john, swindon.expected, to liberal, and has been on and off foryears, not unexpected, i to liberal, and has been on and off for years, not unexpected, i can see the lib dems breaking out anywhere else, swindon, look at the percentage share, i have been down there, i always knew swindon would be tough, the labour party did down there, we put a lot of effort in but on the percentage share of the vote we could take those seats next time round. we have gained and advanced to the point we are laying the foundations for the parliamentary elections and i am quite pleased. owen smith said swindon was the seat that labour had to do well to demonstrate it was a government in waiting. we have just evened demonstrate it was a government in waiting. we havejust evened up demonstrate it was a government in waiting. we have just evened up the percentage share of the board, we have evened up the percentage share of the vote, that stands us in good stead. john has been around politics a lot longer than me and is qui

john pienaar, bbc news, swindon.e parts of hawaii after the eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes, mount kilauea. several strong earthquakes shake parts of hawaii after the eruption of one of the world's most active volcanoes, mount kilauea. president trump has told members of america's powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association, that he won't bow to calls for stricter controls. a former suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence — who is one of britain's most wanted fugitives — has been arrested in spain. the 41—year—old from south london is suspected to have been involved in the large—scale supply of drugs. andy moore reports. pictured shortly after his arrest, not looking too happy, he was ca ptu red not looking too happy, he was captured leaving a gym in barcelona. his arrest comes soon after the 25th anniversary of the murder of the teenager stephen lawrence. he was attacked by five men at a bus stop in south—east london in a racially motivated killing. this was acourt as he left the stephe

john pienaar, bbc news, swindon. sinn fein has won the west tyrone by—election.mes the first woman to hold the seat — but as with all sinn fein mps she won't take her place at westminster. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in westminster tonight. so while the parties are all putting their best foot forward, claiming some victories, there has been no great change. we must remember, this is a particular set of results based on a particular set of results based on a particular set of contests around england,. we have to introduce caveats were we are trying to translate that into any kind of national result. those caveats given, it is possible to use what has happened in the last 2a hours to project some kind of sense into what might happen if they were to be a general election any time soon. and what these results suggest is, that those of the main westminster parties would pretty much be level pegging. it buy it be something that would feel pretty much like a dead heat. what that means, really, we have been in the kind of situation where whatever the politic

a tory supporter said: he made this trip three times, but in swindon, labour only gained a single seatty loyalty often an unbreakable habit. however you describe yourself. historic conservative voter, it is in my blood. i can't ever imagine voting for any other party. i don't believe in none of them, i never vote, load of rubbish. i used to vote for conservative before. but labour this time? yes. what's changed your mind? to bring somebody new. what with brexit, internal struggles, to bring somebody new. what with brexit, internalstruggles, it is 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. our political editor laura kuenssberg, is at westminster. where do you think they leave the standings of the main party leaders? the first thing is, local elections, not a national election let alone a general election so we have to think of all the caveats, it is not com pletely of all the caveats, it is not completely that easy straightforward to draw straight lines from what hap

the counting is well under way and a lot of eyes will be on swindon tonight.rvatives have the narrowest of majoritieses on this council. if they lose two seats tonight, a third of the cowen ill is being contested, if they lose two they have lost their majority, if labour take four, then this town turns red. so it has been a big push on by the labour party, jeremy corbyn has visited, no less than five times in the last six month, there have been shadow cabinet members down here several time, mps from across the south have been despatched to campaign in swindon don. it means a great deal to them. an interesting point to mention, voter id is being tried out here today, one of the five places in england where they are asking voters to come along with id. here you could bring your poll card, that was acceptable, or alternativistly your drives license or passport, we have heard there have been cases of people being told you haven't got that and asked to go home and get some id. also some a bit of flexibility being shown, where other people were able to vouch for tho

redditch, and further southin nuneaton and redditch, and further south in the old lair belt seats, swindon and basildon, again, not making the progress they should. and in london, they missed out on those tory targets. when you talk to team corbyn, they say it was a consolidation election. the difficulty is consolidation is the same as standing still, and standing still is not enough to get you from opposition into government. as for theresa may, she can break open the biscuits because she did better than she dared hope, in large pa rt better than she dared hope, in large part thanks to the collapse in ukip with most of that support going into her back pocket. for the lib dems, after the quagmire of the coalition yea rs, after the quagmire of the coalition years, they are clawing their way back, the odd green shoot to be found in richmond and maybe kingston. ukip, they were pretty

in wandsworth and swindon talking to voters... the question now is why?did not get over the line. we want to hear from you wherever you are. ao no point in voting at the moment. not everyone turned down all the choices on offer. throughout that period. you voted with your wallet? completely, and why would i want to vote any other way. here's pete in trafford, how did you vote? i voted labour for the first time, based on local issues. i have always been a tory voter, but living here, it put me off. this is, and more so than ever after brexit. have different reasons. local elections, what about you? in the council would bring through their own... compost bins, that is the biggest issue. so that we can reduce waste, it is something other countries do. for the people, the working—class. from morris in manchester,,. forjeremy corbyn and his cronies. is he a plus or a minus? he can be a minus at times, but labour is notjust one person. the messages from around the country showed strong feelings deeply split. for the greed of the rich again, said one. a tory sup

swindon is also one of five places where people will need to bring id to be able to vote as part of a pilot scheme. you could say no two votes are cast for exactly the same reasons, but that won't stop the party searching the results for reasons to be cheerful or clues to what went wrong. and if you want to know any more about these elections, you can go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news. john pienaar. and if you want to see the results of those local elections you can join me for election 2018, a special election night programme on bbc one from a quarter to midnight tomorrow night. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's emily. tonight, the speaker of the house is forced to defend his position, as downing street calls for a full investigation into allegations of bullying made on this programme. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. with no shortage of goals. that the highestsm- of the champions league. let's go live to rome with our sports correspondent david ornstein. liverpool still had a big lead, but they h

john pienaar, bbc news, swindon. now on bbc news, our world. hunt is under way. —— a hunt.ice on the back of a tipoff think they've found their target. a suspect they believe has been dealing in the highly addictive and illegal drug crystal meth. kidnapping, extortion, organised crime are already part of daily life here in basra, iraq's second city. now there's a new thread, crystal meth. —— threat. i've been invited tojoin the police meth. —— threat. i've been invited to join the police frontline. this is the elite force that goes out every night on raids to try and crack down on organised crime in this city. they think the suspect is inside. major mithak is leading the raid. with him, officers from the counter narcotics unit and swat team. injust two years, in just two years, police have injust two years, police have made more than 4000 drug—related arrests. at police headquarters, they're keen to show off the results of their efforts. today, hundreds of suspects are being paraded in front of the cameras. the police want to show the local media, andi the police want to sh

the conservatives managed to hang on in swindon despite a big push from labour. ukip, they suffered almost total wipe—out, raising questions about whether it can survive. a lot of people who supported ukip recognised the only people who can deliver brexit now is the current conservative part —— government and that means many feel they have to give that government support. for the green party which has upped its total number of councillors, it has been positive so far. traditionally government get a kicking at local elections but this time it hasn't happened. the tories had been in government for eight yea rs had been in government for eight years with austerity throughout and despite a difficult winter for the nhs and recent wind rush scandal, labour has only made small steps rather than big strides. it is relief for the tories and leaves labour puzzled. all is over, there are still result to come in, a final picture won't be revealed until later this afternoon. let's look in more detail now at how a few of those key council results impact on the national picture

i'm thinking of swindon, barnet and wandsworth. wandsworth.ditch and nuneaton. what about the conservatives? where the party remains in control —— thanking her workers. —— thanking her workers. they remain in control. in control. they won councils in peter burke, basildon and redditch. peter burke, basildon and redditch. —— in peterborough. not all good news for the conservatives. news for the conservatives. took the council from the conservatives. conservatives. they've got high hopes in kingston as well. as well. cambridgeshire which should delight sir vince cable as well. sir vince cable as well. it's been a story of almost total collapse. collapse. they've lost all but a handful of seats. handful of seats. account on brexit, that doesn't seem to have done the trick this time. to have done the trick this time. that's the headlines and that's where we are at the moment. political guests in the studio and welcome to them once more. welcome to them once more. plenty to talk about, jo coburn is also with me. also with me. let's have a look at t

john pienaar, bbc news, swindon. now on bbc news, the travel show.week on the travel show i'm in windsor. in our loyal special, we'll give you our guide to get the best out of the most talked about wedding this year. on may the 19th, these streets are going to be absolutely rammed. english barley to represent harry winks west coast us hops to represent meghan. we'll give you some tips on the very british art of killing. to be honest i haven't really come for the tent, i've just i haven't really come for the tent, i'vejust come to i haven't really come for the tent, i've just come to q. to be honest i think we're really good at queueing. queueing is definitely british. and wejump on the qe2 as she queueing is definitely british. and we jump on the qe2 as she finally reopens as a floating hotel in dubai. ina in a couple of weeks' time, on may the 19th, prince harry and meghan markle will get married in st george's chapel at windsor castle. windsor has a long history with the royals. its castle is one of the queen's favourite weekend retreats, and princ

swindon is also one of five places where people will need to bring id to be able to vote as part of aasons, but that won't stop the party searching the results for reasons to be cheerful or clues to what went wrong. and if you want to know any more about these elections, you can go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news. john pienaar. and if you want to see the results of those local elections you can join me for election 2018, a special election night programme

swindon. basildon, we have increased the share of the vote in swindon. are making gains. derby, amber valley where labour should have been showing progress, as you sat down and named a few, there are equally if not more where you have fallen back. what about trafford ? you have fallen back. what about trafford? tory trafford has fallen. the last time they lost it was when tony blair was the leader. trafford was a good result for you. you have been round labour circle, you know yourself as part of ed miliband's tea m yourself as part of ed miliband's team to be looking convincingly as a party who are on the march, banging on the door of number ten as you claimed you were after the general election, you are not seeing the kinds of advances that would mean you are in that kind of position. well, despite what i like to think of as having a youth. demeanour, i have been round for a long type. what my years of experience are telling me we are winning seats and council seats and increasing the share of the labour vote significantly in the sort of constituencies

swindon is also one of five places where people will need to bring id to be able to vote as part of afor exactly the same reasons, but that won't stop the parties searching the results for reasons to be cheerful, or clues to what went wrong. if you want to know any more about these elections, you can go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news. the man who leads the un's chemical weapons watchdog has told the bbc that the taboo against using such weapons could be eroded — unless more is done to punish those who deploy them. ahmet uzumcu was speaking after his agency investigated two cases of chemical weapons use — in syria and salisbury. he's been talking to our security correspondent, gordon corera. they are the weapons it was once hoped would disappear. but the last two months have seen chemical weapons deployed. here, allegedly, in syria and closer to home in salisbury. raising fears that their use is becoming normalised. the battles over what really happened and who was responsible in both cases are fought in the 0pcw, the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons in the hague.

swindon stayed blue, they took basildon, peterborough, the conservatives scooping up the most from voterss. but the lib dems burst out of their lethargy, taking from the tories. the only party promising a public vote on the brexit deal turned pockets, like tory richmond, yellow. whether it is against labour or conservatives, in brexit or remain country, we are reasserting ourselves as a major national force, down to a lot of hard work and effort, and i want to thank all of you for what you have achieved. some of that success was down to happy greens working alongside. they gained a sprinkling of seats, themselves. i feel incredibly positive, it has exceeded expectations, we have broken through onto five new councils, we have defended seats that were being attacked by the bigger parties. this place had almost got used to turmoil, every time voters went to the polls, but this time around, the public has chosen something like the status quo, labour edging up a little, the tories slipping slightly. that does not mean that nothing has changed. perhaps the lack of movement tells us both main pa

they also hold of labour in swindon, they won basildon, peterborough, penetrating from the colla pseerborough, 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. these numbers will change quite vertically but this is where the order. 45 games in terms of seats to

ones that are hanging out have to be stuck between the wires could be destabilised and i think at swindon that because the old myself am i doing it right . yes in the south the sun is more intense so the lead somewhere crowded and then you shoot results hour long. special shoes i keep sliding down. it just takes getting used to. there are no machines everything's done by hand respect. why does a vineyard have to be so steep you know your style is the steeper it is the more sun it gets per square metre it's warm in the south but here in the north you need steep slopes not as many grapes grow here but they're very aromatic. in how does your wine compare to an italian wine. it's no better or worse just different this is a cool wine region so the alcohol content is lower that makes the wine palatable and the acidity more refreshing and in the south it's crisp and goes well with food especially now in spring on your balcony or in the garden in the. southern regions the wine contains more alcohol and has less acidity so it's less refreshing. luckily we all swear by our own wine and by diversity

swindon the state blue, they took basildon, peterborough.s 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 slightly. but that does not mean nothing has changed. per

there were celebrations in swindon, and at council labour wa nted swindon, and at council labour wanted, the conservatives kept control. plymouth was labour's big win of the night. they took it from the tories at 2:30 a:m.. if you are was later in the morning mist, jeremy corbyn said it was a sign labour was back in that pa rt was a sign labour was back in that part of britain. we got the result that we deserved. congratulations, well done, labour! not a win here, but the tories losing control was enough for labour to celebrate in trafford. the only conservative council in north west england. but in the london borough of barnet, home to a largejewish community, labour admitted he anti—semitism row had hurt them and the tories took control. i went to 650, 700 different doorsteps and i said, you planning to vote, who for? and they mostly told me, you know what? we labour supporters, but we are jewish. and we just can't bring ourselves to vote for the current labour party right now. yellow was the winning colour in richmond—upon—thames, the liberal democrats took that london borough from t

but labour failed to win in other areas where they had hopes of gains in swindon, barnet and wandsworth

tax watched and waited for the voters‘ the verdict will stop cheering there was a celebration in swindonlabour wanted to win, but again the conservatives kept control. i'm absolutely delighted that we‘ve fended off a significant challenge from the labour party. they‘ve worked very ha rd labour party. they‘ve worked very hard in six of our seats, they‘ve brought in a lot of people, spent a lot of time and money and effort into trying to take fl " labour it in; the loving it in trafford, too. the % loving it in trafford, too. the mug lost control of what conservatives lost control of what was their only council in the north—west of england. was their only council in the north-west of england. trafford wa nted north-west of england. trafford wanted a change, needs a change, and i think that‘s what it‘s going to get. we‘re pleased. i think that‘s what it‘s going to get. we're pleased. it's gone fa nta stically. get. we're pleased. it's gone fantastically. it's a triumph for labour. voters needed id in gosport and a handful of 2-3.“ 9 59.555?! ft! ether n!:—!;‘;s $4.2! . — there xvii , nfc” wt

plymouth and so one has made increases in areas that you need to win to win a general election south to swindonmilton keynes south summit these cold valley these are a.b.s. we made significant gains what i think the media has done is put a focus on on on on local authorities that we've never in the past had won a top westminster and so what and expect to do is to win those to your shadow chancellor and the semitism in your party has caused in your votes without a doubt the focus that there has been on semitism in the party and the focus in a portion in that very clearly to lay people as how did that make in effect in some parts of our electorate i mean particularly in parts where there was significant jewish focus on and you said it isn't was your focus on what's been alleged in your mccarthyism we had more chords with lifelong and you racist campaign on this you're saying jeremy corbin's labor party is becoming a new mccarthy a party he was kinder than that he said that there's a siege germy gorgon at the moment by his parliamentary labor party but what exactly is going on in your body you're

here in swindon in wiltshire, people will lead to bring id to be able to vote.own until later on friday. and you can watch full coverage of the local election results on bbc one and the bbc news channel from 11:a5 tonight. many professional musicians are thinking about changing career because they don't earn enough to live on — according to a study by the musicians union. the report says nearly half of its members are considering giving up. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. a position with a leading uk orchestra would be a dream come true for gemma freestone, but she knows there's likely to be a cost. in the musicians union survey, almost half said orchestral work isn't enough to live on — luckily, gemma is keen to embrace additional work, like teaching, but for many, taking on extra work is a financial necessity. we don't do what we do for money, of course we don't, we love what we do but we have to earn a living and if people have families and children — obviously not me yet — but looking towards the future, if you want to have a family and

we have been involved in the swindon night shelter, a homeless ministry in swindon for ten years.e things? you're going to get a goody bag. what is inside? shortbread biscuit, water, a lovely fridge magnet, and most exciting, a voucher for the gift shop. my husband had better watch out. have a wonderful day. you're in such a great position. it is a real privilege for eve ryo ne position. it is a real privilege for everyone here. they will see the guests arriving and hopefully prince william and prince harry going into the chapel later. it is a prime spot in the precincts of windsor castle. i will throw you back. naga munchetty is close to the chapel behind me. hello. this is the chapel behind us. this is where it will be taking place later today. we are seeing people gathering. daniel alves was talking to people who have gathered already. —— daniela relph. people have prime viewing positions with their own chairs. prince harry and prince william will work down here before the wedding and make their way into the chapel. the south tower is decorated. the west entrance is stunning. w