Election 2017: voters head to the polls amid tightened security

Polling stations open at 7am, with the 47 million people eligible to vote warned to be alert in ‘unprecedented times’• General election 2017 – live updatesVoting is underway in the general election after polls opened across the UK at 7am on Thursday.Theresa May was the first of the party leaders to vote, accompanied by her husband Philip, at a polling station in her constituency in Maidenhead, Berkshire. She greeted reporters and photographers with a cheery “hello&rd