Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
county, alberta city, hope community, as well as the city of tuscaloosa, greatly affected. so people are starting to come back in and see what how they are going to rebuild their lives and what they have left and how they move forward. finally, sheriff, the university of alabama, students there, how are they doing? as i said, will was there were several student areas on if on the perimeter of campus affected and those areas were obliterated also. the university opened up shelters for those students affected last night. will were many there. and i saw the dock a few minutes ago. he has been very proactive in making sure that the students get whatever their needs are. they are in the last week. we are going into exam week. and so students have one more week in this semester. the university has been offering any assistance possible to ensure these students receive