r—nuc ‘ur r—nuc ‘u5 rm ‘u5 ffiifit‘uf fiatit‘uf w? rifiéiififfifi fiatit‘uf w? "w r—nucur rtltuf u—— 'u mw it's getting exciting here in both the singles on the mend's and women's side — how do you see it shaping up into the second week was mike there will always be surprises, some big matches, but very interesting. serena, to me, has not been able to play her best tennis yet, but playing mixed doubles will help her to get more of a rhythm out there, and i think she will be a player who will definitely step up when she has to in the important matches. everyone watching will want to know your predictions for the tournament. poisoned chalice, isn't it? it is tough. on the men's side, iama big it? it is tough. on the men's side, i am a big fan of rafa, but i love roger and i want to see him do well. who knows how much longer he will be playing? between those two, ifind it hard. on the women's side, a lot of seeded players have fallen out, andi of seeded players have fallen out, and i think serena is, yeah, to me, looking to become the favourite. not yet, but if she can win a few more

matches, she will be able to lift a level. kim, thank you very much. we will see andy murray, not before 5:30pm, with serena williams, on a court to be decided. look out for koko gauff. time for a look at the weather — here's sarah keith—lucas. contrast across the country, the southern half of the uk getting the lion's share of the sunshine. this is the picture in cromer, norfolk. you will probably see the sunshine tomorrow if you are not today. we have that north— south split, sunny skies in the south, more cloud and spots of showery rain in the north. looking at the recent radar picture, you can see where the rainfall has been. pushing on across the north—west of scotland, in particular. a lot of cloud across scotla nd particular. a lot of cloud across scotland and northern ireland, patchy cloud in northern england too. further south, patchy cloud in northern england too. furthersouth, clearer patchy cloud in northern england too. further south, clearer skies, across the central and southern half of england, into wales as well. blue

skies and a light breeze for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures already above 25 celsius in the south, highs of 28 celsius towards london, a gentle sea breeze developing along the south coast. sunny with a light breeze across the midlands and into wales. northern england seeing more cloud, but brightness to the east of the pennines. northern ireland, showery rain moving in with the cloud. most of the rain for scotland will be in the north and west, but the odd shower getting across to aberdeenshire and the northern isles. this evening, this band of cloud and rain sinking further south. wet weather overnight for parts of northern ireland and northern england. to the north of that, the reappearance of clear spells across much of scotland, and we could see temperatures in rural spots getting down into single figures. further south, warm and humid overnight with lows around 13-15dc. on humid overnight with lows around 13—15dc. on saturday, a reversal of the day's fortunes. we have this cold front moving south, bringing

more cloud too much of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland tomorrow will see more in the way of sunshine. it will feel fresher behind this cold front. a few spots of rain across the middle of the day across wales, towards east anglia too. the odd spot of rain arriving in london, which could affect wimbledon for a time in the latter pa rt wimbledon for a time in the latter part of the afternoon. to the south of that, you are more likely to stay dry for of that, you are more likely to stay dryfora of that, you are more likely to stay dry for a good part of the day, with temperatures still around 22 celsius in the south. high teens further north. a northerly breeze but plenty of sunshine on offer. on the second half of that weekend, a largely dry day again on sunday. long spells of sunshine butjust day again on sunday. long spells of sunshine but just the day again on sunday. long spells of sunshine butjust the chance of one oi’ sunshine butjust the chance of one or two showers, particularly through parts of southern and south—east england. fresher than saturday, so temperatures ranging from 13—21 celsius, but a decent —looking day all in all, with

the remainder of our main street at lunchtime, no we nowjoin the bbc news teams where you are. good afternoon. good afternoon i'm will perry withs your latest sports news. let's take you straight to wimbledon where day 5 has a few treats in store. john watson's there for us. john we've got last year's finalist on centre as we speak, and that really exciting mixed doubles pairing of andy murray and serena williams later. dream line—up, we did not think we would see andy murray at wimbledon until he confirmed he would be at the men's doubles, and now, lining up the men's doubles, and now, lining up alongside serena williams later on, giving everyone a boost, he came through in the men's doubles, alongside his partner, they drop the

first set but they came through in four sets. up and first set but they came through in foursets. up and running first set but they came through in four sets. up and running with a win and he will certainly hope he can produce something later, alongside serena williams, 39 grand slam titles in singles and doubles, she has spoken so fondly about andy murray and why they have linked up. very complimentary about the application, the mental strength, but also the way he stands up for women's rights, he has done a great dealfor women's tennis. women's rights, he has done a great deal for women's tennis. and, women's rights, he has done a great dealfor women's tennis. and, along with the court time, she also needs, thatis with the court time, she also needs, that is why she took on the invite to partner andy murray. i'm looking forward to it, i mean, it will help me out, i mean, usually when i play doubles it helps my singles game, i really needed and i am glad that you suggested it! i'm really looking forward to it. we talked about it a little before. it made sense for me because i really could use some

matches at this point. both want to do well, both love wimbledon. we will see the 15—year—old sensation cori gauff in action and it will be interesting to see how she reacts to being tipped as a future world number one and grand slam winner. john mcenroe made the claim after she beat venus williams in the sensational win in the opening match, 24 years her senior, that player, he said that if she is not world number one by the age of 20, he will be shocked. as you can imagine, huge pressure on her shoulders. it'll be interesting to see how she gets on later. arguably, this is the easier match of the two she has faced so far, she is a sensation, future grand slam winner, one of the stories of the tournament

so one of the stories of the tournament so far, having beaten venus williams and thena so far, having beaten venus williams and then a former wimbledon semifinalist, big things expected and she will be making her centre court appearance later on. caroline wozniacki, one of the top seeds, beaten by her chinese opponent, extremely frustrated in this one, she was 4—0 up in the first set, but she was 4—0 up in the first set, but she grew exceptionally frustrated with hawk— eye decisions she grew exceptionally frustrated with hawk—eye decisions that went against her, at least three which we re against her, at least three which were out initially, rolled in, her team were complaining to the umpire, as was she, throughout the match. —— magdalena rybarikova. in the end it proved futile, she was 4—1 up in the first set, 14th seed, she is out, so you have to say it feels like it is opening up in the women's draw, not least, ashleigh barty, world number one, safely through, and with cori gauff and the performances she has produced, you wonder how far she might go in this years tournament.

all eyes on that one later. keep across the live action. england and chelsea midfielder karen carney will retire from club and international football after saturday's women's world cup third—place play—off against sweden. the 31—year—old made her senior debut for birmingham aged 14, and went on to play in four world cups for england and the 2012 olympics for great britain. she made her england debut in 2005 and has won 143 caps and scored 32 goals. i can't give anything more, i have maxed out in every area, i have gone for every percentage going to be the best i can be. it isjust time, i'm very happy with that decision, it is the right decision. i don't have any results with that. the thing i miss most... singing the anthem. that

will be tough. but i think the thing imiss will be tough. but i think the thing i miss most isjust kicking a ball. and being like a little kid. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. we will have the latest on the cricket world cup, pakistan against bangladesh, they must win by 316 runs, pakistan, 257—5. looking like a dead rubber, that match. whenever you say things like that, things change rather fast!|i whenever you say things like that, things change rather fast! i knew you would say that! laughter donald trump's opponents have accused him of politicising america's independence day celebrations to boost his campaign for re—election next year. in a change to the normal 4th ofjuly festivities, the president hosted a military themed "salute to america" event in washington, which featured air force fly—pasts and displays of armoured vehicles. our north america correspondent chris buckler was amongst the crowds.

with jet fighters overhead and tanks on the ground, president trump stamps a military mark on america's independence day. that wasn't without criticism. some felt he had hijacked the national holiday, putting himself at the centre of a series of expensive events in washington. aware of the controversy, the white house have promised that in mr trump's speech, he would stick to patriotism rather than politics. this was an event to celebrate service, not a campaign rally. today we come together as one nation with this very special salute to america. we celebrate our history, our people and the heroes who proudly defend ourflag, the brave men and women of the united states military. usa!

what the white house couldn't plan for was the weather. there were several heavy downpours but many of mr trump's supporters braved the rain to see him, dressed in red, white and blue. oh, it's just electric. what's better than being around tens of thousands of american—supporting, freedom—loving americans. in the rain! best president ever, so many are with him. we love you, president trump, we love you. trump! this was not a typical donald trump speech. there were no attacks on political opponents and he praised america's civil rights movement. this was a president doing all he could to appear presidential and that may have been deliberate with an election next year.

chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's return now to the conservative leadership contest. speaking to the bbc‘s hardtalk programme, the former prime minister, sirjohn major says he will be supporting jeremy hunt. the former prime minister was also asked whether he trusted borisjohnson and whether he thought the conservative leadership candidate's character was important. i think that character matters in politics, alone in the race for prime minister, character matters, and everyone will make their own particularjudgment, and everyone will make their own particular judgment, it is and everyone will make their own particularjudgment, it is very important. the choices you make particularly as prime minister are crucial, the proper leader will make the choice that is right for the country even if it is wrong for himself and his party, the wrong leader will make a choice for his party and for himself rather than for his country. people must make a judgment about everyone in politics about where their priority lies. do you trust boris johnson?” about where their priority lies. do you trust boris johnson? i don't know him very well but i find many of the things that have been said by him, by borisjohnson, and by many

others about him, to be in conflict with reality as i understand it. are you at a point where you are prepared to say to your own party, which you say you have been in since your 16th birthday, that if the party elects a prime minister who, in the end, commits to leaving on october 31 with no deal if necessary, are you saying: "i will recommend to conservative mps that they bring down that prime minister" ? they bring down that prime minister"? i don't necessarily think thatis minister"? i don't necessarily think that is the way it is going to evolve. some things are to do with the absurd suggestion of bypassing parliament by provoking it, for example, there are things like that which simply must not be permitted to happen. i have made my view perfectly clear: i believe the direction in which, i have no personal ambitions, i'm not direction in which, i have no personalambitions, i'm not in politics, i'm not going back into politics, i'm not going back into politics, there is nothing the government can offer me, i'm not interested in any of that, all i'm saying is, on behalf of the people

who do not have a voice to speak, the 48%, that what we are doing is bad for the future of our country, and parliament... surely... parliament, i'm not in parliament, parliament, i'm not in parliament, parliament must decide how to protect matters. people would be interested if you were prepared to give a pathway to thwarting and blocking a no deal "brexit", but you are a former conservative prime minister, surely it is up to you to say, whether like, ken clarke, a former colleague, and dominic grieve, you believe it would be right, if it comes to it, for conservatives to vote no confidence ina prime conservatives to vote no confidence in a prime minister and a government committed to a no—deal brexit?” said earlier quite clearly, if you have to choose between your country and your party, then you choose your country. that applies in all circumstances, with none put to one side. you can see the full

interview, it is on the news channel at 8:30pm, that is on the bbc news channel. in a moment we will have the business news, but first, the headlines. a gang behind the biggest modern day slavery network exposed in the uk is convicted of offences including trafficking, money laundering and forcing people to carry out forced labour. jaguar landrover is to invest hundreds of millions into its castle bromwich plant in the west midlands — the factory will produce an electric version of the jaguar xj model. boris johnson has denied downing street attempted to withhold some secret intelligence from him when he became foreign secretary three years ago. business news: jaguar land rover, known asjlr, is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its castle bromwich plant in birmingham.

initially the plant will produce an electric version of the jaguar xj. jlr says the move will help secure the jobs of 2,700 workers at the plant. some contradictory figures on house prices. according to the halifax they dropped a fraction last month. the nationwide last week said they rose a fraction. but the really odd figure is the halifax‘s three month figure which says house prices rose a hefty 5.7%. the nationwide's equivalent figure is just a tiny o.3% rise. john menzies, the company in charge of loading your luggage on the planes fuelling them, towing them, all those air services you need at airports. it's said profts have taken a hit this year and it's to do with cargo volumes — the shares fell by over io%. the british fishing industry says it is in crisis. since 1996 the number of uk fishing vessels has fallen by 29%. annual catches have dropped 60% from their peak in 1973. the total number of fishermen on them has dropped from 20,000 to 12,000 today. the uk is now a net importer of fish, 75% of british caught fish

is exported while 80% of the fish we eat is imported. deborah layde is from the charity seafarers uk. it seems to be an extraordinary situation. deborah, when we think of the british fishing industry, we think about the small fishing villages, the small little boats, what is the thing that is threatening them now? our research reveals there is significant levels of deprivation in coastal communities and as you rightly say, often small coastal communities, and this has led to an enhanced tolerance for risk, so, safety is another issue as well. 61% of the ports that we surveyed were actually severely deprived, and in terms of

safety, the fishing industry is seven times more dangerous than any other industry, 13 fishermen die in accidents each year. if you add onto that, many fishermen and fishing families have been family businesses, and therefore, it is difficult to recruit into the industry. there is positive news, the industry, including government, and the various facets of the industry, are working quite closely together. i do feel that the seafarers uk report has been quite pivotal in getting people to work together for the best outcomes for fishermen. various organisations are working together, what do you want to come out of that? they need to ta ke to come out of that? they need to take a fresh look at some aspects. they must collaborate, they must be good at listening to the fishermans voice, notjust good at listening to the fishermans voice, not just those good at listening to the fishermans voice, notjust those with the powerful lobbying organisations but

the smaller scale fishermen around the smaller scale fishermen around the coast as well. so, we encourage that, from government, and we appreciate that. i was going to say, smaller boats, they are allowed to catch very little. the government could do something about that, whether we are in the eu or out of it, it is up to the government? exactly, if we take a fresh look at it, being, what brexit, committee opportunity brexit offers us is we will be out of the common fisheries policy and can design our own future. other news now, online giant amazon announced a big investment in food courier deliveroo in may. the exact figure was not given, but amazon is the biggest investor in deliveroo's latest round of fund raising, which in total raised £450 million.

the competition and markets authority has just issued an initial enforcement order which puts the brakes on the deal for now while it decides whether to investigate. building specialist sig says its like—for—like sales fell 3.8% in the first half. in its trading update, the company describes trading conditions as "challenging". it says it has 585 branches in the uk and ireland, and other parts of europe. chip—maker samsung has given an illustration of the impact of the trade war between china and the us on its sector. it says its operating profit for the period between april and june is likely to have fallen 56% to £51 billion. that was in a regulatory filing ahead of the official publication of the figures later this month. a 3,000 year—old sculpture of the egyptian boy king tutankhamun has been sold for more than four million pounds. egypt's foreign ministry had called on auction house christie's to cancel the sale,

claiming it was probably stolen from a temple in the 19705. —— £4 million. but christie's says the sale is legitimate. egypt had not expressed concern about the bust before, despite it being on public display. the bbc‘s bill hayton has this report. the head of the egyptian boy—king tutankhamun, the 19—year—old pharoah‘s finely chiselled face rendered in this quartzite bust. it's over 3000 years old and has just been auctioned off for almost $6 million by the british auction house christie's. but egyptian officials are angry. they had wanted the sale halted and the treasure returned to its country of origin. egypt believes the piece was stolen from the karnak temple complex just north of luxor. we now the pieces of tutankhamun that was in karnak until 1970 we have a proof that the statue was there.

it was left after 1970 and we are going to offer all this evidence to the court if we take the egyptian foreign ministry had asked unesco to step in, but interventions like that are rare, and the sale went ahead, beating expectations too. let's return now to news that the racing pundit john mccririck has died at the age of 79. mccririck made his career as the face of channel 4's racing —— mccririck made his career

as the face of channel 4's racing coverage and was famous for his larger than life personality and his signature deerstalker hat. a little earlier my colleague carrie gracie spoke to neil clark to neil clark from racing post. back in the 1980s, he really became the face of racing on channel 4 racing. he was so recognisable. he was... you never saw him without that huge cigar or deerstalker. and he brought into the sport, i think this is the key point, he brought into the sport people who are not necessarily keen racing fans, so members of the public who turned on and were entertained by his style because he was always bombastic, he was always opinionated and he was never boring. i think that was very, very important. he did bring in many, many more viewers to watch racing and he did a lot for our sport to publicise it and i think he is much missed. and i think in recent years, racing coverage has tended to become a bit too much serious, a little bit too serious. i think we lack the characters like john mccririck and derek thompson, he was another great one, and i think that he is a sad loss. did he know his stuff, the way that other racing journalists know their stuff?

it wasn't just a case of racing journalists know their stuff? it wasn'tjust a case of him shouting out bombast, he studied, he was very hard—working, in the press room, always there, studying racing post, sporting life. it wasn't a case of them going in there to show off, and to shout off his mouth. also, he was not everyone's cup of tea, we must admit that, i am a good friend of someone who was at school with him at harrow, same house, he has some stories to tell about him! not so flattering. the key point is he publicised the sport, he was a bit like marmite, love him or hate him, but he brought people into it. he loved the limelight, coming back to what i mentioned at the beginning: celebrity wife swap, celebrity big brother, weakest link, the kind of so many appearances on

all those shows. were used to joke he would do anything to get in front ofa he would do anything to get in front of a camera and there was that element of that, he was a showman. i think one of the reasons he became ill is that he lost his gig on channel 4 racing when it went to itv, he lived to be on camera, quite sad, to be honest, that he felt he had to perform. when it was switched off and no one was watching him, he was sort of a lost soul. in the press room i felt very sorry for him, two or three years ago, he was not on television, you could tell he wa nted not on television, you could tell he wanted to be out there, shouting, bombast, telling about the odds, he was a lost soul. there was pathos in the last few years, the final years, and he said that, he said he lost the will to live because he was no longer on television. he really lived to be on television, certainly from the 19805 onwards. it was a kick and a buzz, that he really mist. let's leave it with a happier

thought, we were hearing from cornelius light said, he could at times be a very kind man, give us your, give us your fondest memories of him? when i first went to the pre55 of him? when i first went to the press room , of him? when i first went to the press room, you saw him on television, he got bad tempered with members of the public interrupting him. -- cornelius lysaght. once i had my coat in the press room, where he was sitting, he was working hard, he was sitting, he was working hard, he had a deadline, i was apprehensive about asking him, to get in the way and take my coat. i said, i plucked up the courage, stuttering, can i get my coat? he said, of course, here you are. often, behind the exterior, which could be quite fierce at times, there was someone could be quite fierce at times, there was someone who was very different. difficult to say how much of the bombast he put on, how much of the bombast he put on, how much of it was the realjohn mccririck and how much of it was for show. difficult to say, but certainly, he was someone difficult to say, but certainly, he was someone who did have his much quieter side, and when the camera

was switched off, he was obviously a different person to when it was on. although, sometimes, you could not tell which was which because he got so used to playing the act. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. the spell are reasonably settled sunny weather continues, although it isa sunny weather continues, although it is a mixed picture out there through the rest of the afternoon. beautiful blue skies in bedford, and, many places across the southern half of the uk, continuously blue skies, long spells of sunshine, further north, more cloud, and some outbreaks of showery rain around as well. here is the latest radar and satellite pictures from the last few hours. cloud across northern ireland, scotland, showery rain to the north—west. this area will edge south and east across scotland and into northern ireland, further south, clearer skies. taking a look

around the country, 4pm, temperatures in the south as high as 27, 20 temperatures in the south as high as 27,20 8 degrees. london region probably the hottest part of the country, sunshine extending, into wales, north of england, southern scotland, bit more cloud, some showers for parts of northern ireland and particularly for western scotland. else, as we head into the afternoon. nothing particularly heavy but we will keep the cloud and showery rain into the evening hours. a little further south, into the evening, some fresh air to the north of that. some rain pushing into parts of northern england and the far north of wales, first thing saturday morning. further south, quite humid, 15, overnight low in london. founder cloud, frontal system, cold front, pushing south, introducing more of a fresher, northerly flow. sunshine across much

of scotland. further south across england and wales, more cloud. few spots of light and patchy rain to be parts of rain, —— whales. through the latter part of the afternoon. still reasonably warm for this time of year, particularly in the south, 22 or 23 degrees. further north, mid to high teens. sunday, weak ridge of high pressure, fairly quiet picture weather—wise, one or two row showers but many of us should avoid them, long spells of sunshine and temperatures a little fresher than saturday so high is around 13 to 21 degrees. —— his around 13 to 21 degrees. —— his around 13 to 21 degrees. -- highs.

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