Dr Nik Johnson is the new Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
When the final votes were tallied, he had 113,994, compared to Tory Mayor James Palmer.
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Published:
9:54 AM May 7, 2021
Updated:
10:34 AM May 7, 2021
Inside Ross Peers sports centre where counting is under way for the county council divisions of East Cambridgeshire.
- Credit: Ben Jolley
The pandemic may be coming to an end but precautions remain in place as the count gets under way in East Cambridgeshire.
#Elections21 the scene at the Ross Peers Sports Centre in #Soham#eastcambs ahead of votes being counted pic.twitter.com/fv0OP0WeOH Ely Standard (@elystandard) May 7, 2021
Ballot papers were verified last night and now the counting begins inside the Ross Peers sports centre at Soham.
Inside Ross Peers sports centre where counting is under way for the county council divisions of East Cambridgeshire.
The gang would mask their faces using balaclavas and smash or force open doors or windows in broad daylight.
They would steal specific items, mainly high-powered BMWs and Audis, firearms, cash and jewellery, all of which they could dispose of through contacts.
Stolen vehicles were put on false plates and left in residential parking areas before being used to commit further crimes.
Most were raids on homes, although commercial premises and ATMs, including several in East Cambs, were also targeted.
Norfolk suffered a similar number of burglaries to Cambridgeshire while other offences took place in Suffolk, Essex and Bedfordshire.
When Stone-Parker and other gang members were sentenced at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Stephen Holt described the conspiracy as the most serious he had ever encountered and praised the police approach in tackling the gang.
Image of knife recently seized or surrendered in the county.
- Credit: Cambridgeshire Police
A 17 per cent year-on-year decrease in bladed weapon possession offences across Cambridgeshire has led police to hold another week-long knife amnesty.
Police figures show that, between April 2020 and March 2021, there were 243 possession of an article with a blade or point offences.
123 were in Fenland and Peterborough while 118 were in East Cambs, South Cambs and Cambridge.
People will be able to hand in knives without fear of prosecution next week as part of a national week of action.
From Monday April 26 to Sunday May 2, people will be able to dispose of knives at Thorpe Wood Police Station in Peterborough and Parkside Police Station in Cambridge.