this is bbc news. i'm geeta guru murthy live in westminster. the headlines at 11... following his election victory, the prime minister will visit the north of england to meet voters in traditional labour heartlands which turned blue for the first time. we'll be in leigh, where the blue wave crashed through the red wall, to find out why this once proud labour stronghold changed its colours. borisjohnson rejects demands for another independence referendum in scotland, despite a massive surge in support for the snp in the general election. after labour lost its fourth general election in a row, the focus now turns to who will succeed jeremy corbyn as party leader. i'm rachel schofield with the rest of this morning's headlines. journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added, as part of major timetable changes

on britain's railways. the search for two remaining bodies resumes, following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. crucial united nations climate talks in madrid are continuing, with no sign that an agreement is imminent. and coming up at 11:15am, dateline london takes an in—depth look at the immediate and longer—term implications of the uk's election outcome. good morning and welcome to westminster. borisjohnson will visit the north of england today, hours after celebrating his party's biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside labour in its traditional heartlands. the prime minister has said he hopes the conservatives‘ victory

will bring "closure" to the brexit debate and "let the healing begin". he won a commons majority of 80, his party's largest since 1987. in contrast, labour suffered its worst election result since the 1930s. jeremy corbyn said he did "everything he could" to get labour into power but expects to stand down "early next year" when a successor has been chosen by the party. there are flashing images in this report by our political correspondent, nick eardley. back in downing street but with a political landscape that has changed completely. borisjohnson will now lead a majority government, giving him the numbers to make brexit happen, and space to reshape domestic policy too. a message to voters... i say thank you for the trust you have placed in us and in me, and we will work round the clock to repay your trust and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you.

and then i want to speak also to those who did not vote for us or for me and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, and i want you to know that we, in this one nation conservative government, will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. he won seats the tories have never ta ken before, some of them former labour heartlands and now he wants the country to move on. reporter: are you going to resign, mr corbyn? labour, meanwhile, licks its wounds after a disastrous night, it's worst election tally for 80 years. some wantjeremy corbyn to go soon. he says he will quit, but not until the new year. the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i won't do that. i will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down

at that point. the lib dems have reflecting to do, too. they lost seats, including leader jo swinson, replaced by the snp‘s candidate in eastern dunbartonshire. the snp made big gains and scottish independence will climb back up the agenda. last night, borisjohnson told nicola sturgeon, in a phone call, that the last independence vote should be respected, but the scottish first minister says she has a mandate from voters. now, i acknowledge that not absolutely everybody who voted snp yesterday is ready to support independence. whether or not scotland becomes an independent country must be a matter for the people who live here. so not everything will be plain sailing for prime ministerjohnson, but, with a big majority, he has a lot more power and a much bigger opportunity to govern as he wants. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. labour lost many seats in its traditional heartlands yesterday, and the small mining town

of leigh in greater manchester had been a labour seat for decades, but on thursday night it turned from red to blue. in a night that saw political allegiences switch across the country, the town elected their first ever conservative mp. james grundy said he'd "expected to lose with dignity", but are his constituents as shocked as he was? jayne mccubbin has been to find out. if you want to see how the blue wave crashed through the red wall, come here to leigh market and chat to people like john. i'm the son of a miner. my dad was called a tunnel rat. that's what he did. he helped put up steels in t‘tunnel. people would say he would turn in his grave voting tory, but i'm so glad i voted forjames grundy and not joanne platt. let's give them a chance. let's give grundy a chance. the north's political map, perhaps political soul, changed yesterday with 2a constituencies voting tory for the first time in decades.

when the result was announced, it was electric and then some. it was completely unexpected. let me see your tongue! you've gone all blue! james says he ditched labour because they can't be trusted on the economy. and you're excited 7 a little, yes. it sounds weird, but yes. a year ago, no—one would have thought this was possible. these constituents have had a labour mp since 1922. my name's anne. almost as long as anne's family veg stall has been here and until yesterday, the town had never had a tory mp. there is no law. what does that expression mean? what does that expression mean, anne? she is reluctantly supportive, not of the new government, but of the chance to cut through the parliamentary deadlock. i didn't actually vote to leave, but the choice was made, that's it, end of story, choice is made, get on with it and make the best of what we've got. simple as. i'm just fed up of it.

and all of this is so significant, so extraordinary, it has brought an italian news crew to leigh market, to film an italian deli in a minute interview, the new mp. it's quite a surprise, isn't it? you're mp for leigh on italian tv! yes, i think that sentence would perhaps come up in a sweepstake of the least likely things to be said to me! because no—one here is more surprised by james grundy‘s success thanjames grundy. have you learned anything? this is an interesting question. i learned that tiny communities far away from the big cities can think in a different way. waiting in karen's hairdressers, david says he started to think differently when his party stopped listening. i think labour have been very complacent in areas like this. for me, they were given a clear message at the beginning, that we wanted out. and, because they've been messing around, we've again now given

another clear message. we don't like corbyn and it's that one person who's ruined it. we need to kick corbyn out, and then we'll be all right. but make no mistake, labour is farfrom dead here. how are you feeling about what's ahead, sofina? sofina moved to leigh three years ago from dudley, where she was a labour councillor. but she agrees with boris johnson in two regards. many labour votes here have simply been gifted to him on loan. and now is the time for healing. we can all live together regardless of our political aspirations. i really pray and hope that borisjohnson does live up to his promises because i know jeremy corbyn definitely would. i'm joined by georgina wright from the institute for government, a nonpartisan think—tank. i want to mention the financial times, which has this story of a delayed transitional deadline, as pressure from eurosceptics eases. borisjohnson has a massive majority

and he can ignore the erg. do you think a delay is likely? it's difficult to say. if you think about brexit, you can divide it into three stages, one is negotiations about withdrawal, then negotiations about the future relationship, covering everything from trade and security, fish so all of those other things that you have to negotiate, and then there is the future. if you consider that it took around two years to negotiate the withdrawal, is it realistic to think that everything else, which will be a much more complicated negotiation, can be wrapped up and passed within 11 months, by the end of 2020? so there is some suggestion that the prime minister, with a large majority, can afford to upset some mps. if he doesn't, is his other option to do a more broadbrush agreement and kicked some of the detail beyond next year? it's not only up to government, and this is very much a negotiation with

the eu and, if you think of the eu, the eu and, if you think of the eu, the commission negotiates on the of 27 countries, so countries are now coming together and thinking, what is my interest with the uk and what doi is my interest with the uk and what do i want to make sure is part of it? if you are looking at a basic deal, that might be possible, but that means it will not be a complete deal, so lots of sectors would not be covered, which creates business uncertainty. you would have to assume the eu would be happy to go for a basic deal as well. that is all future agreement stuff. in the next few days, what will we see? this is still part one, and we heard what the eu had to say yesterday, and they seemed quite relieved, now that the prime minister has a majority, things can move in parliament, and hopefully parliament will pass this withdrawal agreement, paving the way for discussions about their future relationship. paving the way for discussions about theirfuture relationship. it takes several steps. we have been hearing that the prime minister will try and

introduce that bill this side of christmas, but i suspect that, in january, things will really move, but then there is the whole future relationship to negotiate and the key question is, will i! relationship to negotiate and the key question is, will 11 months be enough or will there be an extension? but at the january 31 deadline will be met. what would mean for businesses, given there is a transition? the 31st of january is a transition? the 31st of january is a set deadline, so the uk has to pass the withdrawal agreement and the eu have to pass the withdrawal agreement as well, or we enter into no deal territory. at the moment, the prime minister has negotiated this deal and, given he has a majority, it's very likely he will pass it so, for businesses, that will mean a transition period of 11 months, but then, if a deal isn't negotiate and is found to be passed in time, we will be looking at a no deal scenario, but it will be different to the no deal that we we re different to the no deal that we were talking about before. politically, that seems unlikely at

the moment, but we will see how things emerge. thank you. so how did borisjohnson‘s 80—seat majority happen? scroll through our interactive map and witness the gains and losses that made for a momentous election night. please visit bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. and now to the weather with chris fawkes, followed by dateline london with carrie gracie. hello. we've got some very changeable weather coming up this weekend. one moment sunny, the next moment some heavy downpours coming through. but it was a reasonable start to the day. a bit of early morning sunshine spotted in northamptonshire, but some heavy showers on the way here. most of the uk will see some blustery showers working through at some point today. as the weather turns colder overnight and into sunday, we will increasingly see those showers turn to snow across the northern hills. the satellite picture shows extensive cloud towards the north and west. that is where we are going to see the most persistent of the rain,

particularly across the central belt of scotland, into argyll and bute. further south, showers will continue to push across the midlands into east anglia. a few towards south—east england and, wherever you are, it's going to be a blustery day. the strongest wind gusts running through the english channel and the channel islands seeing gusts up to 50 mph or 60 mph. temperatures on the low side for the northern half of the uk, where it's going to feel quite chilly, but further south you should see temperatures of about nine or 10 celsius. 0vernight, increasingly, as the air starts to cool down, we will see those showers transition to snow for some of us, particularly across northern hills, so across north wales, the pennines, the cumbrian fells, around the southern uplands of scotland, argyll and bute, hills towards the trossachs, is these areas that are most at risk of seeing some snow. we could see a few centimetres building in for some. that could lead to some icy conditions on roads at higher elevations but, otherwise, it's the strength of the winds that will keep the frost at bay for most areas, with temperatures getting down close

but just above freezing. looking at the weather picture for sunday, low pressure again is in charge of our weather, and again it's going to be a day of blustery showers, and again the showers starting off across wales and west of england before generally pushing away eastwards as the day goes by. although we start off with plenty of showers in the morning across northern ireland and scotland, i suspect we will see a little bit more in the way of sunshine between those downpours, but it's going to stay blustery again. top gusts of around a0 or 50 mph around the coasts and hills, which will certainly make it feel chilly, and it will be chilly across northern areas, with temperatures of three to 5 degrees for scotland, northern ireland, northern england, and eight or nine in the south. in the week ahead, it starts to turn a bit milder. rain at times, with temperatures pushing back into double figures towards the end of the week. that's your weather.