they have seen nearby towns like darlington bring more than 1000 treasury— like darlington bring mores and we can do it for— for darlington, vote for us and we can do it for your town as well. a bil can do it for your town as well. big by—election with a long list of candidates, but for labour and the conservatives, it has been a rocky road for both candidates so far in the campaign. it road for both candidates so far in the campaign-— road for both candidates so far in the campaign. it has. early on we saw doctor— the campaign. it has. early on we saw doctor paul _ the campaign. it has. early on we saw doctor paul willemse - the campaign. it has. early on we | saw doctor paul willemse selected from a _ saw doctor paul willemse selected from a very short list, he was the man— from a very short list, he was the man they— from a very short list, he was the man they wanted to run for them here _ man they wanted to run for them here there — man they wanted to run for them here. there was a bit of controversy over some _ here. there was a bit of controversy over some of— here. there was a

it looks beautiful here in darlington. blistering hot sun, blue sky.ey've got their conservative votes, how do they hold onto them? in this constituency of darlington, one of the things they have been doing is sending money their way, investment and jobs in particular. 0ne sending money their way, investment and jobs in particular. one thing you might have noticed in chancellor rishi sunak�*s budget was the announcement that a lot of treasury jobs will be moving to darlington. how does that resonate with people around there? is that the kind of investment and promised they were hoping for? doctorjoanna behr is with me, associate professor at durham university business school. it sounds like a really big statement from the government. but does it make people around here feel confident, for all their lives and jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think— jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the _ jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the statement - jobs are being represented? i think it does. i think the statement

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham .nters with some of the cleanest sheep you are likely to find. there was a very large tractor, which of course just had to be driven. william went first, a quick circuit of the field, no mishaps, nothing damaged. then it was time for catherine to have a go. a moment of intense concentration and then off she went. alongside the photo opportunities, a serious moment. a discussion with farmers about the challenges of the past year. then onto something called the cheesy waffles project, which helps young people and kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. speaking of his grandparents, here is the queen today holding video audiences. 18 days after her husband's death, normal service is being resumed. katty: a picture of stoicism. before we go, glowed over skylines across the world into the morning. from germany, istanbul, venezuela, to lighting up new york city. photographers captured the fourth full moon of 2021 alongside many famous landmarks. the super

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encounterse, just had to be driven. william went first — a quick circuit of the field, no mishaps, nothing damaged — and then it was time for catherine to have a go — a moment of intense concentration, and then off she went. but alongside the photo opportunities, a serious purpose — a discussion with farmers about the challenges of the past year — and then on to something called the cheesy waffles project, which helps young people and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty — the kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents, here was the queen today, holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after her husband's death, normalservice is being resumed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. i told you last night about a super moon. the fact that the moon is closer to the earth and usual means it looks larger. let's look at some of the examples we've had in the

today was not untypical, they were found on a farm near darlington in county durham.o find. there was a very large tractor which just had to be driven. william went first, quick circuit of the field, no mishaps and nothing damaged and then it was time for catherine to have a go. a moment of intense concentration and then off she went. but alongside the photo opportunities, a serious purpose. a discussion with farmers about the challenges of the past year and then onto something called the cheesy waffles project which helps young people and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty. the kind of thing that william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents here was the queen today holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after the death of her husband, normal service is being resumed. a recap on our main story. there is growing evidence that the number of infections and death being reported in india may actually be a considerable understateme

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encounterst had to be driven. william went first — a quick circuit of the field, no mishaps, nothing damaged — and then it was time for catherine to have a go — a moment of intense concentration, better driving than me, i must say. i'll be back with more later, you're watching bbc news. hello. april 2021 is now officially the frostiest april on record. that is since records began in 1960 and it is based on the number of frosty nights we've seen. every night so far this april, temperatures have fallen below freezing and we've had an air frost. it may well be the case though that as we make our way into the early hours of wednesday, we escape and there's a lot of cloud sitting across the uk at the moment thanks to an area of low pressure sinking its way south. quite a strong wind across scotland and where skies clear, the chance of frost will be pretty limited. here's the centre of that low as we get wednesday underway to the south of the uk. to the north, the skies are clearer but there will be s

we have seen with other mps in the area, over in darlington, we have the treasury coming north, we haveour leadership have what it takes to win back support? voters here have the power to make waves. and some at this swimming group, a lockdown lifeline, are not afraid of a sea change. i�*m what you would call a classic labour voter, really, but this election, i just cannot bring myself to vote labour. i voted labour, brexit, conservative. but i'm voting conservative this time. i would like to see an mp having the leverage in the houses of parliament to really do something transformational in the town. nothing is clear, though. support is far from settled. usually labour. probably still labour.

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encountersquick circuit of the field, no mishaps, nothing damaged — and then it was time for catherine to have a go — a moment of intense concentration, and then off she went. but alongside the photo opportunities, a serious purpose — a discussion with farmers about the challenges of the past year — and then on to something called the cheesy waffles project, which helps young people and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty — the kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents, here was the queen today, holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after her husband's death, normal service is being resumed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. cold for the royal visit today, but april 2021 is going to be remembered for its frost and in actual fact it looks like it will be the frosty list for over 60 years. in

we have seen with other mps in the area, over in darlington, we have the treasury coming north, we have sustainable jobs for them and their children going forward. big names have been visiting, a sign of what is at stake. were recent tory wins on labour turf a one—off or permanent shift? does labour leadership have what it takes to win back support? voters here have the power to make waves. and some at this swimming group, a lockdown lifeline, are not afraid of a sea change. i'm what you would call a classic labour voter, really, but this election, i just cannot bring myself to support labour. i voted labour, brexit, conservative. but i'm voting conservative this time. i would like to see an mp driving the leverage in the houses of parliament to really do something transformational in the town. nothing is clear, though. support is far from settled. usually labour. probably still labour. i actually disapprove of keir starmer's leadership, but i will vote for the labour candidate because i actually think this town is shamefully going to fall to the conservatives. i don't want to be part o

host: john, darlington, south carolina, democrat caller. caller: i give him an a on his first 100 days. i think what happened on the border is a combination of years and years, immigration needs to be repaired now, not later. the economy is on its way back. president biden and kamala harris is what america needs. all of those naysayers and people who do not understand the alphabet, they need to go back to school and start over. the president deserves the recognition we can give him. he deserves support from all americans not just half or african-americans. host: paul atwood, tennessee, republican, what is your grade? caller: from one to 10 i will give him a zero. host: why? caller: he ate done nothing. -- ain't done nothing. he tore everything down. he has done away with the jobs. he wants to get us together -- he hates us. he hates people. he is a liar. they do not realize. host: linda in pennsylvania, democrat call. you are next. caller: i really like c-span, i watched a couple of times per week. i hope you and the other staff keep going.

today she s in darlington. anna...in 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 towards the conservative party in the north—east. if you look back to elections — north—east. if you look back to elections as far back as 2005, you will see _ elections

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encountersctor which, of course, just had to be driven. william went first — a quick circuit of the field, no mishaps, nothing damaged — and then it was time for catherine to have a go — a moment of intense concentration, and then off she went. but alongside the photo opportunities, a serious purpose — a discussion with farmers about the challenges of the past year — and then on to something called the cheesy waffles project, which helps young people and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty — the kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents, here was the queen today, holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after her husband's death, normal service is being resumed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. football, and it's been a good night for chelsea, as they earned a draw in the first leg of their champions league semifinal with real madrid. 0ur spor

this afternoon she's in darlington. anna. hello.e 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 and deprivation of her last few years. a good point when it comes to lapping up is when you graduate and get going get a job, can you stay in the northeast or do y

in darlington first they visited a farm they are.culture. in issue that william himself is pretty knowledgeable plead not knowledgeable about. they visited the cheesy waffles project was a charity that helps children with additional special needs try their hand it a bit of golf there. some of it better than others. what's interesting about them visiting that charity as it benefits from donations that were made after they are a wedding back in 2011. that particular charity benefited from donations and is used that money on this particular project will stop the couple chose to make this visit to that particular project the week of their tenth wedding anniversary. which they will celebrate on thursday. caters wedding anniversary. which they will celebrate on thursday.— celebrate on thursday. cates golf swin: celebrate on thursday. cates golf swing there- _ celebrate on thursday. cates golf swing there. almost _ celebrate on thursday. cates golf swing there. almost as _ celebrate on thursday. cates golf. swing there. almost as lamentable

steve m darlington says i worked in a jobcentre plus offers full 1a years and lost count of how manypractice what they preach. does it matter to you? let me know this morning. you can send me know this morning. you can send me an e—mail. now, stav has the weather. hello. we've got some subtle changes to the weather for the next couple of days. a weak area of low pressure is going to bring some very much needed rain to parts of the country. not widespread, heavy rain, but in the form mainly of showers, and some of these showers could be on the heavy side. so here it is, this weak area of low pressure sinking southwards across the country. we could see more persistent rain affecting eastern scotland and north—east england here because of an onshore easterly breeze which will make it feel quite chilly. further west, though, it will be sunshine, showers, some of these could be quite heavy but, again, southern england will tend to stay dry, with some good spells of sunshine, so after a chilly start, 15, 16 degrees likely here, closer to ten or 13 further north. but it will be cooler than

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encountersges of the past year — and then on to something called the cheesy waffles project, which helps young people and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty — the kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents, here was the queen today, holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after her husband's death, normal service is being resumed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. good evening. there's been a lot of dry weather around this april, and at times some sunshine, but the real weather feature has certainly been the frost. april 2021 is going to be the frostiest for over 60 years. in fact, there has been an air frost somewhere every night so far this month. will that change? potentially, yes, because we've seen some rain in the forecast today. this was york earlier on this afternoon. and if we take a look at th

they were to be found on a farm near darlington in county durham, and so there were close encountersople and adults with additional needs. for william and catherine, ten years after their marriage, a typical day of royal duty — the kind of thing william pledged to continue after the death of his grandfather. and speaking of his grandparents, here was the queen today, holding video audiences with ambassadors. 18 days after her husband's death, normal service is being resumed. nicholas witchell, bbc news. for decades, juggling personal and professional responsbilities has been a struggle for working parents. flexibile work conditions were very much the exception, not the norm. and then the pandemic came along and showed employers that their staff were more than capable of being productive without the need to leave their homes. gone was the hour long commute, lunch—al—desko and saying goodnight to your kids via facetime. some people liked it. ok, not all the time, but the flexibility has been widely appreciated. and now, with the reopening of society in some countries, there is that exp

general election, and that blue tide of tory votes swept away labour heartlands like sedgefield, darlingtonit labour hand to hang onto it next week, that will tell us something potentially about the popularity of their newest leader, keir starmer. if they snatch it from them, maybe that will tell us something more permanent about the rewiring of political allegiances in this part of the country. i'm going to talk to loads of people about it to date, including some of the conservative candidate, unfortunately, but she is in hartlepool all day today, so i'm hopeful. let me introduce you to the editor of hartlepool mail, who is gavin, and to this reverently runs a soup kitchen here. gavin, how much interest is there in this by—election? interest is there in this by-election?_ interest is there in this by-election? interest is there in this b -election? , ., by-election? there is a little interest so — by-election? there is a little interest so far, _ by-election? there is a little interest so far, but - by-election? there is a little interest so far, but i - by-election? there is a little inte