the recent set of. on average for the recent set of by—elections, a little lower than we saw in kingswood, a little higher than we've seen in those but a little lower than we saw towards the end of last year. but, as i say, around about average. so no indication that the endorsement of labour being removed from azhar ali has impacted on turnout there. yeah. absolutely. and if george galloway — if viewers are just joining us, we are sort of coming up to 2:a0 in the morning. we have been saying that george galloway is confident of a victory here. joe, if he did win, what would that mean for the other parties? and how big a win would it be?— would it be? well, it would certainly — would it be? well, it would certainly be _ would it be? well, it would certainly be an _ would it be? well, it would certainly be an enormous, | would it be? well, it would - certainly be an enormous, enormous victory by historical standards in terms of collapse for the major parties. at the last general election, labour, conservative and liberal democrat made up 90% of the votes in rochdale. a big fall there would

mikey from kingswood, in bristol, was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house party manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. the nationwide building society has reached an agreement to buy virgin money in a £2.9 billion deal — which would see the brand eventually disappear. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it would not make any material two virgin money's 7300 employees. you're live with bbc news. ten years ago today, a malaysian airliner carrying 239 people on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished, in what has become one of the greatest aviation mysteries. the aircraft has never been found, despite the largest and most expensive search operation ever mounted. a few parts of the plane eventually washed up t

uh, at both wellingborough and kingswood , given the enormous kingswood, given the enormous disillusionment over the issues that reform is targeting , stopping reform is targeting, stopping the small boats we learnt only yesterday from new data in the home office that we've only removed 1.3% of people who have come over on small boats. we also learned yesterday day that we're giving. we're granting 99% of all asylum applications to people from the likes of afghanistan and so on. now reform based on this fiasco in government should be doing a lot better. so something isn't clicking , is better. so something isn't clicking, is it better. so something isn't clicking , is it money? better. so something isn't clicking, is it money? is it manpower ? is it leadership? is manpower? is it leadership? is it charisma ? what is it? it charisma? what is it? >> but is it just voter apathy because you've just said then about the white working class man and woman who might want to go out and feel that reform represents their small c conservative values. they aren't organised that community. we've seen last

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mikey — from kingswood in bristol — was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house partyd the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub—postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. metropolitan police officers have travelled to trinidad to speak to the killer of muriel mckay in a bid to find her body. ms mckay was abducted in 1969, mistaken for the then wife of rupert murdoch and held to ransom for £1 million. one of her killers recently admitted to burying her body behind a barn. you're live with bbc news. a hamas delegation has left talks in cairo without reaching a dealfor a temporary ceasefire in gaza. but the armed group has said that indirect negotiations with israel are not over. it had been hoped that a truce could be in place before the start of the islamic holy month of ramadan next week

it's around the average| that we have seen in recent set of by elections, slightly higher than kingswoody lower than the by elections we saw in the run—up to the end of the year. find run-up to the end of the year. and we were talking _ run—up to the end of the year. and we were talking about the fact that george galloway pause 19 are confident. how much of a surprise would that be to you as a poster —— george bailey's team? indie would that be to you as a poster -- george bailey's team?— george bailey's team? we did not know what was _ george bailey's team? we did not know what was going _ george bailey's team? we did not know what was going to _ george bailey's team? we did not know what was going to be - george bailey's team? we did not know what was going to be the . know what was going to be the situation going into this election, because it was very likely george galloway could win, but equally we did not know what impact the labour candidate being disavowed by the party would have on the electorate. it seems to be that the candidate has left, he is not even going to turn out to the

. >> how did you do in kingswood? how you do in how did you do in wellingborough?you do in werochdale?gh? did do in rochdale? >> in kingswood and wellingborough so give wellingborough we were so give or polling range. so or take the polling range. so we're progress. the we're making progress. not the terrifying jacob, terrifying thing for you, jacob, is people still haven't is that people still haven't heard of reform, but already we're really well we're doing really well in the polls . we're going up, the polls. we're going up, the conservatives going down conservatives are going down because you're not performing. that's democracy works. that's how democracy works. >> to be winning, >> you don't seem to be winning, though, byelections though, and those byelections are opportunity. sdp, are a real opportunity. the sdp, when were new and nobody when they were new and nobody had heard of them, managed to win elections . but you can't win by elections. but you can't get voters. that's because of the dreadful first the flaws of your dreadful first past system, past th

mikey — from kingswood in bristol — was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house partyurder and the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. metropolitan police officers have travelled to trinidad to speak to the killer of muriel mckay in a bid to find her body. ms mckay was abducted in 1969 — mistaken for the then wife of rupert murdoch — and held to ransom for £1 million. one of her killers recently admitted to burying her body behind a barn. you're live with bbc news. presidentjoe biden will deliver the final state of the union address of his presidential term on thursday night. he will greet the new speaker, who's leading a divided house with a very narrow republican majority. with the election looming, the us faces many challenges — the economy,

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mikey roynon from kingswood, near bristol, died from a stab wound to the back of his neck.y roynon, just 16 years old, had travelled there from bristol with a group of friends, and met another group from devizes in wiltshire. there was some sort of altercation on the decking out the back of the house. the court was told we may never understand the full circumstances, what started this confrontation, but mikey was stabbed in the back of the neck, despite the efforts of people who lived on that street, he could not be saved. the 316—year—olds who cannot be named because of their rage initially denied being part of this, but one of them then confessed he was responsible for stabbing my key but said he had done it under threat, as an act of self defence. the jury here this morning at bristol crown court has not accepted that version of events and has convicted that boy of murder and two others of manslaughter. the family of mikey roynon have been at the trial throughout and have been giving their reaction outside court in the last few minutes. i asked his mum hayley if she fear

the vote was held after the former labour mayor, damien egan, quit to run to become an mp for kingswood2028. flag football is the non—contact version of american football. great britain are the reigning women's european champions, and in a bid to unearth potential future talent, nfl uk have been running an all—girls coaching session here in the capital to coincide with internation women's day. it's huge. and i think, with the likes of the olympics being announced, we're only going to see that get bigger. like, the participation levels, notjust in general, but from girls, it's like, increased over the past couple of years. and days like this are perfect. get the excitement around it. they enjoy it. they'll stick with it. and i think that's massively important. i think the growth has been massive, and the key way to do it is through schools. from today, commuters will see all day off—peak fares on some services run by transport for london. the mayor, sadiq khan is trialling the idea to attract people into central london on fridays, by making cutting the cost of tube and rail services acro

mikey, from kingswood in bristol, was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house partye killer of muriel mckay in a bid to find her body. ms mckay was abducted in 1969, mistaken for the then wife of rupert murdoch, and held to ransom for £1 million. one of her killers recently admitted to burying her body behind a barn. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub—postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. you're live with bbc news. so, we have discussed so far in the programme just how important this night is forjoe biden. and maybe it is more significant this year given the focus around his age. but how much does a speech like this really resonate with the american public? we have been looking at the polling going all the way back to 2010. this is presidents' average approval ratings on the day of the addresses to congress, versus two weeks later. the more green the

we saw that in kingswood.w that even more so in rochdale, with an even lower . lower turnout. >> what were you guys even thinking in rochdale? what was reform uk thinking in rochdale in of? well, you stood in terms of? well, you stood simon danczuk who was sixteen a 17 year old girl, is in an area which is quite sensitive, to kind of young girls, you know, young women to, to be fair to simon danczuk and i don't at all defend any form of sexual interaction between an, you know, middle aged man and a yeah, but i'm not talking about it. i'm talking about you guys, your party. what were you thinking? so what? >> i mean, simon danczuk was one of first to call out the of the first to call out the grooming gangs, right? and he, you did so. he was you know, he did so. and he was a former labour mp of rochdale, but that was a really bitter, filthy campaign with filthy by—election campaign with the biggest theme, of course, being gaza , a foreign a foreign being gaza, a foreign a foreign policy issue dominating a local

mikey, from kingswood in bristol, was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house partynvicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80 % of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. the nationwide building society has reached an agreement to buy virgin money in a £2.9 billion deal which would see the brand eventually disappear. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it would not make any material changes to virgin money's 7,300 employees "in the near term'". you're live with bbc news. when us presidentjoe biden delivers his state of the union speech on thursday, the audience will include 17 relatives of americans held captive or murdered by hamas terrorists in israel. a list published by the families of the american hostages in gaza coalition, named relatives of six hostages still held captive, two released captives and two hostages who were killed. yehuda beinin, the father of the released american hostage leeat beinin. he is with us before he heads off

it wasn't as controversial as perhaps wellingborough, where i stood, and , where, you know, and kingswoodeah. skidmore you know. yeah. for vanity's sake , as far yeah. for vanity's sake, as far as i could see, stood down as an mp and caused us over £1 million worth of expenditure as a country, because if he wanted to leave a few months early. yeah um, and then before that, obviously nadine dorries seat was a was a complex and difficult by—election, as indeed was tamworth by elections take place because something odd has happened. rochdale wasn't one of those, but rochdale does being bnng those, but rochdale does being bring into stark relief . the ten bring into stark relief. the ten thing at the social fabric that we are experiencing as a country and if we don't get ahead of this problem, we are facing. i've written an article actually for gb news. i don't know if it's going to be published soon. um, but i think we're facing the extinguishing of the united kingdom as we know what do kingdom as we know it. what do you well, you mean by that? well, economically , we've got national you mea

the kingswood, i think it was. the candidate said in her victory speech. on local issues. it had been won on things like potholes, which is remarkable because potholes comes local council, comes down to the local council, doesn't it? it has nothing to do with the local mp, but i think the point that was making the point that she was making was is local issues that was it is local issues that people care and people people care about, and people are frustrated they'd go to are so frustrated they'd go to anyone help. anyone for help. >> are basically be in >> potholes are basically be in the top three problems for mps and for councillors, and it's a lot of it's down to lack of investment , the government have investment, the government have basically halved their amount of investment into roads from 15 years ago , and local authorities years ago, and local authorities are increasingly , having to are increasingly, having to stretch their budgets . they call stretch their budgets. they call themselves having a balanced budget when actually their roads are gett

the new labour mp for kingswood, damien egan, is so obsessed with identity politics he changes his accentg on where he is . depending on where he is. >> if we're celebrating lewisham small businesses, our borough is lucky that we've got one of the highest number of small independent businesses in the whole london. to our whole of london. i went to our lady lourdes and went to lady of lourdes and went to hanham high i was young. we hanham high when i was young. we were homeless and lived in were made homeless and lived in temporary accommodation. were made homeless and lived in tenif)rary accommodation. were made homeless and lived in tenif keir accommodation. were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmerodation. were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmer is ation. were made homeless and lived in tenif keir starmer is struggling >> if keir starmer is struggling to control his party now, how's he going to manage it when he's got 400 or so student activists, charity sector eco fanatic, anti—israel pro, trans labour mp sitting behind him who would rather angela rayner was in char

and obviously in know, did in kingswood, you know, they did perform well, but i wouldn't have described based on their polling. and that their opinion polling. and that really the only evidence that really is the only evidence that we've had recently, at least, of reform , really, really doing reform, really, really doing much in terms terms of much in terms of in terms of actual electoral evidence. i think that there was a stat that i read this, this week that they've only contested two of 39 local council by elections in 2024. we just they just haven't really had been tested yet. i think that therefore, yes, these local elections on the 2nd of may are going to be really, really interesting to see how reform, end up doing. >> absolutely. thank >> absolutely. well, thank you very indeed for your very much indeed for your expertise. chris hopkins pollster. course , savanta pollster. of course, savanta with savanta with savanta, very interesting indeed. i do wonder, when it comes down to it, whether people will vote for reform, how much of a protest vote is it at the moment when it comes

structure is wrong now our whole structure is wrong now and i think everybody can see it when i stood in kingswoodoned with westminster, with the civil service with the way in which we're spending all this money on, on woke diverse and inclusion, and as i've said, you know , the selection process for know, the selection process for parliament was based on diverse and inclusion and quotas, not on the ability to serve the british people. so let's get some common sense back and let's start to get some proper government. and i think the fact that we're going up in poll in the polls this far shows people want it and we can deliver it . and we can deliver it. >> okay. well, it's all to play for. thank you very much for fon thank you very much for joining us. that's rupert lowe , joining us. that's rupert lowe, the business and agriculture spokesman reform uk . all the spokesman for reform uk. all the best. now you're watching or listening news don't listening to gb news and don't forget to get your views in on the big of day. of the big story of the day. of course keep talking about lee course we keep t

you know, we've had a number of recent by elections in wellingborough, in kingswood before that, in mid—bedfordshiree again that they want change after 14 years of conservative government and 14 years of failure, cost of living crisis that they want change. and that's why it's so disappointing, actually, that rishi sunak has said there won't be a general election on the 2nd of may because people deserve to have choice. they have. have that choice. they have. they have the, you know, they deserve able to vote for deserve to be able to vote for the change that they want. >> has it been for you >> rating. has it been for you to that we're not to actually learn that we're not going a spring election ? going to get a spring election? >> well, what i say to rishi sunak is, look, there's still time to call it. he could call an election up until the 26th of march to take place on the 2nd of may. so, you know, just get on and call it the 2nd of may is the right time in the electoral cycle to have an election. we've got council and mayoral elections in on that day. you know, what's what's he running scared of

you look at previous by elections, just two weeks ago, we had victories in wellingborough and in kingswoodr every vote and we will fight for every the general every vote in the general election. us, the next step election. for us, the next step will be selecting a candidate in rochdale for general rochdale for the general election , who can start to election, who can start to rebuild trust within the community. >> george galloway says says that he is keir starmer's worst nightmare and he's now scored a hat trick of election victories over labour. he is a unique figure . he might have a point as figure. he might have a point as to the ramifications of this win here in rochdale , but this was a here in rochdale, but this was a unique by—election in that labour didn't have a candidate . labour didn't have a candidate. >> if we'd have had a candidate, i believe that labour could have won in rochdale , so i'm not sure won in rochdale, so i'm not sure at how much it says about the wider picture, but we will fight for every vote in the in the general election and we'll build trust with voters. yo