{"id":40674,"date":"2022-05-06T02:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=40674"},"modified":"2022-05-06T02:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T01:39:09","slug":"local-elections-2022-man-threatened-staff-after-polling-station-closed-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/05\/06\/local-elections-2022-man-threatened-staff-after-polling-station-closed-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Elections: Man threatened staff at polling station in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police were called to a polling station in Westminster Crescent, Fulwood, at 10:25pm last night following reports a man threatened staff after voting closed.<\/p>\n<p>The box was delayed in arriving from the Community Room venue to the counting hall at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>Four hours after the verification process started, no votes had been counted.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from Sheffield City Council, it has now arrived and the incident is resolved.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow our team on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheffield_Wire\">@Sheffield_Wire<\/a>\u00a0for live updates from the count throughout the night.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police were called to a polling station in Westminster Crescent, Fulwood, at 10:25pm last night following reports a man threatened staff after voting closed. 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