what is labour telling you? labour i5 what is labour telling you?exeter, the only other set of elections here, labour cannot mathematically lose exeter city council. they have retained three of the seats already but were saying through the ups and downs the labour party have had, in parliamentary terms with the mp ben bradshaw and the city council, they seem to be teflon coated with massive majority in the council and a safe

labour in 1974. been won by labour, barnet never been won outright by labour. been won outright by labourrom labour. despite a big push from labour. it's been a rough time for ukip. been a rough time for ukip. they suffered an almost total wipe—out. suffered an almost total wipe—out. i'm not saying it's a good result. i'm very disappointed and i hope to do better. do better. didn't think anyone in ukip will be vastly surprised. vastly surprised. think that's a strong base for us to build an. build an. has upped its number of councillors, it's been pretty positive so far. it's been pretty positive so far. afternoon on friday, but this election isn't over yet. election isn't over yet. continues, for instance, here in birmingham. chris mason, bbc news. seat with a slightly reduced majority. majority. majority over the dup of little under 8000 taking a7% of the vote. under 8000 taking a7% of the vote. resignation of barry mcelduff in january. january. has been elected mayor of the sheffield city region. sheffield city region. five labour candidates have been elected. the otherfour are in lond

labour have to examinea labour lost there.parliament. that is unprecedented in british politics and labourare unprecedented in british politics and labour are still not taking this problem seriously enough. the conservatives have been judged to have managed expectations much better going into this election than labourdid. better going into this election than labour did. clearly, the conservatives have benefited from the collapse in the ukip vote. what kind of message do you think that sends to the party about the delivery of brexit? there's still presumably a big debate about what the nature of brexit should be. what we need to do is to make a success of the decision to leave the european union. the pie minister is committed to that. that means listening to people on all sides of the debate to try and shape a positive new partnership with our european neighbours which enables us to respect our results, control our borders, but at the same time maximises the opportunities for trade between us, between us and the european union.

did the labour party actually say that? labour party actually say that?litician was saying it was the press who put the expectations too high. they get their expectations from somebody and usually that is labour press officer. i did it for many years and thatis officer. i did it for many years and that is what you do. when you are setting the strategy for these elections, you want to try to under promise and overdeliver. you don't wa nt promise and overdeliver. you don't want to do at the other way around. they made a strategic mistake because these councils in london we re always because these councils in london were always going to be very, very difficult to take. historical strong tory places but to be fair to the labour operation, it wasn't an entire disaster. in wandsworth which isa entire disaster. in wandsworth which is a flagship conservative council, they came with about 80 votes of taking it. let's turn to the times. they are dealing with an inquest. he brought up expectations. the front page also talk about the anti—semitism. page also talk abo

labour on 654... labour on 654. .. no labour on 654... no change.7. two for ukip, both in derby. 43 for independents. what we make of that? so far, still much to go but so far not seeing labour making the games they hoped for. they hoped to be in a better position than at this stage in the night. the conservative side in a slightly better position than they might have expected at this stage. this is partly because everybody, the main parties, lib dems, tories and labourare gaining the main parties, lib dems, tories and labour are gaining because ukip has pretty much disappeared from the electoral map but that said, the last time they were contested was four years ago and voters are making a choice of the parties in front of them. we heard john mcdonnell saying it is about the fact ukip has gone to the tories but these elections we re to the tories but these elections were four years ago. voters have made their minds up recently. in terms of where we thought the big parties might be at this stage, labour are not as far forward as we might have expect

where is labour headed? labour would get 20% in the last general election, do you thinkjeremy corbyn plausibly could... who is turning back the clock? you talked about the last election, these elections happened yesterday and we are trying to discuss this. did labour get the best result in london since 1970s? the best result was probably the lib dems. vince cable calls at the beginning of the fight back, what is the next bit? that is a really good question. i don't think there is any doubt this was an unexpectedly good result for them. part of that is because the labour party and conservative party managed to make themselves so repellent in the last few weeks that lots of people decided to vote lib dem instead. but they haven't been picking up on that movement. something changed. it may be that they will hope that it is the beginning of the post coalition detox. even if it is a protest vote. for the last couple of years, people have not been happy to give the lib dems a protest vote and if they can do that a

there were some games for labour.y also hold of labour in swindon, they won basildon, peterborough, penetrating from the colla pse peterborough, penetrating from the collapse of ukip just about everywhere a cross collapse of ukip just about everywhere across ukip. lib dems have been celebrating in richmond, where they took the council from conservatives. we richmond, where they took the councilfrom conservatives. we are also looking at kingston coming up later on. ukip, a story of almost total collapse, really. they have lost all but two of the councillors they won four years ago. their campaign promised this time to hold government to account over brexit and it doesn't seem to have done it trick. this time anyway. if you are just if you arejustjoining us on bbc two and the bbc news channel, why don't i bring you up—to—date with the numbers of councillors so far. we are the numbers of councillors so far. we a re pretty the numbers of councillors so far. we are pretty well into the process but there is a bit to come. t

labour party, 2018 votes.have had something to cheer about in trafford. the council's been in conservative hands since 200a. not any more. last night, red overtook blue here, leaving the authority in no overall control. we were a target for the labour party, it's the only conservative council surrounded by a number of labour councils in greater manchester and the north—west. and we've seen significant opposition activity. in the wards where we've seen them change this evening, there is a combination of a significantly higher turnout than we've previously seen before. in local elections, it's local issues which swing the pendulum. here there have been rows over controversial development plans on green belt land. the greens won two surprise seats here. over the pennines in sheffield, environmental issues also came into play. the city council's tree—felling programme has angered voters, and though labour retained control in sheffield, it's been weakened by green gains. i believe that the trees have really brought

what do you think it says about the tories right now that labour ran it so tories right now that labourse, in such a traditional tory area? not surprising, big national issues out there which they attempted to capitalise on. issues out there which they attempted to capitalise onm issues out there which they attempted to capitalise on. it is a cliche, but the thing that made the "brexit" was —— different was brexit. this shows they are all mouth and not a lot of trousers!m was not a victory lap at a tour of the ground they had held, the tories lost seats but only two councils, by traditional standards, for a party, that has been in powerfor eight yea rs, that has been in powerfor eight years, you can see from their faces thatis years, you can see from their faces that is better than they had hoped. is he walking towards power, though? labourdid is he walking towards power, though? labour did edge up. taking two councils, plymouth and kirklees. but losing three others. dramatic strides to number ten, not quite. we are absolutely ready for it, we have the members, we have the organisation,

outside the cities, labour mac —— labour could not stop many towns and turning tory.n, peterborough. the conservatives give you the most voters leaving ukip —— deserting ukip in droves. but the lib dems burst out of their lethargic. taking from the tories. the only party promising a public vote on the brexit deal turned pockets like tori richmond the yellow. we are reasserting ourselves. it is a major national force. that's a lot of hard work and effort and i want to thank all of you for what you have achieved. but some of that success was down to happy greens working alongside. they gained a sprinting of seats themselves. it succeeded -- exceeded oui’ themselves. it succeeded -- exceeded our expectations. they defended all the seats being detected by the bigger parties. this place had gotten used to term almost every time of voters went to the polls. but this time around, the public‘s jost something like the status quo. labour edging jost something like the status quo. labouredging upa jost something like the status quo. labour edging up a little, the tories slipping

labour control of that council. presumably you agreelj labour control of that council.t those results but there is no doubt that the jewish community have sent us a message in barnet and i think we have to understand that. clearly when you have internal disciplinary matters that end up on the front pages and linger, it stops you trying to get your positive message of change over and that's what happened in the last month so it was very difficult for us. you've seenjeremy‘s leadership on that, we have implemented the chakra report and i hope we can come back to barnet in years to come and see we have learned our lesson and dealt with anti—semitism. see we have learned our lesson and dealt with anti-semitism. that perhaps is the complete consolation to the labour councillors who stood in barnet and didn't get elected and the labour leader there saying, we had an opportunity a couple of years ago to do something about this and it has just taken too long. ago to do something about this and it hasjust taken too long. i'm very sorry for those members and council candidates ——

labour a little puzzled.e—mail us on a similar lines.

i think it's a triumph for labour.ace where views on brexit may have come into play. more than 4000 seats, 150 councils, mayors elected, too. this has been the biggest test of political opinion since the general election last year. and it‘s not over yet. the picture so far is patchy and there are more results still to come. in the parliamentary by—election in west tyrone, sinn fein held the seat with a slightly reduced majority. 0rla begley secured a majority over the dup ofjust less than 8,000, taking 47% of the vote. it‘s emerged public health england was warned about the breast cancer screening errors last year. two nhs health trusts raised concerns in march 2017, but were told it was a local rather than a national matter. 450,000 women were not invited to breast cancer screenings due to a computer error. an independent review has been announced by the government. volkswagen‘s former chief executive, martin winterkorn, has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states and violating the clean air act in c

labour actually did an ok job. the expectations he wants. labour actually did an okjob.e capelle at odysseys and gain some seats, no overall control in trafford, the conservatives lost that. they won plymouth. the expectation management was not handled very well. the expectations were way too high. never going to take those conservative councils. naud lfl and quite... they were too high but also what you would expect from an opposition party. halfway through a parliament like this. eight years into a government is a better performance. between 1997 in 2005, new labour lost 4000 counsellors. so far the conservatives of all a lost a few hundred. which of the show tremendous performance from labour. he have to ask why. given the fact that the government really has not had a great few weeks. we had a windrush, loss cabinet members, there has been the breast cancer screening scandal yet labour still are not making good progress that you would expect them to be making. and you see labour's own counsellors, their own private is coming out and saying is because of experience and

labour fails to make the gains it wanted. the conservatives suffer losses, though not the drubbing some had feared. jeremy corbyn‘s party took plymouth, but their high profile campaign in london didn't bring the success they hoped for. obviously i am disappointed in any of the places where we lost a bit of ground, but if you look at the overall picture, labour gained a lot of seats across the coal country. we gained a lot of votes in places where we had not had those votes before. theresa may claims the party did well as the conservatives lose councillors but hold on in some key areas. we won't take anything for granted. we will continue to work hard for local people and we will build on this success for the future. the liberal democrats celebrate victories in cambridgeshire, and richmond, as support for ukip collapses. we'll be looking at what swung the vote and where this leaves the parties. also tonight.... how failings are shortening the life expectancy of some people with learning disabilities by up to 30 years. caught i

you already have labour mps. we want to wina already have labour mps. we want to win a general election, we have to improve our standing outside of london, notjust in the metropolitan areas, in the sires, and the towns, in the rural areas and that is a big issue. the idea of devolution... richard burton was saying that we need to reach ever yes. exactly! would need to reach out. we want improvement outside of the metro. the other thing that really needs to be done is we have to have a look at the anti—semitism. it is not good enough. the labour party paid a heavy price for failing to get a grip on anti—semitism at the leader of the labour council in the north of the labour council in the north of london said labour voters were in tea rs over of london said labour voters were in tears over the anti—semitism thing. that issue. 0ne tears over the anti—semitism thing. that issue. one of the front benches has called the inexperience of hubris from corbyn's team and i think what was concerning was quite how out of touc

two went to labour — kirklees in yorkshire and plymouth.abour lost the leadership of derby and nuneaton which went to ‘no overall control‘. the liberal democrat leader vince cable said his party winning control of four councils from the tories, richmond—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshire, south cambridgeshire and kingston—upon—thames, marked the start of the party's fightback. but it was a near wipeout for ukip. they won on average just over 6% of the vote for the council seats that they fought — losing 123 councillors. on councillors, the tally a short time ago, looks like this — labour gained 59, conservatives lost 31, lib dems gained 75, and the greens up 8. the bbc analysis of the votes suggests that in a general election the two main parties would be neck and neck on a projected vote share of 35% each — with the liberal democrats on 16%. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. there had been a lot of tory nerves, but they held them, for the most part. congratulations, councillor. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth

was surprisingly good for labour.f beam with most of your party's members, isn't it? there is no doubt he's popular with a lot of labour party members. and he has to be given credit the fact that he's brought so many people who we re that he's brought so many people who were unenthused about politics and he has enthused them. but you have to look at who comes out to vote in these elections are not saying that a local election is anything more than, you know, for a lot of people it about local issues. if you look at the numbers who are, to vote in the number they are voting in a moment, this is not a winning position. and i think rather than everybody coming out, the tories are coming out and saying it is fine. labour are coming out and saying it is fine. labourare coming coming out and saying it is fine. labour are coming out and say it we nt well labour are coming out and say it went well for the lib dems say it all went well above the publicjust then, what, can't all be right. and i'm simply saying that from a posit

the direction of the labour party is now set.s a good result for the labour party, maybe not the gains that some people were predicting, but actually last year we were told in the 2017 general election that labour had had a successful fluke, that we would never see that sort of result again. but this year labour have built on those results, we have increased our vote share, and that's impressive and should be celebrated. there were some impressive gains in the local results, in places like plymouth. in london, we didn't take some places, kensington and chelsea, wandsworth, westminster, actually the results were pretty good for the labour party in these tory strongholds. in wandsworth, under 100 votes would have swung the council from one to another. in westminster there was only a 1% difference in vote share between labour and the conservatives. they are important gains for the labour party. is it doing enough, though? there have been an increase in the voices saying, "we should be way ahead." "more should have been done." are yo

this is not what we will see from the labour party because labour you simply cannot trust a word thathey say. they said they would strike new trade dealsm but what do they want? they want to be in a customs union that ensures that they could not strike new trade deals. promise broken. they said that they would scrap student debt and yet after the election, they went back on that. promise broken. they said they would tackle anti—semitism. promise broken. it is only be conservative party that can be trusted by the british people to deliver a brexit that is in the interest of british people, to deliver opportunity for all, and a that is fit for the future. the snp's westminster leader turned to a vote in the scottish parliament, where msps had refused to consent to the eu withdrawal bill. the scottish and uk governments are at odds over the legisltion and what it could mean for devolved powers. mr speaker, it is very simple. the tories are seeking to veto the democratic wishes of the scottish parliament. this is absolutely unprecedented. if this government forces through the legislation,

leaving the labour party end the anti-semitism row?nly doesn't and the way this has been handled is an absolute disgrace from start to finish. he should not have been allowed to piously said that in front of television cameras and pretend he's doing everyone a favour in resigning and bringing an end to this situation. he should have been thrown out of the party a long time ago. it was a lack of leadership thatjeremy ago. it was a lack of leadership that jeremy corbyn did not do so. ago. it was a lack of leadership thatjeremy corbyn did not do so. he goes withjeremy thatjeremy corbyn did not do so. he goes with jeremy corbyn saying, he is terribly sorry to see him go. and that rubs salt into the wounds of those who can genuinely recognise the serious and that seriousness of the serious and that seriousness of the anti—semitism allegations the party is facing. when you talk to labour insiders, do they believe... do they understand the damage this is doing? i think those close to jeremy corbyn, as has been said, it is not a mistake, jerem

you happy with the direction of the labour party?exciting policies and terms of national ideas, nationalisation, tuition fees, the nhs, things that got people engaged in politics. in local elections, all parties failed to do that. it feels old. as a younger person, i do not really have roots anywhere. issues that are seen as bread—and—butter in local elections are not there. the labour party needs to find ways to radically shake up the way we do local politics, that is the key to making sure those people who came out last year will come out in the future. isjeremy corbyn the man to do that? there has been another leadership elections to show that is the will of the labour party. it is tiring that we are continually discussing him asa him as a leader. the labour party is not about individuals or leadership. we have people knocking on doors all over the country, people who had not campaign before, to get people talking about the issues that matter. momentum managed to galvanise people in seats up and down the country, people who had no

for labour, some disappointment, but no disaster.a be here here a lot more as well. for the tories, a sigh of relief, rather than celebration. are you tempted to call a snap general election, prime minister? laughter no, i think we'lljust enjoy this... voters perhaps not yet ready for that kind of dramatic change. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. as we've heard, labour held on to their strongholds in a number of inner cities including birmingham. but they failed to win some key target seats, like wandsworth and swindon, where our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has been talking to voters. we know how people voted, those that bothered, the question now is why? good morning, this is bbc five live, it's your call, we are in wandsworth, where labour didn't get over the line. but we want to hear from you, wherever you are. i didn't vote, i don't have any faith in uk politics, and i don't think there's any real leaders to vote for, so there's no point in voting at the moment. not everyone turned down all the choices on offer

of the last labour governmentm is one of the really big figures of the last labour government.nk because she made politics so personal that she wasn't a tough cookie. she must‘ve been to have risen to such high office and to have server so long that so many roles. she absolutely was, but it was her way of bringing people to reach agreement with her rather than threatening them. when we had meetings together in south london with the police or the hospitals or schools, she was always really friendly and courteous to them but if she felt they were letting people down locally, then she could be very, and was, very, very tough in support of what she wanted to achieve. should you showed a different way of doing politics and she will be so sadly missed or southern she only 70 saw our hearts really going to her family. what's more had she wanted achieve?” really going to her family. what's more had she wanted achieve? i saw herjust a week ago. she was very serena. i mean, she knew that she had made a huge difference on putting the spotlight on brain cancer and even as she based the end

ken livingstone has resigned from the labour party.ayor said his suspension from the party over claims of anti —semitism had become a distraction. jeremy corbyn said mr livingstone quitting labour was "sad" but "the right thing to do". our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster. that's your politics, rewriting history... never shy of a battle, ken livingstone landed himself with one. what hitler did... that he walked into again, and again, and again. arguing that at one time hitler had supported zionism, the movement to create a jewish state in the middle east. two years after calls for him to quit, he is finally off. well i have decided that rather than this drag on for another two years, it is betterfor the labour party if ijust resign. i can go back to campaigning on issues like the environment, supporting jeremy's economic plans and all of that. but if i was to stay in and fight this, my lawyers say it could take two years more. this was the start. let's remember when hitler won his election in 1932, his policy

they we re labour party called progress. on the moderate wing of the labour party. jeremy corbyn ‘s supporters were described them as being on the right. they are critical ofjeremy corbyn and that the labour party has taken to the left. they blame the fa ct taken to the left. they blame the fact labour has not taken big strides forwards in these elections onjeremy corbyn. just looking at the election results, yes, i can say they did take their best results since the early 70s here in london but around the country, in towns like nuneaton and derby, they really fell backwards, losing ground to the conservatives. this was an election when nobody really one overall. the tories took a few steps forwards in some places, fell backwards and others. labour did the same bulldog in many ways, the best outcome was for the liberal democrats control for the liberal democrats control for councils, turning around usually after eight years of conservative government labour would have been hoping to make big gains. they didn't. and today, spe

iam nowjoined by the labour mp caroline flint, who broadly supports labours position and wants us toet and customs union. also fellow mp 0wen smith, who is still holding out for another referendem. good evening to both of you. are you clear on the labour position? yes, i think the position is that there should be a customs union and a strong, close relationship with the single market but to some extent that is a fudged position and i think unfortunately the country will see that. we must be clear with people about the kind of trade—off we are prepared to accept and in my view, if we are to retain a strong manufacturing base, if we're to make sure that we don't have a hard border in ireland, preserving peace and prosperity and if we are to remain a leading nation in the world, then we need to stay in the customs union and the single market. stay in the single market, meaning free movement? if you stay in on the current rules, yes. if we went into the eea... you'd never get that pastjeremy corbyn. articles of the eea treaty say you can have a safeguard mechanism stopping free movement.

we can speak to the labour mp tulip siddiq. out a few hours ago after the announcement of the resignation. you said you are glad to see the back of him but does this end the controversy within the labour party about anti—semitism? no, of course it's one resignation is not going to end the controversy there is about anti—semitism in the labour party but what i will say is it is symbolic. it used we have got rid of someone who caused such an offence to the jewish rid of someone who caused such an offence to thejewish community and not just the jewish community but also friends of the jewish not just the jewish community but also friends of thejewish community and to us as mps. today i'm in my constituency which has a large jewish contingency and these are constituents of families were murdered in the holocaust and the comments made by ken livingstone where despicable. so i'm glad that he has resigned but i will say that he has resigned but i will say that he should have been expelled. he should have been expelled a long time ago

labour believes the line should be taken into public control.n forward because of the lack of candour and the lack of debate around the future of the east coast franchise both inside this house and outside. not for the first time, the secretary of state for transport has fallen desperately short in matters of clarity and courtesy in his ministerial conduct. mr grayling announced last week that virgin—stagecoach's franchise on the east coast line would be ending early and that the route was being temporarily brought under public control. his long—term plan is to create a public—private partnership. each time we divert the railway, the secretary of state argues that private sector funds investment in the railway, that we would not have under public ownership. this is simply untrue and misunderstands where investment comes from. it is the taxpayer, and the fare payer, not private companies who fund investment in the railway. a matter of bad timing, but he will be aware that in wales today, the labour government has awarded the franchise to the mult

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been speaking about her legacy.ink in i think in government, pushing for sure start, which made such a difference to so many children posed by clients, the idea that all our children can achieve things together, and you bring the family in haswell, so it is that sense of community, she brought back to it. that is one of the greatest achievements. the other was working with a very wide range of people to help bring the olympics to london and see it all the way through, and i have never forgotten her earnestly at a meeting with the parliamentary labour party about how well we will do at tae kwon do. i am pretty sure that 99% of the people in the room did not have a clue what that was. but she said that such conviction, yes, absolutely, very good. she had a great determination in sport, and you get the playing field now, young kids out on a sunday morning, play football, that is a good legacy. the former prime minister tony blair has been speaking to the bbc about his memories of dame tessa. has been speaking to the bb

the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70.agnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the prime minister has paid tribute to tessa jowell. over a photograph of the two of them together, she said: the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also paid tribute: leila nathoo looks back on her career. and the games of the 30th olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of london! the words they wanted to hear. london had won the contest to host the 2012 olympics and it was tessa jowell who championed the bid from the start. i am tessa jowell, olympic minister. she went on to oversee preparations for the games and laid the foundations for the capital's greatest sporting event. tessa jowell was first elected to parliament in 1992 in the south london seat of dulwich, after spending time as a social worker and councillor. she was then one ofjust 60 female m

the labour leader moved on to greg clark.th her business secretary who makes it clear he doesn't back a technological alternative when he told the bbcjobs would be at risk if we don't sort out a comprehensive customs and deal? what the business secretary said on sunday was that it was absolutely right that we should be leaving the customs union. now, the government has apologised to a libyan dissident and his wife for britain's part in their capture and torture in 200a. abdul hakim belhadj was held for six years. fatima bouchar was pregnant when she was detained. she was released shortly before giving birth. the attorney general read out the apology issued by the government. neither of you should have been treated in this way. the uk government's actions in tribute to to your detention, and suffering. the uk government shared information about you with its international part is. we should have done more to reduce the risk that you would be mistreated, and we access this was a failing on our part. we must not lose sight of the

but labour's in a lonely place round here.egion. there are three conservative and three ukip meps. at this point in parliament, shouldn't labour be doing better? well, i mean, i think that labour are doing quite well across the east of england. it's always a tough region for us, and places like great yarmouth switch between labour and the conservatives. i think we could well make some gains here in great yarmouth and across the east of england. i don't think it will be earth shattering overnight, but i think we will make steady progress. there was a time when another party saw this area as its heartland, tapping into anti—immigrant and anti—eu sentiment. but ukip‘s short lived heyday in various seats across eastern england ended last year. whereas in the 2015 general election, ukip was eating into a large section of the vote — at the general election two years later, almost every one of those seats, they were down to single figures. voters have already switched allegiance, and here in great yarmouth, so too have some elected o

that will be pretty difficult for labour here, recent polling suggests labour will do very well in londont results in the last almost 50 years, wandsworth could be one of those that it does not quite manage to get hold of. i have been speaking with people about what they think. education, in terms of education, the youth is not sufficiently involved in how to prevent crime. usually, it's housing because we did have problems finding a place to live. secondly, it is quite busy here and sometimes it is quite dirty, so these are the main points we are facing. everything that is going on right now in the news with windrush and the way that the youth is being treated. everything like that that is going on at the moment. education. making sure that we get really good quality education for my kids and also the leisure facilities. there are not enough swimming pools and local leisure facilities for families around here. just north of this borough, westminster, another borough which isa westminster, another borough which is a conservative flagship borough, very much one of the conservative crown je

conservatives doing well in rural areas and towns, labour party doing goodin areas and towns, labourut neither taking votes from other party, which is what you need to do ina party, which is what you need to do in a general election. more than 2500 patients with brain conditions are being recalled to special clinics in northern ireland today, over fears they were misdiagnosed by a senior neurologist. patients seen by consultant dr michael watt were contacted by the belfast trust after doctors raised concerns about the care he was giving. keith doyle reports. the first of thousands of patients diagnosed with neurological conditions will start to get new assessments from today. amid fears they may have been misdiagnosed. 200 additional clinics have been set up in northern ireland to review patients who were treated by a consultant neurologist, dr michael watt. it follows a year long independent investigation by the royal college of physicians. gillian mannus was diagnosed with nerve damage and other conditions 12 years ago. she is one of the patients who has received a letter offering

, more than 80 of them define the labour whip.o back to the commons, and i'm sure that this is galvanising some of those labour rebels when this comes to a vote in the commons. labour members would like to have, the majority, but like to have a second referendum, and i vote certainly on the final deal —— would like to have a second referendum, and they vote certainly. some labour constituents have been very frustrated and they have said, why haven't you worked this out? you can hear televisions switchover ci’oss can hear televisions switchover cross britain. we should move on! it is so much minute shy because no one knows what they are doing and it is quite boring. it is like someone saying, how did you get here, did you come past those roadworks which among and you think, just get on with it. -- among and you think, just get on with it. —— those roadworks? among and you think, just get on with it. -- those roadworks? now to another story, rising hate crimes since the eu vote. and this also is about theresa may's immigration polic

the labour party are pretty shambolic combos. step forward and one step back. we will be out of the customs union and we will make the best possible deal with europe. i am half english, half german and i want a close relationship with the european union and they want is to respect the results of the referendum. the labour front bench is talking about a referendum on that final deal, theresa may said that final deal, theresa may said that in her answer. that is not true. if you look at the positions of labour and the conservatives on this, they want out of the customs union, they want out of the single market. if people, for example, in lewisham east want to send a message to the labour party, the thing to do would be to vote liberal democrat. how would you respond to those who say we have voted on it, we've had the highest number of people voting for brexit. but eve you are staying in the customs union, you are showing two fingers to them. look at the mass. every family has lost £900 asa the mass. every family has lost £900 as a

ken livingstone has resigned from the labour party.aid his suspension from the party over claims of anti—semitism had become a distraction. jeremy corbyn said mr livingstone quitting labour was "sad" but "the right thing to do". our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster. that's your politics, rewriting history... never shy of a battle, ken livingstone landed himself with one. what hitler did... that he walked into again, and again, and again. arguing that at one time hitler had supported zionism, the movement to create a jewish state in the middle east. two years after calls for him to quit, he is finally off. well, i have decided that rather than this drag on for another two years, it is betterfor the labour party if ijust resign. i can go back to campaigning on issues like the environment, supporting jeremy's economic plans and all of that. but if i was to stay in and fight this, my lawyers say it could take two years more. this was the start. let's remember when hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then w

trade unions created the labour party and will always have the labour party as their political voice.f working people and we represent labour. unites handed labour party £11 million underjeremy corbyn and he is the tory‘s favourite bogey man. you love it. in a way, i wear it as man. you love it. in a way, i wear itasa man. you love it. in a way, i wear it as a badge of honour if right—wing newspapers are attacking me, i must be doing something right for my class, my members and my people. the footballer ray wilson — who was a member of england's world cup winning team in 1966 — has died at the age of 83. he played at left—back in all six of england's games in the tournament and was the oldest member of the team in the final. along with geoff hurst, he famously lifted captain bobby moore to show the trophy at the end of the game. the manager of the england football team, gareth southgate, has announced his 23—man squad for the world cup — which begins in russia next month. many of the selections are young, less experienced players — including the 19—year—old liverpool defender, trent a

he can be a minus at times, but labour's notjust one person. messages from around the country showed strong feelings, deeply split. a tory supporter texted: he made this trip three times, but in swindon, labour only gained a single seat. hard effort gone to waste? party loyalty‘s often an unbreakable habit however you describe yourself. an historic conservative voter. it's in your blood? it's in my blood. i can't ever imagine voting for any other party. i never vote. don't believe in none of them. none of them? none of them, a load of rubbish. i used to vote for conservative before. you voted conservative before, but labour this time? yes. what changed your mind? to bring somebody new to the council this time. what with brexit, internal struggles, it's harder now for any party to get to the top of the pile. not much changed in these elections. but then so many old rules of politics have ended up on the scrapheap. john pienaar, bbc news, swindon. now on bbc news, our world. hunt is under way. —— a hunt. basra police on the back of a tipoff think

a former labour leader brands it a betrayal.have the government saying, let's dump this promise! it's too expensive, it's a distraction! how dare they, madam deputy speaker? how dare they to the mccanns, to the dowlers, to all those other victims? but first, i think it is safe to say that this was not a good week for the government on brexit. two reasons. ministers suffered another set of defeats in the lords, on the eu withdrawal bill and then there was borisjohnson‘s comments that the prime minister's customs partnership idea was crazy. but let's start with those defeats. and one of them, over continued membership of the european economic area after brexit, definitely wasn't expected. we create jobs, we create real wealth, and to make it harderfor us by ignoring what we do is, i think, unacceptable. i understand why the hard brexiters will not lose any sleep over this probably at all, because for them, it is not economic, it is political. but for the rest of the country, it is theirjobs, it is their livelihoods, it is the futu

the former labour cabinet minister was diagnosed with a brain tumour in may last year.ir children carried out three church bombings that killed at least 11 people in the country. theresa may has reaffirmed her commitment to leaving the eu customs union. it comes as ministers consider two alternative options for trading post—brexit. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. coming up: peers inflict a string of defeats on the government over the eu withdrawal bill and tempers fray. if anybody is undermining the government at the moment, it's the foreign secretary rubbishing the prime minister! the government says sorry for the uk's part in the kidnap

that is the kind of place that will be worrying for the labour party to have these moves. they took it at the general election and i5 have these moves. they took it at the general election and is a seat where they had to make progress but to lose support on the council will be worrying and the kind of place the tories will be cheered by. in dudley, it sounds like the tories have taken dudley, a marginal seat.

labour started out from a high watermark.ed the levels of expectations too high and thought they would get these various councils in london and they didn't. on the other hand, if you can't do better than that up against a government who have suffered this many setbacks, maybe they aren't much of a chance. alex campbell himself doesn't have very record himself. i think the brexit spokesman for labour does his best to bring some clarification commitment that actually we need jeremy corbyn now to do his duty and come out with a clear statement. because this is a mess which can only be clarified when leadership... and i think that this is where its cable has been clear. i am not a lib dem that he has been clear on where his party stands. maybe that's why the lib dems have more council seats than anybody else. let's let that rest. let's go to the front page of the sun. a story we have been reporting on all evening, sir alex ferguson. a big shock for the whole world, particularly sand. we saw him on the pitch of old trafford during

a former labour leader brands it a betrayal.e have the government saying, let's dump this promise! it is too expensive, it is a distraction! how dare they, how dare they, to all those other victims? but first, at noon the foreign secretary was in his customary seat just a little down the front bench from theresa may as she faced prime minister's questions. borisjohnson has had a bumpy week. he's just got back from washington, where he made a fruitless attempt to persuade donald trump not to ditch the iran nuclear deal. then he denounced one of the prime minister's preferred brexit policies as "crazy" — an unusual step for a cabinet minister. with all that in mind, the labour leader began his weekly interrogation. does the prime minister agree with her foreign secretary that her plan for a customs partnership set out in her lancaster house speech is in fact crazy? can i say... can i say, we are leaving the european union, we are leaving... we are leaving the customs union. but of course for our future trade arrangements, trade re

the former labour mayor of london ken livingstone says he's leaving the party. after allegations of anti—semitism following comments that adolf hitler had at one time supported zionism. this afternoon he spoke to bbc london. well, i've decided that rather than this drag on for another two years, it's better for the labour party if ijust resign. i can go back to campaigning on issues like the environment, supporting jeremy's economic plans, and all of that. but if i was to stay in and fight this, my lawyers say, it could take two years more. our political editor laura kuenssberg is at westminster for us. laura what's prompted this? jeremy corbyn and ken livingstone are old friends, ken livingstone was one of the people who came back in from the cold whenjeremy corbyn took over the labour party, having been frozen out for quite some time. but he got himself into trouble over comments he made suggesting adolf hitler was at one time a supporter of zionism, comments he made on many occasions, making what he believed we re occasions, making what he believed were histo