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A bid to give Colchester its first teenage mayor has been controversially blocked. Plans to create the post of youth mayor were meant to give young people a louder voice on Colchester Council. It was the brainchild of Lib Dem councillor Lesley Scott-Boutell

The excitement of local election night is going to be a thing of the past after council bosses decided to count votes the following day. Voters are preparing to go to the ballot box in the local elections on Thursday, May 3. In the past, votes were