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Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

It will be a dry day today, although with mostly cloudy skies to start.

The cloud should become increasingly broken as the day progresses, allowing good spells of warm sunshine to develop.

The maximum temperature will be 15 to 18C (59 to 64F).

• Labour has remained in control of Sunderland Council, although it has lost a small number of seats.
• The Liberal Democrats took three seats from the party, while the Conservatives took two.
• Labour did win the Copt Hill ward from an Independent for a net loss of four seats.
• In Newcastle City Council every seat was up for grabs, and after boundary changes the council is still Labour controlled.
• The party won 56 seats, up two, the Liberal Democrats secured 19, down one, with Independents winning three, also down one.
• On South Tyneside, Labour holds all the seats apart from one where an Independent lost to a Conservative.
• In Hartlepool, there were 11 seats up for grabs out of 33, but there was little change in the political make up.
• A Putting Hartlepool First candidate gained one seat from UKIP, which did not contest the election and now has no presence on the council.

• Labour, which has been in power since 2010, continues to hold 19 seats.
• There was no change for other Independents or Conservatives.

• The results for Gateshead and North Tyneside are due around midday.

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Our live coverage of the council election counts across the North East has now finished.

It has seen Labour lose four seats in Sunderland but still remain in overall control, while the party shored up its support in Newcastle and South Tyneside.

This page will be updated through the night with any breaking news or travel.

Then we'll be back from 08:00 for the counts at Gateshead and North Tyneside councils.

We hope you will join us then.

Some councillors in Newcastle will face re-election in the next year.

Normally one third of the seats are up for grabs during local elections, but boundary changes this year have led to all being contested.

To return to the usual cycle, the candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve four years, the one with the second-highest tally two years, and the third highest one year.

So some candidates who win this year will have to win again next year to stay on the council

Luke Walton
BBC Look North

The Lib Dems have taken all three seats in Gosforth - holding off a strong challenge from the Conservatives.

A Newcastle City Council UKIP candidate who called Islam a 'barbaric satanic cult' has failed to get elected.

Kim Kimberley-Blackstar also suggested the Queen should have Brexit legal challenger Gina Miller "hanging from Trafalgar Square by the neck, external".

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He won 216 votes.

The three labour candidates held their seats in the Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall ward.

Here are the full results:

Fergus Hewison
BBC Newcastle political reporter

Labour now has 56 seats out of 78 on Newcastle City Council, so has increased its majority.

It started the night defending 54. Lib Dems have seven so far.

Lib Dem Ouseburn councillor Gareth Kane has been ousted by 12 votes after a recount.

He lost to Stephen Powers of the Labour Party 931 to 919 votes.

The party continues to hold 19 of the authority's 33 seats.

Fergus Hewison
BBC Newcastle political reporter

Labour retain control of Newcastle City Council. The party now has 49 seats so far out of 78.

The Lib Dems have three.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

The local council elections in England are being held in predominantly Labour-held areas. The party holds more than half the seats that are being contested.

So with the two main parties neck and neck in national polls, you would expect Labour to win more seats given that they are playing on home turf.

But there is still room for improvement.

Read my analysis in full.

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Latest from Newcastle count.

South Tyneside Council leader hails "fantastic" result after party took 17 of the 18 seats up for grabs: