cheryl gillan welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: cheering and applause the liberal democrats win, an historic by—election in buckinghamshire, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative and give a message to all young women. they will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to put you down, who will try to put you down, who will try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot. i try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot.- try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot. i am here toniuht you that you cannot. i am here tonight to _ you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell— you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, _ you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, you - you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, you can, i tonight to tell you, you can, you must and you well. —— will. the us supreme court rejects the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as obamacare — the third time the law has survived a vote. japan's naomi osaka pulls

the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april.emocrats' sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in our world, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can't. i'm here tonight to tell you you can, you must, and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value — that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham and amersham have voted for. this conservative party has taken people across our country for granted for far too long. we will continue the work of holding this government to account by letting covid—19 ripped through the air for care homes, we will speak up for 3 million people excluded from financial support through a pandemic, and we will challenge borisjohnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses. the liberal democr

the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare. it's the third time the affordable care act law has survived a vote. barack 0bama said it showed that his signature policy "was here to stay". the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end. now on bbc news, kenneth kaunda, zambia's founding president, has died at the age of 97. in 2014, my colleague zeinab badawi travelled to the zambian capital on the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. hardtalk asked him what 50 years of freedom had brought the people of zambia. welcome to hardtalk. with me, they know badawi. with me, —— zeinab badawi. i am here in the zambian capital, lusaka. today i'll speak to kenneth kaunda, leader of the struggle for ind

the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april.he us supreme court has rejected the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare. it's the third time the affordable care act law has survived a vote. barack 0bama said it showed that his signature policy "was here to stay". the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end. now on bbc news, our world. it just exploded. like, a whole mountainjust exploded in five seconds. i've never seen anything like it. australians know it as �*black summer'. the months in late 2019 and early 2020, when the country saw its most intense bushfire season on record. up to 3 billion animals were killed or displaced and huge swathes of their habitat were burnt. i'm nick lazaredes, and 18 months on, i've been travelling australia to discover how its wildlife is fa

— about hsz, which the late cheryl gillan had — about hsz, which the late cheryl gillan had campaignedoncentrated on the so—called red waltzes, had ignored those so—called blue wall seats. do you agree with that? m0. so-called blue wall seats. do you agree with that?— so-called blue wall seats. do you agree with that? no, i don't. i'm a member of— agree with that? no, i don't. i'm a member of parliament _ agree with that? no, i don't. i'm a member of parliament not - agree with that? no, i don't. i'm a member of parliament not very . agree with that? no, i don't. i'm a member of parliament not very far away— member of parliament not very far away in _ member of parliament not very far away in north west hampshire. we definitely— away in north west hampshire. we definitely have not seen that in the south-east— definitely have not seen that in the south—east at all. it is not very long _ south—east at all. it is not very long ago. _ south—east at all. it is not very long ago, only a month ago, that we had massive — long ago, only a month ago, that we had massive results in the local elec

cheryl gillan welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones.uckinghamshire, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative and give a message to all young women. they will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to put you down, who will try to put you down, who will try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot. i try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot.- try to lock your way and tell you that you cannot. i am here toniuht you that you cannot. i am here tonight to _ you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell— you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, _ you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, you - you that you cannot. i am here tonight to tell you, you can, i tonight to tell you, you can, you must and you well. —— will. the us supreme court rejects the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as obamacare — the third time the law has survived a vote. japan's naomi osaka pulls out of wimbledon,

the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan who died in april.0 votes. on the subject of strong and independent voices in our world i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can't. i am here tonight to tell you can, you must and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value. that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham have voted for. . . , what the people of chesham have voted for. ., ., , ,,., ., voted for. that was sarah greene there, _ voted for. that was sarah greene there, newly - voted for. that was sarah - greene there, newly elected, for the liberal democrats. the liberal democrats have not enjoyed a great deal of draw success recently and that seat where they had just one has always up until now been a conservative seat but the lib dems had been confident of at least pushing the conservatives close, if not winning, which they did. there were a couple o

the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan who died in april.eral democrats�* sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in ourworld, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way, and tell you that you can't. i am here tonight to tell you, you can, you must, and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value. that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham and amersham have voted for. this conservative party has taken people across our country for granted for far too long. we will continue the work of holding this government to account, for letting covid rip through the care homes, we will speak up for the 3 million people excluded for financial support throughout the pandemic, and we will challenge borisjohnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses. the liberal de

the contest was triggered by the death of the former cabinet minister, dame cheryl gillan.atives had held the seat for nearly 50 years. well, sarah green, who won the seat for the lib dems, said the tories had taken local voters for granted. tonight, the voice of chesham and amersham is unmistakable. together we have said enough is enough, we will be heard, and this government will listen. this campaign has shown that, no matter where you live or how supposedly safe a constituency may appear to be, if you want a liberal democrat member of parliament you can have a liberal democrat member of parliament. 0ur political correspondentjessica parker is at westminster. jessica, has the alarm started through the tory party yet? i jessica, has the alarm started through the tory party yet? i think there is alarm, _ through the tory party yet? i think there is alarm, particularly - through the tory party yet? i think there is alarm, particularly in - there is alarm, particularly in certain seats in the south of england. there are a number of seats that have now been held by for years,

the contest in buckinghamshire was triggered by the death of the former cabinet minister, dame cheryl gillantives had held the seat for nearly 50 years. sarah green, who won the constituency for the lib dems, said the tories had taken local voters for granted. tonight, the voice of chesham and amersham is unmistakable. together we have said enough is enough, we will be heard, and this government will listen. this campaign has shown that, no matter where you live or how supposedly safe a constituency may appear to be, if you want a liberal democrat member of parliament you can have a liberal democrat member of parliament. that was sarah green. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey said he was overjoyed by the by—election result. i think this will send shock waves through british politics. liberal democrats have had good wins in the past but this is our best ever by—election victory and if it was repeated across the south literally dozens of conservative seats would fall to the liberal democrats. people talked about the red wall in the north, but forgotten about the blue wall in th