The 27 year old romanian tookjust 56 minutes to beat Serena Williams in straight sets on centre court. Facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users data privacy. And, england comfortably beat scotland to make it two wins from two at the netball world cup. Well have more on this and rest of the days sporting action in half an hour on bbc news. Good afternoon. The metropolitan police have released a statement in connection with leaked government documents which led to the resignation of the uk ambassador to the the us Sir Kim Darroch. Assistant commissioner neil basu re iterates that publishing any more leaks could be a criminal offence but says the police respect press freedom. Andy moore reports. Sir kim darroch has resigned but thatis Sir Kim Darroch has resigned but that is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Inquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e mails. That memo is published in the mail on sunday ca
Users data privacy. And, louisiana braces itself for hurricane barry, storm surges and heavy rain are expected later. Hurricane barry has made landfall, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. Now it is time for a sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday. We are alive at wimbledon on what has been ladys finals day. These are the headlines. Simona halep is the new ladies champion after a straight sets victory against Serena Williams. She played out of her mind, congratulations. Tomorrow it is the mens final as Roger Federer i another slice of history. He faces the defending champion, Novak Djokovic. And im olly foster at the bbc sport centre. Well head to lords ahead of the World Cup Final, england against new zealand, there will be a new champion. No pole for the World Champion at silverstone tomorrow, Lewis Hamilton isjust edged out by his teammate in qualifying for the british grand prix. And everythings coming up roses. A big win for england against scotland at the netball world cup
All the sport with hugh ferris. We are watching the mens semifinals at wimbledon today, before roger against rougher later, Novak Djokovic is attempting to reach his six final, he is already set up in his match. We will have the latest just after 2 30pm. Thanks and ben rich has all the weather. Whether looking innocuous, sunny spells around, areas of cloud, one or two showers, but innocuous is not what we would say in the south of the usa, Tropical Storm storm barry bringing damaging the raid, the full lowdown just before 2 30pm. Also coming up englands women start their bid to win a first netball world cup this evening, with a match against uganda in liverpool. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. Hms duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. Hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hm
Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the bakery chain, patisserie valerie. Englands lionesses prepare to take on cameroon in the quarter finals of the womens world cup. And, coming up at 1 30pm, and, coming up at1 30pm, we and, coming up at 1 30pm, we are on the Yorkshire Post checking out the whitby golf festival. Yorkshire coast. Good afternoon. Theres continued focus on borisjohnsons private life this lunchtime, after he failed to answer questions at a conservative Leadership Debate about why police were called to his house following reports of a row. His supporters, including the cabinet minister liz truss, say he should be judged on his policies not his personal life. But detractors, Like International trade secretary liam fox, whos backing jeremy hunt, said today mrjohnson should have given an explanation of what happened. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Often in the headlines, this time for the wrong reasons. After police
good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo