The results in the West Midlands mayoral election look set for a nail-biting finale, as it has just been announced a full recount is taking place in Coventry, one of the seven local authorities which make up the combined authority area.
This is apparently going to take another two hours...
A partial “bundle” recount has been ordered in Birmingham for the election of the West Midlands mayor.
As piles of ballot papers were moved onto desks nearer the stage at the International Convention Centre, an official announcement said a bundle check would take place.
The announcer told...
The Liberal Democrats now have 520 councillors, and the Conservatives have 508. It is now clear to us with just the one council to go that the Liberal Democrats will end up having won more council seats than the Conservatives in these local elections.