it is frankly that _ are in rutherglen. nick. it is frankly that sense _ are in rutherglen. nick.r hq right up to the top of the party, they are extremely optimistic. i want to bring in scottish labour's deck vitty leaderjackie baillie. i will bring you over here because i was very struck there. —— deputy leader. you said john curtice analysis suggest on a uniform swing labour could win 40 seats, is that what you are eyeing up?— labour could win 40 seats, is that what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent _ what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent about _ what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent about this. _ what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent about this. that - what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent about this. that is - what you are eyeing up? look, we are not complacent about this. that is a i not complacent about this. that is a seismic— not complacent about this. that is a seismic victory for us and it's given— seismic victory for us and it's given us— seismic victory for us and it's given us a _ seismic victory for

rutherglen voted for. and i want to thank— rutherglen voted for.community with dignity— will serve his community with dignity and _ will serve his community with dignity and determination. i will serve his community with - dignity and determination. michael! applause _ cheering and applause conference, scotland can lead the way to _ conference, scotland can lead the way to a _ conference, scotland can lead the way to a labour— conference, scotland can lead the way to a labour government. - conference, scotland can lead the way to a labour government. buti conference, scotland can lead the . way to a labour government. but be under— way to a labour government. but be under no _ way to a labour government. but be under no illusion, _ way to a labour government. but be under no illusion, we _ way to a labour government. but be under no illusion, we must - way to a labour government. but be under no illusion, we must earn - under no illusion, we must earn every— under no illusion, we must earn every vote — under no illusion, we must earn every vote and

we can go live now to our political correspondent in rutherglen. nick, talk us through.sy where you are. lots going on. what is happening? well, we are expecting the labour leader to arrive in the constituency pretty soon for a victory rally and i think it's a sign ofjust how important labour think this result is, that they are packing this rally out with top people from the party. look, over the last few months, labour's optimism about scotland is growing exponentially. i remember talking to people, we could get 10—15 seats could be winnable in scotland, then that went from 20—211 and i've been chatting to people in the hq this morning who say that it's possible 28 seats could come into play in scotland and if you think about the numbers in scotland we were talking about, as of this morning, we have two seats in scotland, that's a really big deal and it's well beyond scotland pass back borders because it could be absolutely crucial for a general election. we know that sir keir starmer is feeling optimistic about its prospects, if they can win 20-25 about its prospects,

in this by—election. 0ne rutherglen in this by—election.rs who wanted to ensure that the snp lost this by—election to switch to labour, to ensure that the snp lost, but they might be much more reluctant to do that in a general election. that said, it has been when oppositions start to produce swings of this size, and it's not the first one for labour, they had an over 20% swing in a by—election in yorkshire back injuly from the conservatives and its when the opposition put in the big swings that history suggests that we might be on course to win the next general election. maybe labour will not get the 40 election. maybe labour will not get the a0 seats they had in 2010 and may be they will end up with 20, but that 20 would of itself potentially make a significant contribution to the labour chances of getting an overall majority in the next election, not an easy task for the party because at the moment at least, the geography of its support is not very efficient in distribution and it requires a big lead over the conservatives to get an over

coming up in this next hour, more rutherglen . and has more from rutherglen. met office with the gb news forecast . first, cloudy for many forecast. first, cloudy for many of us today . windy with some of us today. windy with some outbreaks of rain in the north and warm in the far south and it's warm in the far south with some spells of sunshine. that's where high pressure is. but north of that high, we've got a slow moving weather front which will pop up overnight and into the start of saturday, bringing increasingly heavy and persistent rain to parts of scotland, especially central and western scotland . and there is western scotland. and there is the risk through the weekend of significant flooding in this part of the country. elsewhere across the uk, it's dry overnight with clear spells across central and southern parts. it's still fairly breezy andits parts. it's still fairly breezy and it's to going be a mild start to the weekend . some mist start to the weekend. some mist and low cloud around across england and wales. first thing, a few spots of rain ov

you did it. never beat the snp in scotland and rutherglen. you did it . when and rutherglen., i said, you've got to win team, i said, you've got to win it or you blew the doors off and congratulations to our brilliant candidate. now mp michael, what a fantastic campaign he has run. i'm so proud of this campaign , i'm so proud of this campaign, of what you have achieved . of what you have achieved. >> what a time when scottish voters looked at westminster, at the tory government and saw something which didn't represent them. >> they turned their back on that , but they >> they turned their back on that, but they also not so long ago saw a labour party that had drifted away from them . we've drifted away from them. we've changed . and we are the party of changed. and we are the party of changed. and we are the party of change in britain . we are the change in britain. we are the party of change right across the whole country . and whilst we've whole country. and whilst we've been busy here, you'll have seen the tories have been in manchester. what a circus. rishi sunak pretendi

it is a message being sent by the people of rutherglen and - the people of rutherglen and hamilton westhe snp and the conservatives that they have had enough of chaos and division, but also saying very clearly, that they want change, they want a government that will deliver change in holyrood and in westminster as well and that message was coming across time and time again during the campaign. because we focused on the issues that people raised with us and they wanted to see action for working people, especially in the middle of a cost of living crisis they are not getting that action either from the snp or the conservatives and they can see that labour would be delivering that change. you can see that labour would be delivering that change. you heard in the re ort, delivering that change. you heard in the report. if— delivering that change. you heard in the report, if swing _ delivering that change. you heard in the report, if swing is _ delivering that change. you heard in the report, if swing is repeated - the report, if swing is repeated enough, it could get you back to when you wer

rutherglen and hamilton west ham said it _ rutherglen and hamilton west ham said it very— rutherglen said it very clear _ rutherglen and hamilton west ham said it very clear message _ rutherglen and hamilton west ham said it very clear message that - rutherglen and hamilton west ham said it very clear message that they| said it very clear message that they are sick_ said it very clear message that they are sick of— said it very clear message that they are sick of two— said it very clear message that they are sick of two tired _ said it very clear message that they are sick of two tired feeling - are sick of two tired feeling incompetent _ are sick of two tired feeling incompetent governments, are sick of two tired feeling - incompetent governments, they are desperate _ incompetent governments, they are desperate for — incompetent governments, they are desperate for change, _ incompetent governments, they are desperate for change, the _ incompetent governments, they are desperate for change, the vehicle i desperate for change, the vehicle for that— desperate for change, the vehicle fo

, you did it. ., , scotland, and, rutherglen, you did it.s 's leader to activists _ it. from the party plans 's leader to activists working _ it. from the party plans 's leader to activists working the - it. from the party plans 's leader to activists working the streets, l to activists working the streets, labour poured resources into the constituency and the win was much, much bigger than many had expected. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,841. michael shanks, scottish labour party. 17.841.— michael shanks, scottish labour pa ,17,841. ., , party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for — party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for the _ party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for the snp. _ party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for the snp. the _ party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for the snp. the party - party, 17,841. labour winning double the votes for the snp. the party of. the votes for the snp. the party of power at holyrood face challenges going into the vote and had been managing expe

i'm just back from rutherglen.ep . and we've heard that message loud and clear. they've made their views known, but now we've got to build on that to make sure that when the election comes , we can win the trust of comes, we can win the trust of the people and start to implement the kind of change that people want . that people want. >> now, pat, one of the one of the, i think, poorjokes that the, i think, poor jokes that the, i think, poor jokes that the tory party conference was the tory party conference was the flip flops. keir starmer flip flopping. and yet we see on the front of the daily telegraph today that keir starmer will fall line with rishi sunak fall into line with rishi sunak he will not bring to back to life putting him on a collision course with andy burnham in manchester. and i guess what the point is, what do you say to people who seem to believe that keir starmer just changes position with wind ? position with the wind? >> well, i thought it was a bit ironic. the conservative party making so much

rutherglen and describing it. rutherglen and hamilton west by—election win as a seismic victory.the vote, more than double that of the snp's katie loudon . of the snp's katie loudon. labour leader sir keir starmer says scotland is key to securing a majority at the next general election . a conservative election. a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handling of raf scampton . the government is scampton. the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former air base into a migrant camp. the home office says it's confident the project does meet planning requirements. but councillor roger patterson labelled the department liars . labelled the department liars. those are the headlines . you can those are the headlines. you can get more on all of those stories , just visit our website gb news.com , just visit our website gbnews.com . direct bullion gb news.com. direct bullion sponsors gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . at here's a quick investment. a

the honest truth is that the 37% turnout in rutherglen, well, it's what?r than the average in all by—elections in the uk in this parliament, also below the average in all scottish by—elections during the course of this century. so it's not markedly below. the truth is that previous by—elections that have shown large swings to the opposition have indeed sometimes presaged general election success. so i think the truth is we shouldn't simply discount this because it's a lower turnout because the turnout is not markedly lower in many another by—election that has indeed at least told us about the direction of travel, even if perhaps it's giving us a somewhat exaggerated picture as to how much progress the opposition is actually making. that's a good rule. john, thank you. and i will remember that you're always full of very good rules to bear in mind. but i just want to end by asking you now, we've talked about what this might mean for labour in the general election, but what about what it might mean for the snp? because we've been hearing from conservative msp

live to our political correspondent nick eardley, in rutherglen.orning among scottish labour leaders when i spoke to you earlier. now that a bit of the dust has settled, what is the feeling around how much of this momentum they could take to a general election?— general election? labour are optimistic — general election? labour are optimistic. they _ general election? labour are optimistic. they are - general election? labour are i optimistic. they are confident. general election? labour are - optimistic. they are confident. they are pretty certain that this is a moment for them in scottish politics. rememberthat moment for them in scottish politics. remember that labour was almost wiped out in scotland after the independence referendum. it felt like that was a proper game—changer for labour's position here. well, they hope that this might be the same. they are looking at that swing and they are saying, if we can do it in rutherglen, we can do it elsewhere in the central belt. i was speaking to ian murray who until yesterday was labour's only mp fo

james cook, bbc news, rutherglen. chris is here. caveats, a by—election, a low turnout.o this? �* , ., ., turnout. what can we really read into this? �* , . ., , ., ., into this? it's a fair question. how enuuaed into this? it's a fair question. how engaged should — into this? it's a fair question. how engaged should the _ into this? it's a fair question. how engaged should the rest _ into this? it's a fair question. how engaged should the rest of- into this? it's a fair question. how engaged should the rest of us be. into this? it's a fair question. howl engaged should the rest of us be in this poll given a fair chunk of people there weren't in terms of turning out to vote, it's just one by—election, but those who pour over the numbers in by—elections, particularly those relatively close to the general election, likejohn curtis who we saw there, so you can read the runes. context is everything. back in 2005 when labour last won a general election they had 41 seats in scotland, but in 2010, when they lost a general election, they also had 41 seats in scotland. they've cu

throughout— getting people in rutherglen and throughout scotland _ getting people in rutherglen ande has a plan. — cost of living crisis. he has a plan. he's _ cost of living crisis. he has a plan, he's implementing - cost of living crisis. he has a| plan, he's implementing that cost of living crisis. he has a - plan, he's implementing that plan, and its— plan, he's implementing that plan, and it's quite — plan, he's implementing that plan, and it's quite clear— plan, he's implementing that plan, and it's quite clear that— plan, he's implementing that plan, and it's quite clear that plan- plan, he's implementing that plan, and it's quite clear that plan is- and it's quite clear that plan is working — and it's quite clear that plan is working because _ and it's quite clear that plan is working because inflation - and it's quite clear that plan is working because inflation is i working because inflation is falling _ working because inflation is fallin: . �* . working because inflation is fallina. . , ., ~ working because inflation is fallina. . , . ,, ~ falling. all his talk last week

last week, the people of rutherglen and hamilton west voted to make work pay.nny go simply on keeping a roof over your head. if you live in damp, cramped housing or have no home at all. safe, secure, affordable housing is no longer the foundation on which people can rely, that foundation of a good life, decent wages, strong communities and affordable homes crumbled in tory britain. too many people are stuck paying unaffordable private rent or living the nightmare of a whole rack of inflammable cladding while leaseholders linger in a system left over from the middle ages. dream leaseholders linger in a system left overfrom the middle ages. dream of home ownership slipping away. as more than1 million home ownership slipping away. as more than 1 million families wait for social housing. over the last 13 years, tory ministers sold or demolished more than double the number of social homes that they delivered. families who need a council house are often stuck in cramped, temporary accommodation or at the mercy of private landlords and this summer, michael gove handed

labour wins the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election. costs people face to be acquitted of criminal charges. we hear the story of one family. sport now and, for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie, we're starting with the news today that footballer paul pogba's failed drugs test has been confirmed with a positive result in his b sample. the former manchester united and now juventus midfielder was suspended in august after an initial random drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. if the 30—year—old world cup winner is found guilty of doping, he could be banned for between two and four years. elsewhere in football, the row over var continues. liverpool were denied a goal against spurs at the weekend which turned out to be an error. they lost the game.

our scotland editorjames cook is in rutherglen tonight, james.g for the scottish national party here. there was concern, even anger, among voters about the behaviour of the former mp margaret ferrier who was thrown out of the party and parliament for breaking lockdown law. voters also expressed concerns about the snp�*s stewardship of public services, as well as the conservatives�* handling of the economy, and then there was also that police investigation into the snp's that police investigation into the snp�*s funding and finances. but this is notjust about snp�*s funding and finances. but this is not just about the snp�*s failure here, it is about labour�*s thumping success. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,840... applause. labour didn�*tjust win here, they triumphed. the snp didn�*tjust lose, they were trounced. my campaign has been focused on offering people here a fresh start, a break away from the divisiveness and distraction of two failing governments and to give a voice to those who are too often voiceless in our society. applaus

james cook, bbc news, rutherglen. away from politics and under sport.that is ireland versus scotland. ireland are favourites, the number one team in the world. scotland, well, it is a crucial game. they have got to win convincingly or they are heading home. live now to fiona hayes — a former ireland international rugby player and john hosie — a scotland supporter. getting ready for the game. great to see both. thank you for coming on. fiona, let's start with you because ireland have been so dominant. number one team in the world, many, many pundits are picking ireland to win the whole thing. how do you think it is going to go scotland tomorrow? is think it is going to go scotland tomorrow?— think it is going to go scotland tomorrow? , ., ., ., tomorrow? is going to be a tough came tomorrow? is going to be a tough name but tomorrow? is going to be a tough game but i _ tomorrow? is going to be a tough game but i think— tomorrow? is going to be a tough game but i think that _ tomorrow? is going to be a tough game but i think that we - tomorrow? is going to

and hamilton - after the other by—election success in rutherglen and hamilton west l in rutherglen anderglen and hamilton west suggesting labour is resurgent. in rutherglen and hamilton westj suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland — suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland now— suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland. now they— suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland. now they will - suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland. now they will be - suggesting labour is resurgent in scotland. now they will be trying| suggesting labour is resurgent in. scotland. now they will be trying to carry on _ scotland. now they will be trying to carry on with — scotland. now they will be trying to carry on with this _ scotland. now they will be trying to carry on with this caution _ scotland. now they will be trying to carry on with this caution strategy. carry on with this caution strategy of ensuring — carry on with this caution strategy of ensuring they _ carry on with this caution strategy of ensuring they do _ carry on with this caution strategy of ensuring they do not _ carry on wit

an emphatic win for labour in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election.division, of chaos and incompetence, and extend, express a desire for a fresh start, express a desire for change. meanwhile, the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has praised the result as a "seismic" win for his party. hello and welcome. labour has emphatically won the rutherglen & hamilton west by—election — in what's being seen as a key test of the party's ability to regain seats in scotland. with a larger—than—expected swing of 20.1i%, labour's michael shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for the snp�*s katy loudon, who came second. the by—election was triggered by the removal of the snp�*s margaret ferrier, after she broke covid lockdown rules. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. welcome to scotland's newest mp, michael shanks! a striking victory in what was a marginal seat, with the victorious labour candidate notching up a majority

and hamilton west. seat of rutherglen and hamilton west.olice in cheshire say they are carrying out a corporate manslaughter investigation at the hospital where child serial killer lucy letby worked. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. the 2030 football world cup will be held across six countries in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. the decision is set to be ratified at a fifa congress next year, with spain, portugal and morocco as the co—hosts. but the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. that's to mark the world cups centenary, as it will be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideo. more on this story in sportsday at 6.30pm this evening on bbc news. that news from fifa comes on the same day the uk and republic of ireland will now bid unopposed for euro 2028, unopposed for euro 2028, after turkey withdrew to focus on a joint bid with italy for euro 32. turkey agreed to merge their bid with italy injuly and that has now been approved by uefa. in april, 10 ve

well, he's not the to win rutherglen, no, it's rutherglen, so.not being the not not simply not being the tories, would be a shrug. 20 tories, it would be a shrug. 20 points lead is blair points in the lead is blair style leads in a world where and i think this is important to understand and all people's hope in beaten in change has been beaten out of them. they've terrible them. they've had a terrible decade with government who decade with this government who basically decided that in the end, if we can't make things better, try to persuade better, we'll try to persuade everybody can ever everybody that nothing can ever get and a really get better. and that's a really difficult the difficult situation to be. the opposition in because in government you've got much government you've got so much power and persuade power to do things and persuade things. keir offers the things. i think keir offers the safety and the stability . now, safety and the stability. now, there's nothing flashy about stability , but it reduces costs. stability, but it reduces

today at one: a huge win for labour over the snp in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election.or all of us in scotland, for all of us across the whole of the united kingdom. we�*ll be live in the constituency and ask what the result means. also on the programme... a man is due in court, charged in connection with a suspected plot to kidnap the itv presenter holly willoughby. afterfive years in prison, we hear from the man whose family spent hundreds of thousands of pounds clearing his name. and a remarkable story of survival — we hear about the tropical turtle washed up on a beach off the island of iona. and coming up on bbc news: it�*s day two of the cricket world cup, with both netherlands and pakistan struggling to really take control of their match in hyderabad. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. labour has emphatically won the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election — in what�*s being seen as a key test

they said you will never beat the snp in scotland and rutherglen, you did it!lause scotland's labour leader anas sarwar echoed these thoughts, saying his country would be key in delivering a uk—wide labour victory, but the party must continue to work hard to regain voters�* trust. i am very clear that actually, scotland will lead the way in delivering uk—wide labour government. and i think what you have seen happen in scotland over night is people move away and reject the politics of division, of chaos and incompetence and instead express a desire for a fresh start, express a desire for change. and they can now see that scottish labour is the vehicle for that change and that scotland will lead and that scotland will lead the way in delivering a uk—wide labour government. a disappointing night for the snp. this is what humza yousaf had to say. a disappointing night. a tough night for the snp. very difficult, of course. there's a number of factors that played into that, we were told time and time again on the doorstep that margaret ferrier�*s reckless actions cou

what the people of rutherglen and hamilton said very clearly as they want labour and they want changeanks to all of our panellists. and _ evening. thanks to all of our panellists. and thanks, - panellists. and thanks, obviously, to you all for being with us. through the evening here. ifind it quite shattering to say i will be backin shattering to say i will be back in this building and less than four hours time. good morning, scotland. you join than four hours time. good morning, scotland. youjoin me, cannot get enough of the stuff. you can hear us on bbc scotland and bbc sound if you're not in scotland. plenty talk talk ——to talk about on the bbc. the story of the night is this, labour has another mp in scotland the people in rutherglen and hamilton was happening mp and we have lots to talk about for probably the next year. they keep being with us. good night. —— thanks for being with us. new plans for new ideas to control migration. the only thing we had previously from the us press is us administration was pushing mexico before the rectifications from mexico north. to place like ec

now in this showing on on rutherglen showing they'll get back nearly all of those 40 seats.the road to number 10 for labour goes through scotland and it looks like this is going to deliver a working majority for keir starmer . keir starmer. >> well, yes, and of course ian , if labour do well in scotland , it takes the pressure off them to win back the red wall, which could be tight. to win back the red wall, which could be tight . yes, exactly . could be tight. yes, exactly. >> and i think though i understand stuart's dismay about the drift of intellectual policy and attitudes in academia in particular and in politics. but i think he's missing something very important in scotland that this by—election results has underlined. there's been a significant sea change in attitudes in scotland. if you look at labour's policies in recent months , they've been recent months, they've been tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the tacking quite significantly to the right. in 2019, the snp tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the snp was the right. in 2019,

more now on labour's by—election win in rutherglen and hamilton west.ceived more than twice the number of votes than those of the scottish national party, which had held the seat of rutherglen and hamilton west. labour candidate michael shanks won just under 18,000 votes. the snp's katy loudon came in second. the labour share of the vote is up 2a points, almost as high as it was in 2010 before the snp virtually wiped them out in scotland. that's a swing from snp to labour of slightly more than 20%. the scottish labour leader, anas sarwar, said he believed the result showed that scottish politics had "fundamentally changed". a short time ago, sir keir spoke with bbc scotland political correspondent andrew kerr. take a listen. keir starmer, congratulations on your by—lection victory. we've spoken before, and we've said you had to win here, didn't you? yes, we had to win here. and i was here last week. and when i left, i said to the team, you have to win. they were confident because of the positive case they were making, but they blew the doors off. it was

rutherglen and hamilton west.inst the tories there, 20% swing towards labour . i mean, have the towards labour. i mean, have the conservatives given up on scotland? mr harper ? scotland? mr harper? >> no, we absolutely haven't. i mean, clearly that contest was one where i think people thought that it was between labour and the snp. but no, we absolutely haven't. we're campaigning very hard. our leader in scotland, douglas leader of douglas ross, is the leader of the the scottish the opposition in the scottish parliament will continue parliament and we will continue campaigning strongly on important scotland , important issues in scotland, like for example, the fact the government's renewed oil gas government's renewed oil and gas licences. we're going to to licences. we're going to need to get that oil and gas out of the ground as we transition to a net zero future. and it's important that do and that's been that we do that. and that's been opposed both labour and the opposed by both labour and the snp. so we're f

james cook, bbc news, rutherglen.ay from that story to bring you some breaking news and let's bring you these pictures. that is because jeff let's bring you these pictures. that is becausejeff bezos, the founder of amazon, is going to be expanding his reach in space shortly. he is preparing to launch two prototype satellites as part of a plan to provide internet connectivity around the world. he wants to put these satellites to create internet connections for those around the globe. we are waiting for this rocket to go up and send some satellites thatjeff bezos has. he will of course be in direct competition once again with elon musk. let's listen in.— competition once again with elon musk. let's listen in. one, we have innition musk. let's listen in. one, we have ignition and — musk. let's listen in. one, we have ignition and lift _ musk. let's listen in. one, we have ignition and lift off _ musk. let's listen in. one, we have ignition and lift off of _ musk. let's listen in. one, we have ignition and lift off of the

an emphatic win for labour in the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election. "seismic result" for scotland. international condemnation after a russian air strike kills at least 51 in northeastern ukraine, including an eight—year—old boy. president biden approves a new stretch of border wall in southern texas and says the us will resume direct flights to venezuela for migrants who enter the country illegally. hello. i'm lukwesa burak. let's start in scotland, and the opposition labour party has won the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election in south lanarkshire in what's been seen as a key test of the party's ability to regain seats there. michael shanks secured 17,845 votes, more than double the number cast for the snp, which came second. the poll was triggered by the removal of the former snp mp margaret ferrier after she broke covid rules in 2020. here's the declaration of the result. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,845... michael shanks, scottish labour party.17.845---_

and in scotland, rutherglen and hamilton west and they're absolutely smashed.olutely smashed. the snp, they've got about 58% of the votes . a lot of people talking votes. a lot of people talking here because it was a swing of about 23. a huge swing . you can about 23. a huge swing. you can see the votes there. interesting enough the turnout there was only a ten out of 57.19. but you can see the massive difference there between labour and of course, the snp. you're . talking course, the snp. you're. talking 18,000 to 8000 there or thereabouts. for those that are listening , not watching in fact, listening, not watching in fact, actually, no. i shall start with you, keir starmer absolutely. beside himself with joy at the moment saying that this is obviously seismic. it's a shape of things to come. he reckons that that labour that it proves that labour can win listening to win anywhere. i was listening to a couple of pollsters earlier on saying if the general saying that if the general election follows the same swing, you'll see potentially 40 seats up in scotland

two weeks ago, he was in rutherglen, saying that labour could win back parts of scotland, that it wasying was not —— that it has not won for a decade. labour saying this morning, yes they do want to appear they are keeping themselves grounded and they are not being complacent, but there is a confidence that has been gradually growing for months now, and will only grow significantly further after these two results. it is worth bearing in mind, where i am in mid bedfordshire, labour have never won here. this is a seat they have never won in the whole time it has existed as a constituency in the past. they didn't really bother to campaign here, because they didn't think they have much of a shot at all. what they did yesterday was overturn the biggest by—election, the biggest majority ever overturned at a by—election. it is a real moment, it feels, in the electoral cycle. labour don't want to get ahead of themselves this morning, but there is a pattern emerging. there are four by—elections in a row now. if you take axbridge to the side and assume it is a slightly different one because of

now in this showing on on rutherglen showing they'll get back nearly all of those 40 seats.the road to number 10 for labour goes through scotland and it looks like this is going to deliver a working majority for keir starmer . keir starmer. >> well, yes, and of course ian , if labour do well in scotland , it takes the pressure off them to win back the red wall, which could be tight. to win back the red wall, which could be tight . yes, exactly . could be tight. yes, exactly. >> and i think though i understand stuart's dismay about the drift of intellectual policy and attitudes in academia in particular and in politics. but i think he's missing something very important in scotland that this by—election results has underlined. there's been a significant sea change in attitudes in scotland. if you look at labour's policies in recent months , they've been recent months, they've been tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the tacking quite significantly to the right. in 2019, the snp tacking quite significantly to the right . in 2019, the snp was the right. in 2019,

and tonight's focus — rutherglen and hamilton west — is right in the middle.or the next general election? if hindeed if indeed labour in tonight's by—election do replicate the kinds of figures that the scotland—wide opinion polls are anticipating, around an 11% swing, if you assume that that swing were to occur across scotland as a whole, we could be talking about labour picking up some 17 seats or so. and we should bear in mind here that for around every 12 seats or so that labour pick up in scotland, you can probably knock two points off the lead over the conservatives that labour would need across the uk as a whole to get an overall majority of one and given that labour face an adverse electoral geography south of the border and to that extent at least every bit will potentially help labour. for now, there are still more pandas in edinburgh zoo — two — than scottish labour mps — one. but tian tian and yang guang are soon to return to china after problems procreating. anas sarwar and his predecessors have faced very different labour pains in the last decade

west. seat of rutherglen and hamilton west.he 2030 football world cup will be held across six countries in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. the decision is set to be ratified at a fifa congress next year, with spain, portugal and morocco as the co—hosts. but the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. that's to mark the world cups centenary, as it will be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideo. more on this story in sportsday at 6.30pm this evening on bbc news. that news from fifa comes on the same day the uk and republic of ireland will now bid unopposed for euro 2028,

rutherglen and hamilton west in scosnp .where they wiped out rutherglen and hamilton west in scosnprglen and hamilton west in scosnp . well, joining us now: rutherglen and hamilton west in scosnp . well, joining us now to the snp. well, joining us now to digest all of these stories is our deputy political editor, tom hall. well top of the morning, tom, let's start with action north the border. so keir north of the border. so keir starmer will be licking his lips at the seeming dissolution falling apart of the snp is the dream of independence withering on the vine ? well certainly sir on the vine? well certainly sir keir starmer will be a happy man heading towards liverpool this morning, where of course he's increased the number of mps in his parliamentary party by one, doubung his parliamentary party by one, doubling his representation in scotland. >> and as you say, certainly moving towards a situation where the snp's appears to be on the back foot. this was of course the first national electoral test of the snp since humza yousaf became the party leader north of the border and ind

by—election comfortably to labour. 0ne they lost the rutherglen by—election comfortably to labour. sturgeon a few months ago he has struggled to get on the front foot because he has been fire fighting most of the time. i think this afternoon is his opportunity to try and sell a vision to the people of scotland. i think it's going to be a policy heavy speech. i think there's going to be a number of announcements in it, including that one you just mentioned on the nhs, including others on helping survivors of domestic abuse, and on the cost of living as well. and it's designed to be a message that this party isn'tjust going to talk about independence. you are going to hear a big chunk, i've no doubt, from humza yousaf about why he thinks scotland should be independent, but when you speak to his allies they say we need to offer more to people if we are going to do well in a general election. but all the polls suggest that humza yousaf is facing an uphill struggle to hold onto the seats the snp have at the moment. labour are making a comeback in scotland and it could be at the snp's sc

they said you will never beat the snp in scotland and, rutherglen, you did it!y today. let's go to nick eardley who joins us now. take us through the significance of this result. i through the significance of this result. ., �* ~' �* , through the significance of this result. ., �* ~ �* , ., , result. i don't think there's any doubt that _ result. i don't think there's any doubt that it's _ result. i don't think there's any doubt that it's a _ result. i don't think there's any doubt that it's a really - result. i don't think there's any doubt that it's a really big - result. i don't think there's any - doubt that it's a really big moment in scottish and british politics. labour were pretty much wiped out in scotland after the independence referendum and they've really struggled to get their feet back on the ground since then. and chatting to people in the labour party this morning, they think that this is a launch pad they can use to get back a lot of the ground they have lost over the last decade. i was chatting to the deputy leader of the scottish labour party

labour wins big in the rutherglen and hamilton west byelection.ors, james cook in rutherglen, and chris mason. emotional goodbyes — we speak to staff who've worked at wilko for decades, as the last shops close for good this weekend. a tale of survival — how this tropical turtle overcame being washed up in the inner hebrides, thousands of miles from home. and it's going to be a weekend of autumn weather extremes. unusually warm for many, but exceptionally wet for some. we'll have all the details. and coming up in sport on bbc news, we look ahead to ireland against scotland, who go head—to—head in paris in their crunch match at the rugby world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man has appeared in court charged with plotting to kidnap and murder

rutherglen and hamilton west by-election-— rutherglen and hamilton west by-election.sing on that by—election in scotland and bringing you continued coverage on the story with guests and analysis from our correspondence. the labour leader sir keir starmer has called this victory in this by—election seismic result for the party. they secure twice the number of votes of the snp who had held the seat. the labour candidate held just 18,000 votes, more than double for the smb

let's start in scotland, and the opposition labour party has won the rutherglen and hamilton west by—electionn south lanarkshire in what's been seen as a key test of the party's ability to regain seats there. michael shanks secured 17,845 votes, more than double the number cast for the snp, which came second. the poll was triggered by the removal of the former snp mp margaret ferrier after she broke covid rules in 2020. here's the declaration of the result. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,845... michael shanks, scottish labour party.17.845---_ party, 17,845. .. cheering. david party, 17,845. . . cheering. david stark, _ party, 17,845. . . cheering. david stark, changing - party, 17,845... cheering. l david stark, changing politics for good, 303 votes. colette walker, independence for scotland party, 207 votes. with a total of 5a ballot papers rejected. and i declare that michael shanks is elected to serve in the united kingdom parliament as the member for rutherglen and hamilton west constituency. cheering. so the message from tonight is a resoundingly clear one. we've had more — a

our main story — labour has emphatically won the rutherglen and hamilton west by—election, in what's

they said, you'll never beat the snp in scotland, and, rutherglen, you did it.rces into this constituency and their win was much, much bigger than many had expected. michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,841... labour winning double the votes cast for the snp. the party of power at holyrood faced challenges going into the vote and had been managing expectations of a win, but even so, this was a bruising result for them. i do recognise that we have a big challenge on our hands and as a party, we need to come together collectively to right the wrongs that have happened in the last few months. turnout was low, but those crunching the numbers say if this result was repeated uniformly across scotland, labour could win as many as 42 seats in a general election. by—elections will often exaggerate the swing against the government but, still, it's the direction of travel that you cannot ignore in this by—election. i suspect that if this kind of swing was replicated across scotland as a whole, labour would quite clearly be the dominant party north of the border once a

a big swing against the snp on record, 20% swing to labour, and there were particular issues in rutherglenneral run of opinion shows that the snp is heading for a substantial setback over the next election, perhaps losing at least 15 of its mps in the next general election. and that obviously is not going to be a good reflection on the policy, which is supposed to be that if the snp gets a big majority then westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will have to negotiate, westminster will turn around and say, you have had your de facto referendum, you have lost seats, so let's not talk about independence any longer. let's not talk about independence an loner. �* let's not talk about independence any longer-— any longer. and let's talk about some of the _ any longer. and let's talk about some of the other _ any longer. and let's talk about some of the other issue - any longer. and let's talk about some of the other issue is - any longer. and let's talk about | some of the other issue is likely any longer. and let's talk about. some of the other issu

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in the uk, polls have closed in south lanarkshire where voters are choosing a new mp for rutherglen andade vacant, because the former scottish national party mp, margaret ferrier, was ousted in a recall petition. she was thrown out of the party for breaching covid regulations. let's talk to our scotland editorjames cook who is at the count tonight. james, good to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. now the polls have closed about an hour back, what's the latest results wise that you can tell us at the moment?— wise that you can tell us at the moment? ~ ., ., ., , moment? we are awaiting the result here and brother— moment? we are awaiting the result here and brother glen _ moment? we are awaiting the result here and brother glen and _ moment? we are awaiting the result here and brother glen and hamiltonl here and brother glen and hamilton west to end it is an interesting contest because, one very mp, nobody is expecting a win tonight, labour are pretty confident that they will secure victory in this by election which is effectively these days a suburb of scotland's biggest

it was no surprise that labour won rutherglen.emy corbyn's leadership and the swing required for labour to pick up the seat at 5% was well below the 11% swing being registered by the opinion polls in scotland. but in the event it was a 20 point swing and indeed in some respects it was a result that seemed to point to the politics of scotland before the 2014 independence referendum. when labour used to be dominant as opposed to the post—referendum politics we've been experiencing for the last decade of the snp being the masters of the political scene . masters of the political scene. so, for example, labour's share of the vote at 59% was only a little bit below the 61% that the party won in rutherglen back in 2010, before the referendum. and if and obviously it's a big if and it's only a hypothetical exercise, but if you take the swings that occurred in rutherglen and assume they would happen across scotland as a whole , then labour would be back whole, then labour would be back to the 41 seats that they had in 2010. so to that ext

there have now been four by—elections, selby. _ have now been four by—elections, selby, rutherglen, tamworthr party these — swing of 20% or more to the labour party. these aren't freak results now, _ party. these aren't freak results now. it — party. these aren't freak results now, it seems to be a pattern where labour— now, it seems to be a pattern where labour are _ now, it seems to be a pattern where labour are doing better and better. the one _ labour are doing better and better. the one thing some conservative mps are holding _ the one thing some conservative mps are holding on to is that their vote isn't turning — are holding on to is that their vote isn't turning out. if you look at the two — isn't turning out. if you look at the two by—elections of the night, the two by—elections of the night, the conservative vote collapsed. is there _ the conservative vote collapsed. is there something those tory mps will be wondering that they can do to try and enthuse it again, to get it turn out at _ and enthuse it again, to get it turn out at a _ and enthuse it again, to get it turn out at a ge

rutherglen and hamilton west that the snp has lost some trust in that seat.got to make sure we regain it. >> a conservative councillor has called for the home secretary's resignation over the handling of scampton. the government is accused of ignoring a legal order to stop converting the former air base into a migrant camp to house 2000 people. the home office says it's confident the project meets planning requirements, but council roger patterson described the department as liars . and department as liars. and finally, while much of the uk could see temperatures of up to 26 c at the weekend, a warning for rain is in place in parts of scotland . the met office has scotland. the met office has issued both amber and yellow rain warnings for large parts of scotland and northern england. from tomorrow until sunday morning. scotrail has announced there will be significant disruption to its services as a result . in contrast, fine and result. in contrast, fine and dry weather for southern and central england . temperatures central england. temperatures could rise a