The Conservatives officially secured a majority in the Commons after winning more than 326 seats and Boris Johnson told staffers that the Tories now had a “stonking mandate” to deliver Brexit.

Labour looked set for its lowest number of seats since 1935 – and Jeremy Corbyn announced he was going to stand down as leader following a “period of reflection”.

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A police officer who put his life on the line to save the dam at Whaley Bridge has revealed for the first time just how close they came to disaster.

At the height of the crisis in the Derbyshire town in August, emergency services were told the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir was very likely to collapse and send over a billion litres of water into the town.

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England World Cup winner Martin Peters was “a special footballer”, his former West Ham teammate Harry Redknapp has said.

The former England manager was among those to pay tribute to the midfielder, who died on Saturday aged 76.

Peters scored one of the goals that netted victory for the national side in the 1966 final.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been enjoying “private family time” in Canada, Kensington Palace has confirmed.

Harry and Meghan’s spokeswoman ended speculation over their whereabouts by confirming the couple and their seven-month-old son Archie are spending their six-week Christmas break in the country Meghan called home for seven years.

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Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, has arrived back in the country as bushfires continue to rage, creating “catastrophic” conditions.

After apologising for being on holiday in Hawaii while large areas of New South Wales burned, he was due to visit the fire service’s HQ on Sunday.

As the blazes spread across almost 100,000 acres, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack admitted there “absolutely” needed to be more action on climate change.

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Harry embraced the festive spirit and recorded a special Christmas message, telling children who’ve lost parents in the British Army that they will “never be forgotten”.

The message was for the 190 children currently being supported by the chairt Scotty’s Little Soldiers.

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The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital.

The 98-year-old was taken to the King Edward VII hospital in London from the Sandringham Estate where the family is staying for Christmas.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said his admission was a ‘precautionary measure’.

Sky’s royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills reports.

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The United States has described a decision to launch extradition proceedings against the wife of an American diplomat over the death of a British teenager as an “egregious abuse”.

Anne Sacoolas has now been charged with death by dangerous driving after Harry Dunn was killed in a road accident in Northamptonshire.

She left the UK following the collision claiming diplomatic immunity.

Harry’s mother says the family are now one step closer to justice as Sky’s Lisa Dowd reports.

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After a year of mounting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a member of the Saudi royal family has told Sky News the threat of conflict is not receding.

Tensions escalated in the summer when four oil tankers were attacked and a British-flagged vessel was seized in the Straits of Hormuz.

Sky’s diplomatic editor Dominic Waghorn spoke to Prince Turki al Faisal – Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador in the UK and the US.

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