Freshly elected council, no Mayor and the first foray into the committee system model of working... and it's off to a rocky start...

Read Matty Edwards thread for the lowdown:

My colleague Sean Morrison reporting from the protest against media bias in the reporting on Gaza ✊🏾🇵🇸

🧵Read his thread for live updates from today:

🚨 BREAKING: Bristol Green Party make record gains at Bristol's local elections, falling just short of taking overall control of council. Jubilant scenes from activists after 8 yrs of Labour administration.

34 seats for Greens, 21 Labour, 7 Tories, 8 Lib Dem

Full report to follow

Me, my iconic mousemat and Matty Edwards are stationed at the local election counts today, bringing you the results as they come in. Check the The Bristol Cable for live updates 👇🏾

Labour's Clare Moody narrowly defeated the incumbent Tory commissioner Mark Shelford, with less than 5,000 votes between them bit.ly/3y3hNQy

Four party leaders,
One inimitable host, (Neil Maggs)
And a thrilling night of local democracy in action, bought to you by your favourite local media co-op The Bristol Cable 🔥

i.e. Still free tickets left for our hustings tonight if you wanna come? Link below 👇

New adverts at Bristol's bus stops created by XR Youth Bristol 🌎⌛ with QR codes that link people to information on the demonstration against Israel's largest defence contractor, Elbit who has two sites in Bristol:

Thrilled to host the Q&A after the screening of Phantom Parrot with Muhammad Rabbani and producer Steven Lake. Fascinating discussion into surveillance, miscarriages of justice and the Islamophobia embedded in 'counter-terrorism' measures. Read Rabbani's post for more info 👇🏽

Catch reporter Priyanka Raval representing the Cable at #SPANC24 alongside other influential voices!

In our penultimate set of panels for today, we have this amazing line-up talking about Regional Journalism and knowing your patch with Martin Booth, cathyduncan, Josh Sandiford, Priyanka Raval, and Will Hayward, hosted by Milan Gregory Perera

Hear hear