VOTERS are out in force across Worcestershire today - with polling stations buzzing with activity for the historic EU referendum.

On a hectic day across the county, small queues have built up at some polling stations in areas like Lyppard Grange, St Peter's and even Worcester's Guildhall.

With the result due to be announced any time from 5am to 8am in Manchester tomorrow, the country's future is on a knife-edge as voters poured into makeshift polling booths.

Amanda Bailey, 24, a nurse at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, went to vote at Worcester's Guildhall.

"I've voted in every election since I was a teenager, but I've never seen so many people here," she said.

"A lot of my friends have been to other polling stations and are saying the same thing.

"I'm voting Remain but I'm the only person in my family doing it, a lot of people are fed up."

Another elderly voter, who did not wish to be named, said: "I am voting Leave, let's get out.

"It's time we got our own control back over laws and where we spend our money."

Worcester MP Robin Walker, out canvassing on the High Street today, said: "It's extraordinary - who knows what the result will be.

"There's a lot of people going out to vote and that's a good thing."

Earlier today Mr Walker had bumped into UKIP MEP James Carver at Foregate Street train station, both of them canvassing for different sides.

This morning it emerged that some Leave campaigners had broken election laws by placing a large banner on a traffic island in Spennells Valley Road, Kidderminster.

After being alerted by Councillor Fran Oborski, Worcestershire County Council removed it.

Meanwhile Worcester City Council today said it would not be taking down British flags draped inside one polling station, the Royal British Legion hut in Claines.

Electoral Commission guidance warns against any material being placed inside polling stations which could sway one side or the other, but it is a grey area.

Some people had seen the flags and suggested they should be removed.

A city council spokesman said: "The flags could have been there for any number of reasons like the European football tournament (Euro 2016) or the Queen's birthday celebrations.

"We certainly won't be going in and taking them down."

Betting in the EU referendum swung behind Remain today as punters rushed to have a flutter on the vote before the polls close tonight.

Bookies said they expected the EU referendum to be the most gambled upon political event in British betting history, with over £20 million being sunk into the outcome.

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