dudley in the west midlands _ day. dudley in the west midlands is _ day. west midlands is one - day. dudley in the west midlands is one to - day. dudley in the west i midlands is one to watch. either main party could take control. in the south—east, there was a win the conservatives, taking harlow council in essex from labour. the counting continues in cornwall where, like many places, they will be tallying the ballots for many hours yet. in london, labour's sadiq khan is seeking another term as mayor, one of 13 upper election. the conservatives hoping to hang onto the west midlands, labour eyeing up west yorkshire. those are some of the many, many more results to come on these elections held in the shadow of a pandemic. slowly, across england, a renewed political picture is emerging. jonathan blake, bbc news. wth me is lewis goodall, bbc newsnight�*s policy editor. thanks very much forjoining me. good to see you. now, a concession really to a pretty significant defeat. is this a wow moment for you. it significant defeat. is this a wow moment for you.- sig

one second, vicky, the west midlands. the - vicky, the west midlands. each of the candidates is as follows... liam _ of the candidates is as follows... liam byrne, _ of the candidates is as follows... liam byrne, labour and cooperative party. _ liam byrne, labour and cooperative party, stephen alexander caldwell, green _ party, stephen alexander caldwell, green party, 35,559. peter charles george _ green party, 35,559. peter charles george darnell, reform uk, 13,568. andrew— george darnell, reform uk, 13,568. andrewjohn street, the conservative party candidate, 299,318. jennifer jane wilkinson, liberal democrats, 21,83g _ jane wilkinson, liberal democrats, 21,836. the total number of valid first preference votes is 614,290. the total— first preference votes is 614,290. the total number of ballot papers rejected _ the total number of ballot papers rejected at this first count is as follows, — rejected at this first count is as follows, 11,890. in terms of those rejected, — follows, 11,890. in terms of those rejected, one was officially marked zerot _ rej

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another big one, the west midlands contest.cond round of counting because you get two choices with the selection. this really was a target for labour. keir starmer came down here campaigning with their candidate three times. dan norris was a candidate, the former mp, he used to represent the parliamentary seat occupied by jacob used to represent the parliamentary seat occupied byjacob rees—mogg used to represent the parliamentary seat occupied by jacob rees—mogg so labour reckoned they had a good chance here, the conservatives won it last time around which was the first time it was up for contest in 2017. the conservatives are the incumbents in essence although it was a new candidate. talking to people out there over the last day or so, talking to the parties, there is a sense that perhaps labour haven't quite done enough, haven't quite got there, which would fit in with the pattern around the rest of the country, but one of the reasons why labour have focused so hard here is because it's actually a double mayoral contest to ta

i showed some of the pictures on twitter of the mining operation released by those west midlands policea currency in the way you or i would understand it, one of its main uses, fact, is by criminals engaged in ransom where operations, getting people to pay with bitcoin. so big questions over the function of the currency and its impact on the environment.— currency and its impact on the environment. . , ., , environment. still huge questions around bitcoin, _ environment. still huge questions around bitcoin, aren't _ environment. still huge questions around bitcoin, aren't there? - environment. still huge questions i around bitcoin, aren't there? which around bitcoin, aren�*t there? which ifear around bitcoin, aren�*t there? which i fear commits around bitcoin, aren�*t there? which ifear commits notjust a question for another time commits a whole documentary, isn�*t it? for now, thank you very much, thank you, our technology correspondent. it is quarter to six p:m., these are tonight�*s headlines. an inquestjury finds jack merritt and saskia jones were �*unlawfully killed�* at fishmonger

several big city mayors are yet to be announced including london, manchester and the west midlands.l council elections as they currently stand. labour has lost control of four councils, while the conservatives have made eight gains. here's our political correspondent greg dawson. there may be many more ballots left a county in england, many more council and mayoral results to come, but it's yesterday's defeat in hartlepool that'll cast a significant shadow over labour�*s overall election results. another harsh reminder of the party losing the support of voters in former heartland areas, no prompting a major policy review to reconnect with voters. we major policy review to reconnect with voters— with voters. we have to ask ourselves — with voters. we have to ask ourselves why _ with voters. we have to ask ourselves why it _ with voters. we have to ask ourselves why it is - with voters. we have to ask ourselves why it is people l with voters. we have to ask. ourselves why it is people have with voters. we have to ask- ourselves why it is people have not seen labour as the answer to th

for wales, the west midlands, line. for wales, the west midlands, through the afternoon, there have not been that many showers. more of you will have enjoyed fine weather. this evening and overnight comedy show is that are falling through the day will gradually subside, with some clearing skies overnight temperatures down to between five and eight, similar to the night. tomorrow in the morning we will see cloud and thundery rain spreading to wales and south—west england back for the rest of the uk, by and large, a dry start with decent morning sunshine to look forward to and through the morning, though shower clouds will grow and by the afternoon, shah becoming widespread, heavy and thundery with hail mixed in, and some downpours possibly northern ireland with heavy showers across wales, the midlands and southern england again. wednesday, more showers, this time the biggest showers will be across eastern scotland and eastern england, where they will be slow—moving in nature so some areas could get large rainfall totals

m15 between west midlands counterterrorism police and misjust a few days before the attack and againencies did not think it was, did not seek to prevent him going, they did not see the risk. unequivocal from the jury that all those agencies failed those two families. 50 those agencies failed those two families. . ., , families. so much of this case be cars families. so much of this case beggars belief. _ families. so much of this case beggars belief. zoe, - families. so much of this case beggars belief. zoe, thank- families. so much of this case i beggars belief. zoe, thank you. families. so much of this case - beggars belief. zoe, thank you. zoe conway at the guildhall in london. much more on this continuing study throughout the next couple of hours. in other news, a single—dose covid vaccine made byjanssen has been approved for use in the uk by the medicines regulator. trials show it's 85% effective in stopping severe illness. 20 million doses have been ordered for the uk and will arrive later this year. it will be the fourth vaccine to be used in the uk to protect 0ur health corre

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the set off a few showers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 14—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. welcome to bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: for a second straight day a tower bl

that rain pivots affecting wales, the south—west midlands and other southern counties heading through counties of england and parts of wales start of cloudy with outbreaks of rain, becoming more showery through the day stop you standing up into northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland, another sunshine and showers day, the hail and thunder might be here as well. it'll start to feel quite chilly on thursday, and that chilly feel will try to assert itself across north—eastern areas into friday. this northerly wind by trying to develop, feeding more cloud in across scotland and the eastern side of england during friday. fourwestern eastern side of england during friday. four western parts of england, wales and northern ireland, we hold on to the sunshine but the showers get going once again. notice where you are exposed to the northerly breeze, it'll feel chilly, ten in aberdeen, 11 in newcastle. into the weekend, this band of rain works its way friday into saturday and low pressure re—establishes itself and what that means is a continuation of the sunshine and showers th

afternoon, but behind that feature, showers become much less common across wales, parts of the west midlands north—west england, where you have got a much better chance of the weather staying dry. for west scotland, also a chance of broken cloud and sunshine. eventually, it will become a little bit drier. temperatures drift down to around five to eight celsius. looking at the satellite picture we have at the moment, towards the south—west. this area of cloud is going to be responsible for bringing the heaviest showers our way on tuesday. otherwise, most parts of the uk should have lighter showers. most parts of the uk will have these heavy downpours. middle part of the week and guess what, it is another day of sunshine and showers. at this time they are most likely to form a crust eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. this time, they areas of england. this time, they are going to be slow and could be with you for a long time. it could be drier across wales and south—west of england, temperatures at around 14 or 16 degrees, of england, temperatures at around 1a or 16 degrees, in the

dudley in the west midlands is one to watch. either main party could take control.e south—east, there was a win for the conservatives, taking harlow council in essex from labour. the counting continues in cornwall where, like many places, they'll be tallying the ballots for many hours yet. in london, labour's sadiq khan is seeking a second term as mayor, one of 13 city and regional mayors up for election, the conservatives hoping to hang onto the west midlands, labour eyeing up west yorkshire. those are some of the many, many more results to come from these elections held in the shadow of a pandemic. slowly, across england, a renewed political picture is emerging. jonathan blake, bbc news. and we will of course bring you those results as they come in. let's turn our attention to the travel industry. uk ministers are due to meet later to come up with a �*green list�* of countries that can be visited without the need for quarantine on return. it's part of britain's plan for a gradual reopening of foreign travel, which prime minister borisjohnson has indicated could be

, and doubling in the west midlands too. nsibility for the results. and i will take full responsibility for fixing things. we have changed as a party, but we have not set out a strong enough case to the country. the not set out a strong enough case to the country-— the country. the greens have been -tickin u- the country. the greens have been picking up seats. _ the country. the greens have been picking up seats, hear _ the country. the greens have been picking up seats, hear from - the country. the greens have been picking up seats, hear from labour picking up seats, hearfrom labour in sheffield. picking up seats, hear from labour in sheffield-— in sheffield. well done, fantastic! the liberal _ in sheffield. well done, fantastic! the liberal democrats _ in sheffield. well done, fantastic! the liberal democrats from i in sheffield. well done, fantastic! the liberal democrats from the l the liberal democrats from the conservatives in cambridgeshire. in the welsh parliament election, labour has lost the vale of clwyd to the con

the west midlands kept its tory mayor.ly. most of the results are now in. on the basis of that, we are saying that labour will emerge with 11 seats, that is one down, on what happened five years ago. the conservatives will have nine seats, up one. the greens will have three, which puts them up one. and the liberal democrats will also be at one with two. ukip had two mattresses in 2016, both of which will now disappear. —— two seats. saadi khan is going to be elected but probably with a reduced majority on the first preference vote. sadiq. labour's support has edged down a bit. perhaps the party that will be most pleased of all is the greens, a party which has gradually been gaining ground across the capital and whose profile has been growing, and by gaining another green seat, and other assembly seat, i think that progress will be confirmed by the result of the assembly election. the confirmed by the result of the assembly election.— confirmed by the result of the assembly election. the other story breakini assembly electi

this means south—east england, the west midlands, wales, north west england should have a dry afternoon, not looking good at all, low pressure moving in from the atlantic, this one bringing heavy rain widely and also strong winds. although it starts on a bright note in the east of the uk, cloud will gather and rain willspread, becoming increasingly windy. strongest winds in the southern coast and hills of wales. gusts of 50—60 mph. strong enough to bring down tree branches and there could be localised transport disruption. notjust for thursday, low pressure remaining for friday bringing rain and strong winds. as it clears through the weekend we are looking at a return of those showery conditions. that is your latest weather. this is bbc news. the headlines... keeping to the plan. the prime minister says there is "nothing conclusive" in current data that means england would have to deviate from the road map out of lockdown. i don't see anything conclusive at the moment to say that we need to deviate from the road map but we have got to be cautious and we are keeping everything under very

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the and that will set off a few showers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 111—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. this is bbc news, i'm sally bundock with the latest head

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 14—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. this is bbc news — the headlines: heavy israeli airstrikes and palestinian rocket fire have continued through the night

a win too in dudley in the west midlands. in harlow in i the west midlands.first result, a labour mayor elected overnight. ballot boxes have been gathered from all corners of scotland, where the snp are hoping to secure a majority in the scottish parliament. in wales, labourwill look in the scottish parliament. in wales, labour will look to continue their run in power as votes are now counted for the 60 seats in the senedd. the pandemic has already made these elections unusual, with much more counting still to be done, it will be some time before the full picture of results is clear. we'll find out today how international travel will restart for england. the transport secretary grant shapps will give a press conference later to announce how the government will open it up. holidays abroad are currently banned, but a traffic light system of rules will take effect on the 17th of may — travellers to "green" countries will not need to quarantine on their return, but they will need to take a covid test before going and coming back. arrivals from "amber" countries w

a huge margin and we are waiting tomorrow for the west midlands mayor to mexico for the tory candidate�*s grip on the red wall. in the sense that we are looking to the 2019 election. it does not look like a blip of the tories window seats. it�*s the start of a pattern. i tories window seats. it's the start of a pattern-— of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror— of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front _ of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page _ of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page yet - of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page yet but . of a pattern. i have not seen the i daily mirror front page yet but how was your paper going to play these results? we was your paper going to play these results? ~ ., ., ., results? we are not hiding that labour have — results? we are not hiding that labour have had _ results? we are not hiding that labour have had a _ results? we are not hiding that labour have had a very - results? we are not hiding that labour have had a very bad - results? we are not hiding that i labour hav

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the pells 1a—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the northeast. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. this is bbc news, the headlines: palestinian militants have fired more rockets towards israeli cities as israel destroyed another high—rise tower in gaza city and killed top commanders in the military wing of hamas.

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the ls. and that will set off a few showers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 111—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. welcome to bbc news — i'm maryam moshiri. our top st

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the ers again here, again, some of them will be on the heavy side. temperatures in the sunny spells 14—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. this is bbc news. our top stories: heavy israeli airstrikes and palestinian rocket fire c

, fewer showers around this afternoon, for wales, the west midlands and north—west englandat form during the day will be slow to gradually subside but eventually, the skies get clearer and our temperatures drift down to around 5—8c. tomorrow, another day of sunshine and showers but that said, we will see some heavy, probably thundery rain, working into wales and south—west england during tuesday morning. elsewhere, a largely dry morning on tuesday with some sunshine. the afternoon will see further thunder clouds develop and those showers becoming pretty widespread, and some of them really pokey. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... covid rules are eased across the uk, meaning indoorfood and drinks, in limited groups, are back on for millions of people. thousands take advantage of the new travel rules and head overseas, in the first legal foreign holidays for months. as fighting between israel and palestinian militants enters its second week, the us urges both sides to ensure the protection of civilians and says it's working intensively to try to bring an end to the conf

west the pressure rising in southwest england and wales in northwest england and probably the west midlands with highest after 16 degrees make the most of that. thursday, the forecast turns wet and windy, strong winds could bring some localised disruption. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. thousands of palestinians and israeli arabs are holding a general strike. clashes between protesters and israeli security forces as palestinians took to the streets in a show of solidarity against israel's bombardment on gaza — as violence with palestinian militants continues for a ninth day. palestinian militants have fired more rockets into israel — and israel has resumed air strikes on the territory. more international leaders are calling for an end to the unrest. the priority is the immediate cessation of all violence and the and

i've been speaking to families who have come from the west midlands, for example. they said it was almost normal. they were delighted to enjoy the hot weather, but they were a little bit apprehensive about covid and i think that's generally the feeling here, that people are relieved, but they don't feel it's quite over yet. the shops are really thrilled to see people back. local residents not quite so enthusiastic because they are worried that they could bring, these visitors, an unwelcome visitor with them, as the council put it, which is more covid infections. the rates really dropped here in brighton over the last few weeks and local people are worried that the influx could bring it back. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. strong sunshine today, lots of sunshine around through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening as well. we did start with some areas of cloud, particularly through the midlands, but those have cleared away. just a bit of cloud flirting with some of those eastern coasts of scotland for a while, where i

they opt for an image of borisjohnson cycling in the west midlands.nicola sturgeon on the campaign trail — but leads on archegos capital filing for bankruptcy over $10 billion worth of losses. and the i says holiday makers this summer could face queues of up to ten hours at airports when they return to the uk. so, let�*s begin. i want to discuss. why don�*t we start with the metro? although similar strand most of the front pages, isn�*t it? chris, boris sends in the navy, i development in the last few hours.— in the navy, i development in the last few hours. extraordinary times, we had this — last few hours. extraordinary times, we had this briefing _ last few hours. extraordinary times, we had this briefing out _ last few hours. extraordinary times, we had this briefing out from - last few hours. extraordinary times, l we had this briefing out from number 10 tonight _ we had this briefing out from number 10 tonight after the prime minister spoke _ 10 tonight after the prime minister spoke with the chief minister of jersey— spoke with the chief minist

evening and tonight, especially across the west country, into parts of south east wales, the south west midlands cloud across the northern half of scotland, but elsewhere for northern ireland, southern scotland, northern and eastern parts of england, we'll have clear skies. in one or two places, it'll get a little bit chilly. the vast majority will avoid a frost. and then into tomorrow, we start off with cloud and outbreaks of showery rain across southern england and the south of wales. a lot of that will tend to break up into a mix of sunshine and showers. and elsewhere, after a fine, dry start, you can see those showers getting going through the late morning into the afternoon. some heavy with some hail and some thunder. in most places, temperatures up to14, 15 or 16 degrees, although it will be a little bit cooler for some of these northern and eastern coastal areas as more cloud rolls its way in. now, for friday, we will find ourselves between weather systems — low pressure to the east, low pressure to the west — but in between, we're in something of a no man's land. we start to see a northe

but a rather grey, cloudy day for most, away from northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the sunny spells 1a—15 celsius, but noticeably cooler, like i mentioned, across the north—east. then as we move into the weekend, we see this weather front sweep across the country to bring a band of rain, and then our new area of low pressure starts to push across the uk for the rest of saturday and into sunday. so it's back to square one with sunshine and showers once again. now, some of the showers again over the weekend will be heavy, there will be the risk of hail and thunder, and there will be some sunshine in between these showers. and the sun, of course, this time of year is strong, so it will feel fairly warm. low—pressure, though, wants to hold on into next week too, so unfortunately, it's looking pretty unsettled for much of the country, further showers at times. those temperatures below the seasonal average. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. 0ur headlines today... violence continues between israeli forces and palestinian militants, as wo

so the most frequent heavy showers for the rest of today will be for south—west england, the midlands wales also seeing some hail and storms next. then, as those showers head gradually northwards, easing for most of us overnight, largely clear skies for scotland, [i or 5 degrees here, the rest of the uk 7—9. but heavy downpours already towards the south—west first thing tomorrow morning and this area of low pressure will be dominating our weather tomorrow, bringing us more torrential showers, initially heaviest in the south—west, but they will pop up elsewhere through the course of the day. by the afternoon you could catch a shower or even a thunderstorm almost anywhere across england, wales and northern ireland. a bit drier in scotland, but temperatures only 11—16 . hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: an israeli airstrike has destroyed a building housing the offices of international media outlets in gaza. the israeli military said the building housed military assets belonging to hamas. here in the uk, crowds of pro—palestinian protesters have gathered in london and marched to the

wet weather will pivot its way further north, southern and eastern parts of wales, may be the west midlandsty should avoid a frost. tomorrow, this area of cloud and showery rain across southern england and parts of wales, more cloud generally rolling into parts of east scotland and north—east england, elsewhere another day of sunshine and showers, highs of ten to 16 degrees. this is bbc news, with jane hill. the headlines — warnings of a "full—scale war" by the un, amid deadly exchanges of fire between israel and gaza. the violence there has claimed at least 43 palestinian and six israeli lives. borisjohnson announces an independent inquiry into the government's handling of the covid crisis will start next spring. the uk economy shrank by 1.5% in the first three months of the year, but gathered speed in march, as lockdown restrictions eased. the mediterranean island of lampedusa once again sees an upsurge in migrants — over 2,000 have arrived in the last few days. and more funding is sought for a national memorial to emergency workers who gave their all in the pandemic. sport now, and for a

will tell us a lot about the political drift of england, with the tories hoping to hold onto the west midlands eyeing up west yorkshire. there are important in national elections in wales, where voters are electing all 60 members of the senedd, with labour chasing another four years in power. and then there's hartlepool in the north—east of england, a parliamentary by—election in a seat held by labour since it was created in 197a. once the party's heartlands, the result will test the pulse of labour's vote in an area that saw a surge in conservative support at the 2019 general election. the result in hartlepool certainly has the potential to reverberate at westminster. holding the seat would be a relief for labour. winning it would be a triumph for the tories. but in the end, it's only a by—election. whereas if the snp wins a majority in the scottish parliament, then nicola sturgeon will push for another referendum on scottish independence, a referendum borisjohnson has said he will resist. it's been an election day unlike any other, with covid—secure polling stations, and voters advised to br

later this year, a 49—year—old man from the west midlands will go on trial accused of racially abusingst brom midfielder received an offensive message after losing a game against manchester city. there has been an increase, but i think it would be a mistake to separate the real world if you like from the virtual world, because before lockdown, we were seeing probably over the last three or four seasons, an increase in hate crime in stadiums. i think one of the hypotheses was that people were engaging in the sort of language on social media, on the internet, that they would not normally have engaged in in real life and that was then reaching over into the stadiums. one of the issues we sometimes face, the offenders are often in a different country, so we will try and engage with countries to see if they will prosecute. the other block that we have been finding is getting the information from the social media companies, so for us, some of the offences will be under the malicious communications act. some of those we need to lay a summons and a charge within six months. now, on occasions,

later this year, a 49—year—old man from the west midlands will go on trial accused of racially abusinger received an offensive message after losing a game against manchester city. there has been an increase, but i think it would be a mistake to separate the real world if you like from the virtual world, because before lockdown, we were seeing probably over the last three or four seasons, an increase in hate crime in stadiums. i think one of the hypotheses was that people were engaging in the sort of language on social media, on the internet, that they would not normally have engaged in in real life and that was then reaching over into the stadiums. one of the issues we sometimes face, the offenders are often in a different country, so we will try and engage with countries to see if they will prosecute. the other block that we have been finding is getting the information from the social media companies, so for us, some of the offences will be under the malicious communications act. some of those we need to lay a summons and a charge within six months. now, on occasions, it has taken us

through tonight, this rain will pivot around the west country, south—east wales, the west midlands ass could drop low enough for a touch of ground frost here and there. the vast majority will avoid that into tomorrow morning. tomorrow we can expect lots of showers and wales may be getting up into the midlands. also cloud pushing into scotland and north—eastern parts of england. heavy thundery showers, but temperatures for most 13 to 16 degrees. as we end the week, we end “p degrees. as we end the week, we end up in a no man's land between weather systems, up in a no man's land between weathersystems, but up in a no man's land between weather systems, but we will attempt to bring something of a northerly wind in across northern and north—eastern parts of the uk. that will bring a cooler feel here and a lot of cloud into parts of scotland, northern and eastern parts of england, further west you are, we should see sunshine. a scattering of showers breaking out in these areas. temperatures struggling for some of these coastal areas, higher values further west at 15 or 16. into the weekend

and across southwest england, wales, probably the west midlands and northwest england you've got a decentperatures 15 or 16 degrees. thursday and friday, though, not looking particularly pleasant. as this area of low pressure moves its way in off the atlantic. now, for thursday, this is going to bring some pretty wet weather. although starting off on a bright note across eastern parts the rain quickly moves in from the west through the day and the winds began to strengthen. now, across the south coast of wales will probably get gusts of wind around 50, perhaps 60 mph. and when's that strong are strong enough to bring down a few tree branches, so we may see some localised transport disruption. the same area of low pressure is still with us on friday bringing further wet and windy weather. that clears off and then over the weekend back to a mixture of sunshine and showers. those showers heavy with hail and thunder. as i say, this unsettled weather is going to be with us for a while yet. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. thousands of palestinians and israeli arabs are holdin

you could see temperatures hit 17 celsius across the west of scotland, some parts of the south—west midlandsigh pressure building, not strong enough yet to prevent rain clouds butting in towards the far west later, especially for northern ireland, heavy rain, splashes across western fringes of england, wales and west of scotland, much of scotland, eastern wales, a dry day on thursday, temperatures creeping back up to where we should be, 18 or 19 celsius in a few spots. the bank holiday weekend, not completely dry, but more of you will spend time drierfor longer, feeling a bit warmer. this is bbc news.. the headlines... international condemnation after a ryanair plane is diverted and forced to make an emergency landing in belarus, where the authorities arrested a dissident on board. i think it's the first time it's happened to a european airline, but i mean, this was a case of state—sponsored. . .. it was a state—sponsored hijack, it was state—sponsored piracy. the bbc board has announced a review of its editorial and whistleblowing policies following lord dyson's report into martin bashir�*s

hs2 will be using ten of the giant machines to build 64 miles of tunnel between london and the west midlandsill be another three and a half years before she sees daylight again. theo leggett, bbc news. the all—english champions league final will be played later this month in porto. the game between manchester city and chelsea has been moved from istanbul, to allow 6,000 fans from each club to attend after turkey was placed on the government's travel red—list. the power of music to transform the lives of people with dementia was underlined last year, when a former music teacher saw his composition become a viral hit on social media. paul harvey's joy at playing the piano inspired one of scotland's wealthiest men to donate £1 million to charity, to give more people the chance to hear and take part in live music. graham satchell has been finding out more. jazz music plays. if you ever wondered about the extraordinary power of music — look at this! jazz music plays. care home residents, smiling, singing, dancing. this, a regular music therapy session by the jazz quartet, spitz. # i said hold it

i�*ve been speaking to families who have come from the west midlands, for example. generally the feeling here, that people are relieved, but they don�*t feel it�*s quite over yet. the shops are really thrilled to see people back. local residents not quite so enthusiastic because they are worried that they could bring, these visitors, an unwelcome visitor with them, as the council put it, which is more covid infections. the rates really dropped here in brighton over the last few weeks and local people are worried that the influx could bring it back. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. strong sunshine today, lots of sunshine around through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening as well. we did start with some areas of cloud, particularly through the midlands, but those have cleared away. just a bit of cloud flirting with some of those eastern coasts of scotland for a while, where it is a little cooler, but otherwise we are looking at temperatures hitting the low 20s, perhaps 24 or 25 around the london area. plenty of sunshin

but in the west midlands labour's challenge failed.e were echoed across england's councils. conservatives have seized control of a dozen local authorities, taking southampton from labour, who also lost overall control of durham for over 100 years. more than 200 seats gained by conservatives, many in labour's strongholds. there's a lot of work now to do. we've got to finish the job with covid and that's by no means over, get the remaining 18 million people in the country who haven't been vaccinated to be jabbed. we've got to deal with the challenges, the backlog in the nhs created as a result of the pandemic, the lost hours of children's education, and then, of course, we've got to make good on the promise we made at the general election to level up all parts of the country. from the labour side it's emerged that angela rayner, the deputy leader elected by party members, has been stripped by sir keir starmer of responsibility for running campaigns. so the story of these elections, conservative advances that have left labour questioning

but i am finding it really, | really fascinating because the police in the west midlands in england,producing operation going on. - loads of electricity being used. because the electricity had been spiked up. . they raid this place, - and they find it is actually a bunch of computers - with cables everywhere, mining for bitcoin around the world. now, it is not illegal in thisj country to mine for bitcoin. itjust been made illegal in china. right. but it is obviously illegall to nick off with electricity that you are not paying for. ijust find this a fascinating twist on the whole idea - of this currency that lives in computers and you digj for it around the world, - and it also actually has raised questions about the economic and environmental cost - on money itself, you know, . mining the metals, you know, forging the metals, paper- in making currency and so on. fascinating, fascinating society issue that - we've come across here. it is indeed. i guess if they get fines, they could always just pay the fine with bitcoin with any luck. that's it for dateline london this week. back sam