Britain heads into final day of campaign

Police announced that a 30-year-old man had been arrested in east London following the attack in the capital on Saturday. They also said a body had been recovered from the Thames in the search for a missing Frenchman. 

Conservative PM Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn scheduled eveof-polling whistlestop campaigns, targeting urban areas whose vote could be crucial. May aimed at the high-population English Midlands in her final dash, while Corbyn was to attend six rallies in England, Scotland and Wales, stretching from Glasgow to London, in a gruelling last-day marathon. 

The PM had stunned Britain on April 18 when she announced a snap election, hoping to transform a massive opinion-poll lead into an equally huge majority in the House of Commons where she holds a slim 17-seat advantage in the 650-member legislature. But the political ground began to shift under her feet, moving from EU membership, May’s strongest card-to domestic policy and her own record on security, both of them favouring Corbyn. 

Opinion polls, hampered by a poor reputation for reliability, predict a May win. But according to polling methodology, victory could range from around 50 seats, to a small majority or even no majority at all.