In scotland, despite a massive surge in support will be cold enough at times to see for the snp in the general election. Some of the show as fall as snow, journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added particularly in the northern heals. As part of major timetable changes more on that coming later in the on britains railways. Programme. And in sport, and christmas comes its saturday, 1ath december. Early for liverpool fans as managerjurgen klopp signs a contract extension, our top story keeping him at the club until 202a. Boris johnson will visit the north of england today after his party won a number of traditional labour heartland seats to secure a majority in parliament. Some areas voted conservative for the first time in thursdays election, helping to achieve and ahead of tonights strictly the largest conservative victory final well ask for more than 30 years. Our very own magic mike bushell there are flashing images in this which couple he thinks will waltz report
Dorian, the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas tears roofs from buildings and causes severe flooding. Now, four american states declare states of emergency. Johanna konta earns another slice of tennis history as she reaches the quarter finals of the us open, becoming one of the first women to do it since 1983. It isa it is a bright comical start of the working week but if you are in the north and west, grab your umbrella. I will have all the details here on brea kfast. Its monday, the 2nd of september. Our top story borisjohnson has vowed to sack conservative party rebels who back plans to stop a no deal brexit, in a move likely to lose him his government majority. It comes ahead of a momentous week in westminster, where Opposition Mps will try to pass through emergency legislation to prevent no deal, ahead of the suspension of parlaiment next week. Our Political Correspondent, iain watson, has the latest. Mps return to westminster tomorrow but even before they are back, Boris John
Victoria derbyshire takes a look at some of the highlights from her programme this week. The president of china has said his country is facing a grave situation after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply, to more than 2,000. Chinese Officials Say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. Chinese state media say 56 people have now died. Chinese president xijinping held a special goverment meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday, where he warned that the spread of the virus is accelerating. A nationwide ban on the sale of wildlife has been imposed. Its believed the outbreak stemmed from the illegal sale of animals at a wuhan fish market. Elsewhere, the us has announced that staff at its wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on tuesday. And here, the Foreign Office has warned against travel to hubei province, where the virus began, and urged britons there to leave if they can. Angus crawford has thi