内容摘要：He presses something and the barrier rises while a security guard looks on as the convoy of vehicles enter the site and more figures appear around the security guard's cabin.

He presses something and the barrier rises while a security guard looks on as the convoy of vehicles enter the site and more figures appear around the security guard's cabin.

, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch "These were always going to be a very difficult set of elections coming off the high of 2021, and our historic defeat last year - and so it's proving."The renewal of our party has only just begun and I'm determined to win back the trust of the public and the seats we've lost, in the years to come."

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick - who was beaten to the Tory leadership last year by Badenoch - said she was doing a "bloody good job" and it would "be impossible to turn around this situation in such a short period of time".Liberal Democrats are hoping to take seats off the Tories in places like Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire.Party leader Sir Ed Davey has said he is thinks the Liberal Democrats will be "the new party of Middle England" after these elections as the "Tory vote is in meltdown".

Speaking on a visit to Shrewsbury he said voters were "very disappointed" in Labour and that Nigel Farage will "get found out" as the more people hear from Reform "they don't like it".Elections on Thursday were held in a total of 23 councils in England – mostly in rural and suburban areas where the Tories have traditionally been strong – as well as for six mayors.

This is a smaller set of local elections than normal

, where councils are being re-organised.The level of benefit from Covid vaccines is well documented. And the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is

in the first year of its use than any other - 6.3m globally compared to 5.9m for Pfizer/BioNTech’s jab.However, we need to discuss not just the huge positives that Covid vaccines brought, but also the small minority left injured or bereaved by the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Around 50 families affected by rare blood clots have begun a group legal action for compensation under the Consumer Protection Act, arguing that the vaccine was not as safe as the public were entitled to expect.This includes people who have been left with severe physical injuries, those who are unable to work, and bereaved families who lost a loved one due to vaccine damage.