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Very bullish and effervescent Boris Johnson with a big majority to play with. This is our election special. Good afternoon. You join us live in westminster where borisjohnson is beginning a new term as Prime Minister after the conservatives won their biggest majority since 1987. The tory leader returned to downing street earlier after visiting Buckingham Palace to ask the queen for permission to form a government. Overnight his gamble to hold a december election paid off. He now has a majority of 78 and a mandate, he says, to leave the eu. With this mandate and this majority we will at last be...

Today, sunshine but also showers, some of which will be thundery. A band of cloud will bring general showery rain into Northern Ireland later in the afternoon, further south some spells of sunshine. Tonight though showers across Northern Ireland into scotland and Northern England, showers elsewhere fading away and with clear skies it will turn into a chilly night compared to what we are used to, many spots into single digits. Tomorrow starting with sunshine, we hold on to some of that in the south but cloud spreads in from the west, drizzle for western coasts and temperatures between 15 and 22...

Our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35am. This mornings reviewers are clare cohen, womens editor at the telegraph newspaper and the spectators Fraser Nelson. The eus lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says the uk has come to a moment of truth on how it will leave the european union. He again rejected borisjohnsons demand to remove the irish backstop, the policy intended to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland, and said he wasnt optimistic about avoiding a no deal scenario. His comments come after thousands of people took to the streets across the uk yesterday to prot...

Centre in westminster, where theyll make their first speech as leader moments later. This is the scene outside the hall, where mps and officials are starting to arrive to take their seats. Norman smith is there for us. Borisjohnson Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt borisjohnson and jeremy hunt are expected to arrive in the next two minutes on the challenge facing whoever wins is enormous. Tonight the tory party will give their vision to the country and deliver brexit by october the 31st. Well take you through every moment of this crucial day, as the conservative party selects the uks next Prime Mi...

Country , but because a country, but because a generational dial has jumped to like ken and jane. Devolution is not something that i have had to get used to or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution. Welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities is in my blood. Drivers in and around the m25 have been dealing with major disruption today as unprecedented closures caused significant delays. Motorists reported miles of tailbacks on the approach to the five mile closure between junctions ten and 11in surrey. Its the first time the motorway has been closed during the day since it openedi...