Daily Star

‘Terror mag’ in new pic outrage

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CONTROVERS­IAL French magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage by putting a picture of a decapitate­d Theresa May on its front cover.

The satirical mag became famous in 2015 when al-Qaeda terrorists gunned down 12 people in its Paris offices over its depiction of the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

But it refused to tone down its content and yesterday targeted the Tory leader in a graphic cartoon. It shows a decapitate­d Mrs May holding her own head, which is saying: “Too much is too much.”

Just days after the UK’s second major terrorist attack in two weeks in London Bridge, the magazine also features cartoons of Brits fleeing an attack near Big Ben.

Alongside, a caption reads: “Slimming tips from Isis – run fast.”

One outraged Twitter user wrote: “In this, Charlie Hebdo supports the same terrorists that murdered their staff.” A STUDENT had to take two days off from acting school and travel 540 miles to vote after her postal vote was lost.

Cathy Parkin, 21, from Launceston, Cornwall, made the 14-hour round trip home from Essex after her local council said it had not received her original form.

Cathy said: “My friends have been saying I’m mad in jest, but they are proud of me.” AN elderly couple own Britain’s smallest polling station – a broom cupboard under their stairs.

June Thomas, 73, and husband Graham, 76, have hosted general and local election voting at their home in Winwick, Northants, since 1990.

Gran-of-three June said: “It’s all very formal, so don’t expect a cup of tea.” EARLY voters had to balance their ballot papers on a pair of dustbin lids yesterday after a polling station failed to open by 7am.

One voter in Bridlingto­n, East Yorks, said: “There’s no privacy, the slips are getting damaged and wet.” A MAN was taken to hospital after a panini toaster sparked a fire at a Conservati­ve Party clubhouse in Barnstaple, Devon. He was not seriously hurt.

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