so, will the stewards please open the gates. at sw19, when trying to get from a to b, you can't avoid a queue. have you queued overnight, what was that like? queued, got my wristband! we joined the camping queue midday yesterday. what are you hoping to get, or hoping to see? just getting in there, to be honest, at this point. hundreds of the world's best, vying for top spot, and the oldest prize in tennis. lift that thing, let's go! in the men's draw, we know it won't be australian nick kyrgios. runner—up last year, he's had to pull out with a wrist injury. novak djokovic is perhaps the safe bet. the number two seed is hoping for a fifth wimbledon title in a row. meanwhile, the ladies draw is said to be wide open. good news for 43—year—old wild card venus williams. the last of her five wins here was back in 2008. it's the epitome of not only tennis, but many sports, i think. getting a ticket to wimbledon is probably the hardest ticket to get in sports. and i have a ticket.

it's been a decade since andy murray lifted the famous trophy. a repeat of that for him or any brit this year is likely to be a mountainous task. but this is wimbledon. never say never. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. i think the weather will be playing a part in wimbledon over the next couple of days, as we will see in a moment. fortoday, low pressure couple of days, as we will see in a moment. for today, low pressure is in charge and broadly speaking it is a day of sunny spells and showers. so, a day of sunny spells and showers. 50, pictures like these rainbows across many areas of the uk today. we have some longer spells of rain around as well, notably across northern england, heading towards the lincolnshire area and across northern scotland, where it is going to be quite a wet and cold day. also quite windy, gusts of wind into 30 mph for many. the 40s for the koh and hills of wales, where it will be particularly blow it, they shower a two wind wimbledon. if we do see showers, and we probably will, 15 minutes or half an hour and then the

sunshine should come back out. temperatures are below par. overnight, the red band sinks southwards towards the central belt. elsewhere, showers clear for a time. there is going to be more rain developing towards the end of the night, across southern wales and into south—west england as well. looking at the weather charted are due tuesday, low pressure still with us. what as this front working across southern and eastern areas of england, that i think poses the threat of seeing much longer delays to play at wimbledon. i have a suspicion of the rain is going to be a bit more extensive, further north and a bit slower to clear as well. further north, we are looking up a band of rain pushing out of the central bank of scotland, across southern scotland and northern ireland. there will be some splashes of rain here as well. temperatures getting up to around 17 or 20 celsius. but i suspect we could see some fairly lengthy disruptions to play at wimbledon for tomorrow. that is something to bear in mind. perhaps turning drier, slowly, late

in the afternoon. beyond that, let's take a look at the charts for the middle part of the week. the low pressure are still there, but weakening. we are looking showers mainly across the north—west of the uk. otherwise, probably more in the way of sunshine around and fewer showers, particularly the further south that you go, with showers most frequent across north—western areas. our temperatures, starting to come up our temperatures, starting to come up a little better, given that we should have a bit more on the way of sunshine and dry weather around. highs of or so. towards the end of the week, we will see some further changes in our weather pattern. this weather front moving into western areas of the uk, it could bring rain heavy enough to bring localised flooding. we have to keep a close eye on things, for example in northern ireland. ahead of that we have southerly wind dragging and hot air from have southerly wind dragging and hot airfrom europe. particularly for air from europe. particularly for central and airfrom europe. particularly for central and eastern parts of the uk, we are looking temperatures are really climbing. in london, you could see street friday and saturday reaching about 27 degrees. that's the latest. thanks, chris. and that's bbc news at one. the news continues here on bbc one —

it's time to join colleagues across the nations and regions. hello and welcome to sportsday — with me paul scott. here's what's coming up. novak djokovic is stepping on court right now as he begins the defence of his wimbledon title. there are five brits in action on day one at sw19 — harriet dart already under way as she takes on france's diane parry for a place in round two. and england turn their attention to a must—win third ashes test at headingley, following defeat in a remarkable second test at lord's.

welcome along to the programme — we begin at wimbledon where day one is under way. the defending men's champion novak djokovic is out on centre court right now as he begins the defence of his title. meanwhile there are five brits in first round action today. chetan pathak is there for us with eyes on multiple courts! hejoins us now. novak djokovic might be the second seed, but he is surely the big favourite over the next fortnight.— surely the big favourite over the next fortniuht. , ,., next fortnight. overwhelmingly so, i think it is fair _ next fortnight. overwhelmingly so, i think it is fair to _ next fortnight. overwhelmingly so, i think it is fair to say. _ next fortnight. overwhelmingly so, i think it is fair to say. there - next fortnight. overwhelmingly so, i think it is fair to say. there are - think it is fair to say. there are some certainties you can have with wimbledon, we have already felt a bit of drizzle and cloud cover, and is now the sun is shining. we are expecting all seasons across the next two weeks. we have is the iconic queue snaking outside. the energy is very different here to all the other majors. novak djokovic

having a good run at wimbledon. we are so familiar with that particular story storyline. he is trying to win his eighth title. the 24th grand slam and he is warming up on centre court at the moment. we can show you some live pictures which i can't keep my eye across at the moment, but you are seeing those on the screen as we speak. he is playing pedro kashin of argentina, a man who was only played one match on grass going into this game, but novak djokovic, my goodness me, formidable of course on the surface. —— on the turf. you have to go back a decade since he last lost on centre court, and he has looked calm and at ease. in the french open he looked quite stressed and others, but here he looks comparable and is in a favourable side of the draw. not a lot of challenges. you will see jannik sinner later, who took on very close in last year's quarterfinals, winning the first two sets against djokovic. we have the

man that novak djokovic one in the french open final. nick kyrgios pulling out last night with a wrist injury. in terms of the men we have seen playing today, remember russian and belarusian players are back after that ban from last year was lifted and andrey rublev is through to the second round. it was a comfortable win for him against australia's max purcell. in straight sets, 3—5 and four, he didn't win but made the final. looking very murphy will come in and be the option that in term: looking very comfortable on grass. the russian. and we will see daniil medvedev, aryna sabalenka, the high—profile russian and belarusian players still to come. , ., ~ russian and belarusian players still to come. , . ~ . ., �*, to come. lets talk about the women's draw, to come. lets talk about the women's draw. because — to come. lets talk about the women's draw. because iga _ to come. lets talk about the women's draw, because iga swiatek _ to come. lets talk about the women's draw, because iga swiatek is - to come. lets talk about the women's draw, because iga swiatek is the - to come. lets talk about the women's draw, because iga swiatek is the top | draw, because iga swiatek is the top seed. the question is i suppose if she can adapt to a game to the grass. how is she looking early on? taking a quick glance to the monitor that has all the scores below the

camera out there and i can see she absolutely flying at the moment against china's zhu lin, she is 5—0 up, but it looks a little bit tighter now. it'll go at the iga swiatek bakery, because she loves bagels. so complains of our victories. never pass the forefront round at the championships, she is a formerjunior wimbledon champion, former junior wimbledon champion, still figuring it formerjunior wimbledon champion, still figuring it out on the surface, looking very good on the surface. she lost in round three last year, and iga swiatek goes into this having won the french open, so trying to make that adaptation between clay and grass, the free time french open champion, four—time grand slam champion and looking good. at the moment, although iga swiatek isjust good. at the moment, although iga swiatek is just that game against zhu lin, and is the chinese player is on the scoreboard. the match we are looking forward to on centre got are looking forward to on centre got a second up, it is venus williams at

44 years old, back on the court she loves more than any other. at five—time wimbledon champion, a seven time grand slam champion. venus williams of course, who won that match in birmingham against camilla georgia before that she lost to ostapenko. if you can serve well, and keep those really short, she has and keep those really short, she has a chance again svitolina, the ukrainian player who reached the french open quarterfinals only last month. i french open quarterfinals only last month. ~ ., i. french open quarterfinals only last month. ~ ., . month. i know you have screens and monitors all— month. i know you have screens and monitors all over _ month. i know you have screens and monitors all over the _ month. i know you have screens and monitors all over the place, - monitors all over the place, you need eyes on the back of your head. if you're a fan of british tennis, what should you be keeping your eye out for today?— out for today? there was a bit of an eic out for today? there was a bit of an epic against — out for today? there was a bit of an epic against diane _ out for today? there was a bit of an epic against diane parry _ out for today? there was a bit of an epic against diane parry of - out for today? there was a bit of an epic against diane parry of france, | epic against diane parry of france, and parry has had some good results and parry has had some good results and gross over the last couple of years. she would fancy herself to beat parry, but she is nowjust gone out on three sets, have yet died. losing this 16—4. remember that harriet dart. —— harriet dart. and

many morose mode getting the job done. out goes harriet dart. later on, we have liam brodie, kenny mcnally, and dan evans. dan evans, in his own words, has had a horrible year. he says that he went out in the opening rounds of queens, and

it does not look like henry moran can hear us now. we will try to get back to him later to discuss the third test taking place at headingley, england against australia. it gets under way on thursday. roy hodgson is targeting a "top half finish" with crystal palace, after the club confirmed he will be their manager next season. the 75—year—old returned to palace in march when he replaced patrick vieira on a deal

until the end of last season. he helped steer the side out of the relegation zone, taking 18 points from his ten games in charge — to finish 11th in the premier league. hodgson says he's "immensely pleased and proud" to be staying at palace. newcastle have signed ac milan and italy midfielder sandro tonali. the 23—year—old has signed a five—year contract, becoming eddie howe's first signing of the summer as his side prepares for champions league football. the reported £55million fee would make him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. and tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign manor solomon. the 23—year—old is set to undergo a medical this week. hejoined fulham on loan from shakhtar donetsk,

after exercising a rule allowing ukraine—based players to suspend their contracts, following russia's invasion of the country last year. the israeli international will become tottenham's fourth signing of the summer. let's try to go back to our cricket reporter. we were previewing the ashes test against australia. the third test gets under way at headingley on thursday, but the atmosphere will be slightly different after events in the second test at lord's. it different after events in the second test at lord's-— test at lord's. it will be, and what an extraordinary _ test at lord's. it will be, and what an extraordinary day _ test at lord's. it will be, and what an extraordinary day yesterday - test at lord's. it will be, and what an extraordinary day yesterday as | an extraordinary day yesterday as the home of cricket. i have never seen or heard anything like it. it was such a strange atmosphere. it was such a strange atmosphere. it was like being at the westin terrace at headingley or the holly standard edgbaston. because of this one incident, where let's be honest, australia well within their rights or the dismissal ofjohnny bairstow.

within his right to not draw that appeal, but it incensed the england supporters and the england side. we heard from brendon mccullum, the england coach after the game who said what will this do for the readiness between the two sides? he said rather tellingly, i don't think we'll be having beers with them any time soon. there will be a neck dab a bit of extra needle going into the next match. it mightjust bow england on, and goodness me, do they need it? 5—0 down in the series. what effects will this have on the tourists and the remaining matches, and how much hope is there that buzz balkan could good and when the remaining matches? the balkan could good and when the remaining matches? the absence of them is huge. _ remaining matches? the absence of them is huge. he — remaining matches? the absence of them is huge, he has _ remaining matches? the absence of them is huge, he has played - remaining matches? the absence of them is huge, he has played so - remaining matches? the absence of. them is huge, he has played so many matches for australia and is known as the greatest of all time, so he will be a huge hole for australia. murphy will come in and be the

option that in terms