huw: indeed. andrew marr index bridge. we are waiting for our first yglimpse of jer corbyn command his season islington. my colleague nick robinson is there. ur thoughts on what is expected and the exit poll itself. nick: no sign cf mbyn in islington. in a sense it ins quite revethat his aides did not want to tell us where ld be watching this result. two years ago i was outside his house in islington. not a word from the corbyn camp. you can imagine why, because they now have to think what do they do. how quickly does mr. corbyn qu it/ it he will have to do no one battle has been won. the one boris johnson will be able to take whether you like or loathe the idea, take britain out of the eu. who controls british politics? he will and the tories will. there is a newate beginning already, a battle over the future of the left battle over the future leadership of the labour party. it began on the program hn mcdonnell claiming that this was nothing to do with the sort of policies they had, perishhthe tho or the leadership of the

thanks, huw.'ll start with someone who made history when she became the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship. but fallon sherrock‘s fairytale run has come to an end, after she was beaten in the third round by the world number 22, chris dobey. natalie pirks was watching at a rather lively alexandra palace. dart in his hand. chris dobey! the saying goes, don't be sad that it's over, smile because it happened. even in defeat, fallon sherrock couldn't stop beaming after a fortnight to remember. i think there are people now that didn't watch darts, that would watch it now. especially with the ladies' game, i've just proved now that we can compete with all of these men and we just need more opportunity. amidst the costumes and the christmas revelry this crowd knew well the significance of her story. it is exceptional for women's sport to see someone come in and do as well as she has. it's a real male dominated sport and all of a sudden it seems to have opened it up. so itjust makes i

we are, huw.and he arrived here to cheers of course from tory party staff. he addressed them in the room just over there to my left and told them that there to my left and told them that there had been a political earthquake, that the party had won a stonking majority. they chanted his name. he said that he would be governing as a one nation tory prime minister, and he would now be addressing all the issues that new voters, new to the conservatives, have demanded. i'm told he is still watching the results, and he will probably leave in the next 20 minutes, half an hour, and go somewhere else. thank you, ben wright at conservative hq. it is 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us, there are just 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us, there arejust a 6:a3am. if you arejustjoining us, there are just a few results to go, five to go in this election, and we have got 6a5 in, so we are almost donein have got 6a5 in, so we are almost done in terms of results, and we are looking at a conservative majority of 80. the l

now it is back to huw.st midlands, a key battleground area, where labour had to really do well if it was to make some significant gains this evening but look at this. marcus jones, the significant gains this evening but look at this. marcusjones, the mp since 2010, re—elected for nuneaton on 27,390 votes, a turnout of 64%. a majority of over 13,000. i want to look at the share, if i can, because the share of the vote is high, sixth 1% for the tories in nuneaton and 32% to labour, almost half —— 61%. that tells you the story, the conservatives storming ahead by 9% in this part of the midlands and labour taking a hit of 10%. what is the swing? it is a very, very strong swing of 9.4% from labour to the conservatives. that is nuneaton in warwickshire, the first result we have had in. we've had 12 results so far, 638 to go. 1:08am and waiting patiently to talk to us we have heidi allen, who left the tories and joined the lib dems, and aaron banks, the founder of leave the eu. thanks for waiting to talk to us pat

thanks huw.n to win a match at the pdc world championship — but fallon sherrock‘s challenge is over after she was beaten in the third round by the world number 22, chris dobey. natalie pirks was watching at alexandra palace. in his hand. chris dobey! the saying goes, don't be sad that it's over, smile because it happened. even in defeat, fallon sherrock couldn't stop beaming. i think there are people now that didn't watch dogs, that would watch it now. especially with the ladies game, i've just proved now that we can't compete with all of these men. the crowd here have taken sherrock to their heart. amidst the costumes and the christmas revelry, this crowd knew the significance of her story. we come every year, and it is a bit of a christmas tradition. this year, it's really exciting, because it is usually so male dominated. fingers crossed all the way. she was here for a good time, and she hoped a long time. but her run to this third round was no fluke. a wry smile from her competitor, as he tri

we have a special programme coming up in half an hour with huw edwards.on settlement with dozens of women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. about 30 actresses and ex—employees would share the pay—out in the deal. the 67—year—old has denied sexual misconduct allegations by more than 70 women, which started coming out after a new york times story in october 2017, which detailed decades of allegations. among the most high—profile accusers were rose mcgowan and ashleyjudd. entertainment journalist caroline frost has more on the possible deal. the problem is and the detail. for a start, more significantly, harvey weinstein will admit no culpability at all. he will not be paying the money himself, it will come from a big insurance port which will cover legal fees and board big insurance port which will cover legalfees and board members including his brother bob and the 110w including his brother bob and the now disbanded weinstein company. for the deal to go ahead though, all the parties have to sign off, and the court needs to approve it. it would res

but now it's back to huw. >> welcome back to election 2019. we are talking about the pattern of voting and what it tells us in terms of the possible reasons for people voted and why they didn't in some parts of the country with the debate going on whether it was a breakfast selection or an election to reject jeremy corbin as some are saying including labor people but there's a result in the from the first from the west midlands, key battleground area but this is where labor has to do well if it was to make significant gains this evening but marcus jones but [inaudible] a majority of over 13000 and i want to look at the sheriff because the share of the vote is high 621 for the tories and 32% to labor almost half the share and that tells you the story with the conservatives storming ahead by nine percentage points in this part of the west midlands and labor taking a hit of ten percentage points and what is the swing? it's a very strong swing of 9.4% from labor to the conservatives. that is the first result we've had in and 12 results in so far a

thanks, huw. became the first woman to win a match at the pdc world championship.

huw edwards and the team will be here on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9:55pm.uk/news and on the bbc news app. it's a tradition as old as twitter itself — and, with three elections in three years, we've all seen a lot of it. yes — it's dogs at polling stations. this time so many of them are wrapped up in fleeces. some of them are dressed ready for christmas. as are dressed ready for christmas. as are some of the polling stations themselves. you are not allowed to ta ke m ost themselves. you are not allowed to take most dogs into the polling station so they have to sit quietly outside. you have until 10pm tonight to bring out your dogs. take them for a walk to exercise their democratic rights. i'm so sorry! as cute as these dogs are our producer is particularly keen to see a beagle, which is favouritism when we are supposed to remain impartial at all times! there it is. you can understand the appeal. all politically impartial. they have to be on politically impartial. they have to beona politically impartial. they have to be on a day like this. i have lots of gag

thanks, huw.e of mr corbyn?” think there are a mix of things involved, and this is a really grim result for us. it is particularly grim for all the people who depended on having a strong labor party, who we re on having a strong labor party, who were relying on getting a labour government, whether that is families who are going to food banks or patients waiting in the nhs. i think that both were a factor. we obviously... brexit was a key issue in the campaign, but i think also perceptions of the whole party and perceptions of the whole party and perceptions of the leadership were clearly a key issue as well. sheu shelf of the end what do you mean by perceptions of the leadership? just that we were on many doorsteps. we got people talking about brexit and the party as a whole and jeremy and the party as a whole and jeremy and the different views of the leadership, the different views of the party and also just leadership, the different views of the party and alsojust not in the end being prepared t

yes, good evening, huw. and south tyrone has frequently been won with very small majorities ? repeatedly flipping between nationalist sinn fein and the ulster unionist party. in 2017, michelle gildernew won the seat for sinn fein byjust 875 votes. the ira's bobby sands won the seat whilst on hunger strike in maze prison in 1981. he died less than a month later. and in the eu referendum vote, 59% of the population wanted to remain, with several businesses in the area concerned how their livelihoods could be affected, if border checks are introduced. so, brexit, then, on people 5 minds in the election. but dig a little deeper in a land where there 5 been no functioning government at stormont for close to three years, and you ll find other concerns — some very deep, that weigh heavy. this is divided soil. a land where the sun warms two beliefs. rival loyalties that have caused past pain now play out in an election touched by brexit. this is literally the front line of the debate, a uk constituency that merges s

on tv, huw edwards and the team will be on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9.55pm; there's fullt bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app; and special programmes on bbc radio 4 and radio five live. there are also results programmes for listeners and viewers in scotland, wales and northern ireland the disgraced us film producer harvey weinstein has reached a tentative $25 million civil settlement with dozens of women who've accused him of sexual misconduct. the money will be split between more than 30 women, including actresses and former employees. harvey weinstein is due to stand trial injanuary on charges of rape and sexual assault. nick bryant reports from new york. the harvey weinstein who arrived for a bail hearing yesterday was almost unrecognisable from the red carpet mogul of old. the man alleged to have physically overpowered his female victims, shuffling feebly into this manhattan courthouse, hunched over a walking frame. the disgraced hollywood producer will face a criminal trial injanuary but most of the civil lawsuits against him are on the verge of being settled. mor

on tv, huw edwards and the team will be on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9.55pm.line at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app, and special programmes on bbc radio 4 and radio five live. police in new zealand are launching an operation to return to white island in a few hours‘ time to retrieve the bodies of those killed in monday's volcanic eruption. two people who were being treated for their injuries in hospital have now died, taking the confirmed death toll to eight. until now, rescue teams have stayed away from the island because of the danger of further eruptions. shaimaa khalil has sent this report. eight bodies have been stuck on this island for four days. and now there is a chance that finally they could be recovered. members of new zealand's defence force will attempt to reach the volcano to get the job done. they will go on to the island, and they will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the island. a lot has to go right for this to work. let there be no mistake, there is not a zero risk with regard to this plan. we flew close to the isla

you can watch that on bbc one and the bbc news channel, presented by huw edwards, with reporters acrossy to go the general election, party leaders are travelling across the country in an attempt to win over undecided voters. and coming up... teenage activist greta thunberg tells world leaders to start behaving and take more action on climate change. coming up on bbc news... test cricket returns to pakistan for the first time in a decade after a deadly bus attack, as they take on sri lanka. aung san suu kyi, the leader of myanmar, has denied accusations of genocide at the united nations‘ top court. a military crackdown in myanmar in 2017 resulted in thousands of rohingya muslims being killed, and more than 700,000 people fled to neighbouring bangladesh. aung san suu kyi blamed the violence and mass displacement on militants seeking independence, though she added it could not be ruled out that disproportionate force was used by her country's defence forces. anna holligan reports from the hague. waiting in anticipation for a glimpse of the woman they call mother suu. she is shrouded with f

huw edwards and the team will be here on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9:55pm tonight.ill be special coverage on bbc radio 4 and 5 live, and of course, there is full coverage online at bbc.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app. the convicted killer who fought the london bridge attacker with a fire extinguisher, john crilly, has told the bbc that he was prepared to die to protect others. mr crilly, a friend ofjack merritt, one of the two cambridge graduates killed in the attack, has been speaking exclusively to our legal correspondent clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, ex— offender john crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a prison education event at fishmonger ‘s hall where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. just like a very high—pitched wail, like a scream. john saw a woman sprawled on the stairs, bleeding, then usman khan, two knives out, wearing what looked like a suicide belt. he joined him with a fire extinguisher, shouting at usman khan not to blow his belt. he said to wait for the police. i was prepared to probably lose my life, yes

huw edwards and the team will be here on the bbc news channel from 9.55pm.on the bbc news app, with special programmes on bbc radio 4 and radio 5 live. there are also results programmes for listeners and viewers in scotland, wales and northern ireland. and here at new broadcasting house — preparations are complete for tonight's election results special. results of the exit poll will be displayed here — that's all coming up at ten o'clock tonight. that is the scene outside broadcasting house. the headlines on bbc news... a perilous operation is underway in new zealand to recover bodies from monday's volcano disaster — more eruptions are possible in the coming hours. a former prisoner who tackled the london bridge attacker tells the bbc he was prepared to die to save others. people are voting across the country, in the first december general election since 1923. sport and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. arsenal have guaranteed their place last 32 of the europa league after coming from two goals down to draw 2—2 at standard liege. the r

on tv, huw edwards and the team will be on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9.55pm; there's full.co.uk/news and on the bbc news app; and special programmes on bbc radio 4 and radio 5 live. there are also results programmes for listeners and viewers in scotland, wales and northern ireland. a former prisoner who fought off the london bridge attacker has told bbc news he was prepared to die to protect others. john crilly used a fire extinguisher to tackle usman khan, even though he thought he was wearing a suicide vest. mr crilly has been speaking to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. nearly two weeks ago, ex—offenderjohn crilly found himself at the centre of mayhem and butchery at a prison education event at fishmongers' hall, where his good friend jack merritt was murdered. yeah, just a very high pitched wail — like, a scream. john saw a woman sprawled on the stairs, bleeding, then usman khan, two knives out, wearing what looked like a suicide belt. john attacked him first with a wooden lectern, then a fire extinguisher, shouting at khan to blow his belt. he said he was waiti

on tv, huw edwards and the team will be on bbc one, and the bbc news channel from 9.55pm.le who were being treated for their injuries in hospital have now died, taking the confirmed death toll to eight. until now, rescue teams have stayed away from the island because of the danger of further eruptions. shaima khalil has sent this report. eight bodies have been stuck on this island since monday's eruption. and now there is a chance that finally they could be recovered. members of new zealand's defence force will attempt to reach the volcano to get the job done. they will go on to the island, and they will make every effort to recover all of the bodies from the island. a lot has to go right for this to work. let there be no mistake, there is not a zero risk with regard to this plan. we flew close to the island to get a sense of what it's like. the heavy plumes of smoke still billowing. a sign of how precarious this situation is. we are five nautical miles away from whakaari, or white island. there's a restriction zone around it, so this is as close as we can get. there's bee

. >> once wrote in the times -- i'm sorry, let's go straight back to huw. >> rejoined the returning officer. [applause] >> the labour party 13,211. lucas caroline green party, 33,100. [cheering] brexit party, 700,000. the number rejected was as follows. for more than a committed member unmarked hundred 42. the constituency turnout with 73.56%. i decry carolina's duly elected as a member of parliament. >> elected with a big majority. let's see what she has to say. >> all of the candidates to the returning officer, to the staff here this evening and of course to my amazing team that worked on the green party campaign, thank you from the bottom of my heart. in particular, my agent, campaign manager matt and paul and cass miller for everything. a sincere and heartfelt thanks to the people of the brighton pavilion that have once again granted me the honor of representing them in parliament. i've been incredibly proud of that the majority has increasedd a hundred and 57% now because they continue to believe in compassion and justice and a bigger future. but the pride i feel is also the future sad

huw edwards and the team will be here on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 9:55pm.e rain moving eastwards this morning and that has been falling as snow and the higher ground of the pennines and scotland. that rain will be quite heavy at times particularly for england and wales and it is going to feel quite cold if you are out and about. this cloud moving its way in from the atlantic. this weather system is moving eastwards and it's going to get some fairly strong when later today across southern areas. the winds will be lighter for scotland and northern ireland compared to the last few days. we will continue to see showers in scotland and northern ireland with sunny spells. rain in southern areas. spreading towards the east, which will be heavy, and there will be snow over higher ground of northern england. 0ne there will be snow over higher ground of northern england. one or two showers in the west with temperatures four to eight celsius. tonight the rainbow clearance of the north sea but then come back into the east of scotland with more showers to come overnight

let‘s talk now to conservative candidate huw merriman from our tunbridge wells studio. president trump. do you believe what he says about the nhs quest market doesn‘t really matter what president trump has to say, what president trump has to say, what is more important is what the prime minister said, but it‘s already not on the table and he‘s already not on the table and he‘s already been clear and present trump seems to get that as well because he made the same point yesterday. seems to get that as well because he made the same point yesterdaylj made the same point yesterday.” just don‘t regard it as a story that i hear just don‘t regard it as a story that ihearon just don‘t regard it as a story that i hear on the doorstep, because i don‘t think people believe it and its typical scaremongering from the labour party. they‘ve done it before andi labour party. they‘ve done it before and i don‘t think it cuts through. you said it doesn‘t matter what president trump says, but it does matter what boris johnson president trump says, but it does matter what borisjohnson says.

and we will go back to huw. >> let's have a response to the pretty damning reader of the analysis given about why they are in this position. >> is and what he did over brexit. he wanted them to have a policy that we actually had. we are doing well ther were doii remain areas and we are doing badly in these areas. i think this was primarily about brexit. i think it's true that the brand was damaged by brexit primarily because unfortunately it was such a difficult path to travel. it's easy when we are doing badly that he took the route that probably has maximized the support in these areas. i know that it's bad that it was going to be bad. it was basically admitting that strategy was a bit of an impossible one to carry off partly because the pressure from all sides. they had a sense of the leader who's been dragged to the position he's clearly uncomfortable with and i think it is fascinating having said the relationship was sent certainly is. that is what they were calling out for. to change the agenda. we did a lot of testing and messaging. it's clear that we fail to change the agenda un

back now to my colleague, huw edwards, in westminster. we will be back with sean later on.r correspondent at the yorkshire post, and daniel o'donoghue, westminster correspondent at the press and journal. so good to talk to both them and thank you both forjoining us. i suppose i would start with you both by saying having heard some of the debate today on the queen's speech and having heard the pitch of the prime minister, and indeed labour's response, is it a new borisjohnson that we've seen today, somebody said to me, gosh, you know, he is kind of like a new guy at the dispatch box. maybe that's not surprising, given the majority that he won a week ago. but did you get a sense that this is a man with a new sense of mission and a new level of energy? yeah, and i think notjust borisjohnson, as well, as he walked around parliaments, the tory mps that you see have a bit of a swagger in their step. looking pretty happy with themselves. i guess that's to be expected when they've got the majority that they have. especially you know, and patch is like mine in yorkshire, where they

viewers on bbc one for special coverage of the queen's speech, at the state opening of parliament, with huwrive for a speech written by her ministers. this time will be different to the last, less pageantry different to the last, less pagea ntry and different to the last, less pageantry and more politics. the question is, what will borisjohnson and the government to do with the new mandate they have? stand by for the state opening of parliament. a good morning to viewers across the uk and around

and you can watch all of the election results with huw edwards on bbc one next thursday evening, beginningnks to the audience, and thanks to you for watching. a very good night. applause. welcome to this special programme following the bbc‘s prime ministerial debate. we have just watched the final tv encounter between the two men who are bidding to become the uk's next leader. an hour of debate on brexit, the nhs, security and the public finances. did one of these men make a strong case for your vote in six days' time? we will get plenty of reaction from our analysts and of course from the parties notjust labour and conservatives but also those parties not on stage tonight. lots to get through in the next half hour. let's start with the foreign secretary in the shadow trade secretary and i should get your reaction to what you saw. boris johnson, the choices become very clear for the electorate, another hung parliament and more delay. jeremy corbyn cannot answer the basic questions of brexit and boris johnson had passion and the plan to get brexit done. of the detailed explanation of how he

and there will be continued coverage over the next few days, and then huw is leading the team on thursdayey raced to get it done first and we will get some sort of definitive answer sometime friday morning. we shall see. and thenit friday morning. we shall see. and then it will all be over. well... it won't, will it? we will bring you the very latest. we will have the special programme friday morning and brea kfast special programme friday morning and breakfast is back on saturday morning. the man who helped inspire the global fundraising phenomenon known as the ice bucket challenge has died at the age of 34. pete frates was diagnosed with als, a degenerative condition that affects the nervous system, seven years ago. in 2014 he was instrumental in starting the ice bucket challenge, where people poured cold water over themselves and posted footage on social media. an estimated £160 million was raised worldwide. an incredible, incredible achievement. what a legacy. if you have just switched on, jeremy corbyn will be on louise's red sofa in bolton in an hour's time. thousands of tourists vi