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BBC News coverage of local and London Mayor elections |
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Written by Telly Addict
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
BBC News has announced details of its coverage of the local elections and the election for Mayor of London to be held on Thursday 1st May
BBC News will present comprehensive coverage of the May 2008 council elections as councillors all over England and Wales battle it out in the local council elections and Londoners decide who will be the next London Mayor.
The 2008 local elections are the first set of elections since the BBC's new multi-media newsroom emerged.
Throughout the final day's campaigning, and as the results come in, journalists on television, radio and online will be working together to deliver the latest news, comment and analysis.
On Election Night (Thursday 1 May, BBC One and BBC News, 11.35pm-3.30am), David Dimbleby will lead the BBC team reporting live as the local election results come in, with instant reaction from the winners and losers.
Jeremy Vine, with his virtual reality graphics, analyses the figures and Nick Robinson and Professor Tony King from the University of Essex will be giving their insights into the political implications.
Emily Maitlis will be leading a team of political bloggers, scouring the web for the latest comment and gossip, and giving their thoughts online throughout the night.
Emily will also be joined by a host of pundits, celebrities and political journalists at London's City Hall, where all eyes will be looking ahead to the London Mayoral results that come in later in the day.
The BBC's Political Editors from the Nations and Regions will tell the local story from the key political battlegrounds across England and Wales.
On radio, Jim Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn will present BBC Radio 4's Election Night with analysis from Nottingham University's Phil Cowley.
The focus will be on reporting on the story with reporters around England and Wales and interviews with leading politicians.
The newsreader will be Peter Donaldson.
Radio 4's election night special will start at midnight and broadcast to 3.00am.
Richard Bacon and Dotun Adebayo will co-present BBC Radio 5 Live's Election Night special.
Richard Bacon and his guests will broadcast from the BBC's Westminster studios. Dotun will present from TV News Centre.
Richard will have a panel of invited guests and political pundits. Dotun will anchor the coverage of the reporters at locations across the country.
The 5 Live programme will be on air from 10.00pm to 5.00am.
Viewers of the BBC One results programme will be able to tune into the 5 Live coverage if they press the red button.
The BBC News website will feature a live results service, with interactive maps giving the result for every council election in England and Wales, and voting for the London Assembly and Mayor.
Website users will be able to find detailed results from their area with a postcode search, and a full results service will also be carried on interactive television and Ceefax.
All of this together with latest news, analysis and background resources will be available at bbc.co.uk/elections.
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