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Smooth ride so far in ‘difficult and very unusual’ elections After many months of planning, election officials and political representatives have told LGC this year's "difficult" elections have gone smoothly so far with 10% of the results in, and have praised exhausted election teams on the ground for their hard work. Although there had been fears that many people would be put off from voting this year by concerns about contracting coronavirus at polling stations, Peter Stanyon, chief executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators, told LGC that the feedback so far from returnin...

Tony Bunday, Labour and Co-operative Party; Steve James- Bailey, Hampshire Independents; Donna Jones, Conservative Candidate - More Police, Safer Streets; Richard Fintan Murphy, Liberal Democrats; What is the role of a PCC?  Hold the police to account; Set the police budget and police priorities which are then published in the police and crime plan; Appoint the Chief Constable, who is responsible for making operational policing decisions; Help to improve the local criminal justice system; Work closely with several organisations including local councils and health services. How a...

WITH local elections looming, when can we expect to hear the results?

The Japanese breaded prawns from Zen Noodle Bar - Credit: Liz Heath Our food reviewer Mark Heath and his wife Liz tried the takeaway offering from the Zen Noodle Bar in Bury St Edmunds. Here's what they made of it. Food Friends, while many pubs and restaurants have been able to open their doors again since April 12, let us not forget those without outside spaces, who have to toil onwards towards May 17 and the great summer re-opening (we hope). It was in that spirit that we decided to sample Zen Noodle Bar's wares this month, a long-standing Bury St Edmunds restaurant with a good reputation ...

File photo dated 06/05/10 of a voter placing a ballot paper in the ballot box as a total of 659,666 people registered to vote in next month's General Election, the most since registration data was first published in June 2014. PA Photo. Issue date: A POLITICAL party in Hampshire has not put forward any candidates for the police and crime commissioner elections due to an "exorbitant" fee, it has been claimed. On May 6 residents will head to the polls to elect the new police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Labour party, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democr...