Anglia Hertfordshire

The bench has been repainted since it was torched by arsonists and Pride campaigners hope to stage a picnic there next month.

Reform have won seats on all three county councils being contested, while the Tories regained the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral battle from Labour.

Police said the volume of offences and the impact on the wider LGBTQ community meant they were being treated as potential hate crimes.