notjust david cameron as prime mr, ed miliband the wa nt to cameron as prime mr, ed miliband the wantm the general election. nigel farage with the leader of the ukip at the time. they did well in the national opinion polls. they had done well in the previous european elections. they were central in making that argument for the idea of having an eu referendum. the evidence ever since the eu referendum has been at local elections and parliamentary by elections and the general election last year. that those who imports ukip with the gusto in order to try to ensure there was an eu referendum seem to be returning to their traditional party folds. plenty going back to the conversatives it would appear. and concluding that ukip's a job is done. speaking to ukip's a job is done. speaking to ukip's leader today, a one standard —— at one setting and eat —— and ep. he is hoping they can carve out some progress. some other brexiteers may not like the flavour of. but for now it isa not like the flavour of. but for now it is a tricky time politically. not least because they long knew this would be

the amendment to the data protection bill had been put forward by the former labour leader, ed milibandment decided not to go ahead with the second stage of the leveson inquiry. today's court challenge is how to ensure a sustainable future for high—qualityjournalism that can or the powerful to account and the rise of click bait and disinformation and fake news is putting our whole democratic discourse at risk. —— core challenge. this is an urgent problem which is shaking the foundations of democracy worldwide and liberal democracies like britain cannot survive without the fourth estate and the fourth estate is under threat like never before. these clauses would exacerbate this threat. a labour mp referred to the review into the manchester arena bombing last may. the panel was shocked and dismayed by the accounts of the families of their experiences with some of the media. now, that happened last year. he should not represent the threats posed by press misbehaviour being from the past. this is a real and pressing problem now. my daughter, aged seven, was spoken to and recorded by a journ

but ed miliband disagreed. no ifs, ands or buts, no maybes! to victims of the press! and we have a government saying, let's dump this promise! it's too expensive, it's a distraction! how dare they do this to the mccanns, all those other victims? how can we be here, madam deputy speaker? i say to members all over the house, no, i will not give way! i say to members across this house, what ever party they are in, this is about our honour! but when it came to the vote his amendment was narrowly defeated by 301! votes to 295, a majority of nine. some stories now from the wider world of politics. alex partridge is our guide. at five, is it a fashion faux pas to wear brown shoes at the commons? some of ben bradley's tory colleagues certainly thought so. brown shoes? appalling. disgraceful. at four, conservative mps like to cheer when theresa may arrives for pmqs. but on wednesday, labour's stephen pam milked the applause for himself. i'm sorry, i don't think the house recognises that i'm a beacon of stability! at three, archived yes minister advice

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ed miliband there quoting the former prime minister david cameron has said that he would make sure thatulture secretary warned of two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a seven—year—old girl died on a bouncy castle they were operating in essex. summer grant died after the inflatable blew away with her inside it. william thurston and his wife, shelby thurston, will be sentenced next month. jo black reports. seven—year—old summer grant was on a day out to an easter funfair with her family. she was playing on a bouncy castle known as a circus superdome. butjust a few minutes before she was due to get off, it flew into the air while she was still inside. the court heard that the circus superdome blew from its moorings and bounced around 300 metres down the park, hitting a tree, before it came to a rest. summer died from her injuries. that easter saturday was cold and windy. the court was told the inflatable should only have been operated in wind speeds of up to 2a miles an hour, but that on the day of the accident, the attraction remained ope

for grabs was in 2014, a different political universe with david cameron still prime minister and ed milibandlegg leading the lib dems and ukip and nigel farage were at a high point. where will vote rs farage were at a high point. where will voters go this time? labour is certain of making big chunks of advancesin certain of making big chunks of advances in london and consolidating their position in urban centres around the country. they will look for and cross their fingers for evidence they can be on the march in the kind of places around the country where there are marginal constituencies at westminster. the tories, a question of trying to stop the slide. they are not expecting great things but any signs of health they will be grateful for. local elections are not the same as general elections. since june three two parties have been roughly level pegging at the polls but these are signposts towards the next general election and we will see if either of the main parties see signs of big changes ahead. you can watch full coverage of the local election results on bbc one and the bbc news chan

last week the government saw off an attempt by some mps, including the former labour leader ed milibandion bill requiring it to set up a new inquiry into the relationship between the media and the police. but the government's now been defeated on the issue in the lords. the independent peer lady hollins, who suffered press harassment after her daughter was left paralysed by a knife attack, proposed the holding of the second inquiry. she said every week brought new disclosures of dubious behaviour by press journalists. in any other industry the press would be demandingan inquiry and yet their opposition is uniform. we now know that the sunday times employed a blogger for 15 years to unlawfully access the phone accounts, utility bills and even bank accounts of ordinary people and government ministers. the blogger who has become a whistle—blower also said that they organised the theft of rubbish from the houses of cabinet ministers, published the stories they uncovered and then blamed it on a civil service leak. an independent barrister opposed another inquiry, saying the press had learned

ed miliband was the wannabe prime minister and ukip‘s nigel farage was prominent on the stage and soip. since then of course, a huge amount has changed. yet a lot of people will have been motivated to vote by particular local concerns but people will have weighed up national concerns they might have had with each individual political party as well. so fascinating night ahead but a sufficiently long night it will only behalf way through when the sun rises because lots of counting carrying are on tomorrow as well, so we won't have is a full picture until pretty much tomorrow tea time, i suspect, and certainly for the next couple of hour, it he will be a case of cometh the hour cometh the expectation management. parties who hoped to do well saying maybe we wa nt hoped to do well saying maybe we want and maybe the opposite for parties of the opposite inclination. thank you for the moment. we will find out how polls has gone in several areas of the country. we will go to swindon, to dudley, but first let us go to richmond and our correspondent there liz. hello, thank you bench welcome to

you prepped ed miliband.t in, what his worries were? to be fair, as you said, all prime ministers and leaders hated it. ed would get quite nervous, i have to say, because david cameron was quite rude to him at the dispatch box and we once had an occasion where we we re we once had an occasion where we were asking questions about the badger cull, and ed had this sort of hero that was dark with a little silver in it, and just before he we nt silver in it, and just before he went into the chamber, he grabbed me by the lapels and said, am i a badger? —— he had this sort of hair that was dark with a little sobering it. laughter it is not just laughter it is notjust coming with argument on the facts, but you also need to bea on the facts, but you also need to be a great performer with a great sense of humour. yes, someone who was excellent with that, william hague, the shone at the dispatch box. he told a great story of how he used prime minister's questions because he was a witty and such a good performer, and the

you have been round labour circle, you know yourself as part of ed miliband's tea m yourself as part long type. what my years of experience are telling me we are winning seats and council seats and increasing the share of the labour vote significantly in the sort of constituencies that will decide the next general election. do you think thatis next general election. do you think that is enough? james, your thoughts? i love john to bits. i envy... look out! i envy massively that deep well of enthusiasm and optimism, i mean the simple truth of the matter is someone who went to bed, someone who went to bed at 10 o'clock, if they woke up now and saw those result, they would be asking what went wrong for labour? because at the start of this, they were confidently saying they would wipe us off in wandsworth, westminster, in barnet, in boroughs all over london, we were told it was going to bea london, we were told it was going to be a red wash in london, sadiq khan turning up to the count in anticipation of being able to make a passionate and up beat speech, i understand he has left the cou

you might remember the former labour leader ed miliband made an exclusive film on this issue for a twoam loan from the bank to buy it, you rent it for a number of years and you pay a weekly or monthly fee to the company, and at the end of the term, you own it. but the problem which the watchdog, the financial conduct authority, is outlining this morning, is that you often pay considerably more for that particular item. they raised the case of a cooker that you could buy for £300 on the high street if you had the cash, but through a rent to own company in some cases it was £1500 paid over three years. you could have bought several cookers for that. they have said in principle they want to introduce a cap next year but they haven't said what level it would be set at. we will be keen to learn whether they think it is £600 or £900 that is a reasonable price for the £300 cooker. and they have said in principle they would like a cap on charges on unauthorised overdrafts, and loans. when it comes to an unauthorised overdraft, this is when you draw money out of your current account when you ha

labour had lost 4000 seats, it was quite clear there was a big shift going on and four years ago ed milibandremy corbyn saying today you would need not to vote conservative because these yea rs of vote conservative because these years of austerity are killing children, trying to bombard these terrible scaremongering lies and it's clearly not having cut through and equally, just again, i havejust seen, not really, we would july to carry on? we have equalled the share of the vote. based on the amount you through into i don't think so, we work discussing sadiq khan has been wrong, just one second, he has put out, he's obviously had a call from thugs in head office saying i never said it would be anything other than incredibly tough to take wandsworth, last november he said we could be seriously challenging, there is a wild amount of expectation from a party who said they could turn all corners party who said they could turn all corners of london... john, i'm only reading out what you said the 23rd of may. before you to end up having a punch—up before 1am which would be a punch—up before 1am whi

better than the first year of local election results that mr corbyn had and during the reign of ed miliband to whether you are remain or leave voter as to which direction you will go in, it is perhaps rather difficult for the labour party to profit from any discontent voters may have with the conservative government at the moment. we know there are quite a few leave voters who aren't too sure the conservative government is making a decent fist of brexit and at as making a decent fist of brexit and atasa making a decent fist of brexit and at as a result going to switch to the labour party because the labour party is regarded by many voters as soft on immigration. given the raw brexit is playing in politics now, maybe it is more difficult for an opposition to advance —— the role that brexit is playing. given that the country is divided 50—50, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised the country also looks divided 50—50 between predominantly leave voting supporters of the conservative party and the predominantly remain voting supporters of the labour party. a good night for the liberal democrats as t

and emotional ed miliband. emotional ed miliband. relations between media and the police that was dubbedesty international uk. by the information commissioner. the metropolitan police say the database has helped save lives. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. and spread across london, which spawned the gangs matrix. history of violence. 12 years old. is the way that this information is being shared. where people are being treated differently. in response, the met police insisted... and said... but he can see its value. the positives are considerable. to look at how you can support those individuals. with young black people. world says the matrix is not for the vulnerable. them to give them support. you can easily support someone without putting them on a database. orjust for support. involving young victims. is not regarded as gang—related. june kelly, bbc news. to the royal wedding, this could be the next best thing. a miniature harry and meghan tying the knot at the castle. there they are. thousand lego bricks. of the soon—to—be royal bride. figure of her groom, prince h