Full report: Bristol Mayor sworn in
George Ferguson was today officially sworn in as the first elected Mayor of Bristol and soon after he was making policy changes. One of his first decisions was to scrap on-street parking charges on Sundays - introduced only three weeks ago.
He's also renamed the council headquarters City Hall - but with a growing budget deficit, there'll be much tougher decisions ahead. Watch our political correspondent Bob Constantine's report here.
First day for Bristol's new mayor
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Bristol's mayoral candidates unveiled
15 people have come forward as candidates for Bristol's first elected mayor. 13 of them came before the cameras at the Council House today