they want the world around them to look better, feel better, they want to economically feel that they are doing better than they were a few years ago. stafford is with me and she is an architect. hello, staffed one of the things that you are involved here is knocking down parts of the high street and turning it into a park instead, why is that happening?— into a park instead, why is that haueninu? ,, ., ., ., . happening? stockton borough council has this greater _ happening? stockton borough council has this greater vision _ happening? stockton borough council has this greater vision for

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but they'll be particular attention to hartlepool because of the by—election — and anna foster is spending as a seat —— boris johnson,, they managed to win constituencies in north—east, they had not had for decades. people never thought they could possibly capture and the dead. how people are voting, what is driving the decision. georgia is with me. you are 20, studying hospitality and catering at hartlepool college of further education. how will you vote? have you decided?— education. how will you vote? have you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour, you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour. doctor— you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour, doctor williams. _ you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour, doctor williams. is - you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour, doctor williams. is at i you decided? yes, i'm going to vote labour, doctor williams. is at the i labour, doctor williams. is at the candid, the _ labour, doctor williams. is at the candid, the party? _ labour, doctor williams. is at the candid, the party? it's _ labour, doctor williams. is at the candid, the party? it's

five live s anna foster is on the road this week and will be bringing us an insight in to what voters really interesting constituency, one of the red wall seat that fell back in 2019. this time around, the local elections... they have a metro mayoral election. backin they have a metro mayoral election. back in 2017, they had the inaugural competition here and it was won by a conservative, which i think surprise a lot of people and what has been interesting is that for some people, that was the start of a swathe of the north—east of england starting to turn from red to blue. rachel is with me, a political correspondent, you started your career in darlington at the northern echo. it was a huge, seismic change across this part of the world in 2019, but actually, it started in a small way before that. it actually, it started in a small way before that-— before that. it did indeed. it has been a very _ before that. it did indeed. it has been a very gradual _ before that. it did indeed. it has been a very gradual growth - before that. it did indeed. it has . been a very gradual growth towar

. >> anna stewart, thanks very much. >>> joining us now, max foster, also royal commentator kate williams. and kate, you know, 99 years old. prince philip in so many ways, the center or a center of that family but also a bridge to a different world era. i mean, his brother, the deposed king of greece. just a different imperial era in the entire world. this is a moment in history. >> it is a moment in history. and prince philip, he was born in 1921. had to flee from greece. his family was thought to be under threat as well. and prince philip was born just a few years after world war i and, of course, served in world war ii and served so bravely in world war ii. and so many of those who served in world war ii, they are no longer with us. we've lost so many veterans. and the queen has also served in world war ii, and every time she is with veterans, she is just so sad. here she is, her own beloved husband. he was devoted on the side of the allies. they have this warmtime correspondence. as soon as the war was over, they got married. he is -- really is the end of an era. prince philip was a m