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at six — the supreme court rules that donald trump has partial immunity from some criminal prosecutions, in an historic ruling. as he cannot be prosecuted for any official presidential act, this ruling will have a major impact on the court cases donald trump is still facing. england'sjude bellingham is being investigated by uefa for a gesture he made after his late equaliser at the euros last night. president macron joins forces with other parties to try to block the hard right from winning a majority in parliament next weekend. it's the final week of election campaigning and rishi sunak tells our political editor it's not over until it's over. hello from a local cricket club in warwickshire. i will spend tomorrow
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with keir starmer. i have spoken today with rishi sunak and i will bring you our interview with him in the next ten minutes. and more military horses have bolted on the streets of london. on bbc london: the lambeth leaseholders claiming they've been gagged by the council — and coming up on bbc news... coming up in sport she missed the championships last year, can emma raducanu make a winning return to centre court? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it's an historic ruling that could have significant consequences. the us supreme court has ruled that donald trump is partially immune from prosecution for actions taken while he was in the white house, over his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. the former president described the decision as a "big win". but is it? our north america editor sarah smith is in washington.
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partially immune? what does this mean? well, first, it means it will be significantly harder now for prosecutors to bring their case against tantra for election interference in the january the 6th riot. in that case, donald trump is charged with conspiring to obstruct joe biden being certified as president, but this supreme court ruling has said specifically that some of the things that would have formed part of that case are covered by community and therefore he can't be prosecuted for them. things like the conversations he had with his vice president mike pence he was pressuring him to use his ceremonial role to overturn the results of the election, there cannot be part of the case any more. other things that would have formed part of the case like whether or not donald trump incited the january the 6th riot with the speech he gave outside the white house, it is now going to have to be argued in the lower court as to be argued in the lower court as to whether or not he was acting in
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his official capacity as president and therefore whether that is covered by community. he himself is delighted with this, he has described it as a big win. the three liberaljudges on the court who disagreed with this ruling are clearly furious. one of them wrote that this means the president is now like a king, above the law. it means presidents could do things like order the assassination of a political rival, or accept bribes in exchange for a pardon and not face prosecution. this is a really significant ruling. the most immediate effect will be to delay the three court cases that donald trump is still facing as arguments will have to be heard about what doesn't and does constitute immunity and that means it will be almost impossible for them to be heard before the election. he's the man who saved the game for england at the euros last night with a last—gasp goal, but nowjude bellingham is being investigated for a gesture he made after his very late equaliser against slovakia. uefa says it's looking into a "potential violation" of the basic rules of conduct.
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jude bellingham says it was an inside joke with some friends at the game. andy swiss sent this report. helped on. and it's in! jude bellingham! it was the 95th minute miracle which saved england's euros. that bellingham bicycle kick... salvation! ..looks more remarkable with every viewing. a moment of brilliance from bellingham. in dortmund this morning, fans were trying to recreate his moment of magic. difficult to do, but very easy to appreciate. cheering. jude bellingham only had one attempt, but i think i did it better! when the ball comes in, you don't expect someone to score with an overhead kick in the 95th minute. and you just see the ball hit the back of the net and you're like... it was just euphoria, like, so good. bellingham, though, is now being investigated by uefa for making a "crude gesture"
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after scoring his goal. in a social media post, he said it was an inside joke towards some close friends who were at the game, adding he had nothing but respect for how the slovakia team played. england were back training at their base today, knowing if it wasn't for bellingham's goal, they wouldn't still be here. jude, the golden boy again with the overhead kick, to keep us in the game, keep us in the tournament, but we never say die, and that's what it was last night, a roller—coaster, but we got over the line. well, the england fans here in germany will now be making their way to dusseldorf for a quarterfinal on saturday, and after coming so close to elimination, what drama will they get next? might be a shooting opportunity, straightaway! in switzerland, they are up against a side who have just knocked out the holders, italy. england will need to raise their game, but their star player, whose goal stole the headlines...
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and it's in! ..is now once again under the spotlight. andy swiss, bbc news, dortmund. our sports editor dan roan is blankenhain near england's training camp. so, jude bellingham is being investigated by uefa, is there any danger he could be suspended? it’s danger he could be suspended? it�*s possible that he might be, but based on how uefa have handled such cases and similar gestures in the past, it is thought that a fine is more likelyjude bellingham in this case than any suspension or band. that is indeed if he is charged and then found guilty. it may well be that once they hear his version of events, uefa decided not to charge him, that will take several days to reach that decision. if you discharge, it is possible of course that he may be found guilty, but they would have to prove, it may be difficult to do this, that he was directing that gesture at the
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slovakian players and as you heard in that report, he denies that. but he faces something of a nervous wait, as does his manager gareth southgate who will be desperate for nothing to distract his star player, especially after that moment of genius, which saved england's campaign yesterday against slovakia. the squad have a day off tomorrow before their preparations begin in earnest ahead of that they quarterfinal against switzerland at the weekend and south kate bottley hoping he has a full squad to choose from. —— southgate will be hoping he has a full squad. president macron is joining together with political opponents of france's hard right to try to block them from securing a parliamentary majority in elections next weekend. the national rally came top in the first round yesterday in an unprecedented victory. now more than 150 candidates who came in third place from either the left or centre have agreed to step aside, which means a single opponent will face the hard right party next sunday. our paris correspondent andrew harding reports.
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paris, the day after first are many here, a profound sense of shock. translation: it is here, a profound sense of shock. translation:— translation: it is like having a hanuover translation: it is like having a hangover step- _ hangover people translation: it is like having a hangover people are _ translation: it is like having a hangover people are fed - translation: it is like having a hangover people are fed up - translation: it is like having a hangover people are fed up with | translation: it is like having a - hangover people are fed up with the text, sa s hangover people are fed up with the text, says carolyn, _ hangover people are fed up with the text, says carolyn, so _ hangover people are fed up with the text, says carolyn, so they - hangover people are fed up with the text, says carolyn, so they are - text, says carolyn, so they are turning to the extremes. it is like the plague. when the far—right comes to power, it holds on to power, says veronique. there are all talking about this one, marine le pen, whose party the national rally took the lead in sunday's vote. if the surname is familiar that's because her father was a notorious far right politician, a racist and anti—semite. but his daughter has softened the image of the party and platform and last night won big across the nation. her party's populist anti—immigrant eurosceptic
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message, and it's 28—year—old candidate for the minister's job, finding broad appeal. candidate for the minister's “ob, finding broad appeafi candidate for the minister's “ob, finding broad appeal. finally it was my peeple that _ finding broad appeal. finally it was my people that were _ finding broad appeal. finally it was my people that were workers - finding broad appeal. finally it was my people that were workers in . my people that were workers in complicated political situations, now you have women voting for national rally, you have young people. national rally, you have young --eole. ~ . ., . ., �*, people. meanwhile, france and's president is _ people. meanwhile, france and's president is in _ people. meanwhile, france and's president is in trouble. _ people. meanwhile, france and's president is in trouble. no - people. meanwhile, france and'sl president is in trouble. no wonder it looked like a macron was trying to hide yesterday from his election gamble has backfired. his centrist party on track to lose heavily. so, what of plans to block the far—right from sweeping to victory? this afternoon, different parties began arriving at parliament aiming to forge a united front against the national rally. but the divisions are all too evident. the leader of the green party here, brought to tears of frustration during the debate. france is still digesting
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the shock of yesterday's election results was to love it or loathe it, the national rally is now at the heart of france's political mainstream, more than that, it is the most powerful party across the country. but can it translate that into enough seats in parliament to win outright? if it can, france will be changed utterly. it is worth stressing quite how disciplined, popular and how successful the national rally has become in the last year or two. its message on tackling crime on tackling the cost of living and also tackling the cost of living and also tackling what it maintains is uncontrolled immigration, have won broad support here. as for whether it can form the next government, we should know that at about this time on sunday evening. a lot of people think it will not, that some sort of messy, probably short—term, complicated coalition is more
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likely. complicated coalition is more likel . �* complicated coalition is more likel. �* ., ~ complicated coalition is more likel . �* ., ~ a former headteacher from north wales has beenjailed for 17 years for sexually abusing four girls. neil foden, who's 66 and from conwy, carried out his crimes over the course of four years. during sentencing, the judge said he had "an obsession with young teenage girls". with just a few days of campaining left, rishi sunak has denied that he's given up on winning the election, saying, "it is not over till it's over," despite talking about the prospect of a labour "supermajority". he's been speaking to our political editor chris mason. today and tomorrow, i'm following the two men who want to be your prime minister this weekend and for the next five years. i'll be talking to labour's keir starmer tomorrow. here we go, last few days. first stop, stoke—on—trent. it's rishi sunak today, as both men embark on a masochistic hurtle around the uk before polling day. so, onto the battle bus
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for the first visit. welcome to the bus. thank you. this a business that distributes medicines. the production line of campaigning has a similar regularity, too. visits like this are a chance to make his pitch to workers in a relatively controlled environment. applause. here we go. here he comes. and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis. a vote for the conservatives is notjust a vote to stop a supermajority, but it's also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard. right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you had given up. no, absolutely not.
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i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a supermajority. yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut, we will get migration down and secure our borders, pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a labour government could do and do very quickly in power, and there will be many people who might share that fear, but if you believe that, why did you call the election six months earlier than you needed to? you could have governed as a conservative prime minister for another six months before this moment. i think people deserve a choice. and my priority when i became prime minister was to deliver economic stability, and we have done that, inflation is down from 11% back to normal, wages are rising, the economy is growing faster than our competitors,
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and taxes are starting to be cut. cheering and applause. this is the week where all the leaders return to their big pitch. here is sir keir starmer, miles ahead in the opinion polls, in hitchin in hertfordshire. and, look, the sun isjust about shining, this is the summer, and we have one job, which is to make this a summerof change. but perhaps rishi sunak can take inspiration from the last—minute heroics of the england team last night. is there a rishi sunak equivalent of ajude bellingham overhead kick that we're going to see in the next 48—72 hours to radically change what looks like the scoreline could be? mine is probably more a kind of flashy, i don't know, cover drive, or off drive, or something instead. a cricket themed answerfor rishi sunak as the road trip trundles on. next stop, warwickshire.
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i'm -- i'm —— and talking of cover drives, the prime minister right now is in the prime minister right now is in the nets at a local cricket club in warwickshire, doing a spot of batting. incidentally, he was telling me he has spoken in the past gareth southgate the england manager to compare notes about leadership, two men doing twojobs to compare notes about leadership, two men doing two jobs that lots of people think they could do better. so, where are we tonight? the minister's most explicit acknowledgement i thought today about the central truth of this election campaign is part of the opinion polls are concerned, that there has been next to no movement at all as far as the gap between labour and the conservatives are concerned, i rememberwe labour and the conservatives are concerned, i remember we are now, up to 20% of people could have voted already by post, that does mean 80% mightjust be open to persuasion in the last 48 hours of persuasion.
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chris mason, thank you. the liberal democrat leader has been proving he has a head for heights. in his latest stunt, sir ed davey performed a bungeejump. he says he's urging voters to take a similar leap of faith and back his party on thursday. well, i'm asking people to do something, many people to do something they've never done before, which is vote liberal democrat this coming thursday. we're finding a lot of lifelong conservatives considering us — they don't want to vote conservative, some young people who've never voted before, and we're saying do something you've never done. i've just done it. i've never done that before. so, take the plunge! the snp leaderjohn swinney says his party will always put the interests of scotland first. on a visit to peterhead fish market in aberdeenshire, he said the conservatives will lose decisively to labour and urged voters to back his party. what people in scotland need to think about is what protection do they want to make sure that scotland's interests are taken forward in the next parliament? and snp mps will always put the interests of scotland first. they will fight against austerity and the spending cuts
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the labour party is going to deliver, and they will make sure that that scotland has a future that's made in scotland, for scotland. the cost of living has become a focal point of debate over the past few years, affecting many people. in his final special report, our uk editor ed thomas has been visiting grimsby in north east lincolnshire — a corner of england where employment prospects and life expectancy are low, and where one in three children lives in poverty. but the area has also received just under £20 million in levelling up money since the last election. this is ed's report. all i've been doing is surviving and pushing through. it's survive or die. this is east marsh, grimsby, one of the most deprived parts of the country and home to six food banks. if you come in this way, i'll get you just through the door here. this one is pam's. it's a former derelict public toilet. how many people are you feeding like this?
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800 a week. 800 a week? it was 300 five years ago. how important is this for you? if i didn't have it, i wouldn't eat. simple as that? yeah. i get working families, i get people who are on disabilities. we just get a mixture of everybody. and pam says people are becoming increasingly desperate. other food banks have had somebody pull a knife out and what have you. really? yeah. in grimsby? yeah. that's got to last a week. the fishing, the farming, - everything, everything's gone. patrick remembers when grimsby�*s fishing industry thrived. can politics fix this? no, not at all. hiya, darling. it's horrible. we're just putting a sticking plaster on what the real issues are. the high street here tells another story. more than one in four commercial premises here are empty. shouldn't have to struggle on minimum wage. and it was here we met dom. still count as homeless. he'd borrowed cash from the pawn shop. you give them some things, they give you some money for it.
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and what was the money for? it wasjust sol could get some food. cost of living has gotten so ridiculous to the point where i've been homeless three times this year. he's struggled for a long time. and then came the cost of living crisis. this is home now, dom? yeah, pretty much. yeah, it's cosy. ymca temporary supported accommodation. my freezer has tater tots and some chicken nuggets. dom had a zero hours contract in a fish packing factory. but when shifts went down, bills went up. rent ended up going up four times within the space of six months. it messed me up. ijust want to be able to live. all i've been doing is surviving and pushing through. that's all i can do. it's survive or die. but investment is coming with around £20 million worth of levelling up cash. and renewable energy is bringing
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new life to grimsby�*s port. but that change hasn't been felt by everyone. i don't have a tv, i don't have wi—fi, i don't have a washing machine at home. so there's those outgoings aren't going out. irregular hours mean difficult choices. jess is a graduate with three jobs. it's so cute. and a modern grafter — making extra cash through her baking. cost of living matters. i think people are angry and confused. are you determined to see things around in grimsby? yeah. i think that's where i'm rich in many ways is that i have friends and i have a community of people. this is docks academy. this is what grimsby needs more of. we've got electric six playing. wealth creators like will. he came here from london, set up this music venue, brewery and bar. we've created about 45jobs here and we're training people to brew. why does this matter? i think it's really important for young people of this town to see that there are great things happening, things that they want to stick around in grimsby for.
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that was absolutely full of vegetables this morning. but for those in crisis now, many in grimsby told us politics couldn't fix their lives. how does it feel? sad. broken. you're not a human being any more. what is the cost of living down here? what's it done? it's stripped people of their dignity. reverend kay fears many in crisis won't vote. and is that a worry for democracy? absolutely awful. it makes me so angry. my grandad was one of those that fought for unions, fought for the strength of the working man, and it'sjust been totally disenfranchised. can you keep on doing this emotionally? i'll die before i stop. we are, like, two blocks up. and this is the challenge facing the next government. jessica is a single parent and money is tight. one in four kids here grow up in poverty. it brings you down. you feel isolated because you can't...you can't do the things
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with your children that you want to do. you just feel a bit helpless. a mum hoping that life can be more thanjust a struggle. i want lucas to be able to thrive. and isabella, my eldest, achieve everything that she wants in life, every day, without a worry in the world. ed thomas, bbc news, grimsby. throughout the election campaign, we've been finding out how it is shaping up across the uk. in a moment we'll hear from emily hudson, a political reporter at bbc south. but first let's go to helen richardson, bbc newcastle's political reporter, who is in blyth. helen. thank you, sophie. welcome to life in south—east northumberland. i'm here tonight because this is essentially the first brick that was smashed from labour�*s red ball on the 2019 election, a surprise victory for the conservatives here.
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voters won over by borisjohnson's talk of levelling up. fast forward to 2024, and it no longer exists, the area has been carved into. the northern part going into the new blyth and ashington seat, a strong labour area, the southern part going into a new seat. that is where the incumbent is standing again, hoping for the election. the question is, has he done enough? there has been investment in this area, a new railway line which is going to be opening soon, but a huge battery factor which was promised, bringing lots ofjobs, hasn't materialised. huge disappointment. this area could be among the first to declare on thursday night, so we will see how it goes. thursday night, so we will see how it noes. . ~ thursday night, so we will see how it noes. ., ~ i. thursday night, so we will see how it noes. . ~' ,, , thursday night, so we will see how it noes. ., ~ i. , . and now let's cross to winchester. emily. this seat was won by the conservatives on 2019 but with a majority of less than 1000. the man who won it, the former health
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minister is standing down. that makes this seat very high up the liberal democrat target list. they have held it before and they have run the council for the last five years. key issues coming through here is about cost of living crisis and affordability of homes, mortgages and rents, people commute to london from winchester, so it is an extremely expensive place to live. there is one local factor that everybody is talking about— plans for a swanky new hospital, one of the conservatives 40, but not here, up the conservatives 40, but not here, up the road in basingstoke, 20 miles away. it will mean the closure of the traditional a&e and maternity unit, replaced instead with an urgent treatment centre and a midwife led birthing centre, open 24/7. the liberal democrats have campaigned against it, the conservatives have said it will give state health care for people living in hampshire. how voters feel about it may determine who wins the seat. thank you.
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and you can find a full list of all candidates standing in the general election on the bbc news website. hundreds of thousands of young people are eligible to vote for the first time this year. but only around half of all i8—24—year—olds voted in the last one in 2019 — so how engaged will they be this time round? we have teamed up with radio 1's newsbeat who are doing a "race across the uk" — stopping at locations, known as checkpoints, some picked by listeners. jordan kenny reports from one of those checkpoints in newcastle. there are around 5 million 18 to 24—year—olds in the uk, but when it comes to voting, politicians have struggled to get them out. i'm not personally planning to vote. i don't know enough about it. and ijust think, from what i've heard, they're all as bad as each other. i don't even know how to vote. younger people don't really vote as much as i'd say older people do now, so i think there is a lot of confusion on what people are actually voting for, as well. i don't feel like i'm informed enough to take a vote, - so i don't want to, like, - change the future of the country when i'm not really informed on it, so i don't think i'm _
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going to vote this year. unless you vote, you can't really have an opinion. like, you have got the ability to change the world, change the country we live in. at the last general election in 2019, barely half of those aged 18 to 24 turned out to vote. on the other end of the spectrum, 80% of over 75s did. i'm not trying to be horrible, but we are going to be living longer than the people who are more interested in it now. so, therefore, who's it going to have a longer term effect on? this campaign has seen parties use new methods to try to reach young people. a big one of those is tiktok, which wasn't really around at the last general election in 2019. hi, tiktok, sorry to be breaking into your usual politics—free feed. although all of the parties are on tiktok, labour are the best performing one when it comes to likes, with over 5.5 million. in second place, it's reform. # guess who's back. # back again #. memes, yeah. honestly, like, i think it's funny,
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but i don't think anyone is going to vote for a party based off, like, memes. i think they are trying to cater to the people, like, the younger generation, but it's not really working. it's not like i'm just i going to support, like, labour because they make videos about tories, saying _ how bad they are. it's like, i want to know what you're actually- going to do for the country. many have told us today they don't think parties are doing enough to reach young people. but will their efforts make any difference at the polls? we'll soon find out. jordan kenny, bbc news, newcastle. if you or someone in your family is voting for the first time, you can find all you need to know at bbc.co.uk/election, and this evening from 7pm on the news channel, bbc three and the iplayer, there's a special programme bringing first—time voters need—to—know information ahead of polling day. three more military horses have broken free and bolted through central london. one of the horses collided with a car in pimlico. but the ministry of defence says they were all recovered swiftly, with only one
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suffering minor injuries. in april, four horses galloped through london after being spooked by building site noises. the wimbledon tennis championships got under way today and we are still waiting to hear if andy murray will be fit enough to play tomorrow, following his recent back surgery. but defending champion carlos alcaraz is comfortably through to the second round, asjoe wilson reports. welcome back. you're all invited. but there are only special guests in wimbledon's royal box. david may wait for david. beckham stepped back, attenborough took the ovation. deep respect for the longest careers. andy murray, dressing on his back, was driving himself through practice, striving to be fit for one more chance to play. well, it is easier when you're 21.
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defending champion carlos alcaraz. in the first round, he was up against mark lajal, a distinctive estonian, playing his first ever grand slam match, and enjoying it. what an overhead that is. grand slam match, and en'oying it. what an overhead that is._ grand slam match, and en'oying it. what an overhead that is. there were rallies to stretch _ what an overhead that is. there were rallies to stretch the _ what an overhead that is. there were rallies to stretch the champion. - rallies to stretch the champion. ultimately, alcaraz won enough of them to take the match in straight sets. . , . he them to take the match in straight sets-_ he then - them to take the match in straight sets._ he then said l sets. that brilliant! he then said centre court _ sets. that brilliant! he then said centre court is _ sets. that brilliant! he then said centre court is the _ sets. that brilliant! he then said centre court is the most - sets. that brilliant! he then said| centre court is the most beautiful gritty plays on, which went down well. good start. three years ago, and the outside courts here, there was a sudden burst of attention, a player winning matches. it was the first time we had heard the name emma raducanu. well, a lot has happened since then. she is rebuilding after injuries. an opportunity on centre court, raducanu's schedule to date opponent was ill, so she played zarazua. a tight match, though. raducanu trying to revive the spirit of 2021. and
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she is getting there. i can tell you raducanu hasjust she is getting there. i can tell you raducanu has just completed victory in two long sets. elsewhere, jannik sinner, number one, is one set up. and we should hear this evening about andy murray's participation. in theory, he could be uncorked around this time tomorrow. fingers crossed. time for a look at the weather. good evening. the weather is a bit disappointing today, outbreaks of rain. the rest of the week does not look much better. the first week of july will be breezy. rain for some, particularly towards the end of the week across northern areas. it will remain cool for earlyjuly, both by day and night. this is the weather front which has been crossing the country today. it has been mainly light and patchy. it will linger across eastern parts of england as we head through this evening and overnight. skies are clearing out west. one or two max i was pushing into northern and western scotland. under clear skies,
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