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BBC News Published Labour's Nik Johnson has been elected as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor with 51.3% of the vote. After no candidate received 50% of the vote initially, Mr Johnson beat the incumbent Conservative mayor James Palmer in the second round. He admitted the win was "a bit of a surprise" as he pledged to deliver a great vision for a Cambridgeshire. Mr Johnson received 113,994 votes (51.3%) after the second count, with Mr Palmer on 108,195 votes (48.7%). The turnout was 36.4%. image captionFormer mayor Conservative James Palmer congratulated Dr Johnson on his magnificent win...

BBC News Published image captionThe Liberal Democrats made gains on Cambridgeshire County Council The Conservatives have lost control of Cambridgeshire County Council, with no party now holding a majority at the authority. The Tories, who had been in power since 2017, remain the largest party having won 28 of the 61 available seats. But the Liberal Democrats made big gains, winning 20 seats. Peterborough City Council remains under no overall control, but the Conservatives and Labour gained one seat each. The Tories remain the largest party in the authority with 29 seats, and the next biggest ...

Book calls PM an ‘inveterate liar’ Boris Johnson is “an unrepentant and inveterate liar” who feels he is not subject to the same rules as others, according to a former French ambassador to the UK’s new book. In Goodbye Britannia, Sylvie Bermann writes that Johnson uses “lies to embellish reality, as a game and as instrument of power”. The former ambassador to the UK from 2014 to 2017 also predicts that Johnson will seek to use Covid to conceal the true economic cost of Brexit on the UK economy. 5 Clegg defends Facebook Nick Clegg has said the Australian government and press dro...

BBC News By Craig Lewis and Ben Schofield BBC News, East of England Published image captionHead teacher of Jeavons Wood Primary, Sue Wright, says class bubbles would mean any potential Covid-19 outbreak would be contained Lockdown-easing measures will see schools in England reopen from 8 March. The BBC spoke to parents and teachers at two schools in Cambridgeshire to find out what this means for them. 'I'm not worried about children catching up' image captionJeavons Wood Primary School in Cambourne caters for 426 children Sue Wright "desperately" wants children back in school. The head teache...

When writing about Dries Van Noten’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection back in 2014, Tim Blanks noted that, “It’s fashion’s job to remind us that beauty is a human need.” This is something I’ve thought about often in the years since that show, particularly in relation to Van Noten, who, perhaps more than any other designer working today, continues to remind us of this eternal truth. This season is no exception. Presented as part of Paris Men’s Fashion Week’s digital showcase, Van Noten’s Autumn/Winter 2021 menswear collection offered a ”fresh, new-fashioned, take on the famil...