Now got to leave the stage. Im shaun ley with todays other headlines. Faster journeys, new routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party the league gather in rome, for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists, that call themselves the sardines. And coming up at liz30pm dateline london takes an in depth look at the immediate, and longer term, implications of the uks election outcome. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has been visiting the north east of england, where a surge of support for the conservatives in traditional labour seats helped his party to its biggest election win in 30 years. Boris johnson met supporters in newly conservative sedgefield, tony blairs old constituency. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. Our report from matt cole contains some flashing images. Workington, Bishop Auckland, leigh all north of england fortresses which fell to the conservatives. And sedgefield yes, tony blairs old seat, sedgefield. Borisjohnson arrived there this morning because it, too, is now tory blue, and make no mistake, the choice of seat to visit, that of labours successful former pm, will have been chosen to maximise the imagery. I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us, and i want you, the people of the north east, to know that we in the conservative party and i will your repay your trust. Cheering when mps return here at the start of the week, the conservatives will be buoyant. 365 of them, all willing to do borisjohnsons bidding. For labour it will be very different. Their mps will be sore, disappointed and looking for a new leader. One of those tipped to run declined to declare her interest this morning. We dont, we should have a period of mourning, we need to have a chance to stop and think, 0k . Ive got nothing else to say. Jeremy corbyn wants to mind the shop until a new leader is elected, leading through the reflection period but his critics reject that idea. I dont think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under the leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard, and that the only thing that was wrong was wrong was that the media didnt like him, and that the brexit message was wrong. These are happier times for the snp leader, here amongst her winners. 48 mps were elected on the scottish nationalist ticket a mandate, says nicola sturgeon, for a second Scottish Independence referendum. This is a watershed election. It couldnt really be clearer now that the majority in scotland want a different future to that thats been chosen by much of the rest of the uk. Scotland said no to borisjohnson and the tories and no to brexit, and sent a clear message that we want the future of scotland to be in the hands of people who live here. The problem is that this man needs to say yes and last night he made it clear hes not going to. That will not deter the snp, so prepare for a Long Campaign in the months and possibly years to come. From wrexham to redcar, bolsover to blyth valley dozens of seats which traditionally belonged to the labour heartlands went from red to blue. Speaking earlier today, the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell confirmed he wouldnt be part of the next shadow cabinet. We always have an interim before a new leader is elected so what better than to put the current team in, because there will be a queens speech and a budget, it looks like, as well, use that expertise for the interim period, but also allow the rest of the party to engage in that thorough debate about the future and the new leader, and it will be a constructive debate. We will learn lessons and listen to people about what went right and wrong, and then be ready. My fear is that were in for a long haul now, possibly five years. The two issues that we face are still there huge, grotesque levels of inequality and, secondly, the issue that never really emerged in the election campaign, which was Climate Change, this existential threat. That must be our priority. With brexit, we will see what the government brings back in terms of the negotiations, but the people decided we need to implement that, but we have to get the best deal to protectjobs and the economy. The overwhelming issue was brexit, thats the first thing, and the labour party were caught on the horns of a dilemma. Im an example of this. We had a party which was largely supportive of remain, but many of us represented leave constituencies, so if we went one way, to leave, it would have alienated a lot of our remain support. If we went for remain, wed alienate a lot of our leave support. We tried to bring the country together and it failed. We have to accept that, take it on the chin, own it and move on. The new leadership coming in, i think, will enable us to move forward on the key issues, getting a brexit deal that works for all of us, tackling these grotesque levels of inequality, and the big one is Climate Change, and my fear is five years of a fossil fuel backed government, under Boris Johnson, means we will miss this five year opportunity of saving our planet. John mcdonnell there. The argument about what happened to labour and who was to blame for their defeat is under way. Boris johnson went who was to blame for their defeat is under way. Borisjohnson went to sedgefield today, newly claimed by the conservative party. Tony blair had that seat for many years and the outgoing mp, phil wilson, had that seat for many years and the outgoing mp, philwilson, had had that seat for many years and the outgoing mp, phil wilson, had this to say on the reason for losing his seat. Well, i never take any election for granted but so many people said to me on the doorstep, phil, if you had a different leader, id vote for you. Youd walk it. There wouldnt be a problem. Youd probably form the next government. So they thought that, and the one thing that was holding them back from voting labour was the current leadership of the labour party, and you cant get away from that. So did Jeremy Corbyn lose you your seat . Yes. Has anybody. Has he, john mcdonnell, any of the labour top team, been in touch . No, no. I wouldnt have thought they would be. And its. You know, i never take these elections for granted. I never have and i never would, if i ever stand again. But when its every doorstep, its the same issue, then you know youve got a problem and you know what the problem is, and to try and disguise it, which i think the leadership of the labour party is now by saying it was brexit or its the Mainstream Media, just sort of like, man up, basically, because the problem was Jeremy Corbyn. It was the worldview that was being promoted by him and his leadership. And weve got to face up to that. And if you complain about the Mainstream Media and then they find all these stories about terrorism and about hamas and hezbollah, then dont go and talk to them and dont be seen with them and then expect to get the treatment that, you know, not to expect the treatment youve been getting off the Mainstream Media. So a lot of the stories, theres no smoke without fire, basically. Jeremy corbyn said this morning that he wont lead labour into another general election. Is that enough right now, or should he have resigned . He should resign. Ithink, you know. I think, if he decides to stay on, if its not into the next election, which is, i would assume, in 2024, thats obviously five years, then, you know, thats going to do even more damage and labour voters are just going to think that were not taking them seriously, you know. And youve got to fess up, the project has failed, or the. You know, the. The project has failed, and youve now got to leave the stage and vacate it for somebody else, who might be able to bring the labour party back to labour voters and our labour communities that are now faced, because of this whole debacle, with five years of a tory government. And i think we can win seats like this back. I think in this general election, it seemed to me that everyone was voting against something, not for something. So what has happened in sedgefield and in darlington, in stockton south, in redcar, can be reversed, but only without major kind of surgery to the body. The body politic of the labour party. And weve got to face up to what the problems are, because if we dont, theres no reason for why the labour party should exist. Phil wilson, the former labour mp for sedgefield, who has lost his seat. Earler i spoke to conservative peer lord oshaughnessy, who came up with the idea of the workington man to identify people in the north of england who were frustrated by lack of progress on brexit. He told us what the people who switched to support the conservatives were looking for, and what the new government could do to provide it. The work that we have done through onwards, our projects, politics and belonging, have identified that voters are more security oriented rather than freedom oriented. If you live in london, the westminster bubble, you hear a lot about emancipation liberation but actually and liberation but actually what people want is protection, whether it is from the economic headwinds of globalisation, protection from crime, and other issues and so that security focus is where the conservatives need to go. Thats easier on cultural issues. The voters were talking about are more classically right wing. The big challenge for conservatives is on the economic agenda, where the party has been very free market since the time of margaret thatcher, but now needs to show a more interventionist approach. I think the early signs in the manifesto and what weve heard from the Prime Minister so far, it seems he understands that, but that means delivering on things like infrastructure, good transport, better education, better high streets and so on. I grew up in the north west, i travelled to Bishop Auckland for this election campaign. I know the north a bit. For all those small towns, not the big cities, how do you get growth in realjobs that keeps people in the area and generates money . That is a great question and your contrast between towns and cities is important. We said before the election that it would be won in the towns of england, whereas cities usually get the attention, and i think thats right. Most of us who live in or grow up in towns across the country feel they have frayed over the last few years, maybe the colleges have been shut down or shrunk in size, bus routes and so on are not what they could be, so it does involve a regeneration, a laser like targeting on these kind of towns. But more importantly, i think its aboutjobs. Its about good quality, secure jobs, and one of the tasks the government has with brexit is to actually use its trade policy, just like, for example, the irish do with their development agency, to bring high Quality Manufacturing and other jobs to everywhere in the country, not just clustering around university cities. So what exactly are people going to manufacture . One of the concerns about brexit is that the communities that voted most heavily to leave will be most damaged by it. The uk is actually incredibly good at advanced manufacturing. I was a Health Minister myself. We are very strong in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and so on. And again, i think there is no reason that a lot of the products, medical devices, medicines and so on that are made all throughout europe, a lot more of those could be made here. So its those kind ofjobs. And of course notjust manufacturing, services as well, and there is no reason why those jobs and those factories and offices and so on, couldnt be located across the country, especially if the country is very well networked by transport. And thats a problem because outside of the south and london, transport is not good enough and that is holding us back. James oshaughnessy, tory strategists speaking to me earlier. 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 hed 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. Im the son of a miner. My dad was called a tunnel rat. Thats what he did. He put up steels in ttunnel. People would say he would turn in his grave voting tory, but im so glad i voted forjames grundy and not joanne platt. Lets give them a chance. Lets give grundy a chance. The norths 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 youve gone all blue james says he ditched labour because they cant be trusted on the economy. And youre excited . 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 names anne. Almost as long as annes 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 didnt actually vote to leave, but the choice was made, thats it, end of story, choice is made, get on with it and make the best of what weve got. Simple as. Im 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 local delicacy and in a minute interview the new mp. Its quite a surprise, isnt it . Youre 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 grundys 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 karens 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 theyve been messing around, weve again now given another clear message. We dont like corbyn and its that one person whos ruined it. We need to kick corbyn out, and then well be all right. But make no mistake, labour is farfrom dead here. How are you feeling about whats 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. If you want to look more closely at how Boris Johnsons if you want to look more closely at how borisjohnsons majority happened. Scroll through our interactive map and witness the gains and losses that made for a momentous election night. Great for the tories, terrible for labour and the lib dems. You can visit bbc. Co. Uk news or the bbc news app. As the light goes down here at westminster, thats it from me and my colleagues here on college green. And now to my colleague shaun ley for the rest of the days news. Thank you. The headlines on bbc news the Prime Minister tells supporters in tony blairs old constituency in north east england that they have changed the Political Landscape and the country. Faster journeys, news routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Protesters against italys far right party the league gather in rome, for whats expected to be the biggest demonstration yet by grassroots activists, that call themselves the sardines. Rail passengers are being urged to check their train times before travelling from tomorrow, as a new winter timetable comes into effect. Train Companies Say they plan to increase services, cutjourney times and add new routes across the country, following investment in infrastructure and rolling stock. Our Business Correspondent Katie Prescott has the details. This is the nightmare scenario. When train timetables were changed in may last year, chaos ensued. Standing room only, as passengers faced cancellations, delays and overcrowding. But the organisation representing the train Companies Says this time things will be different. What were doing now is were looking at each other in the eye, whether it be train operators or infrastructure managers, and saying, are you really ready to put these new services on . And if they look as if they would impact either punctuality or reliability, they are pulled from being an additional service. We dont want to go through what happened last year. If these timetable changes are a success, some parts of the uk will benefit from faster and more frequent services. Tomorrow will see the biggest timetable change on the Great Western Railway Network since the 1970s. The electrification of the line between london and bristol will shave 12 minutes off the quickest trains. The maesteg and conwy lines in wales will get sunday services for the first time, and there will be major improvements on the scotrail network, with Additional Trains in north east scotland, as well as extra seats between edinburgh and glasgow. Passengers are advised to check before they travel, as many train times are changing from tomorrow. Katie prescott, bbc news. One woman has been seriously injured and another has suffered minor injuries after a stabbing incident in the hindley area of wigan. Great Manchester Police responded to reports of a double stabbing at around 10 30 this morning. Officers are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. Police have officially named the first victim of the white island volcano eruption in new zealand, as Recovery Efforts continue. Krystal eve browitt was a 21 year old australian who was visiting the island with her family. Her father and sister are both in hospital with serious injuries. 15 deaths have been now been confirmed from mondays eruption, while about 20 people are in intensive care with severe burns. The bbcs phil mercer explained earlier how the search for remaining bodies is progressing. Police divers and their colleagues from the navy have been in the contaminated waters off white island and those seas have been contaminated by that volcanic eruption on monday. So ash, chemicals in the water and when the divers have to come out of the water, they must be decontaminated. Visibility is not good in the water. What theyre looking for is a body. A body was seen in the sea, 2a hours after the eruption. So, the authorities believe that there are two more victims that they need to retrieve. One of them is believed to be in the water. The other is still thought to be on the island. There will be no attempt to go back in to land on the island today, so the authorities are concentrating their efforts on the seas, looking for one of those last known victims. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in rome for what the organisers hope will be the biggest street protest against italys far right party, the league, led by the former deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. The movement, called the sardines, started last month and has grown rapidly. Our rome correspondent, make lowen, is at the protests in the italian capital. Theyve just broken out into their anthem of the sardine movement, the antifascist partisan song, bella ciao. Crowd sings bella ciao, ciao, ciao. And this is what this movement represents. It is fighting against the values of fascism that they believe are espoused now by italys far right here. Matteo salvini, the former deputy Prime Minister who is now in opposition, he leads the league party, and this movement has sprung up as a spontaneous protest against him. It started just a month ago as a flash mob in the northern italian city of bologna, the idea of four friends to gather 6000 people in the square there as Matteo Salvini was due to launch a campaign for a regional election. Double the number of people came and so sparked this street movement. They call themselves the sardines because theyre so tightly packed into squares, and in the last month, they have gathered in the length and breadth of italy. And they have really stunned italy by the speed with which they have grown, by the numbers turning out, and they have really caught Matteo Salvini by surprise. Negotiations at the United Nations Climate Summit in madrid are continuing this weekend, without an agreement in sight. The two week summit, known as cop25, was meant to decide on rules for the implementation of the 2015 paris climate agreement. Many key issues were left open after last years summit in poland, and remain unresolved. Our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, explained the latest developments. Theyve gone into overtime here at this particular conference. Its not unusual that talks at the un about Climate Change go into overtime, it seems to happen every year. I think delegates came here two weeks ago hoping to put some urgency into the negotiations, hoping to see an agreement that came out of here that would emphasise what they call ambition, which they wanted to see a range of countries put new pledges on the table by the end of next year, when this conference will move to glasgow. Thats become potentially the main Sticking Point here. A number of countries, the European Union and small island states, are keen to see those pledges and a timetable of this pledges on the table by the end of next year. A number of other countries are less keen on doing that. As you said, there are a number of other issues, as well. Theres arguments about carbon markets, about compensation for smaller island states who may suffer the damages caused by Climate Change. Those have also proved very sticky, and the atmosphere here at the moment isnt particularly good. I think there is a great pressure on the countries here to compromise, i mean, compromise. Nothing is agreed here until everything is agreed, so it works by unanimity. I think there would be an awful lot of pressure for countries to come forward with proposals that would be acceptable to everybody. Theyve been trying to do that, theyve worked through the night to try and find common ground. When they had a Plenary Meeting this morning, or a stock taking as its called here, there were many objections on lots of different questions and i think thats one of the things thats causing people a lot of worry here, that its notjust one issue or two issues, there are a range of issues on which people feel their voices arent being heard, where the science is not being reflected and where the voices of protesters in the streets arent being reflected either. And so i think theres a lot of work to do to get that compromise, but theres still, i think, quite a few hours to go for the negotiators to secure it. Weather forecasters are warning australia could experience its hottest day on record next week. Temperatures are expected to peak in many areas from wednesday the Current Record ofjust over 50 degrees celsius was set in 1960. New fire warnings have been issued for western parts of the country as well as queensland. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. Hello. Saturday has brought us a blustery day with some wintry showers around. Theres been a bit of sleet and snow of a Higher Ground, and you can see that from this picture, sent in by a weather watcher in middleton in county durham. A dusting of snow there. We could see more sleet and snow over Higher Ground in the north through the evening and tonight. So through the weekend, really a story of some sunshine but plenty of blustery showers and the risk of snow over Higher Ground, too. Wind still pretty gusty out there for the rest of the afternoon and evening, gusts of a0 or even 50 mph, strong winds through the English Channel and some irish sea coasts as well. Further sleet and snow over the Higher Ground of scotland, particularly in the west, through the course of the evening, and further showers working in for much of england and wales as well. So through tonight the risk of some icy stretches, and more sleet and snow to come over Higher Ground, especially in the north. Lets look at the weather tonight. Rain and showers at lower levels in eastern and central parts of england, but snow and showers for much of wales, through the pennines, southern uplands, mourne mountains, as well, seeing some of that snow. So many parts of scotland, Northern England and wales in particular could see an icy start to your sunday morning. Further south, quite a bit of breeze around which keeps things mostly frost free with temperatures hovering about 11 5 further south, whereas further north, just below freezing, so a cold start to the day for scotland and northern ireland, watch out for icy stretches. Low pressure still in charge of the weather on sunday. It will sit to the north of the uk and we have showers rotating around this area of low pressure. So another day of some sunshine but also a scattering of showers. Quite a lot of dry weather through the day on sunday, more than we have seen today. More showers work in from the west later in the afternoon and we will continue to see cloud and wintry showers for western parts of scotland. Gusts of wind still likely to reach a0 or possibly 50 mph but not quite as windy as it is today. Temperatures 3 9 on sunday but a touch cooler where you are exposed to the breeze. Taking a look quickly at the weather for the week ahead, things will turn gradually a little milder but stay unsettled with further showers at times, not quite as windy as it has been through the weekend. Goodbye. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines the Prime Minister tells supporters in tony blairs old constituency in north east england that they have changed the Political Landscape and the country. Our country has now embarked on a wonderful adventure, and were going to recover our National Self confidence, our mojo, our self belief, and we are going to do things differently and better. Labour leaderJeremy Corbyn is coming under increasing pressure to resign immediately after his party suffered its worst Election Results since the 1930s. To try and disguise it, which i think the leadership of the labour party is now, by saying it was brexit or its the Mainstream Media, you know, just sort of like, man up. The project has failed and youve now got to leave the stage. Faster journeys, new routes and more trains its all change on the railways from tomorrow. Now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. Hello, welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week. Let the healing begin so said borisjohnson on friday, as he celebrated the scale of his emphatic electoral victory. But the other big winner was scotlands first minister,
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