Christopher Day

A Hertfordshire teacher has been banned from the profession for at least two years after she admitted to drinking a “small Costa cup of wine” before taking charge of a class in the morning. Full story 👇 https://t.co/4B1VydcEE1

Corina Gander was confirmed as the new leader of @BroxbourneBC at last night's council meeting - here are the details of her first speech + her cabinet appointments #LDReporter https://t.co/HmAekGA60d

NEW: A Labour councillor in North Herts has left the party's group to sit as an independent. Cllr Rowe says she wants to make decisions "without being bound by national party agendas and local party personalities". https://t.co/JqWBWUSHos

Kemi Badenoch's response to the leader of Broxbourne council calling for her resignation 👇

Simon Dedman @SiDedman

NEW: Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC calls for her to resign as Conservative leader after losing power in 16 councils “are just not serious”. She told me she has not thought of about quitting since last week’s local elections. https://t.co/QC0Mq4BDtm

Landlords in Dacorum are being offered "incentives" of £7,000 per property to make them available as accommodation for asylum seekers. The council's housing chief was giving evidence to a select committee 👇 #LDReporter #Dacorum https://t.co/BhQq8yejAj

NEW: I'm told Corina Gander will replace Mark Mills-Bishop as leader of the Conservative group at Broxbourne Borough Council. The council's next meeting is on Tuesday, where - barring anything unexpected - Cllr Gander will be formally confirmed as council leader. #LDReporter

EXC: Outgoing leader of Broxbourne Borough Council, Mark Mills-Bishop, has called on Kemi Badenoch to resign as Conservative leader. He says she has turned out to be "the quiet woman" and should take responsibility for "woeful" election result last week. https://t.co/OK87cOsPRn

EXC: Mark Mills-Bishop, leader of the only Conservative-run borough council in Hertfordshire, is stepping down and will not stand for re-election as leader. A new leader is set to be announced next week. #LDReporter #Broxbourne https://t.co/inxYMFjlkh

NEW: Conor McGrath has resigned as a councillor for Stevenage's Bedwell ward. Previously a cabinet member and aide to Stevenage's Labour MP Kevin Bonavia, Mr McGrath's departure means a by-election will now be held. #LDReporter #Stevenage https://t.co/DAXFHWETCx

A Hertfordshire school planning to serve alcohol to pupils has been accused of showing "blatant disregard" for its harms - but councillors gave permission for the proposals to go ahead anyway. #LDReporter #WelwynHatfield https://t.co/1Em1kv8t18

You’ll never guess what name they came up with …

Three Rivers District Council @ThreeRiversDC

The name of the new Rickmansworth Aquadrome pedestrian bridge has been unveiled by the district council following a public survey. Click here to read more 👉 https://t.co/UX4lGRUyhJ https://t.co/sUVF70ItwJ

All results now in for Hertfordshire - LD become largest party on 31, Con 22, Reform 14, Lab + Green 5 each, and one independent. #LDReporter #Hertfordshire

There were also seven district/council by-elections in Hertfordshire today - but only one seat has changed hands. Reform UK have gained a second seat on East Herts Council, with Terry Smith joining Graham McAndrew. Elsewhere, there were 4 LD holds, 1 Lab hold, 1 Con hold.

Douglas Bainbridge (left), one of the new Reform cllrs in Stevenage, says the result here is "fantastic". "Reform have worked very, very hard on local democracy and, with the national picture, they have won a deserved victory." https://t.co/LXBXMWw4mm

All the results are now in from Stevenage - and it was almost a clean sweep for Reform UK. They won 5 of the 6 seats, only missing out on Chells, where the Liberal Democrats held onto their large majority. #LDReporter #Hertfordshire

Stevenage result - St Nicholas 🟢 J Arndt (Grn) - 257 🔵 P Bibby (Con) - 815 🟠 P Brinkworth (LD) - 290 ⚪ A Gentleman (TUSC) - 25 🔵 M Hurst (Ref) - 1051 - elected 🔴 C Parris (Lab) - 1004 The result is a Reform UK GAIN.

Stevenage result - Broadwater 🔵 J Bainbridge (Ref) - 1254 - elected 🟠 D Barks (LD) - 277 🔴 C De Freitas (Lab) - 811 ⚪ H Kerr (TUSC) - 27 🔵 A Mitchell (Con) - 949 🟢 G Rozemont (Grn) - 228 The result is a Reform UK GAIN.