Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
That didnt work out. So what success have you had in persuading companies to reveal theirfailures and hand over exhibits some of their failed products to you . Zero. What does that make you think . It really drives home the point how sensitive of an issue failure is, and how, to what extent were willing to go to sort of hide it. As for my favourite exhibit here that was easy. Now, incredibly, this was marketed as a beauty mask, and as you can see inside theres a whole load of electrodes with gel on them. If you put them on your face, you get electric shocks, which apparently make you more beautiful, but i can tell you, it is very unpleasant cheering and applause. But the hope is that with the opening of this museum, failure will be seen in a very different light. Richard galpin, bbc news in helsingborg. I think ironically the museum of failure might be a success well wait and see. Lets get the weather, with darren bett. Hello there. A glimmer of Sunshine Today but also a fair bit of ra