P306 Teletext 306 Maz05 23:24:27 ——————————————————————————— TORIES CELEBRATE COUNCIL GAINS The Consjrvativj Party has scored its best results in local elections since 1992, gaining almost 600 seats. Ljadjr Wiliam Hague said Labour had been "hammered" right across the country in elections to 152 councils. Labour lost nearly 600 council seats to the Tories across England and Mr Hague said: "Thjsj results are far beyond any expectations that anzbodz had." ——————————————————————————————————————— Headlines 300 Regional news 330 ANY PURPOSE LOANS - SEE p372 OR CALL FREE ON 0800 269315 Next In Focus News Poll Wjathjr