内容摘要：Dominic Burke, headteacher of Balcarras School, in Cheltenham, says he is "worried for the life chances" of sixth formers after a "dramatic drop in funding" over 12 years, with the school receiving £30,000 in capital funding per year.

Dominic Burke, headteacher of Balcarras School, in Cheltenham, says he is "worried for the life chances" of sixth formers after a "dramatic drop in funding" over 12 years, with the school receiving £30,000 in capital funding per year.

Alternative nominations were made for Liberal Democrat councillor Jerry Roodhouse and Green councillor Jonathan Chilvers to be leader, but both failed.Howard won 28 votes from the councillors present at the meeting, while Roodhouse won 15 votes and Chilvers won 10 votes. There was one abstention.

The meeting also saw Reform's councillor Edward Harris chosen as the new chair of the authority and Conservative councillor Dale Keeling elected as vice-chair.Harris' role includes chairing meetings of full council every six weeks along with civic duties representing the authority at public events.An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn.

It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain's economy byMore than 200 doctors and specialists have now written to the health secretary to say how stretched NHS obesity treatment services face unprecedented demand from patients wanting these drugs.

They warn the injections are only part of what should be a wider package of non-stigmatising care.

They say the government must fix some fundamentals issues in NHS obesity services - chronic underfunding, workforce challenges and unequal access to care.By 1400 BST, the Conservatives had lost control of three of the 18 councils they controlled before this election, with Reform beating them in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire, as well as taking control of Durham.

, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch "These were always going to be a very difficult set of elections coming off the high of 2021, and our historic defeat last year - and so it's proving."The renewal of our party has only just begun and I'm determined to win back the trust of the public and the seats we've lost, in the years to come."

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick - who was beaten to the Tory leadership last year by Badenoch - said she was doing a "bloody good job" and it would "be impossible to turn around this situation in such a short period of time".Liberal Democrats are hoping to take seats off the Tories in places like Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire.