they overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that zac goldsmith was holding.rk, a very pro—remain area. this is a very big brexit area. this is a very big brexit area. stoke—on—trent central. it was area. stoke—on—trent central. it was a labour hold. they can hold brexit areas. they saw off a strong challenge from paul nuttall. the dark spot for them was copland. this was the first time a sitting government had won a by—election since 198a, and labour had represented that seat for more than 80 years. a big pro brexit area went to brexit. there are things all the parties will have to bear in mind. they will look at that brexit map for clues. there are other things they will have to think about. voter fatigue. we have had three uk wide elections in three years. there have been elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland in little over a year. then they will have to think about how they will have to think about how the population splits. there are very differing views among different age groups

the lib dems say they welcome the fact that zac goldsmith is standing.e any credibility. he resigned over the development of heathrow airport. he resigned over that conservative party policy. the policy has not changed and he is backin policy has not changed and he is back in the tory party. it will be interesting to see in the next couple of weeks weather there are other places across the country bridges can of local deals are done. wrap party either stands them com pletely wrap party either stands them completely awed decides not to fight it very hard. it has been quite a busy day in westminster. not least because boris johnson busy day in westminster. not least because borisjohnson has loomed into the debate once again? yes, there was a lot of speculation about weather he was being sidelined from the campaign. during the referendum campaign, he had his own battle bus. he was obviously fighting for the leave side. he went around the country drawing huge crowds. today was in the confines of the radio studio, but still quite controversial. his language i

is difficult because borisjohnson dodge one issue that is difficult because boris johnson and zac goldsmithggest to you about when a decision will be made, then? they will be kicking this down the runway, pretty much. runway? this election is all about brexit. this is giving her that referendum before the referendum so she can argue under herown terms, the referendum so she can argue under her own terms, which, in some respects, i think, under her own terms, which, in some respects, ithink, is needed. we decided to get out. this is negotiating. you have to live it to one person to take the lead—up to that makes sense. i can see it. jeremy corbyn, talking to some labour people the other night, they told me they were scared to death of him. but jeremy corbyn has incredible grassroots support. he made not the popular among his parliamentary party... but that will not go. if they lose the next election, we should not really assume they will, but i think they have odds against them for a win. but if they do and jeremy corbyn steps down, does he go as leader? the membership could vote him back ag

the former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been chosen by the conservatives to stand for parliamenttuency of richmond park. mr goldsmith was ousted as mp by the liberal democrats during a by—election in december. he had previously left the conservative party in protest at the government's backing of a third heathrow runway. the liberal democrats have decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucas. last week, ms lucas called for a so—called "progressive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. and you can find out more about today's election pledges and the latest on the campaign on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. crime in england and wales has risen in almost every category according to the latest statistics. violent crime is up sharply by 19%. it's the final set of crime figures before the general election and our home affairs correspondent has the details. a brutal attack outside a west midlands pub last month by half a dozen men who are

overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that the conservative candidate who became an independent, zac goldsmith that strategic sort of alliance between certain parties, but really i think the lib dems would like to be working closely with labour, and they are going to have to work closely together if indeed theresa may gets that majority. one more question from ben in london, do you think people will vote along traditional party lines 01’ vote along traditional party lines or specifically on brexit?” vote along traditional party lines or specifically on brexit? i am a northerner, so i come from the north—west of the country, and in my neck of the woods, i am originally from burnley, a town that voted overwhelmingly from brexit, and i'm interested to see what happens, because i know brexit is important to people there, but it is a die—hard labourarea. to people there, but it is a die—hard labour area. look to people there, but it is a die—hard labourarea. look at to people there, but it is a die—hard labour area. look at north wales, the north—west and the north—east, and there are lots of const

the conservatives have chosen zac goldsmith to fight his old seat in richmond park injune's electionnway. the lib dems say he's lost his last shred of credibility but he says he can win. i think the circumstances of this election are very different to the circumstances of the by—election. that was i1 of very rare opportunity caused by my resignation of the heathrow that gave people an opportunity to express their rage by the outcome of the referendum, and it was an opportunity they weren't going to miss. it's feared a tottenham football supporter who was attacked by a fellow spurs fan at their game against chelsea at the weekend may have suffered permanent damage to his eyesight. police have released an image of michael voller, which you may find upsetting. the 23—year—old, who used to work as a gardenerfor spurs, suffered a broken cheek—bone, eye—socket and skull after being punched in the face. london's victoria and albert museum says it will fund a national education programme to teach and inspire the next generation of young artists and designers. it's using its prize money from

former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been chosen by the conservatives to stand for parliament goldsmith was ousted as mp by the liberal democrats during a by—election in december. he had previously left the conservative party in protest at the government's backing of a third heathrow runway. the liberal democrats have decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucas. last week, ms lucas called for a so—called "progressive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. ministers from 27 european union countries are meeting later for final discussions about the eu's negotiating stance on brexit. they're set to approve the draft negotiating guidelines for the uk's divorce from the eu and discuss the next steps in the process. speaking in the german parliament this morning angela merkel said the uk must fulfil all of its obligations to the eu. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticus is in luxembourg where the meeting will take place for us now. h

the former london mayoral candidate, zac goldsmith, has been chosen by the conservatives to stand forof richmond park. mr goldsmith was ousted as mp by the liberal democrats during a by—election in december. he had previously left the conservative party in protest at the government's backing of a third heathrow runway. the liberal democrats have decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucas. last week, she called for a "progressive alliance" where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. you can find out more about today's election pledges and the latest on the campaign on our website. that's bbc.co.uk/news. this is bbc news at five, the headlines: armed police have arrested a man in whitehall suspected of planning acts of terrorism. a rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one was injured. the foreign secretary has hinted that britain could take military action against the syrian regime without a vote in parliament. the governme

the former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been chosen by the conservatives to stand for parliamentconstituency of richmond park. mr goldsmith was ousted as mp by the liberal democrats during a by—election in december. he had previously left the conservative party in protest at the government's backing of a third heathrow runway. the liberal democrats have decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucas. last week, she called for a "progressive alliance" — where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. and you can find out more about today's election pledges — and the latest on the campaign — on our website. bbc.co.uk/news. crime in england and wales has risen in almost every category according to the latest statistics. violent crime is up sharply by 19%. it's the final set of crime figures before the general election and our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. a brutal attack outside a west midlands pub last month by half a dozen men wh

we saw that with zac goldsmith in richmond.hey might be more reluctant to have an early general election. she would wave goodbye to the boundary review changes which would give her an additional 20 or so seats. there are reasons not to go. you sense, with the poll lead, in the wake of the copeland by—election victory where she overturned the seat she may never, ever have one, she may take the view it is never going to get better than now. what are the logistics over calling an early election? there is the fixed term parliament at which means the next election is not scheduled till 2020. how will they get around that? either you have to engineer a vote of no—confidence in the government or two thirds of mps have to vote for a general. that, i surmise, or two thirds of mps have to vote for a general. that, isurmise, is the route she will go down. labour has said, on the record, they would be happy to vote for a general election. they are up for it. theresa may may choose to call their bluff or she is coming out now. let's hear wh

this one is a bright spot for liberal democrats, they overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that zac goldsmithro—remain area. this is a very big "brexit" area, stoke—on—trent central, labour hold, they can hold areas, they saw offa hold, they can hold areas, they saw off a very strong challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall. the dark spot for them, of course, copeland, this was the first time a sitting government had won a by—election since 198a, labour had represented that seat for over 80 years. a big pro "brexit" area, 62% went for "brexit". there are some things that all the parties are going to have to bearin all the parties are going to have to bear in mind and look at the brexit map for clues but there are other things they will have to think about, voterfatigue, things they will have to think about, voter fatigue, three things they will have to think about, voterfatigue, three uk wide elections in three years, elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales. three in northern ireland in little over a year. and then you will have to think about how the population splits down, ther

the former london mayoral candidate zac goldsmith has been chosen by the conservatives to stand for parliament of richmond park. mr goldsmith was ousted as mp by the liberal democrats during a by—election in december. he had previously left the conservative party in protest at the government's backing of a third heathrow runway. the liberal democrats have decided not to contest the brighton pavilion seat currently held by the only green party mp, caroline lucas. last week, she called for a "progressive alliance" — where parties did not put up candidates in some seats to avoid the vote against the conservatives being split. the labour leader has been out campaigning in harlow and has been talking about housing. labour have pledged to build a million homes overfive years, half of which would be council houses. this is a key issue. we are not building the houses we should in this country. we're building less than at any time since the 1920s. 0ur pledge is to build 1 million homes over the lifetime of the parliament, half of which will be council and housing association builds, for rent and afford

bright spot for the liberal democrats because they overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that zac goldsmithark avenue very pro—remain area. this is a very big brexit area, stoke—on—trent central, but labour held that. so they can hold brexit areas. they held off a strong challenge from paul —— paul not all. this is the first time that a sitting government has won a by—election since 1984 and labour had held that seat for over 80 yea rs, had held that seat for over 80 years, as 62% brexit area. there are things that all the parties will have to bear in mind and we will look at that brexit map for clues. they will have to think about voter fatigue, we have had three uk wide elections in three years, we have had elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland ina ireland and wales, three in northern ireland in a little over a year, then we will have to think about how then we will have to think about how the population splits because there are differing views among different age groups, so young people you can see in blue when f

there was word around the richmond park election that you stood aside for the lib dems to take on zac goldsmithat the sort of tactics you might employ around the country? that's nothing to do with the green party being a smaller party. that's with trying to stop what could be a one—party state if theresa may has her way. i hope there will be discussions between opposition parties to see how we can best avoid a right—wing coup. parties to see how we can best avoid a right-wing coup. you would actually stand aside to let say the liberal democrats have a free run at it. i say we have discussions i hope about those kinds of issues. right now what we're talking about is the positive offer that the greens are making. people in the country will wa nt making. people in the country will want us to have those discussions, if it means we can avoid a one—party rule from this government. certainly my in—box is full of people writing to me saying they hope those kinds of discussions with other parties will happen. very good to talk to you. thanks for being with us. let's hear from the nation now. miss sturge

they overturned a whopping 23,000 majority that zac goldsmith was holding.is is a very big brexit area. stoke—on—trent central. it was a labour hold. they can hold brexit areas. they saw off a strong challenge from paul nuttall. the dark spot for them was copeland. this was the first time a sitting government had won a by—election since 1984, and labour had represented that seat for more than 80 years. a big pro—brexit area, 62%, went to brexit. there are things all the parties will have to bear in mind. they will look at that brexit map for clues. there are other things they will have to think about. voterfatigue. we have had three uk wide elections in three years. there have been elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland in little over a year. then they will have to think about how the population splits. there are very differing views among different age groups. young people, you can see in blue, went for remain. older people in red went for leave. how are these groups of people going to vote in a new general election? we