At this evening's Annual Meeting of the Council in the Guildhall, Cllr Keji Moses, who represents Sturry ward in Canterbury, has been elected as the Sheriff of Canterbury for the next 12 months.

At this evening's Annual Meeting of the Council in the Guildhall, Cllr Jean Butcher, who represents Northgate ward in Canterbury, has been re-elected as Lord Mayor of Canterbury to serve a second term in office.

Tonight's Annual Meeting of the Council, where among other things we elect the new Lord Mayor and Sheriff for the next year, gets underway at 7pm. You can see listen to the live audio stream at youtube.com/embed/E3AGlM_S… and follow the agenda at democracy.canterbury.gov.uk/ieListDocument…

An extra public consultation event on our draft Local Plan will take place at the Westgate Hall in Canterbury on Tuesday 21 May from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Full details at news.canterbury.gov.uk/news/extra-dra…

The full Kent result can be viewed on Gravesham Borough Council's website at gravesham.gov.uk/elections-voti…. It is estimated that this will be at around 4pm today.

The result of the Canterbury district vote for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent election is as follows:

Graham David Colley (Liberal Democrats): 4,762
Lenny Rolles (Labour and Co-Operative Party): 8,869
Matthew Richard Scott (Conservative Party: 8,175

Turnout: 20.03%.

Bin collections across the Canterbury district will take place one day later than usual following the early May bank holiday. The collection tomorrow (Mon 6 May) will take place on Tuesday (7 May), and so on through the week, with Friday’s collection happening on Saturday 11 May.