Tunbridge Wells to go to the polls five days early

Residents in Tunbridge Wells can begin voting in the local elections from Saturday - five days sooner than almost every other part of the country.

Elections in the UK are traditionally held on a Thursday, but the pilot scheme will allow residents to vote early at three voting hubs in and around the town on 2-3 May.

The hubs are at the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells, Vestry Hall in Cranbrook and the Paddock Wood community centre. They are open 09:00-18:00 BST on Saturday and 10:30-16:30 on Sunday.

The early-voting hubs can be used by anyone registered to vote in the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council elections.