ground staff have been ensuring the courts look as immaculate as ever while working in covid bubbles. ithink, ifanything, it's, kind of, made the team more, sort of, i think, if anything, it's, kind of, made the team more, sort of, empowered to deliver better than normal, purely because we missed out for a year and everyone realised how much they missed it so now, you know, we're kind of chomping at the bit to get the championships under way. the ladies�* final won't feature simona halep — the defending champion has withdrawn with a calf injury. rafa nadal is out. roger federer has fitness concerns. novak djokovic — favourite to retain his 2019 title. andy murray will play singles for the first time since 2017. despite living close by, like all players, he'll have to stay in the tournament hotel in central london. it'll have a reduced capacity, but henman hill is open and when people are sat there, or sat around any of the tennis courts, they won't have to wear

one of these. we're asking people to wear masks, but when they're seated — so that could be on the hill, it could be in centre court, it could be on court 12 — people will be able to remove their masks so that they can enjoy the environment. and, because all these people have been through the covid certification, they can look each other in the eye and know that not only have they passed the test and the entry requirements, so have the people sitting next to them. the familiar sight of the queue won't be seen — tickets have been sold online. those who take to these seats over the next fortnight feeling luckier than ever to be here. chris slegg, bbc news, wimbledon. nearly tennis time! now sarah keith—lucas has the weather. sunday brought us a day of mixed weather types, for many blue sky and sunshine for stock this was a glorious picture earlier in whitley bay, certainly much warmer and brighter than yesterday. look at this, cornwall, a lot of rain, cloud

and we get to continue to see that north, south split over the next few days. dry with sunny spells of the many northern parts of the uk wears further south, closer to an area of low pressure, showers or thunderstorms at times. here is that slow moving area of low pressure. it will not shift very quickly over the next few days. it has already brought some heavy showery rain through south england. three tonight, heavy downpours and thunderstorm through many southern counties of england, particularly heavy for the south—west of england and later tonight into south—eastern wales so some localised flooding possible here. we are looking at double figures, not as cold as it was last night across the border of scotland. through monday, more cloud across england and wales. some scattered showers, the odd thunderstorm first thing in the morning. later in the day, some sunshine breaking through in the south, but as temperatures rise, we are set to see some scattered showers and for that thunderstorms. it will be hit and miss, we will not all see them, but further north,

many places having another dry day. 2223 in the warmest spot and they will continue to rise in the north. -- 22 to 23. if will continue to rise in the north. —— 22 to 23. if you plan on watching wimbledon, they may be affected by a bit of rain at times, especially on monday and tuesday. monday evening and overnight, we will continue to see heavy downpours and thunderstorms, could be some localised flooding some of these heavy showers for southern england in particular, but elsewhere looking largely dry. into tuesday, another fairly cloudy day, particularly for the southern half of england and wales. was more sunshine in the north, light winds, such an and it really will feel warm for northern ireland and scotland, 2a, 20 5 degrees. colour what you have that heavy shower, 18 in london where it says unsettled. eventually we will start to lose that area of low pressure drifting towards the east, probably by thursday put up higher pressure as we enter the working week right across the uk. the outlook for the next five days, we are going to see some fairly heavy showers at times, but from around about wednesday it looks dry out the

many areas, perhaps some more showers though by the weekend. goodbye.

a new health secretary begins work after the resignation of matt hancock sajid javid — a former chancellor — says his priority is getting out of the pandemic and that he's honoured to be taking the role i also know that it comes with huge responsibility and i will do everything i can to make sure that i deliver for the people of this great country. we'll be looking at the immediate and longer term challenges he'll face. also on the programme... a serious security beach — how were documents about this royal navy warship among those found at a bus stop in kent? a painful search through the rubble in florida — four more bodies are found in the ruins of a collapsed building max verstappen slows down to take the chequered flag. and in formula one —

red bull's max verstappen extends his lead over lewis hamilton good evening. the new health secretary, sajid javid, says his immediate priority is to get the country through the pandemic so life can return to normal as quickly as possible. he's returning to the government to replace matt hancock who resigned after pictures emerged of him breaching social distancing by kissing an aide in his office. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. after 18 months away from the cabinet, sajid javid is back. an old hand in a newjob. the former chancellor and home secretary arrived at the department of health this morning and the cameras outside were ready. we are still in a pandemic.

and i want to see that come to an end as soon as possible and that will be my most immediate priority. to see that we can return to normal as soon and as quickly as possible. mrjavid was appointed quickly following matt hancock's resignation last night. on friday, images were published of him kissing a colleague in his office. by breaking the government's own covid regulations, mr hancock's political credibility was damaged and his personal authority was tarnished because of the way his affair was exposed. at first, matt hancock hoped an apology would be enough to cling on. and number ten stuck by him, repeatedly saying that it considered the matter closed. but privately, senior tories were telling downing street and mr hancock that his position was untenable. labour said borisjohnson should have sacked his health secretary on friday. matt hancock was right to resign because he broke the rules, he had to go. but the prime minister should have sacked him.

yet again, borisjohnson was too slow, too weak and did not show the leadership that was needed. and then there's the question of how on earth these images were captured from inside matt hancock's private office. was it cctv or a hidden camera? ministers want answers. viewers will have seen this morning, there is coverage in the press around what people are saying has happened. the department of health will be investigating this, quite rightly. to understand how this was able to happen, put aside what was on the pictures, the fact that it was leaked at all. camera shutters click. sajid javid has a daunting in—tray from dealing with an ongoing pandemic to an nhs under pressure. he will also have a big say over covid rules and may have a different view to his predecessor. i don't imagine that actually his caution will be diminished when it comes to the pandemic but i certainly think his view could be defined as a lot more liberal when it comes to covid restrictions. and after the last few days, borisjohnson will hope mrjavid's return restores trust

in the government's messaging. ben wright, bbc news. as well as the pandemic, the new health secretary's inbox includes the other pressures on the nhs in england — and the government's ambition for a social care plan. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. another day when those over 18 in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big england are being encouraged to grab ajab. a big push in england are being encouraged to grab a jab. a big push in vaccinations to try and get as many people as possible covered by the 19th of july. the vaccination programme has been a really significant success in the response to the pandemic and walk in vaccination centres like this in north manchester have been open all weekend, helping to ensure at least half of all those under the age of 30 in england have received at least their first dose by the end of today. but despite the progress on vaccinations, the new health secretary raises some significant

challenges, most immediately how to manage the country �*s recovery from covid. the pandemic is farfrom done, infections are rising, experts warned there could still be some difficult months ahead. we warned there could still be some difficult months ahead.— warned there could still be some difficult months ahead. we see the alha difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant _ difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and _ difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and now _ difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and now the - difficult months ahead. we see the alpha variant and now the delta - alpha variant and now the delta variant and how many letters there are in the alphabet! we could see many more. we have to expect it will be a bumpy road out and there will be a bumpy road out and there will be twists and turns that we are not wishing to see. find be twists and turns that we are not wishing to see-— wishing to see. and though the vaccine has _ wishing to see. and though the vaccine has weakened - wishing to see. and though the vaccine has weakened the - wishing to see. and though the vaccine has weakened the linkl vaccine has weakened the link between infection and serious illness and death, those who have had two macro doses can still fall ill and i can only add to the staffing challenges in the nhs. there is a huge backlog of operations and procedures but the risk of burn—out amongst doctors and nurses is very real. already understaffed, the nhs now has a workforce struggling to cope. maw; workforce struggling to cope. many feel devalued _ workforce struggling to cope. many feel devalued especially _ workforce struggling to cope. ij�*iafiy feel devalued especially when workforce struggling to cope. him; feel devalued especially when you consider the government belief that they deserve a 1% pay rise so i think there's going to be a lot of

work that sajid javid needs to do to instill confidence amongst health care workers forced to sure they are retained to deliver the care needed in this hugely challenging period. and there are long—term issues as well, not let the question of how to fund social care. are you too cold? it is a problem that has plagued governments for the past 20 years and one former health secretary says it's an urgent priority. if we and one former health secretary says it's an urgent priority.— it's an urgent priority. if we do not do something _ it's an urgent priority. if we do not do something about - it's an urgent priority. if we do not do something about that l it's an urgent priority. if we do. not do something about that we it's an urgent priority. if we do - not do something about that we will continue to export its most vulnerable people into our hospitals and the nhs will never get back on its feet on its feet unless we fix that. ., ., u, g. its feet on its feet unless we fix that. ., ., ., that. how long can sa'id javid had? six that. how long can sa'id javid had? six months. _ that. how long can sa'id javid had? six months, the _ that. how long can sajid javid had? six months, the government - that. how long can sajid javid had? six months, the government says i that. how long can sajid javid had? | six months, the government says it will do it by the end of this year and i know he will want to honour that promise. mil and i know he will want to honour that promise-— and i know he will want to honour that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england _ that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england is _ that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england is looking - that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england is looking for - that promise. all this at a time the nhs in england is looking for a - that promise. all this at a time the | nhs in england is looking for a new chief executive, one of the most challenging jobs in politicsjust got tougher. dominic hughes, bbc news. the latest government figures on coronavirus show there have been 111,876 cases and 11 deaths and in the latest 2a hour period.

however, a technical error meant some data hasn't been processed so the true figures are likely to be higher. on average, there were 14,865 new cases per day in the last week. in the last 2a hours, just over 230,000 people received a first vaccine dose. that takes us to more than 44 million people having had theirfirstjab. close to 200,000 people have just had their second jab which means nearly 32.5 million people fully vaccinated — or more than 61 or more than 61 percent of uk adults. back now to our political correspondent ben wright whose report you saw a moment ago. ina dramatic in a dramatic 48 hours what will the government to seek to do?- in a dramatic 48 hours what will the government to seek to do? chaotic 48 hours for the — government to seek to do? chaotic 48 hours for the government _ government to seek to do? chaotic 48 hours for the government and - government to seek to do? chaotic 48 hours for the government and i - government to seek to do? chaotic 48 hours for the government and i think i hours for the government and i think ministers will hope voters will quickly forget the matt hancock saga on the front page of friday �*s sun newspaper and as we've heard, sajid

javid is a man with a lot of government experience, he knows whitehall well and he is plunged straight into some big decision—making is the new health secretary, in particular what to do next with regards to the lifting of covid restrictions in england. there will be a statement in the house of commons tomorrow, the government will set out the latest data, it is a review and they will say whether or not restrictions could be lifted early on july the or not restrictions could be lifted early onjuly the 5th. nobody expects apple happen, july the 19th still the day we expect structures to be lifted entirely in england so he is at the heart of things and thatis he is at the heart of things and that is where the government wants the focus to be but the labour party wants to keep political heat on the government and the circumstances surrounding the departure of matt hancock. why borisjohnson did not sack him on friday, the access his aide had at the heart of government and they want to know where the cctv footage came from, i should say ministers want to know that as well. thank you. classified ministry of defence documents — including details about the warship

hms defender — have been found at a bus stop in kent by a member of the public. after the papers were passed to the bbc, the government acknowledged a serious breach of security — and an investigation has been launched. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. when hms defender left the ukrainian port of odessa last week, at a start of a journey likely to draw hostile attention from russia, secret documents about its mission were lying in a soggy heap behind a bus stop in kent. the documents show that officials were keenly aware that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. what do we understand about the possible welcome party, one of them asked? this map shows two possible routes. the one marked in green would challenge russia's claims of sovereignty. possible russian responses could range from safe and professional to neither safe nor professional. to sail further south could be interpreted by russia as a sign the uk was being scared and running away. hands to action stations...

hms defender took the green route. russia's response was hostile. this wasn't the point of the exercise, but the documents show that this was hardly unexpected. all that is now in the past but the papers don't stop there. there is much more. the range of material is quite alarming because it covers relations with russia, with hms defender, it covers afg ha nista n, it covers arms exports, relations with the united states. the level of classification of all this stuff is not all that high but anything classified shouldn't be going outside the mod, covering this range of issues. one issue perhaps, but not this range of issues. that's pretty sensitive. nato is in the middle of withdrawing from afghanistan. britain is still negotiating with its partners, especially the americans, about what kind of british military presence might remain. document makes a number of recommendations with dates, locations and numbers. and