you said ukip is the brexit party. you said ukip is the brexit party.is the only party that can deliver brexit because it's published a plan, a published manifesto, an active democratic system and we have counsellors in the determination to do it which is the most important thing. who is going to be ukip's next leader? my guess would be gerard batten. we will have a leadership election soon and i think the party is very much behind him and he's been a very successful leader of the party. it's growing fast. i see that in my own branch. i think you should continue, long may he continue. mr batten has selected a number of right—wing youtube users as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, tojoin as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, to join a hate—filled social media platform used by the perpetrator of an anti—semitic massacre which left 11 jewish worshippers dead in the united states last year. have you read and are aware of the article and comment on it? i haven't read it and comment on it? i haven't read it and i

covers ukip? we should believe, it is that simple. referendum, a referendum which would not have ta ken referendum, a referendum which would not have taken place without ukip, which would not have been won without ukip. which would not have been won withoutukip.1.3 which would not have been won without ukip. 1.3 million more withoutukip.1.3 million more people voted to leave than remain, this is a decisive verdict in the largest ever pole of its sort, there has never been a majority like that. i can't understand why we have not left 35 months later, and the mps in parliament have attacked democracy ina manner parliament have attacked democracy in a manner which i do not know how we as in a manner which i do not know how weasa in a manner which i do not know how we as a country can recover from. and leave with no deal? if necessary. ok. hello? and leave with no deal? if necessary. 0k. hello? ithink they are a good thing. i think a funny thing happened after the referendum in 2015 -- 2016,16 thing happened after the referendum in 2015 —

a quick word about ukip, they put on 176. not all of those seats will be ukip anymore.ince then. at the time they got the seats, got a healthy share of the vote, 13%. they are bumping along much lower now. the question tonight is where will the ukip votes go? very useful to give us some of the seat levels. in a moment, we will be going to trafford, because it is a very important going to trafford, because it is a very im porta nt contest going to trafford, because it is a very important contest in the south of manchester. we will also be going to colchester in essex and talking to colchester in essex and talking to our correspondent there. laura, your thoughts at this point, having heard the initial contributions from our guests? well, ifi can, i would like to have some fun with the panel. there are always aspects of curious expectation management, we have not talked about where the big numbers end up, we will be thinking about how many seats did the government lose, and how many seats overall did labour and the lib dems gain? because all three of you be as honest as yo

ukip has a job of convincing to do with many voters.hat we would consider to be racist, then you're still a racist party. is that the nigel farage party or are there two? ukip, the party nigel farage left. right, but he started another party now. he started another party. yeah, so i'm just confused. brilliant. a lot better than the lot running the country now. the uk independence party will likely be weakened by the loss of nigel farage, whether they'll admit it or not. a figurehead, a symbol can mobilise a mood — of anger, of hope, of both. these elections will help determine whether ukip can still gain from broken loyalties to the big parties, or whether they will be discarded and left behind. for a while, politics seemed almost easy for ukip. since the vote to leave, life's got much harder. john pienaar, bbc news, middlesbrough. football now, and it's a big night for liverpool as they face barcelona in the semifinal of the champions league at the nou camp in spain. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is there. what a moment for liver

ukip had 2a meps. defections, desertions helped reduce them to four.d took on a hugely controversial adviser. this election isn't about tommy robinson, or anybody else who isn't a member of the party. it is about your identity. this election is about the european elections and whether people want to remain in the european union or leave, and what i've said to the crowd today, and you've heard it all, if they want to leave the european union then ukip is the authentic party of leave. and you find the idea of being a racist party, or extremist, offensive? you know very well that this party isn't racist. you know very well that i'm not. you know very well that nigel farage is saying things for political benefit, but i'm not frightened to speak out on things which i think are important and affect the future of this country. thank you. new kid has a job of convincing to do with many voters. the blood it have racist policies, policies we would consider to be racist, you are still a racist party. is that the nigel farage party, or are they two? he had started

and ukip, having lost. in the lib dems really kind of coming right up and matching labour's performance on 16% which is quite a big thing for them to do in this area. the greens on 13, the toys on 7%. let's look at the change and we will see what's happened because labour have lost 13% since last time. 9% share of the vote additionalfor time. 9% share of the vote additional for the time. 9% share of the vote additionalfor the limb time. 9% share of the vote additional for the limb dems and the greens up by five. ukip, they fragmented badly since last time which is why they have lost 27%. the tories and labour, quite similar in yorkshire and humber in terms of the damage inflicted on them by this brexit crisis because that really is what we're about, as others have said, emily before, for labour, this really has been a one issue election and that is the printer —— prism through which we should look at these results. another set of results there that the brexit party will be happy with. i'm thinking again, fr

this was ukip's on the council until the ukip group fell was ukip's on the council until the ukip groupfellapart was ukip's on the council until the ukip group fell apart in a shambolic way with lots of defections, the party struggled to find candidates. the tories will be hoping to seize majority control in thanet. that is in kent. this is your work. —— yorker. i think we are in newcastle there. let's look at york micra. currently run by conservative lib dem minority administration. labour hoping to make gains. maybe we should keep a sharp eye on the lib dems. just a few of the counters going on. i am pleased to welcome my latest panel. following a distinguished series of panels overnight. lib dems home affairs spokesman ed davey. shadow foreign secretary for labour, emily thornberry free. ——. and helen whatley from the conservative party. whatley from the conservative party. what i would like to do at this point is remind people of what the gains and losses are for the actual council seats. not the councils, but the number of councillors. 652 losses for the tories, 91 for labour, 402 gains for

ukip down 54.us high for the parties. let's take a look at the councils in particular. you can see again, labour and the conservatives have lost, they have got almost the same number of councils so far but don't forget, just under 45% of the vote has been counted so a lot more councils still to declare and you can see where the clear winners are. some of the councils in particular are an area of interest, the liberal democrats have taken councils in areas that have been previously conservative. not much good news for the main parties, but labour is celebrating the news that it has taken trafford, celebrating the news that it has ta ken trafford, and celebrating the news that it has taken trafford, and that is where jeremy corbyn the labour leader has been out and about this morning, taking that counsel from the tories. with more on the story so far, here's our political correspondent, chris mason. results have trundled in throughout the night. there have been smiles and cheers, hold in the battle g

but you are here as a spokesman for ukip. has gone too far. i think many people feel that way now and equally obviously it was important to ensure that women had equal rights and got suffrage so i ama equal rights and got suffrage so i am afeminist equal rights and got suffrage so i am a feminist in that sense but not am a feminist in that sense but not a feminist am a feminist in that sense but not afeminist in am a feminist in that sense but not a feminist in the sense that i agree with some of the more extreme things being said and done these days in this country that i think a lot of people are getting fed up with. you could have said there will be a leadership contest after the european elections so how can voters trust the party that they are voting for if they do vote ukip if they do not even know who will be leader. all parties have leadership contests and it is remarkable that theresa may and jeremy corbyn have survived for so long as they‘re often despised by so many in own party but they have not found a way of dem

ukip interestingly no seats. they are jolly ukip interestingly no seats.eats. they are jolly figures but they don't meana are jolly figures but they don't mean a great deal because there is a huge difference between contesting a general election and a european election. for a european election you need no party structure or funding strategy, simply find bodies to stand in the regions. general elections are bigger and more organised. it would be difficult for nigel farage to put this number of people up. he says he will put up 650 candidates and what we expect is that come the general election he will target about 46. there isn't a general election, if you are just joining us. please, no! we are looking at a comres poll which said the brexit party could do well if there were to be a general election. let's turn to another poll in the sunday papers tomorrow. the observer. this was a survey of 2004 people and it is an opinium poll. looking at the euro. what we get here is bad news for the tories, they only got 11%, whereas the brexit party are on 34%. it puts

peter on facebook, i will never vote for ukip again.d not find evidence that all of the people he named have done that. if you want to get in touch to talk about the interview or the family courts and many of you still are, we will read more at the end of the programme. six years ago, a conservative mp called chris grayling was the justice secretary and he was in charge of stopping people coming out of prison from re—offending. his flagship policy was to part—privatise the probation service — and so allow parts of it be run by private companies. but after a series of failings the government now says it was a mistake. and is taking it over again. this what mr grayling said in 2014. violent crimes, sex crimes, nearly 60% reoffend within a few months of leaving prison and that‘s the problem with trying to solve. we have a situation where people are walking out of the prison gates without any support at all and that is going to now change. but since then, figures from the national audit office show a 47 per cent increase in offenders being

ukip doesn't want these elections to ta ke ukip doesn't want these elections to take place at all, but levers the chance to leave. and as we sit on the bus, you told them once, tell them again. ukip is the only political party that has a clear policy on how to leave the european union. from today, beavers are a protected species in scotland. they were reintroduced on scotland's waterways a decade ago, but some farmers and landowners fear the beavers will cause damage to agricultural land. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. for hundreds of years, beavers were absent from scotland's rivers and streams. but now they're back, and it's not hard to spot the signs of where the animals have set up home. they're busy creatures, foraging here, taking down the trees, using it for theirfood, but also as construction materials. beavers are known as ecosystem engineers. their dams alter their watery landscape, catching silt and pollutants and helping support a web of life, of insects and birds. now beavers have been added to the list of protected species in scotland, making it an offen

ukip, minus nigel farage, just evaporated.ould have thought it? they sucked in remain side votes, mostly labour supporters by the look of it, in the same way that nigel farage's party plundered the votes of brexit britain. now the country looks dug in for what could become a kind of trench political warfare. the brexit party didn'tjust win in seats and votes, they came top everywhere, except the remain side bastions of london and scotland. they didn't stand in northern ireland. there, the alliance party are set to spring a surprise by winning a seat. the liberal democrats were the other big winners, coming second overall. labour knocked off its perch in london, including jeremy corbyn's islington constituency, by the way. just as the brexit party won in theresa may's seat in maidenhead. and we saw again younger voters and graduates more likely to vote for remain side parties — the lib dems, the greens, who had a good election too, and change uk, who had a bad one. 0lder voters generally lean strongly towards brexit. in scotlan

the greens made some significant gains, while ukip lost all its seats. political editor laura kuenssberg has more. to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage‘s brexit party, maybe the brashest and the boldest, were the biggest last night. once you've delivered brexit... demanding we leave the eu as soon as is humanly possible. are you worried about the divisions that we saw in the voters last night? you may not like the result of the election, but in the democratic society, you respect that and you live to fight another day. what we've had since the referendum is a lack of losers‘ consent from some very significant people in british public life. but parties with precisely the opposite message were winners, too. the lib dems want to stop brexit, and were the next biggest party. the country's results a contradiction. we're clearly now a major nationalforce again, and our next big task is to work with other people, and other parties who are like—minded, initially to stop britain crashing out of the european union by accident. # bye—bye, eu.

the greens made some significant gains, while ukip lost all its seats.itical editor laura kuenssberg is at westminster. small parties with big, clear m essa 9 es small parties with big, clear messages on brexit with the victors in these elections. the tories and labour may grow making history for all the wrong reasons and the biggest winner was the brexit party. my biggest winner was the brexit party. my report tonight contains some flash photography. to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage‘s brexit party, maybe the brightest and boldest, were the biggest last night. once you have delivered brexit... demanding we leave the eu as soon as is humanly possible. are you worried about the divisions that we saw in the voters last night? you may not like the result of the election, but in the democratic society you respect that and you live to fight another day. what we have had since the referendum is a lack of losers' consent from some very significant people in british public life. but parties with precisely the opposite message were winne

now ukip doesn't wa nt european union.se european elections taking place at all, but they are. and they offer the 17.4 million leavers to once again vote to leave the stop as we said on the bus, tell them once and tell them again. ukip is the only party that has the queue clear policy on how to leave the european this is ukip‘s policy in the selection. this is what the voters need to tell the government. no second referendum. leave by unconditional unilateral withdrawal. 0ffer unconditional unilateral withdrawal. offer the european union tariff trade or wto regulations, their choice. then we set about repealing the thousands upon thousands of pieces of eu legislation in place but in accordance with our priorities and our timescales. 0ur government has a to stop asking the european union how it can leave and start telling them how it's going to happen. brexit is notjust a word brexit means exit. if we're going to leave the european union, then we need a plan on how to make it happen. and if you keep has that plan. —— and uk

ukip's leader is the london ukip mep and there are suggestions that ukip could lose their only seat herehey are hoping that means they will pick up another seat eventually. the big winners on the remain site could be the liberal democrats. they are looking to pick up and really built on the momentum that they had since the local elections a few weeks ago. then you have the brexit party, which is likely perhaps to pick up some of those ukip supporters, but could they pick up tory supporters, as well? with change uk, they are not pulling enough to get the 9% you needin not pulling enough to get the 9% you need in order to get a seat in london, but there will be hoping that people's knowledge of who they are might help them out and they have a key candidate standing, gavin esler, who people will know about because he used to be a bbc presenter. thank you very much. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. one of the best—known figures in motor racing, niki lauda, has died at the age of 70 — his family said the three time formula 1 world champion "pa

the ukip vote collapsed overnight. the ukip vote collapsed overnight.ty lost more than 5a council seats. a spokesperson said the party had been in turmoilfor two seats. a spokesperson said the party had been in turmoil for two years but they had taken votes of the main parties. counting is under way in northern ireland. a62 seats are up for grabs across 11 councils. the first few results have started to trickle in. most results are expected later today or saturday morning. that is it for now. back to election 2019. yes, welcome back to the election centre. keeping tabs on the results as they come in. importantly, looking at each of the parties and asking some searching questions about how they performed. and where they have not performed as well as they have not performed as well as they expected. why was that? vicki young is with me. i am wondering at this point, take us through the main headlines as you see them for the parties. i think it is clear the liberal democrats are having a very good night. the smiles you saw on the faces of the activists aft

ukip down six.member ukip are fighting far fewer wards this time than they did back in 2015 when they were much stronger on the ground. so not all but quite a lot of that drop is simply the fa ct a lot of that drop is simply the fact that they are putting up fewer candidates. if you look at what is happening in the wards, they are fighting this time and fighting last time, ukip is a down a bit but the truth is, voters amongst other things are now more willing to vote for eurosceptic parties than they we re for eurosceptic parties than they were in the general election and broadly speaking that picture is confirmed even though none of nigel virage's candidates on the paper. —— nigel farage. this is a still early days. welcome back to the bbc election centre where we are keeping tabs on these local elections in england, that taking place in northern ireland also but they are not counting until later this morning there. we're on these results across england. 2a8 local authorities in england. 2a8 local

and it quotes in this article some of the leading candidates, including from ukip, the independent tommyobinson, they are quoted specifically, but it talks about as well that both within the conservative and labour party they have been tainted since 2016 with allegations of islamophobia, anti—semitism, that it is notjust ukip, necessarily, or other hard right organisations. and the article also mentions there has been more racist in sighted criminality. racially motivated hate crime has gone up racially motivated hate crime has gone up as racially motivated hate crime has gone up as well, that is what this article shows. which is extremely depressing. it is depressing, but we will see how things emerge as time goes by. until we know where the uk is headed, all this discussion and debate is ongoing. the financial times front page of course will focus on huawei. this story absolutely dominated, wall—to—wall, yesterday, the news that google will be restricting android usage, updates, the use of apps, et cetera, for those who have huawei devices. the financial times says huawei was ready for

ukip were wiped out, and change uk fail to make their mark. in scotland, the snp we re their mark.ill take three of the six seats there. in wales, the brexit party topped the poll, plaid cymru came second. labour, a party who've dominated welsh politics for a century, finished third. northern ireland camps today. it was a big night for parties who've taken a firm stand on brexit and a bad night for the others. but voters remain split between parties who backed leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: in the european parliamentary elections the brexit party has won most seats in the uk, but there were also gains for smaller parties opposing brexit. across europe, the main centre—left and centre—right blocs have lost ground to smaller groupings. far—right parties topped the polls in france and italy. we will now look at how all of this is being reflected in the newspapers across europe, at least certain parts, the ones we can get here in brussels at this time of the morning. iam brussels at thi

ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour and then the conservatives.ent parts of the uk. turnout was 34%, but loads has changed since then, not least of course the eu referendum in 2016. and we've also seen, watch this, the collapse of ukip. 2a seats last time round, all the way down to just three when the parliament dissolved. this time round, there are two new parties clamouring for attention, the brexit party, and change uk, with opposing views on our departure from the eu. and one final thought: what on earth happens if we go through this whole shebang and then the uk leaves? well, our 70—something beaming, victorious meps might be out of a job before they even start. so yeah, these elections are just a tad odd, but they could prove crucial in shaping the political weather and so determining everything from how long theresa may last as prime minister to what on earth happens with brexit. so what are voters making of the campaign so far? over the next two days the bbc‘s political editor in the west midlands, patrick burns, will be reporting from two

donein significantly better than ukip has done in these elections.t being an overlay for local elections, it looks like most of the disenchantment with the political system at westminster has fractured between the liberal democrats, independents, greens, it's gone all over the place, but not so much to ukip. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. a brexit backlash in the local elections — both the conservatives and labour are punished at the polls. the big winners have been smaller parties like the liberal democrats, greens and also independent candidates. one of the most powerful cyclones to hit india for years batters the north east coast with winds of over 120 miles per hour, a million people flee their homes. i'm jamie robertson. in the business news: hsbc prepares the ground for a round of cost—cutting, even as the bank posted a 31%jump in profits. europe's largest bank made £4.8 billion before tax in the three months to march, up from £3.69 billion in the same period a year earlier. the uk treasury sa

in a further boost for the brexit party, some former ukip members of the welsh assembly have recentlyew party, giving it representation in a uk parliament even before the european elections take place. as for the welsh conservatives, they fear voters will not like what they have seen over their pa rty‘s performance over brexit since 2016. on thursday, we will see just how hot under the collar welsh voters are, three years after the brexit referendum. bbc wales political editor felicity evans reporting. you can find more details and analysis on the eu elections over on the bbc news website. and next week, we will be continuing our series of interviews with meps and leaders from the main parties standing in the european elections in a special ask this. you can send us your questions to put to them. on monday, we'll speak to conservative mep ashley fox and vince cable the lib dem leader. then on tuesday we're interviewing gerard batten the ukip leader and on wednesday it will be the turn ofjohn healey from labour and adam price, the plaid cymru leader. details of how to get in touch are

ukip, minus nigel farage, just evaporated. and lib dems hearts are singing — who'd have thought it?ers by the look of it, in the same way that nigel farage's party plundered the votes of brexit britain. now the country looks dug in for what could become a kind of trench political warfare. the brexit party didn'tjust win, in seats and votes. they came top everywhere except the remain—side bastions of london and scotland. they didn't stand in northern ireland. there, the alliance party sprung a surprise by winning a seat. the liberal democrats were the other big winners, coming second overall. labour knocked off its perch in london, including jeremy corbyn‘s islington constituency, by the way, just as the brexit party won in theresa may's seat in maidenhead. and we saw, again, younger voters and graduates more likely to vote with remain—side parties — the lib dems, the greens, who had a good election too, and change uk, who had a bad one. older voters generally lean strongly towards brexit. in scotland, the snp ended up happy, and here too, and in wales, labour is licking its wounds.

votes, it is not by any means a landslide victory, if that were transposed to a general election —— ukipt be anyway because a lot of vote rs wouldn't be anyway because a lot of voters would migrate back to the two formally main parties. one option would of this is it will force labour upshot of this is it would force labour to put its house in order, the silly shelling of corban's position has been shown to be untenable —— shillyshallying. it was intriguing and fascinating but a bit squirm inducing to see the trouble that she had been put in by her party's own position. she is clearly a very strong remainer and she felt, i believe, that her leader's position had put her in an untenable situation. because she couldn't explain on the doorstep what it was that they were proposing. and she said in unequivocal terms we have to campaign fora unequivocal terms we have to campaign for a second referendum and we have to campaign for remain. and john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, has come out today, two very big hitters injeremy corbyn's party, he has to listen to that or he will be even more

in 2014, the conservatives still failing to claw back territory from ukip.arty. at the devon county show, how might agricultural issues affect how people vote in the election?” agricultural issues affect how people vote in the election? i think it is difficult to think of any other sector of the economy which is so enmeshed with the eu and brexit. under the common agricultural policy of the eu, farmers receive subsidies, more livestock farmers in the south—west accounting for the living. farmers also consider back tariff free access to the eu single murky. the big beef producer like argentina could see the british murky flooded with cheap foreign beef, is a concern. for most concerned about the controversial issue of immigration. they say they need the government's proposed changes, a crackdown on low skilled labour at the heart of them. more broadly in the community, clearly it isa broadly in the community, clearly it is a important part of the economy. a great emotional attachment to farming. also that can be said for fishing. it is a small part of the eco

, ukip, ukip, and we haven't got many ukip candidates standing this time, but they would have done wellount of independent support because they wa nt independent support because they want anyone but the tories or us. it has been a really tough set of results so far. some brilliant local councillors have lost their seats. my councillors have lost their seats. my frustration is that we seem to have just abandoned them. no matter how hard we are working locally, we need clear messaging on the top and playing around isn't working. give me an example of a clear message which you would like which you are not getting. well, it is clear that i want to deliver brexit for my constituents. what we have seen from the results today is that the labour party because ‘s current position is in our industrial heartland in places like stoke—on—trent and ashfield and other places up and down the country like walsall, where we are down the country like walsall, where we are equivocating. that isn't helping either the remain or the leave areas. we need a clear policy. i need to be seen to be delivering for m

james says ukip this is disgusting, started.hameful, it is threatening violence, surely illegal. another tweet, my emotions cannot express my anger at how she is being treated. west midlands police are investigating whether that video brea ks investigating whether that video breaks the law. we'll hear from a school in great yarmouth in norfolk which has started running its own food bank and offering free haircuts as it says some families are struggling financially because of issues still being caused by universal credit. the prime minister is expected to be asked to give a firm date for when she'll quit downing street, at a meeting later today. the government and labour are also getting round the table again to discuss brexit. norman is at westminster. labour's shadow chancellor said at the weekend he didn't trust mrs may. is he preparing the ground for these talks on brexit between labour and the tories failing? the odds against him succeeding are enormous but where we are now is probably today is the best chance the prime mini

i don't think it's higher than ukip -- blackpool.that don‘t like what is happening and think brexit is turning out to be a disaster, let‘s face it it‘s looking nothing like the fantasy that was promised three years ago. you have got to get out and vote and of course i would say if you are a remain minded person and want a vote please do vote for change uk, that‘s the most important thing. also important that the aggregate vote for all the remain parties is as high as possible. don‘t leave this thing about tactically voting there and here, the main thing is if you wa nt to and here, the main thing is if you want to stay in the european union you vote for a party, and you make that argument and get the aggregate vote share as high as possible. the british public voted to leave by a majority of over 1.2 million. surely the only question now is how we leave, not whether we leave. shouldn‘t a second referendum be a choice between theresa may‘s deal and no deal? caroline on email. how we leave is interconnected and inextricably connected t

in a further boost for the brexit party, some former ukip members of the welsh assembly have recentlyn a uk parliament even before the european elections take place. as for the welsh conservatives, they fear voters will not like what they have seen over their pa rty‘s performance over brexit since 2016. on thursday, we will see just how hot under the collar welsh voters are, three years after the brexit referendum. bbc wales political editor, felicity evans, reporting change uk, formed earlier this year by mps who left the conservative and labour parties, were in edinburgh this afternoon campaigning. broxtowe mp anna soubry explained the core beliefs of the new party. we believe that the united kingdom has made a terrible mistake in voting to leave the european union. in scotland, if i may say, you had the good sense to vote to remain in the european union. the united kingdom as we all know made another decision and as we all believe, it was a terrible mistake. the other thing that keeps us absolutely together as one is our belief in the need to restore and fix politics in the united

then on tuesday we're interviewing gerard batten the ukip leader and on wednesday it will be the turnh are on the screen. indian prime minister narendra modi and his bjp party are heading for a second term in office — that's according to exit polls. voting has ended in the seventh and final phase of india's general election, the world's biggest exercise in democracy. 900 million people were eligible to vote. our correspondent sangita myska has been following developments from delhi. exit polls, and health warnings. they are not always reliable. the way in which they are done is literally someone standing outside with the board, polling booth, asking people what they voted and therefore there can be vast variations. having set that, creative four of the biggest exit polls are showing narendra modi, the incumbent prime minister is likely to be re—elected in 2019 likely to be able to form an absolute majority government. in 2014, became the first prime minister in about 30 yea rs first prime minister in about 30 years to be able to do that and if he repeats that success, clearly thatis h

then on tuesday, we're interviewing gerard batten, the ukip leader, and on wednesday, it will be they from labour and adam price, the plaid cymru leader. details of how to get in touch are on the screen. a bbc 5 live investigation has found that the number of prosecutions for "revenge porn" in england and wales has fallen, despite an increase in reported incidents. laws were brought in four years ago to tackle the problem. but while reports have more than doubled, the number of prosecutions has fallen by nearly a quarter. adrian goldberg, the presenter of 5 live investigates can tell us more. it's quite a clear definition is the posting online, without your permission, of images, they could be videos or photographs of you, with the intention of causing embarrassment or distress. and the figures that you've seen show that in terms of the reported incidents of revenge porn, that is up, but the number of prosecutions is actually down. that's right. this law was only introduced in 2015. now, in the first year after it was introduced, there were more than 800 reports of revenge porn repor

it's been tough so farfor ukip parliament at the moment. it's been tough so far for ukip macro.es, we've lost some seats, but we've made some gains in sunderland. we've made a few games there and when you look at the results of areas like sunderland where we didn't win, we got a lot of second places, so there are good there are good and bad across the board. there are plenty more results to come, with the parties watching closely, peering into what it might mean for their wider fortunes and doing so through the giant prism of brexit. oh, and here, at daft o'clock in the morning, was this some cross—party collaboration? or perhaps commiseration. chris mason, bbc news. let's get the thoughts of oui’ bbc news. let's get the thoughts of our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. is this a case of the voters saying, a plague on both your houses to labour and the conservatives? many voters are absolutely fed up to the back teeth of the two main parties spending time on brexit and getting absolutely no nowhere. what is less clear is what corbyn and mame will do now, de

this new ukip looks, according to the polls, that it is going to win.party is going to be performing poorly if the polls are correct. i think that will strengthen the hand of somebody like borisjohnson or strengthen the hand of somebody like boris johnson or dominic strengthen the hand of somebody like borisjohnson or dominic raab, somebody who is a lexiteer, because i think the more desperate the party gets itself the more they will think they need a brexiteer to sort them out and take them forward. —— who is a brexiteer. not sure that's the right answer to fighting nigel farage, you don't want a nigel farage, you don't want a nigel farage figure to combat him, but there is a shift in westminster, you can feel it. a few months ago boris johnson was down and out and conservative mps picked the two candidates who would go forward to the ballot, 120,000 or so members in the ballot, 120,000 or so members in the country, membership that is now very pro—brexit and favours no deal is an option and i think mps, the more they see their party struggling and the

performing badly, down 2496. -- time, ukip performing badly, down 24%. -- 24 time, ukip performing badlye one. our wells correspondence is in cardiff. talk is through the results, the implications and the reaction. as you were saying, it's a reflection really of what's happened elsewhere in the uk, the brexit party gaining around one third of the vote but it's the competition, the battle between the labour party and plaid cmryu which is interesting. look at the context here, it's the almost vice —like grip that the labour party has had on politics in wales for the best part of the century, topping the polls in 38 of the last 39 elections held in wales and last night, in third place behind plaid cmryu, the first time the nationalist party has defeated labour in an election in its 90 year history and the tectonic plates have shifted in welsh politics. we'll have to wait to see about that but there's another element, behind me in the assembly senate building, labour is the party of government, it has the first minister in wales who has stuck very closely to the message ofjeremy corbyn on br

ukip actually knew about this when they made him a candidate.he original 2016 tweet and he was criticised at the time, but it has emerged that he has compounded what he said and sang with enough pressure that he might cave and do that and this is a labour np who has fought very strongly for women's rights, and not really someone who will take something like this quietly. no one should have to acce pt quietly. no one should have to accept this and she has been brave enough to come out and say how it has made her feel the effects of all of this abuse is, sang it made her break down crying in the streets, some of this awful material that she is been receiving and we have this confirmation that the police are going be looking into the threat. the interview that she gave on the bbc, it is interesting that in the guardian story that they also talk about that she was challenged by a member and the public about this today. just leaving westminster and a man ran down the street alongside her and talking about why cults should not be able to joke about th

maximising the inheritance they got from ukip.ecorded this video of her thoughts when watching on monday morning. four parties were leading with a pro—eu anti—brexit message. the dems, the greens, change uk, these parties secured at this point in time 38% of the vote in their vote share went up. it is a shame they didn‘t have a full reliance as they didn‘t have a full reliance as they discuss and maybe you could have reported a better but is still obvious. the brexiteers, nigel‘s brexit party in his old ukip party got 36.8% of the vote. they got a bit less

ukip were wiped out, and change uk fail to make their mark.the snp were miles ahead, by almost a0%. the party will take three of the six seats there. in wales, the brexit party topped the poll, plaid cymru came second. labour, a party who've dominated welsh politics for a century, finished third. northern ireland counts today. it was a big night for parties who've taken a firm stand on brexit and a bad night for the others. but voters remain split between parties who back leaving the eu as soon as possible and those who want another referendum. our political correspodent tom bartonjoins us now from westminster. tom how has the political landscape changed 7 this was without doubt a terrible night for the two main parties. between them, getting fewer than half the votes they won in 2014. what voters do want is far from clear. yes, a victory for the brexit party, getting around a third of the vote but those parties which stood ona vote but those parties which stood on a clear remain flat form. they got a larger share of the vote. what does this m

ukip didn't win any seats at the last election, i would be very surprised if the brexit party one athey will already migrate to the tory party. soi already migrate to the tory party. so i think the big change will be to make the labour party more honest about this. this has been the huge issue i think for remainers, corbyn‘s wiesel ines. he has sat on the bench for so long, refused to go one way 01’ the bench for so long, refused to go one way or the other, if it came out and openly said i support remain, a second referendum, which he seems to be edging towards tonight, i think it would be a huge win for him. combined with the lib dems and the others, the greens and change uk, i think they would win easily. laura? i think this front page is very much a warning shot to the conservatives who have a conservative leadership race ongoing and the warning amongst europhile tory mps is that this will encourage candidates to take a hard i'io encourage candidates to take a hard no deal stance. boris johnson, dominic raab, esther mcvey, three candidates who have already announced their intentio

the real litmus test nationally could come when the brics it party the new party headed by former ukip leader nigel for raj and the anti brics it changed u.k. party candidates in this month's. european elections and the prime minister policy are in trouble and it could get worse because the brics it policy and ukip will be out in force for the forthcoming european parliament elections but the labor policy could also find itself licking its wounds once again as bricks it continues to cost a shot away the british politics al-jazeera. still out here on al-jazeera install welcome back into the side two of australia's crickets. and that. is. book about so-called immersive films always one of the highlights of the new york tri beckett film festival but while we've been hearing about virtual reality and movie making for some time the technology has got to go mainstream first and soon because of the festival's efforts to change all of that. the technology on display in the virtual arcade at the try back a film festival is cutting edge from the headsets that allowed viewers to interact with the

made labor the main opposition party accepts the referendum results it wants a deal but not may's ukip and the break that party they both advocate a so-called bragg's it with britain quitting the e.u. single market the lib dems the green party in changing they'll want to reverse briggs it and have a 2nd referendum. ok let's go live to brussels now believe we can speak to maximillian cry who was a candidate for the e.u. parliament standing for germany's a tea party and as i understand this is what it's all about getting in. a position is that i mean pay and i believe that you've done exactly that so congratulations maximilian how does it feel. i feel very happy i mean it was hard campaign. i succeeded so. i'm here in brussels. and how's it going for your party tonight. i mean we should distinguish between the local regional the national and the european level i come from and we are strong as party in my home state. we have all heard regional elections in september so we are lucky to come into this state government for the 1st time in germany. which is which is a would be a great thing o

prime minister and her party are in trouble and it could get worse because the brics it party and ukip will be out in force for the forthcoming european parliament elections but the labor party could also find itself licking its wounds once again as bricks it continues to cast a shadow over british politics nadine barber al jazeera london well in northern ireland those local elections the first poll since a journalist was shot dead by dissident republicans last month and londonderry young politicians are that are running a trying to stray away from the sectarianism that has defined the region's politics and are simmons reports. tranquility for now yes but this is northern ireland's border with the irish republic bricks it could heighten the risk of more on rest and possible violence if there was a hard border with custom posts and police checks wallner many festering issues in the local elections but there's something new going on. and one of those ceasefire babies now have only ever lived in a peaceful country. this young politician is a protestant in a mainly catholic nationalist par

mr benjamin, who is standing for ukip in the south west in the european elections, tweeted about phillipsrape you." let's hear some of carl benjamin's interview with my colleague victoria derbyshire now. these are direct quotes from people who watched the video or read the comments. honestly, this makes my stomach churn. how does he find this acceptable? comments like this may not seem a lot to a bloke like him, that is from a 31—year—old male survivor, saying it was like a bullet. from a mid—20s female survivor, she thanked me. i respond saying you are misrepresenting what is happening. you are being lied to. this man has watched your video. the way you report the comments as farcical. i will read another one. the lack of empathy from someone seeking public office acidity. rape is not funny. as a survivor, i am angry. there are two sides to every question and i am empathising with the other side. comments like this would have prevented me from telling what happened to me, a female survivor aged 28. she says, i probably wouldn't be here without that help. you only care about the survivors

it would be bad news for ukip, which has used wales for the last bastion. plaid cymru, because they go into the elections with relatively new leaders? all the parties elected new leaders in wales last year. all the leaders face the first test. it is a strong test for the leader of welsh labour, mark dra keford. the leader of welsh labour, mark drakeford. he is also first minister. labour have won almost every election here for the last century. but they're under pressure from the brexit party. if his first testis from the brexit party. if his first test is a defeat, he is under pressure. for plaid cymru, they are battling in very crowded remain territory. yes they have tried to be a strong remain party, but that part of market is crowded in wales, with plaid cymru and the greens and liberal democrats all standing as well as the labour party in wales being proremain. can plaid cymru get over their message of being the party that pro—remain people would vote for. a thought on turn out. will it be low —— vote for. a thought on turn out. will it be low -- will

with its own battlebus, ukip has been out on the road trying to maintain eurosceptic support.es are pushing to be heard. in norwich earlier this week, the green party was promoting its anti—brexit stance. let me explain... you're not the first person to have made that case. the tories and labour know they are under threat from the smaller parties, which have a clear brexit message. i think they will be better than most people, i'm thinking of voting for them. it seems right for today's world. but there is a battle for those trying to capture the remain vote. but there is a battle among those trying to capture the remain vote. at bristol university yesterday, the lib dem leader was rallying student supporters. for 50 years, actually, the lib dems have been the party of europe... trying to build on their success in local elections, the party's activists and councillors seem comfortable with a quieter campaign. the lib dems love to knock on doors and actually talk to people and i feel like that's working in our favour because we're actually speaking to them and asking their issue

the real litmus test nationally could come when the brics it party the new party headed by former ukip leader nigel for raj and the anti bricks. change u.k. policy theel candidates in this month's european elections the prime minister and her party are in trouble and it could get worse because the brics it party in ukip will be out in force for the forthcoming european parliament elections but the labor party could also find itself licking its wounds once again as bricks it continues to cast a shadow over british politics al-jazeera london. well still had all the news hour in sport welcome back into the side two of australian cricket stars return from the cheating that is. all too familiar. innocent lives ended in an instant. then grief anger and the debate around firearms but for survivors and families of the four then reality often changes forever. faultlines investigates the long lasting trauma inflicted on communities the aftermath of mass shootings in america on al-jazeera. examining the headlines a collapsed economy believes that many people are struggling to survive setting the

as for the smaller parties, ukip's taken a battering, but the greens are upbeat. element, undeniably, about disenchantment with the two big parties. people are fed up with the way they've handled brexit, there is a cry for clarity, which i think the greens are offering. so plenty more evidence of the disintegration of traditional loyalties to the two big parties. these were local elections, and many people may simply have shown they are fed up after years of cuts and austerity. but across the country, we have also seen people are as deadlocked as the parties here at westminster on the big issue of brexit. the results may pile pressure on the parties here to somehow break the brexit deadlock, but they've given no clear indication of how the country want that done. this was an angry election, ballot papers used to let off steam, often that it's taken so long to make so little progress with brexit. and as the ballot boxes are stacked and stowed away, there are only weeks before voters get another chance to make their views known, in the european parliament elections

european countries would be lining up to leave the european union following the example set by fars and ukipand indeed that has not happened it is really important to look at the nuances of the kind of populist wave in europe and even though you can broadly draw comparisons saying things like immigration drive them in the context of the european countries this is largely to do with non even the gratian to do with asylum seekers and refugees whereas in the united kingdom it was about free movement of people so even though i think has said that he would lead this populist revolution what's come to pass now is that the populace have not done as well as perhaps predicted so there are comparisons but i think that you have to . really careful to look at each country individually because there are big differences as well toss the better back to you in berlin a lot of people will complain even people that do vote pro e.u. will complain that the e.u. isn't quite working right now that it's seen as too remote that it's not helping some of the countries or people in the way that it should and there's a