Patrick Byrne
BBC News

Voting is under way in the UK general election.

Polling stations opened at 07:00 and will close at 22:00.

The first results are expected to come in before midnight, but the vast majority of constituencies will declare in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The BBC's main election TV programme, fronted by David Dimbleby, starts at 21:55 BST and there'll be live coverage overnight on BBC Radio Suffolk.

We'll also be providing a live election updates page from all the local counts. It will appear on the BBC Suffolk news index at 22:00.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

Today will be dry and breezy but cloudy early on with skies brightening up later.

Some warm and sunny spells will develop.

Maximum Temperature: 19C (66F)

More details from BBC Weather:

Hello and welcome to Thursday's Suffolk Live.

Between now and 18:00, we will bring you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as we get them.

Security's been stepped up at polling stations for the general election in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks.

There'll be armed police patrols in some areas.

Voting has begun and will go on until 22:00 tonight.

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Here is a photograph from early this morning taken at Corton. The weather is next from Elizabeth Rizzini.

Image source, Daviation