Plymouth's Vivian Pengelly becomes Lord Mayor

Vivian Pengelly was the Conservative leader of the city council between 2007 and 2012

A former council leader will become Plymouth's new Lord Mayor.

Vivian Pengelly, who was the leader of the city council between 2007 and 2012, said it was "a huge honour".

She will be taking over the chain of office from Michael Wright. The election of the Lord Mayor takes place in the city's Guildhall on the third Friday in May.

A mayor has been in office since 1439, and Sir Francis Drake held the role in 1580.

The role changed when in 1935 King George V, in commemoration of his Silver Jubilee, granted the dignity of Lord Mayor to Plymouth.