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Tonight, celebrations as you can make sweeping gains across the | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
region. Welcome to the programme. For councils slipped out of Tory | :00:24. | :00:27. | |
control in Essex last night, among the victims, the leader of the | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
Conservatives in Basildon. There's no doubt you get are attempting what | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
the public appealing, particularly with regard to immigration. A new | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
manager the Norwich City. The caretaker gets the job. I'm | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
delighted to get the opporttnity caretaker gets the job. I'm | :00:41. | :00:42. | |
delighted to get the opporttnity to get this club back where it belongs. | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Springwatch is nearly upon ts. We Springwatch is nearly upon ts. We | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
speak to the stars at their new home in Suffolk. | :00:49. | :00:57. | |
First tonight, UKIP storm the barricades, taking dozens of council | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
seats, and in this region, it barricades, taking dozens of council | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
seats, and in this region, ht is mostly at the expense of the | :01:05. | :01:05. | |
mostly at the expense of thd Conservatives. The UKIP leader | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
talked about a political earthquake, and the tremors were felt most | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
strongly in Essex. These for councils were all controlled by the | :01:14. | :01:17. | |
Conservatives until last night. Now, no party has an overall | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
majority on any of them. Tonight, Conrad 's coverage of one of the | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
most dramatic local council elections in years. We start in | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
great Yarmouth, where they did not start counting until this afternoon. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
The result, Labour losing control of the Council, and again, UKIP making | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
big gains. Andrew Sinclair is there now. It is worth remembering that | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
two years ago, UKIP only had half a dozen councillors across thd whole | :01:45. | :01:45. | |
dozen councillors across the whole of the East and region, and most of | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
them had not been elected as you get councillors, but had defected. | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
Tonight, they got more than 100 and Tonight, they got more than 100 and | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
it is the speed of that rise Tonight, they got more than 100, and | :01:55. | :01:56. | |
it is the speed of that risd which it is the speed of that risd which | :01:57. | :01:56. | |
has surprised many people, it it is the speed of that rise which | :01:57. | :01:58. | |
has surprised many people, ht was has surprised many people, ht was | :01:59. | :02:01. | |
what those figures don't tell you is that in many other seats which were | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
contested today, UKIP came ` very respectable second or cold very | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
respectably. What has happened now in this region is that for party | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
politics is very much a reality. The UKIP leader in Basildon this | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
afternoon, congratulating his new afternoon, congratulating his new | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
councillors. We have to win clusters of seats. That will show people in a | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
constituency that you can be of seats. That will show people in a | :02:27. | :02:28. | |
constituency that you can bd a winner at council level, but also | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
that you can be a winner at parliamentary level. Basildon was | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
supposed to be the place we saw Labour gains last night, but | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
instead, they could only watch as seat after seat went to UKIP. This | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
isn't a flash in the pan. These are real people standing for election | :02:45. | :02:45. | |
real people standing for eldction for real issues. They are listening | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
to people. People want change, and I think the message UKIP has been | :02:53. | :02:53. | |
sending nationally as well `s sending nationally as well `s | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
locally is what people want. The Tories who have run this counsel for | :02:58. | :03:00. | |
the last 11 years couldn't believe it either. The council leaddr, | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
the last 11 years couldn't believe it either. The council leader, one | :03:04. | :03:03. | |
it either. The council leaddr, one of the casualties. There's no doubt | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
that UKIP have tapped into what people are feeling, particularly | :03:09. | :03:09. | |
with immigration, and they `re with immigration, and they are | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
pretty frustrated with Europe and want a referendum. It wasn't just | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
here. In Harlow, Southend and Castle Point, UKIP surged ahead. And then | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
came Great Yarmouth. Until today, UKIP didn't have a single sdat. | :03:27. | :03:28. | |
came Great Yarmouth. Until today, UKIP didn't have a single seat. This | :03:29. | :03:28. | |
UKIP didn't have a single sdat. This afternoon, they gained ten, five | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
from the Tories and five from Labour. We knew this was on the | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
cards, and we knew they were complaining well, so it wasn't a | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
surprise. Why are people voting for your tip their work UKIP and not | :03:42. | :03:50. | |
you? People are voting on a national level. This is a ragtag party made | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
up of people who have very unsavoury up of people who have very unsavoury | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
past in some cases. UKIP now has a major presence on a number of the | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
region's councils, and if the UKIP bubble does burst, these councillors | :04:05. | :04:08. | |
are going to be around for `t least the next four years. Labour lost | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
overall control of the Council hearing Great Yarmouth, but they | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
will still run it, because they are the largest party, just, but they | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
don't have overall control. That is small comfort for Labour, bdcause | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
here, as in Harlow and Basildon they are key marginal seats for next | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
year's general election, and Labour had been hoping to make big gains to | :04:32. | :04:40. | |
show that they are in contention for those seats. That must be open to | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
question tonight, and Labour has begun an inquest. Thank you very | :04:46. | :04:46. | |
much. So, who is the UKIP voter? As we are | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
So, who is the UKIP voter? @s we are third during this election, the | :04:49. | :04:49. | |
party did particularly well in party did particularly well in | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
Essex, particularly in the South. Let's take Wickford as an example. | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
Until last night, all three wards were conservative last night, UKIP | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
took everyone. This is the height of the word `` | :05:00. | :05:09. | |
the high street. UKIP 13 wards here yesterday, but what is going on in | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
Wickford? Dennis Jones is a fishmonger on the market. He voted | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
UKIP for the first time. He wants a vote on Europe, unlike the TKIP | :05:18. | :05:19. | |
leader Nigel Farage. A bit more leader Nigel Farage. A bit lore | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
flamboyant than the rest of them. I think Ed Miliband is just a drip. | :05:25. | :05:31. | |
While I was at the fish stall, I also bumped into Eileen, who was | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
there to buy some trout for the weekend. She also voted UKIP for the | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
first time yesterday, saying immigration is a big issue. I don't | :05:39. | :05:41. | |
agree with what is going on in this country. I think we are being | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
overrun. What did we fight the war for? What was my husband in the war | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
fought? David Harrison didn't have much sleep last night after he won | :05:52. | :05:54. | |
the Wickford Park ward for TKIP much sleep last night after he won | :05:55. | :05:57. | |
the Wickford Park ward for UKIP. He the Wickford Park ward for TKIP He | :05:58. | :05:57. | |
believes people voted not just the Wickford Park ward for UKIP. He | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
believes people voted not jtst on national issues but because they | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
wants to see change at a local level. It might be partly a protest | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
vote, but I think people now realise that we put up a local manifesto, we | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
put our policies to people, we went round every doorstep with them, and | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
people said, yes, here is a group of people that want to do something for | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
this area. On platform thred of this area. On platform three of | :06:20. | :06:23. | |
Wickford station, there is the Railway club, where retired train | :06:24. | :06:29. | |
driver Tom Collis told me why he had voted UKIP. Immigration was a big | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
factor. I don't mind immigr`nts coming in, but there's too many of | :06:33. | :06:33. | |
coming in, but there's too lany of them. This country is overflowing | :06:34. | :06:35. | |
with people. We don't need all them. This country is overflowing | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
with people. We don't need `ll those with people. We don't need `ll those | :06:40. | :06:39. | |
people. Interestingly, a number of people. Interestingly, a nulber of | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
people have told me they did not vote yesterday, but if they had | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
done, they would have voted for UKIP. The question now is, with | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
those people vote in a general election? If the answer to that is | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
yes, would they vote UKIP? Peter Fitzgerald is the chahrman of | :06:55. | :07:04. | |
UKIP in Great Yarmouth. We can talk to him now. Mr Fitzgerald, I | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
UKIP in Great Yarmouth. We can talk to him now. Mr Fitzgerald, H know | :07:08. | :07:07. | |
to him now. Mr Fitzgerald, I know this exceeded even your | :07:08. | :07:08. | |
expectations. Do you think ht was expectations. Do you think it was | :07:09. | :07:10. | |
down to the local messaged xou are down to the local messaged you are | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
putting across, or the national message on immigration and Durope? | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
message on immigration and Europe? Good evening. Yes, it did exceed our | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
expectations. I have to say, it must have been about 50`50. We put | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
together a very good local manifesto, that there was | :07:28. | :07:30. | |
undoubtedly the national view manifesto, that there was | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
undoubtedly the national vidw of manifesto, that there was | :07:34. | :07:34. | |
undoubtedly the national view of a lot of people that has filtdred down | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
into our votes. Now, how is it going to work on the ground? Because | :07:39. | :07:40. | |
into our votes. Now, how is it going to work on the ground? Becatse you | :07:41. | :07:42. | |
have a three horse Council. Is it going to be able to achieve | :07:43. | :07:43. | |
anything? Well, really, it hs anything? Well, really, it is | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
dependent on whether the Conservatives and Labour choose to | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
work in whether they choose to work in opposition. We are there to | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
assist and to work in partnership in opposition. We are there to | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
assist and to work in partndrship to assist and to work in partnership to | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
deliver better services, better opportunities for Great Yarlouth. | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
deliver better services, better opportunities for Great Yarmouth. If | :08:12. | :08:11. | |
the politics with a P gets hn the politics with a P gets hn the | :08:12. | :08:12. | |
the politics with a P gets in the the politics with a P gets hn the | :08:13. | :08:17. | |
way, we are going to suffer. We are going to work in partnership. It is | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
down to those guys to access battle to dig their heels in. We whll | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
suffer if they do that. Your message has gone down well on the doorsteps. | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
It is very populist. But actually, politicians and councillors have to | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
make very difficult decisions and be unpopular. I you prepared for that? | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
Absolutely. It is in effect like running a big business. You make | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
those decisions in tune with the needs and the budgets, and we're to | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
contribute to those, to that decision`making process. We gained | :08:52. | :08:53. | |
about 40% of the vote. Thosd decision`making process. We gained | :08:54. | :08:54. | |
about 40% of the vote. Thosd people need a voice here in the town hall, | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
and as I say, making decisions, hard decisions. We would prefer to do | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
that in partnership, but ultimately, it is down to the guys that are | :09:08. | :09:10. | |
already there as the whether they receive us in that game or whether | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
they seek to oppose what we do. Thank you very much. | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
So, what happened elsewhere in the region? In a moment, Essex. But we | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
start in Suffolk. Tonight's counting will takd place | :09:29. | :09:30. | |
Tonight's counting will take place in two stages. One third of the 48 | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
seats on the council were on the line, plus one more through a | :09:35. | :09:35. | |
by`election. Labour has a firm line, plus one more through a | :09:36. | :09:37. | |
by`election. Labour has a fhrm hold by`election. Labour has a fhrm hold | :09:38. | :09:37. | |
on power, and the council leader by`election. Labour has a firm hold | :09:38. | :09:39. | |
on power, and the council ldader was on power, and the council ldader was | :09:40. | :09:39. | |
looking for more scalps. The very looking for more scalps. Thd very | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
first declaration was one, but the Conservatives held firm. | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
Labour would make to gains at the expense of the Tories on thd night. | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
expense of the Tories on the night. This was the first, in Rushlere | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
UKIP secured a fair chunk of the votes, pushing the Tories into third | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
place in a number of seats, but the breakthrough, that first UKIP | :10:11. | :10:11. | |
breakthrough, that first UKHP councillor in it which, did not | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
come. For the Lib Dems, this was the highlight. Finger locking Tim | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
highlight. Finger locking Thm holding her seat with the highest | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
vote of the night. But in all the other seat, the party came last | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
People were predicting dire results . Actually, we have a couple of | :10:32. | :10:35. | |
games. People are quite happy with is in its witch, and they are voting | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
for it as a result. Of the 48 seeds, the Conservatives have 35 and Labour | :10:42. | :10:43. | |
ten. It means their firm grip on ten. It means their firm grhp on | :10:44. | :10:45. | |
political power in this town is given just a bit more attention. | :10:46. | :10:47. | |
given just a bit more attention That is a situation here in Ipswich. | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
Now, to Essex. In Colchester, just one watdr | :10:55. | :10:56. | |
In Colchester, just one water changed hands, a Labour gamd | :10:57. | :10:57. | |
In Colchester, just one watdr changed hands, a Labour game from | :10:58. | :10:57. | |
the Lib Dems. But the Lib Ddms the Lib Dems. But the Lib Ddms | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
remain the largest party in what is still a hung council. There was a | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
strong challenge from UKIP. The party came within 80 votes of | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
gaining a counsellor. Most of the candidates that we finally persuaded | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
to stand our all`new, have never done it before, and to get `n | :11:17. | :11:19. | |
done it before, and to get an achievement, the number of second | :11:20. | :11:24. | |
positions, with such newcomers and inexperienced candidates, I think | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
this is encouraging. The good news is that Colchester is a UKIP free | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
zone. UKIP did not win any seats in Colchester, and indeed, their | :11:35. | :11:35. | |
zone. UKIP did not win any seats in Colchester, and indeed, thehr leader | :11:36. | :11:36. | |
came fifth in the war in which he came fifth in the war in which he | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
stood. Colchester withstood the barrage barrage, unlike much of the | :11:43. | :11:46. | |
rest of Essex. It was a bad night therefore be Tories. In Southend, | :11:47. | :11:48. | |
they lost overall control amid therefore be Tories. In Southend, | :11:49. | :11:50. | |
they lost overall control alid UKIP gains. In Brentwood, they lost | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
overall control. In Basildon, another council lost by the Tories, | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
as UKIP made a big breakthrough. In as UKIP made a big breakthrough In | :11:57. | :12:07. | |
Castle Point, more games for UKIP. Labour retained control in Harlow. | :12:08. | :12:15. | |
Then, is the Conservative MP for Ipswich, and he will defend the | :12:16. | :12:16. | |
majority of just over 2000 `t the majority of just over 2000 `t the | :12:17. | :12:20. | |
next election. Thank you for being with us this evening. You mtst be | :12:21. | :12:22. | |
with us this evening. You must be very nervous after what happened | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
last night, with a general dlection next year? I'm not sure you can take | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
much from council elections in the way that you might suggest, but what | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
I did or from what that Labour should have been doing a lot better, | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
and they did not. They did not take their target seats. The Conservative | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
vote was holding up in placds around vote was holding up in places around | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
the town, and UKIP were sending a very strong message to all of us, | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
one that we have to listen to. That sounds very upbeat, but in fact it | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
was a bad night, wasn't it? We lost a seat, which we won at the high | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
watermark of when the Conservatives were in opposition. These things | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
happen. The grim faces were on the candidates of the Labour Party. I | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
was delighted that we have held two marginal seats that have bedn | :13:11. | :13:11. | |
was delighted that we have held two marginal seats that have been their | :13:12. | :13:12. | |
marginal seats that have bedn their targets, and it shows that when you | :13:13. | :13:13. | |
have a very strong candidatds with have a very strong candidatds with | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
strong policies, which are known locally, then people will vote for | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
them. The message is really, not only that the Labour Party aren't in | :13:24. | :13:25. | |
only that the Labour Party `ren t in a position to win power, but as | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
importantly, UKIP are getting votes from people that want answers, and | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
the Conservative party is the party to give those answers on | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
immigration, on Europe, and on welfare. People do want answers to | :13:38. | :13:41. | |
that question of immigration. You say that the Tories are listening | :13:42. | :13:42. | |
and have answers, but obviotsly and have answers, but obviously, | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
people don't think that you do have the answers. understandably, people | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
are very frustrated. We are going to have to turn round a huge | :13:52. | :13:53. | |
supertanker. This is immigr`tion supertanker. This is immigr`tion | :13:54. | :13:54. | |
that has gone on since the early that has gone on since the early | :13:55. | :13:58. | |
2000, and people feel, understandably, that it has changed | :13:59. | :14:01. | |
their communities and it has been too quick. You heard it frol the | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
people earlier. Our job now is to reverse that supertanker and to | :14:09. | :14:11. | |
provide answers. Only the Conservative party will be able to | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
do this, we'll have a realistic chance of renegotiating tre`ties | :14:16. | :14:16. | |
chance of renegotiating treaties with the European Union in `dvance | :14:17. | :14:19. | |
of a referendum, and it is only us who will deliver a referendtm. | :14:20. | :14:21. | |
of a referendum, and it is only us who will deliver a referendum. You | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
have had for years. Yes, and these things take a while. All I | :14:27. | :14:34. | |
referendum? Who is likely to be able to win the | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
Conservative party. At the next election, people will have a clear | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
choice. Do they want to see our plan for the | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
this club back into the Prelier league. That is the sole focus now. | :14:48. | :16:55. | |
He had had his audition. Five defeats and a draw. Despite | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
relegation, however, he earned rave reviews for his passion, tactics, | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
performances, if not results. You performances, if not results. You | :17:08. | :17:16. | |
have to feel sorry for the guy. He just can't score. Given the position | :17:17. | :17:43. | |
at the end of the season, why has it taken two weeks to announce? We | :17:44. | :18:17. | |
needed to look at the market to see if there | :18:18. | :18:57. | |
in Sussex. They will be basdd at the RSPB Minsmere reserve. Today, | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
in Sussex. They will be based at the RSPB Minsmere reserve. Todax, they | :19:03. | :19:02. | |
RSPB Minsmere reserve. Today, they got a feel for their new hole. | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
got a feel for their new home. They call it the arc, because of its | :19:08. | :19:28. | |
history of saving rapidly declining history of saving rapidly declining | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
species from extinction. Minsmere, on the stunning Suffolk coast, home | :19:35. | :19:37. | |
to more than 5000 plants and animals, and for the next three | :19:38. | :19:39. | |
weeks, home to Springwatch. It is rock 'n' roll nature that makes | :19:40. | :19:40. | |
rock 'n' roll nature that m`kes bird`watching cool, and the team | :19:41. | :19:42. | |
leader, Chris Packham, is OK with that. We used to call it thd | :19:43. | :19:43. | |
that. We used to call it the honeypot, because it was always the | :19:44. | :19:45. | |
busiest reserve anywhere in the country. It is still busy now. I | :19:46. | :19:49. | |
used to be annoyed by that. I have matured to realise that somd of | :19:50. | :19:50. | |
used to be annoyed by that. I have matured to realise that some of the | :19:51. | :19:51. | |
kids and other people are the people that probably work here now. Pack | :19:52. | :19:52. | |
and Strachan and Martin Hughes games will be on`site and live night for | :19:53. | :19:53. | |
three weeks. They have set tp will be on`site and live night for | :19:54. | :19:55. | |
three weeks. They have set up camp for three years, and have btilt | :19:56. | :19:56. | |
three weeks. They have set tp camp for three years, and have built a | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
room with a view. Today, last set dressing, but already, the lonitors | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
are in, with cameras watching an array of nests around the rdserve | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
will stop I only arrived yesterday, but already, I have seen such a rich | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
diversity of habitats. I bulped into a red deer yesterday. I have | :20:22. | :20:24. | |
diversity of habitats. I bumped into a red deer yesterday. I havd been | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
looking at Badger sets todax. There are lots of beautiful everywhere. We | :20:31. | :20:32. | |
are really excited to be here. Who knows who the stars will be? | :20:33. | :20:35. | |
Maybe the avocets when they return to breeding in the UK, as they did | :20:36. | :20:43. | |
60 years ago, will return. We have got plans about what we aim to do | :20:44. | :20:46. | |
over the next few weeks. Whdther they come to fruition or not will be | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
in the hands of birds and the weather and other factors. Minsmere | :20:51. | :20:51. | |
weather and other factors. Linsmere is Chris Packham ayes favourite | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
place on earth, and with the Springwatch team, he just c`n't wait | :20:57. | :20:57. | |
Springwatch team, he just can't wait to show it off. | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
Springwatch starts on Mondax at Springwatch starts on Monday at | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
eight o'clock on BBC Two. Now, back to the election. We have had the | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
results council by counsel, but how does that leave the region `s a | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
does that leave the region as a whole? | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
Kim Riley has the numbers. Yes, the long, drawn`out elections | :21:17. | :21:18. | |
Yes, the long, drawn`out eldctions have not reached their conclusion, | :21:19. | :21:21. | |
but let's try and get the mdasure of where we were 24 hours ago, and how | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
things have changed. 20 councils were up for election across the | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
East. The Conservatives held 12 Labour held five, and three were in | :21:38. | :21:47. | |
no overall control, in other words, no single party had enough | :21:48. | :21:50. | |
councillors to outvote the rest On councillors to outvote the rest On | :21:51. | :22:00. | |
the 20 councils, the battle ground of some 350 seats up for eldction. | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
of some 350 seats up for election. The Conservatives defended the most, | :22:08. | :22:09. | |
179. Labour defended 74, the The Conservatives defended the most, | :22:10. | :22:11. | |
179. Labour defended 74, thd Liberal 179. Labour defended 74, the Liberal | :22:12. | :22:11. | |
Democrats 67, independents 08, 179. Labour defended 74, thd Liberal | :22:12. | :22:11. | |
Democrats 67, independents 18, the Democrats 67, independents 18, the | :22:12. | :22:13. | |
Greens, six, and UKIP, just three seats, seats they were fighting to | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
hold on to. Now the votes h`ve seats, seats they were fighting to | :22:16. | :22:24. | |
hold on to. Now the votes have been hold on to. Now the votes h`ve been | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
cast, how has that picture change? So far, the Conservatives have lost | :22:31. | :22:32. | |
45 seats. Labour have gained 11. The 45 seats. Labour have gained 11. The | :22:33. | :22:34. | |
Lib Dems are down 21. Independents are up, Greens down one, and the big | :22:35. | :22:36. | |
winners at the end, UKIP, bagging are up, Greens down one, and the big | :22:37. | :22:39. | |
winners at the end, UKIP, b`gging 47 extra seats. When it comes to who is | :22:40. | :22:40. | |
in control of the 20 councils, Conservatives did have 12. They are | :22:41. | :22:41. | |
now down to seven after loshng Conservatives did have 12. They are | :22:42. | :22:42. | |
now down to seven after loshng five to no overall control. Labour had | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
five councils. They gained one and lost one, so they are still on five. | :22:48. | :22:55. | |
Around seven of the 20 have no one party in overall control. Milton | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
Keynes is still to declare. UKIP does not control any borough or | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
district councils in the east. The Conservatives remain the dolinant | :23:11. | :23:11. | |
Conservatives remain the dominant party in local government. But with | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
the European results still to come on Sunday, UKIP is the party | :23:18. | :23:19. | |
the European results still to come on Sunday, UKIP is the partx with | :23:20. | :23:20. | |
on Sunday, UKIP is the party with that very valuable political | :23:21. | :23:20. | |
commodity, momentum. Thank xou. commodity, momentum. Thank xou. | :23:21. | :23:22. | |
Andrew Sinclair was at the count in Basildon and has been in grdat | :23:23. | :23:24. | |
Basildon and has been in great Yarmouth today. What is your | :23:25. | :23:25. | |
assessment? What stands out is, it assessment? What stands out is, it | :23:26. | :23:29. | |
has been a bad night for thd Conservatives. They lost some | :23:30. | :23:30. | |
has been a bad night for the Conservatives. They lost sole very | :23:31. | :23:30. | |
key and important councils, Excel found in Peterborough. Dash`macro | :23:31. | :23:31. | |
like Southend and Peterborotgh. found in Peterborough. Dash`macro | :23:32. | :23:32. | |
like Southend and Peterborough. A very good night for UKIP. Nhgel | :23:33. | :23:33. | |
very good night for UKIP. Nigel Farage said he wanted to crdate an | :23:34. | :23:34. | |
Farage said he wanted to create an earthquake, and he has. Whatever | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
happens at the general election, these councillors are now whth us in | :23:39. | :23:39. | |
these councillors are now with us in our town halls for the next four | :23:40. | :23:42. | |
years, making decisions abott waste, local transport, and planning | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
matters. If they can prove themselves as being competent local | :23:48. | :23:49. | |
councillors, they could well find themselves getting re`elected | :23:50. | :23:52. | |
councillors, they could well find themselves getting re`electdd next | :23:53. | :23:52. | |
time round. For Labour, a mixed time round. For Labour, a mhxed | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
picture. They did well in their strongholds like Stevenage, but in | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
others, like Great Yarmouth, where UKIP gained ten seats, and in | :24:03. | :24:05. | |
Basildon, where they didn't make a single game, I think they will be | :24:06. | :24:07. | |
single game, I think they whll be very concerned that they didn't do | :24:08. | :24:08. | |
as well and some of those sdats very concerned that they didn't do | :24:09. | :24:10. | |
as well and some of those sdats as they have been hoping to. Thank you | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
very much. You can see a full round`up of | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
results in our specially extended late bulletin tonight at 10:35 p.m.. | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
The Sunday Politics has further coverage and analysis of thd local | :24:23. | :24:26. | |
elections, and they look ahead to the European results on Sunday at | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
11:00 p.m.. The coverage continues here on the east bank holid`y | :24:33. | :24:35. | |
Monday, with extended bulletins across the day. And now, thd | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
across the day. And now, the weather. | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
It has been quite different whether depending which side of the region | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
you are. Rain in the east, bright and sunny in the east. All thanks to | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
this area of low pressure continuing to bring us unsettled weather, and | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
unfortunately, it will have an impact into the bank holidax | :24:57. | :24:58. | |
unfortunately, it will have an impact into the bank holiday weekend | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
as well. More about later. The radar image from today shows that cloud | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
and rain stream up from the south across western parts, some downpours | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
earlier, but it is breaking up now and moving further north, and that | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
should clear the region in the next few hours. Some sunshine further | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
east. As bigger through the rest of the evening, most places dry out. | :25:17. | :25:18. | |
the evening, most places drx out. Highlights for this weekend, wet on | :25:19. | :25:20. | |
Saturday, dryer on Sunday, and Highlights for this weekend, wet on | :25:21. | :25:22. | |
Saturday, dryer on Sunday, and then a little bit of uncertainty into | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
Monday. I will explain in a few minutes. There is the rain clearing | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
away in the West will otherwise most of the region staying dry. | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
Potentially some rain arriving, Potentially some rain arrivhng, | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
particularly across southern part, into Essex especially later in the | :25:41. | :25:48. | |
night. A wet end to the night. Temperatures, around ten or 11 at | :25:49. | :25:55. | |
the lowest, and that will bd a light southeasterly breeze, so a pretty | :25:56. | :25:56. | |
mild night compared to averages. mild night compared to averages. For | :25:57. | :25:57. | |
mild night compared to aver`ges For mild night compared to averages. For | :25:58. | :25:58. | |
tomorrow, this band of rain slowly makes his way from south to north | :25:59. | :26:04. | |
across the region. Some heavier downpours as it does so, and once it | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
clears, some sunshine, but scattered showers and thunderstorms also. | :26:10. | :26:09. | |
Particularly, across central and Particularly, across central and | :26:10. | :26:11. | |
western parts of the region. The further east you are, it will stay | :26:12. | :26:14. | |
mainly dry, with sunny spells later in the afternoon. The showers could | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
be in a few different places, but there will be some heavier downpours | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
in the afternoon. Temperatures tomorrow, a little bit down compared | :26:25. | :26:26. | |
to recently. 14 to 16 Celsits, with to recently. 14 to 16 Celsits, with | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
a moderate to fresh southeasterly wind, which will make you feel | :26:32. | :26:35. | |
cooler near the coast, especially later in the afternoon. Those | :26:36. | :26:37. | |
showers become slow`moving and showers become slow`moving and | :26:38. | :26:38. | |
continue into Saturday evenhng. continue into Saturday evenhng. | :26:39. | :26:39. | |
There could be one or two heavy continue into Saturday evening. | :26:40. | :26:42. | |
There could be one or two hdavy ones around, with rumbles of thunder as | :26:43. | :26:43. | |
well. Possibly, hail mixed hn around, with rumbles of thunder as | :26:44. | :26:46. | |
well. Possibly, hail mixed in as well. Possibly, hail mixed hn as | :26:47. | :26:46. | |
well. Into Sunday, this area well. Possibly, hail mixed in as | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
well. Into Sunday, this are` of well. Possibly, hail mixed hn as | :26:50. | :26:49. | |
well. Into Sunday, this are` of low pressure moves away, bringing some | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
drier weather with sunshine for the end of the weekend. We will see on | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
Monday a new area of low pressure moving up into our direction, giving | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
us the chance of some rain moving moving up into our direction, giving | :27:02. | :27:03. | |
us the chance of some rain loving in to southern parts of the area. | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
us the chance of some rain moving in to southern parts of the arda. To | :27:07. | :27:06. | |
to southern parts of the area. To summarise, scattered showers, | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
thunderstorms at the morning rain on Saturday, highs of 16 Celsius. | :27:11. | :27:12. | |
Saturday, highs of 16 Celsits. Sunday looking the best of the bank | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
holiday weekend days, with sunshine and highs of 18 Celsius. Thdn, the | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
rain spreads back in on Monday. There is a little bit of uncertainty | :27:21. | :27:23. | |
as to how far north they will go. Northern part of the region may just | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
about state drive through Monday, but rain for just about everybody by | :27:28. | :27:29. | |
Tuesday. Overnight lows, prdtty Tuesday. Overnight lows, prdtty | :27:30. | :27:32. | |
mild, and quite blustery, particularly on Saturday. | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
Thank you very much. That is it from all of us here. Thank you for your | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
company. Have a good bank holiday. Goodbye. | :27:42. | :27:57. | |
Let's look at the history of BBC TWO with me, Simon Schama. | :27:58. | :28:01. | |
'Harry And Paul's Story Of The 2s - part of | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
'the Big Bumper Bank Holiday Comedy 50th Birthday Weekend.' | :28:07. | :28:26. | |
Ted, I wondered if... I'm not interested | :28:27. | :28:31. | |
part of the big bumper bank holiday comedy 50th birthday weekend. | :28:32. | :28:35. |