trophy for the women at wimbledon. but yesterday cameron norrie s wimbledon final dream ended with a semifinal defeat to reigning champion novak djokovic. and supermodel naomi campbell on modelling, mortarboards and motherhood. good morning. the temperatures will be the talking point of the weather forecast this weekend, things really warming up again, especially by sunday. lots of strong sunshine and things remaining mostly drive. dry. it s saturday, the ninth ofjuly. our top story: the race to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party is gathering pace this morning, with four conservative mps now in the running to become the next prime minister. the candidates so far include former chancellor, rishi sunak, whose resignation earlier this week helped trigger the mass walkout of ministers that forced mrjohnson to stand down. more candidates are expecting to enter the contest over the weekend, as our political correspondent, ione wells, reports. will you be st
as a young boy features on the front page of the mail. the paper says mps who resigned earlier in the week from the government are facing a backlash from colleagues and voters in the so called red wall . the telegraph leads with a warning from rishi sunak that tax cuts must wait , with the paper calling him the serious candidate . the ft says the former chancellor is among those being accused of treachery by fellow tories after events of the past few days. don t listen to fairytales is the headline in the times a soundbite from rishi sunak s campaign video released this evening. the mirror leads with a tribute to the older brother of tv star declan donnelly, who has died aged 55. and the same story leads the sun with the headline my darling brother has gone . let sjump let s jump straight in. let sjump straight in. martin, do you want to kick us off this time, if we take a look at the front of the guardian? let battle begin. how much do you think that is loaded lang
And ukrainian officials reported that russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. The mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. Earlier this month, Russian Forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. Heres one of the shop workers explaining what happened. Translation i was at work in the Furniture Section when there was a first hit. Me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. There was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. We were covered in it, our faces, too. We started to dig our way up to the top. There, the Extinguishing System had started working. We grabbed a few people and an Emergency Service guy who was shopping saved us. He was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. Me, my colleague and another boy as well as a shopper and his girlfriend made it out. 0ur Interna
Elsewhere, a swan song or perhaps not. On the eve of the tournament, rafael nadal refuses to say if this is his final french open. Also coming up on sportsday for this first time this season, Max Verstappen wont lead the grid as he misses out on the record for consecutive poles, after a bad afternoon in monaco for the reigning world champion. Welcome to the programme. It was a repeat of last years fa cup final, but with a different result. Despite facing difficult questions about the future of boss erik ten hag, his Manchester United side denied rivals Manchester City from securing a league and cup double by winning 2 1 at wembley. Our Sports Correspondent Natalie Pirks has the story. Familiar foes with vastly different fortunes. As reports intensified about the fate of Manchester Uniteds manager, fans laid blame firmly elsewhere. You have to start to question the players eventually. Back the manager, all day long. The players need to have a look at themself. Would this be ten hags las
Sheffield, the mist and fog quite extensive in places across northern and eastern areas of england in particular, but not quite so much of an issue overnight tonight and for the next few days. In fact, that is mostly because the winds are set to pick up. It will be quite unsettled, more heavy downpours of rain for many of us as well. Looking at the rainfall chart yet again you can see the rainfall will be quite extensive over the next few days. Not so much for Western Scotland but the area of most concern again, eastern scotland, another 50 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. The ground is of course already saturated. A constant stream of the Shower Speeding through on an easterly wind. Eastern areas of Northern Ireland, heavy, thundery downpours here, maybe some flashes of lightning could cause problems later. Showers elsewhere across england and wales. More sunshine emerging from the south by the end of the day, temperatures for most a little lower than they were yesterday, 10