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Wiltshire votes to increase Tory majority at councilpublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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The final results for Wiltshire are now in.
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Lib Dems reflect on losses and gains in countypublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: Nearly all of Wiltshire's 98 results are inpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: Labour lose a seat to the Tories in Wiltshirepublished at 14:48 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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New mayors elected on low turnoutpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Fewer than a third of registered voters used their ballot in the election of the first of six new English regional mayors.
The elections on 4 May will see "metro" mayors take the reins of groups of councils known as combined authorities.
Experts said this was better than the historically low turnouts for police and crime commissioners.
Conservative candidate Tim Bowles won the £62,000-a-year West of England post with 70,300 votes. Turnout was only 29.7%, with 199,519 voting out of a possible 671,280.
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Elections: Where to find every result from Wiltshirepublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Wiltshire Council is updating its website with every election result from every part of the county.
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Elections: Conservatives take majority in Wiltshirepublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: Two wins for Lib Dems in Wiltshirepublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: Dan O'Brien live at the Chippenham countpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Listen: Dan O'Brien live at the Olympiad in Chippenham
The count is under way for the Wiltshire Council elections and in the last hour the leader of the county's main opposition party has lost her seat.
BBC Wiltshire's political reporter Dan O'Brien is at one of the four counts taking place.
Elections: Conservatives gain further seats in Wiltshirepublished at 13:21 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: UKIP lose their only seat on Wiltshire Councilpublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: What does the count in Chippenham look like?published at 13:03 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: Wiltshire Tories hoping UKIP voters 'come back'published at 12:58 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Elections: 'First major upset' in Wiltshire as results stream inpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Attlee's granddaughter 'didn't think about him a lot'published at 12:37 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Watch: Jo Roundell Greene speaks about growing up in a political family
The granddaughter of Labour prime minister Clement Attlee has been speaking to the BBC's Paul Barltrop, as it emerged she will stand as a candidate for the Liberal Democrats in Yeovil at next month's general election.
"I didn't think about my grandfather a lot," Ms Roundell Greene said when asked whether her grandfather's legacy overshadowed her own political aspirations.
"I have never ever been a Conservative and it's fair to say my family were not Conservatives."
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Wiltshire pensioner rides world's fastest zip linepublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
An 83-year-old from Trowbridge has taken a ride on the world's fastest zip wire.
Pat Davies completed the challenge yesterday afternoon in Snowdonia.
She described the experience as "absolutely amazing".
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Watch: Pat Davies from Trowbridge is 84 at the end of the month.
Analysis: Swindon Town manager Luke Williams leaves clubpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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BBC Wiltshire Swindon Town commentator
With fan frustration writ large at the County Ground, a continuation of the status quo was pretty much impossible.
Power has been open about the failure of the club's recruitment over the past year, and the interlude of Sherwood being the pivotal figure at the training ground didn't really help Williams either.
That said, questions remain over whether the style of play Williams was wedded to could both develop players for sale and get results in the nether regions of the EFL - both requirements of the job.
How much, or little control, his successor gets in the acquisition of new players could well define their fate.
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Local Elections: Wiltshire to start count at middaypublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Top trends in Bristol right now? #WestMayorpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Attlee's granddaughter to run for Lib Dems in Yeovilpublished at 10:35 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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The granddaughter of Labour prime minister Clement Attlee has been named as the Liberal Democrats' general election candidate in Yeovil.
Jo Roundell Greene, who lives in Crewkerne, has been a councillor at South Somerset District Council since 2007 and deputy leader of the council since 2015.
But has now set her sights on following in the tradition of former Yeovil Lib Dem MPs Paddy Ashdown and David Laws — not to mention her illustrious grandfather.
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David Laws and I are delighted that the flame passes to Jo Roundell Greene who has been an exceptional councillor and champion for our area. I know that she will be a brilliant hardworking and effective Liberal Democrat MP who will fight for all, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
Paddy Ashdown, Former Lib Dem party leader and MP for Yeovil