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A year-and-half into her mayoralty, however, this carefully crafted image began to crumble.

Apocalyptic fires had been ravaging Los Angeles for more than 24 hours when Mayor Karen Bass stepped off a plane and into a now-viral encounter that may come to define her mayoralty.

"The mayoralty will provide a strong voice for the East Yorkshire region and support communities and local businesses."

The loss of the West Midlands mayoralty could give the would be rebels another flash of desire to act.

It cemented the idea of future partnership and support, but there was notably no pledge of extra money, pleas for which have been a recurring feature of Sadiq Khan's mayoralty so far.