Election results – live: Boris Johnson says NHS will be priority as he reaches out to Remainers following historic win
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson has said he will make the NHS an "overwhelming priority" during his renewed tenure in No. 10 following a political “earthquake” which which saw Labour support give way top a comfortable Tory majority.
However he has not extended the same olive branch to voters north of the border - telling Nicola Sturgeon he would not lend any support to a second independence referendum.
Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn has refused to take responsibility for the worst Labour showing since 1935 - blaming Brexit for the party’s devastating defeat.
Arrest made after suspicious device found at polling station
A man has been arrested after a suspicious device was found at a polling station in Motherwell, Scotland.
A bomb squad were called to the Glen Tower flats around 1am on Thursday morning.
They carried out a controlled explosion as a precaution and determined it was a “non-viable device”.
Are selfies allowed at polling stations? And can you vote with pencil?
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Voters wade through flood after water main bursts near London polling station
In Bermondsey, south-east London, a burst water main caused deep flooding in the area, leading some voters to decide to leave and return later.
Best photos of dogs at polling stations across the UK
As polling stations opened on Thursday morning for what is being billed as the most important election in a generation, social media became awash with pictures of dogs.
The tradition of taking photos of pets obediently waiting for their owners to vote at polling stations is a trend that has taken the internet by storm in recent elections thanks to the #dogsatpollingstations hashtag.
And, while the third general election in five years has prompted much political exhaustion, it’s safe to say the viral trend is warming people’s hearts everywhere.
Final Say campaigners warn a Tory majority will destroy chance of a second referendum
The Vote for a Final Say campaign has created a bleak video imagining what would happen if the Conservatives win a majority - and how Remain voters could help the PM win if they don't vote tactically.
Who should I vote for in the general election? A guide to all party manifestos in the UK
One in four voters could still change their minds, eve-of-poll survey shows
Almost one in four voters remain undecided over which way to cast their ballot as the country heads to the polls for one of the most important elections in a generation.
The final Ipsos Mori poll puts Boris Johnson on course for an historic win, with 44 per cent of voters backing the Conservatives, 33 per cent for Labour and 12 per cent for the Liberal Democrats. Nigel Farage's Brexit Party has been squeezed to just 2 per cent, with the Greens on 3 per cent.
If the prediction is accurate, the Tories would win the largest share of the vote at an election since Margaret Thatcher's first victory in 1979.
Editorial: This election campaign has been nothing but a disappointment filled with fakery
"Even allowing for the way that politics has always been a dirty business, few general elections have been as disappointing as this one. Given the scale of the challenges facing the nation, and the momentous nature of the decisions that will be taken in the coming months and years, the dismal standard of debate, and in particular the prevalence of so much deliberately misleading and fraudulent material online has been deeply dispiriting. Our politics, with rare exceptions, have certainly failed to rise to the occasion."
General election: does the weather hold the key to who wins? - Sean O'Grady
One of the great unknowns in the general election (arguably, in fact, actually one of the few, given the Tories’ consistent and substantial lead) is turnout. Not since 1923 have we had an election in December; and not since 1974 have we had to go the polls in winter. The precedents are a bit sketchy, but it could private an important variable in this election.
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