and maybe we can find out about this but a little story from tunbridge wells.labour candidates then drew lots and that meant that the conservatives won which meant that they held the ward in the previous majority had been over 600 so a little tidbit for you from the events of the night, having to draw from the events of the night, having to d raw lots from the events of the night, having to draw lots in tunbridge wells. that is one of the result that rita has. absolutely, we can look at tunbridge wells given you have just mentioned that story. this was a conservative hold and they are still counting as you can see, there are seven seats to declare. this is rock solid conservative territory, very much associated in the popular mind with the conservatives but interesting things going on within that headline of a conservative hold. looking at the seat change, the conservatives have lost seven seats and who has been appointed? primarily the lib dems but also labour and primarily the lib dems but also labourand an primarily the lib dems but also labour and an indepe

sojoining me now from our tunbridge wells studio is another viewer who got in touch with us this weekjohn. and here with me is the executive editor of the bbc news channel, sam taylor. john, you contacted us, saying you'd watched about four and a half hours worth of the news channel from 2:00pm on monday. what was on? well, i was watching the bbc baby channel, wasn't i? the announcements that she'd gone into labour i think was about 2pm. but we got nothing else. i actually don't mind coverage of royal events, but i thought, on what is supposed to be the bbc news channel, they might at least have had reports on the hour of what else was going on in the world. russian air crash, war in israel, trade talks, everything. there weren't even any headlines. lets take that one first, this specific point, sam. the sheer quantity, why was there no other news for such a long stretch on the news channel? obviously, the bbc news channel's most important role among all the bbc services in the end is to provide live and breaking news coverage. so we do, it's fair to say, clear the schedule when we ge

ten in wokingham, seven in west 0xfordshire, 13 in tunbridge wells.the shy change that —— change compared to last time these seats we re compared to last time these seats were up for election four years ago. that is very stock. look at those figures in tunbridge wells for the conservatives. —23%. this is true blue territory we are talking about, and it gives you a very different gloss in a way to the headline, which is that the conservatives have retained these councils. and this is the final screen, showing you the swing from conservative to liberal democrats. a lot of charm going on evenin democrats. a lot of charm going on even in these councils where the conservatives held on. thank you very much. if you're justjoining us, let me reintroduce my three guests in the studio, who have kindly joined guests in the studio, who have kindlyjoined us this afternoon. we have alex phillips from the new brexit party. we have barry gardiner who is labour's shadow trade secretary, and we have the employment minister, alok sharma. thank you so much for coming in,

sojoining me now from our tunbridge wells studio is another viewer who got in touch with us this week, wasn‘t i? the announcements that she‘d gone into labour i think was about 2pm. but we got nothing else. i actually don‘t mind coverage of royal events, but i thought, on what is supposed to be the bbc news channel, they might at least have had reports on the hour of what else was going on in the world. russian air crash, war in israel, trade talks, everything. there weren‘t even any headlines. lets take that one first, this specific point, sam. the sheer quantity, why was there no other news for such a long stretch on the news channel? obviously, the bbc news channel's most important role among all the bbc services in the end is to provide live and breaking news cove rage. so we do, it's fair to say, clear the schedule when we get a big breaking story and we will suspend normal programming while we are doing it. this was a bank holiday monday so part of the programme we drop when we got news of the royal baby and meghan going into labour was actually recorded programming, documentari

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they are starting their counting in tunbridge wells and in redditch.will say that will not likely fed with the conservatives. we have about half the picture so far. the full picture will unfold over the course of the day. let's go over to annita mcveigh, who's in westminster. it'll be really interesting over the course of the day what the narrative is coming from this local election. you have the conservatives and labour are you have the conservatives and labourare blaming you have the conservatives and labour are blaming the handling of brexit in large part for their losses. you are seeing significant gains for remain supporting parties, like the greens, the liberal democrats. the independents are doing really well also. we haven't had a full read of what the independent candidates poss ‘s meanings are. significant gains for remain supporting parties, too. joining me now is our assistant politcal editor, norman smith. what is your take on the point i was just discussing, what will the big narratives be from this in terms of dissatisfaction with the ha