they should be no sto -|n~ west yorkshire. they should be no stepping anyone — west yorkshire.ne from _ west yorkshire. they should be no stopping anyone from fulfilling - stopping anyone from fulfilling their_ stopping anyone from fulfilling their potential, where the sky is truly— their potential, where the sky is truly the — their potential, where the sky is truly the limit. thank you. studio: _ truly the limit. thank you. studio: sorry, we came to that rather late, we will find that speech and play it back to you later. tracy brabin winning in west yorkshire. again, these are labour areas but again, i don't know whether you have had a chance to see the numbers in west yorkshire, what do they look like, john? taste the numbers in west yorkshire, what do they look like, john?— do they look like, john? we have uuite a do they look like, john? we have quite a substantial _ do they look like, john? we have quite a substantial swing - do they look like, john? we have quite a substantial swing to - do they look like, john? we have i quite a substantial swing to labour, of the orde

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emergency crews in west yorkshire have come up with a new way of rescuing pets caught in house fires.ygen masks! they come in different sizes for cats and dogs, and kittens and puppies. our reporter cathy killick has been taking a look. hi, i'm sally from huddersfield feral. and what we're going to do today is just sort of demonstrate how to do oxygen therapy on a couple of our animals. these fire crews from huddersfield are well used to rescuing people from the perils of fire and smoke, but now they can add pets to their life saving work. a local charity is equipping and training all west yorkshire's crews with specially designed oxygen masks to treat animals caught in house fires. so it goes over the face into the place and it can breathe the oxygen through. so it goes over the face into the place and it can breathe the oxygen through. the vital thing is just getting oxygen to these patients that have been compromised and to be able to put that equipment out and get it across the stations and the training, i'm super proud of what we've achieved. back dora the labrador is used to bei

earlier andy brennan, a retired detective superintendent in west yorkshire spoke about the case in awell. he recognized the gravity of what had taken place. the 35 to a0 year sentence less the time he spent waiting to be extradited on remand is a reflection of what happened to the previous offenders who actually went into the premises and were convicted of murder. so it's in line with us and i think i appreciate it. i think the officers of west yorkshire police appreciate it, as will the family of sharon beshenivsky and her colleagues. we see a 75—year—old man sitting in the dock with health problems. what do you remember him as from 18 and a half years ago? well, he is a violent individual. yes. he's the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those who went in there and fi

yorkshire, right. i mean, including rishi sunak's own patch. and i think that does tell quite a strong story given that, you know, perhaps at the start of this weekend we thought that the westy would be sort of tory holdouts. i think most people thought that york and north yorkshire would be conservative as well. yet actually, that is a vast swathe of this country's cities and broader regions which are going to be governed by labour party politicians. and that's going to happen whatever happens in the general election. they're going to be in theirjobs for the next four years and that will have a big impact on the communities around the country. what's interesting, though, is what happens next for, i mean, both the big parties, but we've talked a lot about the tories and their nightmare in the last couple of days. i think what's also interesting, where do labour go next? when are they going to start giving more clarity on things like their policy on immigration? we asked pat mcfadden about that this morning, answer came there none, although he did say that if they win and there have been migrants who have gone to rwanda, they will not bring them back. so he did say that they

in west yorkshire , labour's tracy west yorkshire, labour's tracy brabin won the contest there, whilecked up just over 63% of that vote and says he'll always give his best to the job. >> i'm overwhelmed , so have so >> i'm overwhelmed, so have so many people to prepared put their trust in me? >> is overwhelming. >> is overwhelming. >> it's humbling, and i recognise that people who vote for other parties at a general election of lent me their support and it's why i will be very, very rigid in taking a place first rather than a party first approach. seems to me that that's what the role of the mayor is all about, bringing people together, you know, get everybody pulling in the same direction for a great city region like this one. and that's what i will be doing . what i will be doing. >> well, here's a quick look at the standings across england in the standings across england in the local elections so far today.labour the local elections so far today. labour now gaining control of eight councils up to a total of 50 and a headline figure for the liberal democrats . they have now won four

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in 2007, west yorkshire started to see rhubarb popping up in railway stations, peas outside police stationseminded about climate change. with some mates, decided we'd start to grow food to share in very public places. we wouldn't ask for permission. we'd just start a conversation — we called them "propaganda gardens". well, getting access to the land was the next challenge, so two years ago, a campaign was launched allowing people access to grow on public land. and hull has become the first place in the country to adopt the "right to grow". hull is now leading the way. during the last two months, they've started planting veg patches in parks. this former dock, in the heart of the city, is really proving to be the perfect classroom. fiona lamdin, bbc news. thanks for your company over the last few hours. hello. it was a bit of a misty, murky start for some of us, but for most places, the sunshine has broken through and there's a lot of dry weather on the cards for the rest of today. this was the picture in freshwater on the isle of wight a little bit earlier on. we can see that cumulus cloud

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west yorkshire police will never allow that, and neither will the west yorkshire police federation ander of the gang who ended the life of a dedicated officer, has been jailed and at 75 years old, there is little doubt piran ditta khan will die behind bars. >> mark white, gb news, bradford i >> -- >> well piran khan jailed . now >> well piran khan jailed. now we're going to be taking you live to leeds crown court in just a moment because there is a statement outside this court that will be going. it's happening now . happening now. >> we see a 75 year old man sitting in the dock with health problems. >> what do you remember himars from 18.5 years ago? >> well, he is a violent individual. yes. the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms and

similar in west yorkshire, tracy brabin, the former mp has been re—elected in west yorkshire.ember, she used to be on coronation street. that is her other claim to fame, apart from being a politician. she has one bio hundred 92,000 votes. her vote went up 7%. the conservative vote down 14%. a big swing, despite the fact that she won pretty comfortably last time in 2021 in the first election. she got another swing today of 11% from the conservatives to labour. let me just bring you up—to—date on the latest we have had from london as well, which paints into the picture of why the bbc is forecasting that labour are going to win. despite the fact that susan hall has won ealing and hillingdon by about 2000 votes, her vote is down by 1%. labour's vote is up vote is down by 1%. labour's vote is up by 1%. not enough for sadiq khan to win that area, but enough for a small conservative to labour swing. not as much as we have seen inevitably in other areas, but the fact this is happening is a big deal. just as we are talking, another one for you. city and east has just come another one f

london, the west midlands, greater manchester, west yorkshire, liverpool , south west yorkshire, liverpoolsouth yorkshire and in salford . in yorkshire and in salford. in other news, the family of murdered schoolboy alfie lewis have thanked him for making them smile every day. he was stabbed to death by another schoolboy outside a primary school in leeds last november. the teenager, who can't be named, was 14 at the time of that attack. he claimed he was scared for his life when he pulled out the weapon, but that was disputed by prosecutors . a disputed by prosecutors. a former solicitor has been sentenced today to more than seven and a half years in jail for running what the judge described as a deceptive immigration scheme . flora immigration scheme. flora mendez, from luton, made up fake addresses in grenfell tower and charged victims £2,800 to submit fraudulent immigration applications . the fraudulent immigration applications. the indian national continued providing illegal services despite being struck off in 2015. the judge in the case called her actions truly disgraceful and senten

rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government wouldonomic stability. today she said if she became chancellor, there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions, and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity. but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our frontline public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end we'll have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the mo

haveee recruited for the unit and does he agree with me that alongside the new teaching that the west yorkshireor my constituents thele [applause] congratulate my honorable friend and his it is as he said a real game changer for residents. not the only piece of delivery in his area. he menti■h■úed the upgrade delivering faster journeys but also leveling projects and the new teaching block that it e conservatives that are delivering the priorities of hi. >> the chief prosecutoran arres. this house does not a■x■5 and at but it does aid and abet israel on sales like components at 35 known as the most meatloaf vital -- fighter jet on5p earth. so, will the prime minister uphold international law a the most robust licensing system in the w israel if they issue arrest warrants will you comply and make shey e. >> always nice to see the changed labor party in action■d■ >> when it comes to default unhl development, mr. speaker. still subject to a final decision. there is no morallytween a demod government exercisingts right and the acts of a terrorist group. actions do absolutely nothing to get a pause i

west yorkshire police will never allow that, and neither will the west yorkshire police federation anddo okay now. >> the final member of the gang who ended the life of a dedicated officer has been jailed. and at 75 years old, there is little doubt piran ditta khan will die behind bars. mark white gb news bradford . mark white gb news bradford. >> and justice at last for pc sharon beshenivsky killed on november 18th, 2005 by piran ditta khan, 75 years of age, 40 years in prison as mark white just said, almost certainly he will die behind behind bars now. been asking for your comments throughout the show , and plenty throughout the show, and plenty of you have got in touch on the topic of sir keir starmer today. talking tough on clamping down on illegal immigration. anthony says this it's a bad plan and it simply won't work. rwanda is a far better deterrent. turn them back to france. that's the only way to stop them . anthony. a lot way to stop them. anthony. a lot of people will be nodding in agreement with you. there stephen, as this anything stopping migrants reaching the uk in the f

rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government wouldeconomic stability. today she said if she became chancellor, there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions, and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity. but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our frontline public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end we'll have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bimn afolami said in a statement in response... this is just the same old labour party who have no plan to cut taxes and instead are leaving hard—working families to foot the bill for their unfunded spending commitments. both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a

of tries from liam marshall and a brace from bevan french helping them dominate proceedings in west yorkshireday event in the world. this year's competition has been as tough as ever, but there are five brits still in the top ten and as it's an olympic year there's a little extra tension. lizzie greenwood—hughes has been there with two of great britain's best placed riders. welcome to badminton, the wimbledon of the sporting event. i don't know what your knowledge of sporting events are like, but i can tell you it is a horse triathlon. the first part is the triage, a kind of precision course of movements, were there to perform precision movements and they are marked accordingly. they lowest penalty score is what you want. the second part of this horse triathlon is the cross country, there really tough endurance phase, but they have to be brave, courageous and strong and they have to gallop around, over 32 fences, four miles, and hopefully by the end of it get inside the optimum time. nobody done that today. but two that did get around and are still in the competition looking ahead to tomorrow

peter gray from mirfield in west yorkshire met each of the women on the dating app tinder, and then whileds. he is currently serving 56 months injailforfraud. 5 live drive will have the women's full interviews later today, and clare mcdonnelljoins us now with more details. just start if you can if you can tell us about these women. what happened? tell us about these women. what ha ened? ~ . tell us about these women. what happened?— tell us about these women. what hauened? . , happened? what happened was they were on tender— happened? what happened was they were on tender and _ happened? what happened was they were on tender and the _ happened? what happened was they were on tender and the dated - happened? what happened was they| were on tender and the dated picture great between 2018—2021. 0n the face of it he seemed like a respectable man, to quote one of the women, the kind of guy your mum would like you to meet. but he was grooming them, essentially. he was showering them with gifts, taking them out for meals and he would take photos of her driving licence while she was in the toilet

labour also won in liverpool, salford, south yorkshire and west yorkshire.s mason, bbc news in birmingham. well, let's now take a closer look at all the results — almost all of them are now in — and find out what they tell us about the state of the parties' fortunes as we approach a general election. here's nick eardley. as you can see, it's a real knife edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor and andy street for the conservatives, despite the fact that more than half a million votes were cast. in terms of percentages, this is how it shakes out, 37.8 and 37.5. note the i2%, that was an independent candidate, critical of labour's policy on the war in gaza, and despite that labour did manage to just make it through. let me show you on the next slide how things have changed. the labour vote is actually down a wee bit. the conservative vote is down so much, ii%, that has allowed labour to take the west midlands, and finally let me just quickly show you the swing that we got there, 4.6 from the conservatives to labour, enough to get them over the line. it

been recruited for the unit and does he agree with me that alongside the new teaching that the west yorkshire investment zone's and the upgrade it shows that we are delivering for my constituents the valleys. [applause] >> mr. speaker, can i congratulate my honorable friend and his constituents it is as he said a real game changer for residents. not the only piece of delivery in his area. he mentioned the upgrade delivering faster journeys but also leveling up projects and the new teaching block. it shows that it is the conservatives that are delivering the priorities of his local community. >> the chief prosecutor seeking an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. this house does not aid and abet but it does aid and abet israel on sales like components at 35 known as the most meatloaf vital -- fighter jet on earth. so, will the prime minister uphold international law about the most robust licensing system in the world and sales to israel if they issue arrest warrants will you comply and make sure that these individuals are rested if they enter the uk. >> always nice to see

labour also won in liverpool, salford, south yorkshire and west yorkshire. is in the west midlands. well, let's now take a closer look at all the results — almost all of them are now in — and find out what they tell us about the state of the parties�* fortunes as we approach a general election. here's nick eardley. let's start with that result in the west midlands. as you can see a knife edge. just 1500 votes in the end between the labour party and andy street for the conservatives despite more than half a million votes being cast. in terms of percentages again very close, 37.8, 37.5. note that 12% which was an independent candidate critical of labour policy on the war in gaza and despite that labour managed just to make it through. let me show you in the next light how things have changed, the labour vote is actually a little bit down. but the conservative vote down so much allowing labour to take the west midlands. and finally this swing, a.6 from the conservatives to the labour party, enough to get them over the line. it was notjust the west midlands, lon

and west yorkshire. and london. susan mary hall, the conservative party candidate, 812,397. intense rumours of a conservative upset turned out to be, well, wrong. sadiq khan, labour party, 1,088,225. frankly, we have run an incredibly underwhelming campaign over the last year. we have not articulated any sense of mission, itjust has all been what we are seeing at the moment very much an anti—khan campaign. as the final count trickled in, the liberal democrats made strides into traditional tory territory. in terms of strategy... this morning, conservatives were calm, preaching patience. no one should call this one too early. we are about a third... you would not call a premier league football match after about 30 minutes and there is a lot more people who... except you are at the end of a government term. that is fair but people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice, about who is going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. all eyes now in the west midlands, where andy street's hopes of a third conservative term are in the balance. defeat w

midlands, west yorkshire, and salford. elections that have been declared — but they couldn't unseatr the tees valley combined authority. a clear victory, a third term secured. a conservative defying political gravity, a rarity in these elections. his defeated rivals, though, insist it was the clear blue water between mayor houchen and his own party that was crucial. i've been campaigning against an incumbent of seven years who's been well resourced and has been for seven years. but more importantly, i've been campaigning against an incumbent that did not wish to be associated with the conservative party or rishi sunak one little bit. his campaign made very little mention of the fact he was a conservative and he vey much campaigned on the fact that he was an independent in all but name. and so it's difficult to draw any kind of conclusions for the national political context from this single campaign, in my opinion. but a little while later, at teesside airport, who should turn up but the prime minister, keen to celebrate a rare win for the blues, and both pm and mayor now singing fro

rachel revis making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labor government would ensureility. today she said if she was made translator would be no rises in income tax or national insurance but acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. public services were struggling-— public services were struggling. public services were stru~lin~. �* ., ., ., struggling. we're not going to be bringing — struggling. we're not going to be bringing back— struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity - struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity but| be bringing back austerity but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our frontline public services as a down payment on the that we want to make. but in the end we have to grow the economy. rachel reeves insisted all of her plans would be fully costed. she did not rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today butjunior campaigning from the tories today but junior treasury minister said in today but juni

labour also won in liverpool, salford, south yorkshire and west yorkshire. news in birmingham. we can tell you the results now as we approach a general election. as we approach a general election-— as we approach a general election. �* , . ~ election. it's a knife edge. 1500 votes _ election. it's a knife edge. 1500 votes between - election. it's a knife edge. 1500 votes between the i election. it's a knife edge. - 1500 votes between the labour victor and andy street despite half a million votes were cast. this these are the percentages. very close. 37.8 to 37.5. not the 12%, that very close. 37.8 to 37.5. not the i2%, that was an independent candidate critical of labour's policy on the war in gaza. despite that labour made it through. there's the swing. it wasn't just the west midlandses. london today as well. a swing to labour. the conservatives hoped to close the gap, the opposite hand. we now have a good picture across the country. 106 of 107 councils declared. labour up 185. a good result. the conservatives down 473. they lost almost half of all the sea

plenty of places to be mayor still to be counted, liverpool, south yorkshire, greater manchester, west yorkshired about london. the conservatives reckon it could be much, much closer than some opinion polls had been suggesting. the polls have suggested that labour's sadiq khan, who has been there for some time, was well ahead. we shall see, when the counting starts tomorrow. and then in the west midlands, the conservatives appear relatively hopeful that andy street will hang on there. labour think that they have been punished particularly by voters in birmingham over the local authority, labour run council in birmingham, they have had to crank up birmingham, they have had to crank up council tax and cut services, and they think they have been punished for that. there is also still a smattering of council results to come in and a whole load of police and crime commissioners as well. we heard vicki young analysing what these results could mean longer term, perhaps in a general election, with all of that in mind, what do you think the mood is in the conservative and labour camps tonight? conservati

peter gray, from mirfield in west yorkshire, met each of the women on the dating app tinder, and then injailforfraud. earlier, we heard from bbc reporter clare mcdonnell who told us about these women and how they realised what had happened. he was sharon them with gifts but essentially i'm going to play you a clip of hannah who was defrauded. she started doing a little bit of digging around and discovered and managed to speak to an ex—girlfriend of him via facebook. this ex—girlfriend said, "what you're dealing with here is a con man," by which point it was too late for the family because hannah and her mother had actually given him £20,000, and hannah was actually pregnant. you heard first from her sister natalie on the impact it had on her. it was shockina. on the impact it had on her. it was shocking- as _ on the impact it had on her. it was shocking- as a _ on the impact it had on her. it was shocking. as a family, we - on the impact it had on her. it was shocking. as a family, we have - on the impact it had on her. it was i shocking. as a family, we have never been _ shocking. as

labour also won in liverpool, salford, south yorkshire and west yorkshire.ews in birmingham. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was also birmingham, and spoke to the newly—elected mayor, richard parker. these recent local elections and mayoral races in england have been seen as the last significant as the public opinion and head of the likely general election, probably to the end of this year. you could argue that there result coming out of here in birmingham for the west midlands mayor was one of the most significant events of the most significant events of the most significant events of the last few days, because the conservative incumbent andy street, who had been there for two consecutive terms, it lost here by the closest of margins. it was about 1500 votes in it. and labour's richard parker is now the mayor elect here in the west midlands. a diverse part of the uk, which takes in the huge city of birmingham. i spoke to richard parker after his victory. this talk about your priorities. your spoken about transport, putting buses into the public sector

bigger and better things —— south and west yorkshire.rime — minister was here... this morning, the prime minister was here, he has now scarpered, and keir starmer is here in_ now scarpered, and keir starmer is here in the — now scarpered, and keir starmer is here in the prime minister's constituency with the first—ever mayor — constituency with the first—ever mayor for — constituency with the first—ever mayor for york and north yorkshire, a mayor for york and north yorkshire, 6 labour— mayor for york and north yorkshire, a labour mayor for york and north yorkshire — a labour mayor for york and north yorkshire. david, you have run a superb— yorkshire. david, you have run a superb campaign here in north yorkshire _ superb campaign here in north yorkshire. a campaign to be really proud _ yorkshire. a campaign to be really proud of — yorkshire. a campaign to be really proud of. hopeful, optimistic, with a great— proud of. hopeful, optimistic, with a great team here from across the region _ a great team here from across the region. promises t

west yorkshire police will never allow that, and neither will the west yorkshire police federation andagues and her friends. >> i need you do okay now. >> i need you do okay now. >> the final member of the gang who ended the life of a dedicated officer has been jailed. and at 75 years old, there is little doubt piran ditta khan will die behind bars. mark white gb news bradford . mark white gb news bradford. >> okay, time now to get a check on the forecast with aidan mcgivern. and i think basically based on what we're wearing, you can discern it's going to be hot today. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you on this beautiful sunny day. for many of us, it's going to be very warm into the afternoon. however, as temperatures rise, the chance in 1 or 2 spots of a thundery shower. by the time the day comes to a close. but for most people, as we begin saturday, it is sunny out there, some low cloud and mistiness around eastern parts of england that will linger around the north sea coast through the day. otherwise, inland blu

in 2007, west yorkshire started to see rhubarb popping up in railway stations, peas outside police stationsmate change, and with some mates decided we'd start to grow food to share in very public places. we wouldn't ask for permission, we'd just start a conversation — we call them propaganda gardens. as the food revolution called incredible edible grew produce for anyone to enjoy for free. we wanted to grow food in the place they call home. we grew in a graveyard that was not used any more. we grew in front of the police station and nobody got arrested. we grew in the health centre because we wanted to show people healthy food. we grow in the middle of estates, we grew on the edges of a recreation field — anywhere where we knew there was soil that we could grow food in and then put some lovely signage that said, this is food to share. this isn't our food, this is everybody�*s food. and it kind of got people excited. and from there the story went and they started doing it all over the country. well, getting access to the land was the next challenge. so two years ago, a campaign was launched

first up, we are going to worcestershire and west yorkshire. the uk city of culture in 2025, next year, and that is going to be a significant moment both economically, socially and politically for a city and a district that likes to think of itself as something of a sleeping giant. in terms of the political landscape, it is a tale of two cities, three sitting labour mps representing the urban and inner—city constituencies, two conservatives representing the more rural, dare i say more affluent areas of the district. one of those is keighley, a bellwether seat which will be an important one for labour to be eyeing up on the general election trial, because they will be trying to rebuild their fabled northern red wall. one of the issues that will be important for voters here in the general election, at the forefront of the mines, the cost of living crisis. bradford is an area that has got deep pockets of inequality, and a backdrop of dwindling public resources, and a council that has only recently narrowly avoided bankruptcy. the other thing that

labour also won in liverpool, salford, south yorkshire and west yorkshire. eye—catching result today is in the west midlands. chris mason, bbc news in birmingham. well, let's now take a closer look at all the results — almost all of them are now in — and find out what they tell us about the state of the parties�* fortunes as we approach a general election. here's nick eardley. as you can see, it's a real knife edge. as you can see, it's a real knife edae. , , as you can see, it's a real knife edie,�* , ' i1 i as you can see, it's a real knife edae. , ' :: :: ., , as you can see, it's a real knife edae. m11: ., ,, edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor _ edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor and _ edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor and andy _ edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor and andy street - edge. just 1500 votes between the labour victor and andy street for l labour victor and andy street for the conservatives, despite the fact that more than half a million votes were cast. in terms of percentages, this is how

in 2007, west yorkshire started to see rhubarb popping up in railway stations, peas outside police stations we'd just start a conversation — we called them "propaganda gardens". well, getting access to the land was the next challenge, so two years ago, a campaign was launched allowing people access to grow on public land. and hull has become the first place in the country to adopt the "right to grow". hull is now leading the way. during the last two months, they've started planting veg patches in parks. this former dock, in the heart of the city, is really proving to be the perfect classroom. fiona lamdin, bbc news. the weigh—in takes place later in saudi arabia for one of the biggest fights in modern boxing history — tyson fury against oleksandr usyk, for the world heavyweight title. now, all four of the major belts are on the line for the first time ever, and the winner will be regarded as the undisputed champion of the world. oleksandr usyk has been speaking to our reporter in riyadh, ade adedoyin. oleksandr usyk is a master of his craft, who's won every title in boxing. olympic champion

contest is also likely for conservative mayor andy street in the west midlands, greater manchester, west yorkshire, liverpool city region, south yorkshire and salford will also declare today we'll also hear results from eight elections eight of ten elections for police commissioners. police and crime commissioners. bofis police and crime commissioners. boris thanked boris johnson has thanked polling refused to let polling staff who refused to let him vote without id. the former prime minister was . turned away prime minister was. turned away from a polling station on thursday after he forgot valid identification. writing in the daily mail, mrjohnson said the three villages were right to stick to the rules. he came back later with his driving licence. the requirement to provide photo id was introduced by mrjohnson id was introduced by mr johnson when he occupied number 10. a burst water main has left around 31,000 properties without water in east sussex. southern water says the disruption in saint leonards on sea and parts of hastings will continue into sunday. the issue was first reported on thursd

england — as we await more results of mayoral elections in cities including greater manchester and west yorkshireterm at the mayor of london. i should had a third constituency to declare and it showed a 5% swing in a constituency where the conservatives were ahead in 2021 but it has now been won by city down. let's get some more on those numbers now. nick eardley is watching the data for us. what we know so far and how significant is it that labour seem to be calling it, given the uncertainty we saw in the last 24 hours?

west yorkshire police are still looking for the pair involved. larson is planning to compete in the indy 500 before heading to north carolina to the charlotte motor speedway for the coca-cola 600 on sunday. he will be the fifth driver to attempt competing in both races on the same day. be sure to tune in to the big nascar race on fox this sunday. and now let's go over to meteorologist adam klotz. adam, how is the weather looking for the big race this memorial day weekend? >> the race there actually could turn out to be pretty good. unfortunately for a lot of other folks across the country we continue to see these big rounds of thunderstorms line up every time in the middle of the country. we're seeing it again this morning. it's going to happen the next couple of days. here's what it looks like outside right now. iowa, pretty much the entire stated north to south is under some sort of severe warnings. winds up to 60 miles per hour. that is a tornado warning right now as we are seeing a little bit of rotation. the set-up is there for today. a larg

england — as we await more results of mayoral elections in cities including greater manchester and west yorkshireoral election by around ten percentage points. this would give him a record third term as the mayor of london. there is speculation about a declaration from city hall in london taking place some time this afternoon. we are still awaiting results in greater manchester and the west midlands, where the conservatives will be hoping andy street can cling on. and we are also expecting results from a the remaining handful of councils yet to declare, as well as police and crime commissioners. let's get some analysis on the results that have come through overnight. our political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. it's been a busy few hours. where are we now?