Tyneside

The six mayoral elections are taking place in the West of England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Doncaster, North Tyneside and - for the first time - in Hull and East Yorkshire, and Greater Lincolnshire.

Polls open at 07:00 BST for 23 council areas, while there are mayoral contests in the West of England, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Doncaster, North Tyneside and - for the first time - in Hull & East Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.

There will also be mayoral elections in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Doncaster, North Tyneside, and the West of England and - for the first time - in Hull and East Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.

Kellie Watson, 47, from Killingworth, North Tyneside, said it was "devastating" when her 11-month old kitten Martha was run over and repeatedly hit by cars until a stranger took her to the vets.

As Weaver's Prospero declaimed "Come forth, I say," Hayley sprang from her seat and rushed the stage with Richard Weir, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer from Tyneside.