内容摘要：As the garden centre burned, couples walked their dogs. In the magnificent squares in the centre of Kharkiv, cafes were open, ignoring air raid sirens and alerts on mobile apps.

As the garden centre burned, couples walked their dogs. In the magnificent squares in the centre of Kharkiv, cafes were open, ignoring air raid sirens and alerts on mobile apps.

During his winning speech, Mr Patel said: "This is for Gaza.""This was a grassroots, community, constituency-run campaign, which is an indication to those that have been in power for so long that you cannot forget the people that you serve," he added.

Mr Ashworth, who held the seat since 2011, said it had been "the greatest honour and privilege of my life" serving Leicester South for 13 years.The departing Mr Ashworth congratulated Mr Patel but said he did not believe an independent MP would be able to deliver for voters in Leicester South.Conservative Shivani Raja won

from Labour - the party's sole seat gained on election night.She said she was "thrilled" to end decades of Labour dominance in the constituency.

Ms Raja beat Labour's Rajesh Agrawal into second place with a 4,426 majority.

The Liberal Democrats's Zuffar Haq came third.''People want things to get better, and people want to know that there is hope on the horizon," he said.

''They want to be convinced that their government will fight to make things better.''He said Reform were riding high but do not "really have any policies on which to be challenged or to be scrutinised".

The former minister said the challenge for Labour was "showing that change is on the horizon, change can be made and things will improve"."That is the confidence barrier politics needs to get through by the next Senedd elections," he said.