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Windmill Hill results are inpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Ashley ward results are inpublished at 13:51 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Two Green Party councillors and one Labour have secured seats for Bristol's Ashley ward.
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Green Party candidate, 18, secures Bishopston and Ashley Down seatpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Lily Fitzgibbon will now represent Bishopston and Ashley Down after her election victory
Bristol City Council now has an 18-year-old councillor after Green candidate Lily Fitzgibbon was elected in Bishopston and Ashley Down.
The ward now has two Green councillors. It previously had one Green and one Labour councillor.
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Labour lose another seat to the Greenspublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Labour previously had two seats in Lawrence Hill but it has retained one and lost the other:
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Man jailed after cruelly cropping puppies’ earspublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 9 May 2021
The RSPCA said ear cropping is a painful process which is carried out purely for cosmetic reasons.
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Labour hold for Hartcliffe and Withywoodpublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Greens secure two seats in Cothampublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

The Greens now have two seats in the Cotham ward.
Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat group Anthony Negus has lost his seat and Cleo Lake, who came third in her race to become Mayor of Bristol, did not stand in the ward.
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Eastville results are inpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Labour's Marley Chad Bennett and the Green Party's Lorraine Francis have been elected to represent Eastville.
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Deputy mayor Craig Cheney 'very excited' to be re-electedpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Green Party hold for Clifton Downpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

The Green Party has held onto its two seats in Clifton Down, with Carla Denyer retaining her seat and Tom Hathway newly elected.
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Carla Denyer (left) and Tom Hathway are now Clifton Down's two city councillors
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An emotional response to the Southmead resultpublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Labour lose two seats in Lockleaze wardpublished at 12:50 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Green campaigners are particularly upbeat at the City Academy in Bristol.
The party has taken both seats from Labour in Lockleaze with a comfortable majority as well as strengthening their majority in the Clifton Down ward.
Neither of Labour's councillors, Gill Kirk and Estella Tincknell, stood for re-election and Heather Mack and David Wilcox will replace them.
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Result for Hillfields wardpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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More results from Bristol City Council electionpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Labour has retained the two seats for Southmead ward that it won back in 2016, the council has said:
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First results in Bristol City Council electionpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

The first results from the city council's count show Labour have secured two seats in Brislington East, with the Liberal Democrats losing one of those.
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Bristol at 'forefront' of TV shoots resumingpublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 9 May 2021
Romantic comedy The Pursuit of Love was filmed at Bristol facility the Bottle Yard studios.
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First result expected soon...published at 10:47 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

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Bristol City Council counts underway at three locationspublished at 10:07 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

The counting action has begun at three locations across the city - City Academy, Oasis Academy and Henbury Leisure Centre.
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The count begins at City Academypublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Here we go...
Bristol City Council electionspublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 9 May 2021

Morning all!
Today we will be bringing you the latest on the results from Bristol City Council's elections.
Results for 70 seats will be announced as votes are counted for 34 wards.
In case you need to be caught up on what has happened so far over the weekend - we have got you covered:
- Labour's Marvin Rees has been re-elected as mayor of Bristol after holding off the challenge of Green party candidate Sandy Hore-Ruthven. Read more here.
- Labour's Dan Norris has been elected as Mayor of the West of England, gaining the position from the Conservatives. Read more here.
- Conservatives retain power of Gloucestershire County Council.
- The political make-up of the district and borough councils in Gloucestershire remains largely unchanged. Get the latest here.
- The Conservatives comfortably held control of Wiltshire Council but the Liberal Democrats were pleased to make some gains as the main opposition.Read more here.
- Mark Shelford elected as Avon and Somerset's PCC.