Snake and hunt hounds join pets at polling stations

Curtis Lancaster
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  1. Josie with her pooch Arthur at the polling station in Henley, Oxfordshire. Josie is wearing a white t-shirt with mushrooms printed on it and grey trousers. She has her hair in a pony tail and she is holding her dog Arthur. They are stood outside a glass fronted building which has a sign reading "polling station" in the window

    Josie took her pooch Arthur to the polling station in Henley.

Animals including a snake and a group of hunt hounds have joined their owners at polling stations in the south.

Dogs could be seen tagging along with general election voters across Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Assistance dogs are the only animals allowed in polling stations, but other dogs can be permitted at the discretion of the local authority.

Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and will remain open until 22:00.

Simon Dunn and the Hampshire Hunt hounds heading to the polling station at Ropley, Alresford.

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