The most testing days a fledgling Prime Minister has faced Boris Johnson has a weekend to pause and a think. As many of that opinion will say content. The contrary not content. The contents have it. The lords have followed the commons, approving legislation so by monday it should be locked in law that britain cant leave the eu without a deal on october 31st. Which appears to mean the pm is boxed in. He can break his pledge not to ask for more time or he can break the law and not ask for an extension. Remember, the new law means Boris Johnson ask for an extension. Remember, the new law means borisjohnson has until october 19th to get a deal with brussels. If not, the new law says he must write and request more time, until at least january 31st. But yesterday, he said this. This bill would in theory mean that the government was obliged to write a letter asking brussels for a pointless delay. Downing street stress this is borisjohnson merely underlining he will not put pen to paper but so
Quite nervous with this storm. Subtle changes in the track could send an area of Even Stronger winds in across parts of the south east of the United States which is exactly why forecasters are monitoring this so why forecasters are monitoring this so carefully. For the uk we have a couple of weather fronts coming through on wednesday. Both of these fronts actually having cooler air following, so it will be a cooler day across the whole of the country. Rain clearing away from east anglia and south east england quickly. Sunshine follows. There will be some showers across sunshine follows. There will be some showers gcioss western sunshine follows. There will be some showers across Western Areas. Cloudy for Northern England, north wales, Northern Ireland and scotland, with burst of heavy rain. Northerly winds, strong and gusty, will bring cooler air into northern scotland. Temperatures in aberdeen 13 degrees in the afternoon. It will feel quite chilly here. The rain clears away and it wil
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
Decades, five of those have occurred in the last three years. That storm is not moving, centred over grand bahama, some catastrophic damage likely here and the winds will continue for a long time yet, reaching 200 mph. Here, cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain working in. The skies look rather different, grey and drab conditions there, over the cumbrian fells. Through the rest of this afternoon, overall there wont be a great deal of change. Some cloud bumbling bubbling up gcioss some cloud bumbling bubbling up across england and wales. The thickest cloud and rain continues for Northern Ireland, the far north of england and scotland where temperatures are a little on the low side, up to 17 degrees. Tonight the first batch of rain will ease away for a first batch of rain will ease away fora time, first batch of rain will ease away for a time, then later in the night more rain working in with south westerly winds. The south and east of the country stays largely dry with rain clearing, up t
The east as we head through the day. Brighterfor northern the east as we head through the day. Brighter for Northern Ireland and scotland, where the rain has cleared away. Still a chance of one or two showers. We also have blustery winds accompanying this, particularly along the western coasts. With the rain and cloud it will be disappointing, but if we see the sunshine, possibly 22 celsius for Northern Ireland. This evening, lots of wet weather across england and wales, gradually working east. A few clear spells will follow, but also showers, which could be heavy and thundery across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland. Because it remains blustery, those temperatures wont drop away very far at all. A mild start to saturday. Through saturday, blustery for all of us. The winds will strengthen particularly for western coasts of scotland. Further showers may merge together to perform longer spells of rain. Across england and wales, more in the way of sunshine, and as a result, the tempe