the conservatives made a series of gains last week in the west midlands. seats the tories took from labour were two in wolverhampton, two in west bromwich, one in dudley north and one in northfield, birmingham. the conservative mayor for the west midlands is andy street who today visited downing street to set out what the government needs to do to ensure that the region stays blue. i spoke to the mayor a little earlier. i've seen in the local newspapers in the west midlands, you've set out a list of ten demands you would like from this government, can you spell out what those are? yes, the point here is very simple, voters across the west midlands gave their vote to the conservative party in unprecedented numbers, so we've really got to demonstrate as a party that we are now going to deliver for them. and they probably fall into two categories the things. the first things would be about infrastructure investments that actually give people hear the opportunity to take advantage of the jobs that are coming. and then the second thing would be around support fo

driving his local economy and the region of the west midlands.k into the treasury, the point of the northern powerhouse and what andy street is doing in the west midlands, is deal with the fact that structurally, we have to subsidise places in the north of england, the most economically challenged ones, because they take more out of the treasury in benefits and public services, because health inequality is worthless in the nothing. —— worse. it's so northern errors don't just retain more of the taxes but use the revenue is directly rather than having to rely on money from whitehall. i don't want the north to be dependent on benefits from london taxpayers and businesses based in london. i would taxpayers and businesses based in london. iwould much taxpayers and businesses based in london. i would much rather we raise our own money from the economic growth we have in the north of england and spend that. that is the long—term aspiration but equally applies in other parts of the countries where the mayor has been elected in the last four years after

that starts to show and you to the west midlands. the conservatives we re west midlands.h, but if you said they would lose too much receipts in west bromwich, they would say, must be joking. west bromwich, they would say, must bejoking. so this west bromwich, they would say, must be joking. so this was really an earthquake for labour. this was tom watson‘s seat, the former deputy leader. he did stand down before the election, but he was campaigning in this area. a big leave constituency. there, the labour vote is collapsing, a massive swing on the night, one of the biggest, 12%. i spent a bit of time in stoke before the election, and the mp5 said it was getting tougher on the doorstep since 2017, ruth smeeth found it very tough on the night. she had a 2500 majority, which is now a majority for the conservatives 6200, and gareth snell, what you see in that seat is that the brexit party is eating into his vote. that is one that nigel farage appointed. 8% drop in the vote. so the takeaway from this in the west midlands and other parts of the north, the labour party has to fi

other two seeds, the labour mps lost their seats last night as part of this blue wave across the west midlandsee seats in wolverhampton. some things they have never really one from labour and certainly not for generations stop the big question is, firstly, others people therefore good and why, if you are a labour voter, did you either switch this time or what you think went wrong? they have got five years now to get things done and we can get exit done, on time, and ofjanuary, and get this country moving. and thank goodness we get this country moving. and thank goodfiess we remove get this country moving. and thank goodness we remove the stranglehold of the hung parliament. iowa state. i thought boris johnson you of the hung parliament. iowa state. i thought borisjohnson you don't trust, and the others, i think i've got more sense than them. what about labour now, how would they win your trust back? if they got a better leader, better people who you think would be good in the cabinet.” leader, better people who you think would be good in the cabinet. i am not a jeremy corbyn supporter, i prefe

it is from west midlands counting terrorism unit.orism unit. counterterrorism unit. officers from west midlands counter terrorism unit executing a search warrant last night, that is etched on it, in connection to the review that was announced by the prime minister this weekend of existing licence conditions of convicted of terrorism offenders, of which we know that there are 7a have been released early on licence. as the result of a search of address in stoke—on—trent, the man, 3a euros, was arrested contrary to section five of the terrorism act for preparing terrorism act for preparing terrorism acts. there is no information to suggest that the arrested man was involved in friday's incident at a hall and on london bridge. no suggestion of any connection with no, but the suggestion from that —— with the usman khan. but in stoke—on—trent arrested as a result of the licence review in connection with terrorism offences. if we get any more about that, we will update you here on bbc news. an irishwoman who became a so—called islamic state

conservatives will now be representing some parts of the north east of england, wales and the west midlandst like most other offices. new mps have a lot of rules and traditions to get used to as they prepare to make their voices heard from these famous green benches. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. the weather is set to change significantly, actually as we head through this week, across the uk. right now, though, it is chilly out there out and about. we have had beautiful sunset here in chorley in lancashire, and all those colours we re lancashire, and all those colours were helped by this quite thin high cloud that has been affecting much of england and wales today. it comes well ahead of that weather front there, which is bringing rain into there, which is bringing rain into the south—east corner of england right now. to the north though, we pick upa right now. to the north though, we pick up a mixture of rain and snow, particularly some snow across northern scott, that will lead to easy conditions, those showers will continue across

our special correspondent ed thomas has been in west bromwich west, in the west midlands, to take a lookt the new political landscape. look beyond the cities, and move to the towns of the north of england, the midlands, to make sense of this election. to the people in constituencies like west bromwich west. singing. and listen. congratulations, borisjohnson. to the voices of wednesbury. it's happened, it's absolutely amazing. does it feel like you've woken up in a different country? yeah, ido. he's going to sort out everything. the poor, nhs, schools, police, immigration. what was the thing that got you voting for him? the one thing? because he wanted to listen to 17.4 million people. for the first time in 45 years, this constituency has broken its bonds with labour. family, generation after generation for the working class. labour voter, labour voter, labour voter. yeah, yeah, definitely. and now that has all changed. yeah. and you have woken up to a conservative mp, west brom west. yes. how does that feel? that feels 0k actually. i think it's great, it's what the country needs. a conse

let's talk to karen woolley, development manager at the staffordshire and west midlands federation of small businesses. presumably it is a good time to lunge this today because people are looking for christmas presents but presumably it is year—round challenge. yes, it is a great campaign raising the awareness of small independent retailers. it is the busiest shopping day of the year, the first saturday in december, but it is notjust about today, it is about the rest of the year. any measures that lead people to concentrate on buying small and local is a good thing. and why should people do that, and how are you encouraging people to shop small? retail is often excluded from traditional forms of business support put in place by the government so actually we need to help small businesses and shop local, and retail should be about a perfect mix, we recognise we have a 24—hour shopping mentality and lots of stores in out—of—town retail developments, but we have so many small local firms that need our help. the high streets are struggling and anything we can do to help is a good measure.

really in wolverhampton, a change, just like other parts of the west and east midlands.ority will stop people probably today thinking wolverhampton celebrating their 4—0 win in the europa league last night and wolves will still be playing european football this year, as much as they are thinking about the general election. that puts us all in our place, football dominating the pub talk tonight rather than the politics that we have been speaking about for the last day or two! the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer has been giving his reaction to labour's poor performance. there is no hiding from the results. they are devastating for our party and for our movement. but most importantly, they will cause even more hurt to the millions of people who have suffered so much under a tory government. we have to reflect on this, and we have to do that together as a party under movement and try to properly understand this result. but it's also our duty to rebuild our party and our movement and that's going to be a very big task. would you like to be the next leader? this is th

strongest winds come over night affecting wales, south—west england, quite windy for a time in the west midlandso bring it down to some tree branches so there is some risk of disruption to power supplies and transport as we head into monday. monday sees the area of low pressure clear off into europe but we will get these cold northerly winds leading down across the country in its wake so otherwise tomorrow we are looking up sunny skies for many, if you showers coming down, certainly lots of showers throughout the day for northern scotland, some coming down the north sea. for most of us it is sunny, temperatures five to ten but factoring those northerly winds, i think it will feel quite bitter across eastern areas. we have something of a temperature roller—coaster going on as it miles winds battle it out with north—westerly winds. the winds changing direction and so too will the weather. on tuesday, we have this band of heavy rain at putting eastwards a cross this band of heavy rain at putting eastwards across the country put up all of us will see that, rain will be accompanied by gusty squally w

the strongest winds come through overnight for wales, south—west of england, very windy for the west midlandssome disruption to transport and perhaps power supplies as we head through sunday night and into monday as well. by monday, the low pressure system works into the near continent. we get these cold northerly winds diving down across the uk. for most of us, weather—wise, it is dry and sunny but there will be some showers feeding in through the north channel, some of those could affect the north of wales and north—west england, and there will be lots of showers in northern scotland, coming down the north sea to rub into eastern coastal areas of england, perhaps into norfolk. temperatures 5—10 degrees but factor in those strong northerly winds and it will feel bitter across eastern areas. talking about temperatures, through the rest of the week ahead, it will be a week of roller—coaster temperatures, milder south—westerly winds interspersed by colder spells of north—westerly winds. the winds changing on a day by day basis. tuesday sees the south—westerly winds winning the battle, outbreaks

windy for some time in the west midlands. gusts of up to 75 miles an hour.he first part of monday. for most of us, a sunny day coming up. showers around coastal areas, particularly northern scotland and some around the north sea. despite sunshine and temperatures of 5—10d, it will feel better in the east on account of those strong, northerly winds. hello this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: as the final few days of campaigning get under way, the conservatives promise to introduce an australian—style points—based immigration system to control unskilled migration. meanwhile labour has set out their plans for social care if they win the election, offering more funding and free personal care for older people in england. police in india have arrested the owner of a delhi factory where a fire killed more than 40 people overnight. a murder investigation has been launched in northamptonshire after a 25—year—old woman died in rushden. a 13—year—old boy and a 27—year—old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder. now on bbc news: to mark the 20th

windy for some time in the west midlands. gusts of up to 65—75 miles an hour.o power and transport to take us into the first part of monday. for most of us, a sunny day coming up. showers around coastal areas, particularly northern scotland and some around the north sea. despite the sunshine and temperatures of 5—10d, it will feel better in the east on account of those strong, northerly winds. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... campaigning intensifies, as politicians canvass in key battlegrounds — with just days until the country goes to the polls. in india, at least a0 people are killed in a fire at a factory making school bags in delhi. a 13—year—old boy is among three people arrested for involvement in the murder of a woman — stabbed to death in northamptonshire. a man is arrested after video emerges of alleged racial abuse of manchester united players during yesterday's derby. i've got something wrong with me, that's the first thing to know. edward norton is a private detective with tourette's, tracking down the man who killed his mentor. that and mo

you have seen that in north—east wales, the west midlands, south yorkshire, the west midlands, southn. a former mining town in nottinghamshire. big leave area. look at the vote share you can see the labour vote collapsing. the brexit party eating into a bit. look at that massive swing. 18%. dudley north, it has never been anything but labour. 0k? big leave area. again you look at the vote share. almost a straight swap. conservative to labour. another massive swing. there is another extraordinary one. sedgefield, the former seat of tony blair, in 2005 there was a majority of more than 18,000. that was after —— after nine years of labour opposition the conservatives have a majority of 4500. another big vote share. the brexit party eating into that as well. one last one. rother valley, it has never been anything but tory. labour since 1918. a big leave area. this is the one that nigel farage will point to. the brexit party eating massively into the labour vote and a very big swing from labour to the conservatives. chris tim, thanks. two of the three wolverhampton seats in the west midla

. >> thank you hugh i'm still looking at central and the west midlands. the candidate they are for the is garrett snell he is defending the majority of all 4,000. he joins us from the constituency. mr. snell house looking fusion i? >> is disastrous. the exit poll is a catastrophe for the labour party and i would say i suspect, my state will be parts of the seed that falls to the conservatives this evening. this is one of the worst results the labour party could have ever imagined. it is all well and good saying that we've made some gains there are always to keep things there, the fact is we could have another five years of this government with probably three conservative. the untold horrors that they will unleash in that country lays firmly at the door of those running for the national parties campaign. and the decisions they have made about what to target and the source. just to be clear although the votes have not been fully counted, you think you've lost? >> yes. >> will john met dowell, your constituency vote to leave the referendum. >> it's aleave co

the west midlands counterterrorism unit have arrested a man following a review of the existing licencesm offenders. the 34—year—old was arrested at his home in stoke—on—trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. the arrest is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. and we'll find out how the london bridge attack, and other stories, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are deputy political editor at the independent, rob merrick, and journalist at the sunday times, katherine forster. malta's prime minister, joseph muscat, has told state tv in malta, that he will start the process of appointing his successor with the hope of a new prime minister installed towards the end of january 2020. he had been facing growing calls to stand down. his government has come under intense pressure, after an investigation into the murder, of the investigative journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. two senior members of the government have already resigned. 0ur europe correspondent, damian grammaticas, re

the west midlands pensioners‘ convention have strong feelings on the matter. of the bbc. this is the responsibility of national government, so to be penny—pinching for £154 a year for an over—75—year—old sitting at home, lonely and isolated, is an absolute scandal. the bbc faces two enormous structural challenges. first, there is the hyperinflation in the cost of entertainment, and then there is the flight of younger audiences to alternative platforms. but, being a public service broadcaster, it has got to ride both horses, it has got to appeal to young people whilst also respecting the wishes of loyal, older audiences who have paid their licence fee for so long, and all while staying true to the values of its founder, lord reith. the planned changes to the licence fee for over—75s are due to come into effect in the middle of 2020 when the government stops picking up the cost. of course, for the bbc this year, personnel issues were always close to the surface. i am more proud than i can say that you have put up with me for so long. john humphrys retired from t

conservatives will now be representing some parts of the north east of england, wales and the west midlandsns. parliament's not like most other offices. new mps have a lot of rules and traditions to get used to. but tonight, for conservative mps old and new, time to celebrate. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. our headlines tonight... why mezut ozil finds himself at the centre of a row with china that could have far reaching implications for his club and the premier league. zaha strikes to rescue palace on roy hodgsons big night. and manchester city face a tough tie as the draw‘s made for the last 16 of the champions league. good evening. a row between mezut ozil and china intensified after the forward criticised the country's persecution of muslim minorities. evidence suggests up to a million weegur muslims are being detained in high security camps in a region of the country — their foreign ministry said today ozil was deceived by "fake news". chinese state tv pulled arsenal's game with manch

west midlands counter terrorism unit have arrested a man following a review of the existing licence conditions—old was arrested at his home in stoke—on—trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. it is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. and we'll find out how the london bridge attack — and other stories — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are deputy political editor at the independent, rob merrick, and journalist at the sunday times, katherine forster. an irishwoman who became a so—called islamic state bride in syria, has been arrested after arriving back in ireland with her 2—year—old daughter. lisa smith went to the war—torn country in 2015 — after converting to islam and becoming radicalised. she had been living with her child in a syrian refugee camp. she has also revealed that the father of her child was a suspected member of is who died last year. 0ur correspondent, john campbell has more on ms smith's background. she was a woman in her 30s, she had been a member of the irish

the west midlands counter terrorism unit have arrested a man following a review of the existing licenceerrorism offenders. the 34—year—old was arrested at his home in stoke—on—trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. the arrest is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. let's get some of the day's other news: protesters in iraq have set fire to the iranian consulate in the southern city of najaf for the second time in a week. anger at iran's dominant influence in iraq has helped fuel the protests in iraq, now entering their third month. the violence has intensified in the past week in several southern cities as security forces continue to use live ammunition and tear gas. thousands of people including judges and lawyers have been protesting across poland against widespread changes to the country's legal system, which are being implemented by the governing law and justice party. they've called for the reinstatement of one judge who was dismissed earlier this week. the government has clashed with the european commission over its changes to the judiciary. resi

the strongest winds come through overnight for wales, south—west of england, very windy for the west midlands of some disruption to transport and perhaps power supplies as we head through sunday night and into monday as well. by monday, the low pressure system works right into the near continent. we get these cold northerly winds diving down across the uk. for most of us, weather—wise, it is dry and sunny but there will be some showers feeding in through the north channel, some of those could affect the north of wales and north—west england and there will be lots of showers in northern scotland, coming down the north sea to rub into eastern coastal areas of england, perhaps into norfolk. temperatures five to 10 degrees but factor in those strong northerly winds and it will feel bitter across eastern areas. talking about temperatures, through the rest of the week ahead it will be a week of roller—coaster temperatures, milder south—westerly winds interspersed by colder spells of north—westerly winds. the winds changing on a day by day basis. tuesday sees the south—westerly winds winning the bat

a glorious picture in sutton coldfield in the west midlands, perfect conditions for strolling in theecember sunshine. there was quite a bit around because of high pressure dominating for the next three days before low pressure ta kes next three days before low pressure takes over to bring wet and windy but milder weatherfor a takes over to bring wet and windy but milder weather for a time. takes over to bring wet and windy but milder weatherfor a time. quite a bit of sunshine this afternoon across england, wales, eastern scotla nd across england, wales, eastern scotland and northern ireland, click a cloud for western scotland, drizzle, mist and murk, a cloud for western scotland, drizzle, mistand murk, but a cloud for western scotland, drizzle, mist and murk, but these are the highest temperatures, ten or 11 degrees. despite the sunshine it will be chilly elsewhere. largely dry tonight, clear spells for many, turning quite cold again, the new weather front pushes into the north—west, bringing increasing wind and rain, you can see where the climate is, high temperature versus clear sk

tonight, wales, south—west england, may the west midlands, gus in the way of 65, 75 miles an hour.n tree branches and so because of these severe gales there is chance of disruption to transport and also power supplies overnight. as we head into monday, the worst of those strong winds will blow away to the near continent but at the same time we will get the strong northerly winds following across the uk. they will bring showers in across the channel, some reaching north wales and england and frequent showers in scotland, coming down the north sea. for most of us a sunny day, temperatures five to 10 degrees. factor in the wins and it will feel quite bitter around the coast. the rest of the week, temperature roller—coasters as mild south—westerly winds interspersed with cooler north—westerly winds. the temperatures in the weather will change on a day by day basis. tuesdayis change on a day by day basis. tuesday is the turn of south—westerly winds. we looking at a cloudy day with, rain will be heavy and squally as it pushes eastwards a cross heavy and squally as it pushes eastwards acr

let's talk to karen woolley, development manager at the staffordshire and west midlands federation

strongest winds in the uk are from overnight across wales, south—west england and may be the south west midlands when is this strong are perfectly capable of bringing down trees so there is the might like he was speaking at a frantic pace. as you are saying, he spent some time making calls to voters at this call centre. obviously, trying to persuade them to try to vote for the conservative party. also, there were a lot of senior ministers there who we re a lot of senior ministers there who were doing the same thing, and spent quite a long time doing it. in his speech, though, there was a measure of caution. he was saying that we are in the final furlong, but we are not quite there yet. we need, as he put it, to keep working hard. i think there is some concern. they obviously want to keep going. you know, really pushing the campaign as ha rd know, really pushing the campaign as hard as possible right the way through till the last minute. they are not taking anything for granted. he was using a lot of sporting metaphors. notjust he was using a lot of sporting metaphors. not just the final furlong

the west midlands counter terrorism unit have arrested a man following a review of the existing licenced was arrested at his home in stoke—on—trent on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts. the arrest is not believed to be connected to the london bridge attack. malta's prime minister, joseph muscat, says he will stand down in the new year once his governing labour party has chosen a successoi’. he made the announcement in a national television address. mr muscat had been under intense pressure to quit over an investigation into the murder of the anti—corru ption journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from malta. several thousand strong, they filled the heart of malta's capital this evening. there's real anger here that the prime minister, joseph muscat, is still in place. a woman murdered. angered at the prime ministerjoseph muscat is still in office. we are going to be a democracy! enough, enough! 0ut, out! the prime minister? joseph muscat, out, now! i am fed up of the injustice that has been going on. he murdered daphne. they mur

of other parts of the west midlands. —— lots of other parts of the country was top west midlands trainsbrought in, which meant it frequently broke down, so on occasions we had as few as two coaches, quite a regular occurrence, you couldn't even get on. so, mary, was it any better this morning? let's not get too excited too soon, it is only day one of the new weekday timetable but after months of misery, rail travellers appear to be benefiting from the change. west midlands trains had promised to make the new timetable more robust. i ke pt the new timetable more robust. i kept asking them, what does that mean? essentially rejigging it, which includes rebooting some services, putting on extra carriages, and they have also brought in four new electric chains from yorkshire, so i hope they don't wa nt from yorkshire, so i hope they don't want them back —— electric trains will stop let's hearjo's first assessment of the new timetable. this is extraordinary. this is a combination clearly of five coaches, so we are combination clearly of five coaches, so we are back to the numbers we had befor

they have searched properties 125 miles north of london and working with west midlands anti-terrorism squad and police. >>> released from prison in december 2018, having served just under seven years of a 16-year sentence for terrorism, usman khan was shot dead by london police on friday after they say he stabbed two people to death near london bridge. in 2012, khan was convicted for his part in a terror plot. aged 19 and one of a gang of nine, he pleaded guilty for his role in a plan to bomb the london stock exchange. the judge warned he was a serious jihadist. yet on appeal in 2013, the terps of khan sentenced change allowing for automatic release in 2018 on license a form of parole in the uk. one condition of his release from custody, khan had to wear an ankle monitor so movements could be tracked. he was wearing it on friday during the attack. sources say he had ties to terrorist groups. >> this is not the time to be talking about that. i'm focusing spiral on going forward. >> boris johnson claimed the system isn't doing its job. . >> it does not make sense as a society to put ter

eleanor smith, and emma reynolds, lost their seats last night as part of this blue wave across the west midlandsave never really one from labour, certainly not for generations. so, the big question is, firstly, are those people there for good, and why come if you are labour better, did you either switch this time, or what do you think went wrong? they've got five years now to get things done, and we can get brexit done on time, end ofjanuary come and get this country moving. and thank goodness we've managed to remove that stranglehold of a hung parliament. iabstain. i thought they were both come i thought boris johnson, i don't trust them, and the others come i think i've got more sense than them. what about labour now, how were they when your trust back? if they got someone, a better leader, and better people who you think would be good in the cabinet. i'm not a carbon supporter, but i prefer the policies i'm not a corbyn supporter, but i prefer the policies over at labour over what the conservatives have. even though you are not a corbyn supporter, you still voted labour? yeah. and so, what yo

midlands. a little drier in the north—west later.rier day for many but as you could see cloud and rain will be gathering. more rain for western scotland. more heavy rain will not be welcome. saturday temperatures are generally between eight and 11 and saturday nights will be a very wet one. this band of heavy rain pushes eastwards across all parts of the country with brisk winds and as that rain band clears away we will be left with a strong westerly wind bringing a mixture of sunny spells and showers. some of their showers will be heavy on sunday and could well be thundery and when theory over high ground in scotland. later in the day because the parts of wales and south—west england we are a little concerned because it looks like the winds will ramp up and severe gales could cause problem lies ina severe gales could cause problem lies in a day. saw lots going on with our weather as we head through the next few days. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. with one week to the general election, the political parties launch their fi

and they are no longer facing jeremy corbyn, it will be much harderfor them to retain the midlands, the north—west north—west, north—east wales? i would put at the other way round, labour have to win their seats back and if the conservatives invest as much in public services as they say they are, if the nhs is turned around and i'm not saying it would be, but people see there are more police on the streets, shorter queues at the hospital, the question is what can't labour offer them? this is a more existential crisis for labour. and if labour don't choose someone who was successful in electorally, is at the end of the party? you say it's existential, what about a new party, centrist joining the liberal democrats? i'm old enough to remember the 1997 election and people asking if this was the death of the conservative party and they failed to win in 2001 and 2005 now have a majority so i wouldn't write of the labour party yet but they need to have a serious think about how to win back their heartlands other marginal seats. does corbyn have to go now or should he wait while the leadership process unf

still battling battles but in the north of england and the east midlands in the west midlands they've come through and delivered swathes of results for the concert as i haven't been one for in about 100 years. formulation of the of the electoral map of the u.k. in favor of the conservative party has boris johnson in cahoots with although clearly it wouldn't be deliberate but in cahoots with in effect nigel farage turned the conservative party into the party yes the big structural thing that there was going going to the conservative party was that they were the brits if it was all united behind the conservative party and they won what looks like 46 percent of the votes almost 7 they voted for breaks it voted for the conservative party because the brics a party became a sort of a dull force throughout the campaign it really lost its influence and everybody for the conservative party to remain as you know there wasn't that same enthusiasm for germany corben there was the lib dems vote and they they squeeze the lib dem voters much they cared for the lib dems it was still there and in the

. >> now they've just returned and the west midlands has been the territory for the conservatives tonight. they are picking up a lot of seats. did you expect to do this across the country, across england? >> i haven't officially been returned unless you know something i don't i'm still waiting for the results but i'm optimistic. >> you were quite right with what i think we have seen so far what i was trying to find out this data you expect this result to be picking up so many of the labor seats? >> we don't have the final, final results yet. but it is of course incredibly encouraging this evening. and you know, i didn't know what to expect going into this. we went in fighting for every single vote. i think that our approach clearly looks like it's paid off. the messages got through. people have rejected the division that was offered by jeremy corbin and diane abbott and the others and they want unity and the country to move forward. of course they want brexit down and that's great we can move forward in that way but they want so much more. they want a government that listens to them and h

that will take away some of the morning sunshine in north—west england and north west midlands at theu get the sunshine you are doing well. the best of which is around shetland which will finish the day with heavy rain and strong winds across northern and western areas. the wind is coming from a southerly direction lifting temperatures in the west to around 12 degrees. cooler in the east where the winds are light is. gales around northern and western scotland to finish friday. a windy few days to come here. the wind is still coming in from come here. the wind is still coming infrom a come here. the wind is still coming in from a south—westerly direction keeping things mild and bringing rain across scotland and northern ireland. and for a time across the north of england. most will finish the night on a reasonably dry now, cloud around at that. temperatures from dropping too much. lowest of all, some breaks in the cloud towards eastern pa rt all, some breaks in the cloud towards eastern part of scotland and eastern england. this is the big picture in that will stop temperatures from dr

conservatives will now be representing some parts of the north east of england, wales and the west midlandsy the conservatives for generations. parliament's not like most other offices. new mps have a lot of rules and traditions to get used to as they prepare to make their voices heard from these famous green benches. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. and in the last half an hour borisjohnson has named two of his appointments for vacant cabinet positions. simon hart — mp for carmarthen west and south pembrokeshire will replace alun cairns as welsh secretary. and despite stepping down as an mp before the election, nicky morgan will stay on as culture secretary — and take a seat in the house of lords. let's speak now to katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator magazine. we are all wondering what this new conservative party is going to look like, what do we learn from the reshuffle, katie? i think like, what do we learn from the reshuffle, katie? ithink this is business as usual. and that's not because it's going to be business as usual in the long term, boris johnson's plan and

conservatives will now be representing some parts of the north east of england, wales and the west midlandshese famous green benches. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? india's prime minister has appealed for calm after violent protests against a new citizenship law — which opponents say discriminates against muslims. the french government official in charge of major changes to the pension system has resigned. jean—paul dell—vois was facing allegations of potential conflicts of interest, which he denies. more broadly, for two weeks, there have been strikes and protests over these pension proposals. bbc world service europe. firefighters in eastern australia say an attempt to contain rampant bushfires northwest of sydney has gone wrong — and has lead to damaged buildings and the blocking of major roads. emergency crews had started a controlled fire to reduce dry material but they lost control of it. bbc world service english. in the us, hallmark cards has apologised for withdrawing tv adverts featuring same—sex couples on

working class post—industrial areas has collapsed, so you have seen that in north—east wales, in the west midlands, and when you drill down into the numbers you will see that the conservative vote share is higher where there is a higher percentage of working class people. i will show you what i mean. these are seats that have all gone from red to blue. bassetlaw, redcar, scu nthorpe, leigh, dudley north, great grimsby, sedgefield, rother valley. let's have a look at bassetlaw. it was the biggest swing of the night. john mann standing down, former mining town in nottinghamshire, big leave area. look at the vote share. you can see labour's vote collapsing. the brexit party entering into a little bit of it. look at that massive swing. 18%. another one. dudley north. it's never been anything but labour. a big leave area. again you look at the vote share. almost a straight swap labour to conservative, another massive swing. here's another extraordinary one. sedgefield, the former seat of tony blair. in 2005 he had a majority of over 18,000. after nine years of labour opposition. look at that. the conse

the best jobs glasgow and the west midlands.tly. did you say 99% of us are happy with 0% co ntra cts ? say 99% of us are happy with 0% contracts? no. 99% entitle are happy with jobs contracts? no. 99% entitle are happy withjobs and contracts? no. 99% entitle are happy with jobs and contracts contracts? no. 99% entitle are happy withjobs and contracts including those on zero contract. kensington and chelsea, westminster and the city of london are the least happy. a lot of london ones in their full but brent, a good one, topping the list. where four and five are happy with the quality of work. many newspapers this morning are paying tribute to bob willis. it is one of those days when it is worth reading a good old—fashioned new pit newspaper obituary. in this one and that paper is lovely. it covers bob willis warts and all. it talks about him, his career, his broad casting career, is unusually long run in and unorthodox front on action. a formidable side thundering into bowl and could scare the best of batters. a lovely piece but

the annoyances for a time that clouds may gather across the south, particularly south—west england, the midlands but the rest of the country, a fine day and a little bit colder in scotland, around five in edinburgh. in the south, closer to double figures. as we approach that all—important midnight, the stroke of midnight, into 2020, these are the kind of temperatures we are going to get, probably hovering around 4 degrees in the north, 9 degrees in the south and wherever you are in the country at the stroke of midnight it does look as though the weather is going to be mostly dry. if you are lucky you will have clear skies, if you are unlucky, probably just cloudy clear skies, if you are unlucky, probablyjust cloudy because high pressure is in charge of the weather so we are very pressure is in charge of the weather so we are very lucky this year and into next, quite often we have low pressures bringing as lashings of rain but not this time. early 2020 is going to bring high pressure, settled conditions and the only thing we are watching out for is some mist and fog. they could be some mist and f

and had applied to join west midlands police to become a detective effectively on their fast track schemeat the scene, and she was pronounced dead at 2:25pm. about half an hour after the attack. —— about half an hour after the attack is believed to have happen. a pathologist has carried out a postmortem on the half of the police and the pulls of death was shock and haemorrhage haemorrhaging, due to sta b haemorrhage haemorrhaging, due to stab wounds to the chest. same cause of death forjack merritt, 25—year—old second victim of usman khan, he had been at the event to help relatives coordinate, it was a graduate of the university of cambridge and we learned today that jack merritt was moved after he was attacked on a stretcher, out of fishmongers hall, to a road to the north of the venue, that is because ofan north of the venue, that is because of an ongoing police investigation, major police investigation, multiple attem pts major police investigation, multiple atte m pts to major police investigation, multiple attempts to save his life at the scene. “— attempts to save his life at the sc

showers frequent in the north, wintry of north—west england, north midlands and north wales.nd and wales in particular, a wild and windy night across the south, but here, the massively drier, sunnier weather. showers frequent in the north, wintry over high ground and it will stay chilly. staying chilly into sunday after a spell of rain, sleet and snow overnight. showers on sunday in the north, staying windy across southern areas. this is beyond 100 days, with me, katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. our top stories... it‘s the last day of campaigning, and party leaders are scrambling to win over undecided voters. we‘ll look at what‘s cut through with the public over the past month. house democrats will begin amending impeachment articles against president trump this evening. lawmakers are in for a long night as they get ready for the next steps of the inquiry. coming up in the next half hour... she‘s the youngest person to be recognised as time magazine‘s person of the year. we‘ll look at how greta thunberg has made history. plus, how the iconic leather jac

which haven't had the west midlands which haven't had the attention they have deserved over the attentionnt is going to be a big part of this government and if they put in the investment, if they think about those seats, some of which they've won those seats, some of which they've won the first time, the country could come together again. watching michael gove and thinking how times change, think back when he pulled the rug out from under boris johnson, saying he didn't think borisjohnson was the johnson, saying he didn't think boris johnson was the right person to be prime minister and it strikes me this is why the conservatives are here today because they are pretty ruthless when it comes to their leaders, either getting rid of them if they don't like them or bringing in people who can win for them. i've spoken to numerous mps who didn't wa nt spoken to numerous mps who didn't want borisjohnson, spoken to numerous mps who didn't want boris johnson, had spoken to numerous mps who didn't want borisjohnson, had reservations but actually thought, do know, are you think you can win for us th

a cold day, particularly where the fog has lingered across northern england and the west midlands. dry. the odd shower through the channel. some more fog for northern ireland, northern england and the midlands and some frost around. patchy frost for many parts of the uk. maybe one or two icy patches as well. in the morning, the fog will lift in northern ireland, with some rain arriving as well. this fog lifting into low cloud, towards the north east of england. either side of that, some sunshine. further west, the wind strengthening to bring rain into south—western end, west wales and northern ireland, lifting temperatures here. still quite chilly for a good part of scotland and north—east england. gales will be arriving in the south—west of england, west wales by the end of the afternoon and through the evening, pushing northwards into northern ireland and south—western parts of scotland. together with the rain, which is going to be quite heavy at times. those weather fronts will push the rain northwards and eastwards through the night, bringing in mild air across the whole of the

the south and west, it will be a day of sunshine and cherish, some heavy for wales, south—west and the midlandshowers continue for the latter part of christmas eve but through the night. to fizzle out, many places will turn drier and colder. that is because we have got this ridge of high pressure i mentioned building in across the country as we head on into christmas day. a cold start to christmas day, better frost into christmas day. a cold start to christmas day, betterfrost and mist and fog, that might make you feel a bit festive but that is it because it is going to be blue skies pretty much an sunshine, light winds and will be killed, temperatures in single figures for most. sunshine cranny hazy are out west later, as the weather system gets closer. more wet and windy by the end of the night across the west, dense fog patches may develop across eastern parts of the country, here it will be called further west as the wind and rain arrives, slowly turning milder, 5—9d. that system will continue to push west, close isobars could see gusts of 40 or 50 miles an hourin could see gusts of 40 or 5

midlands. further west, northern ireland, wales and southwest temperatures recovered with the cloud moving again and that will bring some rain by the morning and that rain will push northwards and eastward. into the cold air, some snow over the high ground in the pennines over the hills. it will be quite cold here. further south, south wales in southwest england seeing temperatures in the double digits as the more persistent rain clears away, there will be quite a few blustery showers following in its wake. showers probably by friday but still some for england and wales in the west, some sunshine and rain and lingering in the far north of scotland were temperatures should be a little bit higher, 6 degrees or so, double digits in the far southwest. hello, everyone. welcome back to h0 in westminster where we do our daily podcast about the election campaign you have not seen you on tv for a couple of days and that is because there been other live events like debates in our place and we let you watch them instead instead of listening to me. there is only one more sleep until polling day which means