Extra security is predicted during the General Election counts tonight after campaigning was blighted by two tragic terror attacks.
Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap election on April 18 despite months of repeatedly ruling out the possibility.
However, during the seven week lead up, a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande gig at Manchester Arena killed 23 people on May 22.
A couple of weeks later, another attack on London Bridge and Borough Market has so far killed eight people.
The incidents resulted in parliamentary candidates pausing their election campaigns as a "mark of respect" and now there is expected to be extra viligence as voters take to the polls.
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Polling stations are open until 10pm and we’ll be live blogging the results as they come in.
There will be a full round-up of the results, the fallout and the local colour in next week's papers.
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