understand why we didn't win croydon. tower hamlets, of course, and so perfectly explainable. can i ask you to reflect a bit on sir keir starmer�*s position, what he did in durham, what's going on there? well, look, keir�*s quite clear — no rules were broken, no laws were broken. the police have said they will investigate, they've got to get on with theirjob. but it's quite clear, keir was working incredibly hard, he not unreasonably had something to eat and if the police want to investigate, good luck to them. has sir keir been a hypocrite? not at all. we got an easy compare and contrast. what keir starmer is alleged to have done is a million miles away from what we know our prime minister did do — making the rules, breaking the rules. a culture of bring your own bottle parties, karaoke machines, garden parties. a million miles away from keir starmer working incredibly hard all day and having some supper. diane abbott has said that sir keir might have to resign? well, listen, you know, i'm quite clearfrom listening to wh

nearly all of the results in from the english councils, 144 of 146, i think we are just waiting on croydonvatives had a bad night, perhaps at this time yesterday looks like a slightly better at night than they ended up having, but —341, you have the scottish total, whilst a total and nearing 500 losses. this is one of their worst election performances since 2010, certainly since their general election victory of 2019. a decent solid enough at night for labour, not a spectacular, better in some places than others. worth bearing in mind that labour are up 52, but in terms of overall gains in england, that is way behind the liberal democrats who had a very robust at night on 192, even behind the greens who are up 60 compared to the greens who are up 60 compared to the labour party's 52, but let's look in more detail. london, a big positive at bit of territory for the labour party, barnett, somewhere keir starmer went to yesterday, particularly important not only for the symbolic reasons it was a very jewish area, one of those at places that in 2018 the labour party hoped to gain and did not p

there are local issues in croydon, the council was declared bankrupt last year so we understand why wetly exlainable. . ., explainable. and i ask you to reflect a bit _ explainable. and i ask you to reflect a bit on _ explainable. and i ask you to reflect a bit on sir— explainable. and i ask you to reflect a bit on sir keir- explainable. and i ask you to - reflect a bit on sir keir starmer's position and what is going on there? it is quite clear, no laws were broken, no rules were broken because of the police have said they will investigate because they have to get on with theirjob. it was quite clear, he was working incredibly hard and not unreasonably had something to eat and if the police want to investigate, good luck to them. ., , , want to investigate, good luck to them. . , , . want to investigate, good luck to them. , ., , want to investigate, good luck to them. , . , not them. has he been a hypocrite? not at all. them. has he been a hypocrite? not at all- easy — them. has he been a hypocrite? not at all. easy compare _ them. has he been a hypocrite? not at all. easy compare an

the people of croydon have bucked the trend in london by electing a conservative to become their firstones. sinn fein has hailed a new era for northern ireland as it's on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever — signalling a historic shift in the political landscape— and a first for a nationalist party. it comes as the democratic unionist party leaderjeffrey donaldson, has said his party will decide next week whether to consider entering a power—sharing government. let's speak to lewis goodall with the latest. yes, we are edging towards the completion of this stormont election. i know it feels like we're getting there in increments and believe me we feel it as well. we are on 81 out of 90 seats declared so far and nine outstanding. let's just remind ourselves of what happened so far. we knew yesterday from the first preferences that sinn fein were going to be on top and they had outstripped and overtaken they had outstripped and overtaken the dup and managed to put an extra percentage point of the vote also meant that the dup design —— decl

just see what happens in croydon and elsewhere-— see what happens in croydon and elsewhere. , ., ., ,nager's results came in and so forth, wait and see because many of the councils won't be counted until tomorrow and the day after. i have got to say this, i was in barnett this morning, have been in one of the last two weeks, it's a good example, three conservative members of parliament and voters were flooding back to us because keir starmer has taken action on anti—semitism, but also because they have got a bad tory council where people are fed up with the government not taking action on the government not taking action on the cost—of—living crisis, what's happening with cuts from the government, but also the public are fed up with borisjohnson. i say this point with humility, boris johnson is good for labour, it is in labour's interest for him to stay but it is in the national interest for him to go. but it is in the national interest for him to go-_ for him to go. sadiq khan. it is five minutes _ for him to go. sadiq khan. it is five minutes to _ for him to go. sadiq khan. it is fi

all the results for the local elections have now been declared with the final council, croydon, announcingcted for the next two years. there may be no economic growth between now and election day. falling living standards, very difficult for the government. the labour party will try to exploit that. but of course labour still has its own problems. some medical students in london say they cannot afford to live on nhs bursaries and have been using food banks. a campaign for a liveable nhs bursary has been sharing stories of those struggling with the financial realities of studying medicine in the capital, with some unable to prioritise their studies as they are having to work long hours to make ends meet. the government says there are hardship grants for those struggling the most. masts from a shipwreck in the thames estuary, which contains unexploded bombs, will be cut back to make the site safer. the ss richard montgomery sank in 1944 but it still has 1,400 tonnes of explosives onboard. the government says the site is safe but it will cut back the masts this summer to stop the chance of th

there will be an initial one day strike today, affecting services around brixton, croydon and thorntonnday. onto the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's another mild start this morning, but a rather cloudy one. we have this little front moving across us through today, so the weather not quite as settled. it's going to be quite breezy as well. you might be dry first thing in the morning in the south—east. but you can see the rain sliding across us through the afternoon, if not before. so we have a little bit of rain. clearing, though, towards the end of the day, especially in the west, temperatures to 17 celsius. now, we will get some clearer spells before the sun sets, so we should see a bit of sunshine. but then overnight it stays clear. the minimum temperature dropping down to seven celsius. it means a bright start for thursday. we've got a ridge of high pressure just starting to build in. so, some more settled conditions through tomorrow. lots of sunshine around in the morning, perhaps a little bit more cloud in the afternoon, but it should stay dry. and temperatures

a new state of the art dedicated children's hospital ward is opening in croydon today.s for patients and visitors. the rainbow children's unit will also have relaxation rooms and playspaces funded by a dedicated charity. more than 10,000 employers are now signed up to pay the real living wage. the voluntary rate is £11.05 an hour in london, compared to the £9.50 national minimum wage, set by the government. the living wage foundation says one in 13 people now works for a living wage employer. historic england is releasing thousands of photographs of the queen visiting historic sites to celebrate the platinum jubilee. a map is being published online to show some of the places visited during her 70—year reign, including greenwich royal observatory. it's hoped it will encourage more visitors to the sites. an eight—year—old from a primary school in deptford, is celebrating being crowned the top mathematician in the uk in her year group. michelle from grinling gibbons primary school came top in the world maths day global challenge — a worldwide competition involving ten mill