with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
and hopefully that s a sign to come. and we re obviously on this comeback charge that we know that we need to do. well, the next thing for both teams is a well earned rest. but when the ashes resume onjuly the 19th, england have to carry the spirit of this test match with them. joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. what a series it is turning out to be. as we know british hopes in the singles are over at wimbledon for another year. novak djokovic will continue his last 16 match later, two sets to the good. he s taking on hubert hurkasz. perhaps not as straightforward for the polish 17th seed in two closely fought tie breaks before play was suspended due to the 11pm curfew. the women s world number one iga swiatek survived a scare to reach the quarter finals for the first time. she lost the first set against the olympic champion belinda bencic and then saved two match points in the second. swaitek then saw out the match 6 3 in the decider. she s looking to win her
get the win today and hopefully we are on this comeback charge that we know we have to do. it are on this comeback charge that we know we have to do. know we have to do. it was always auoin to know we have to do. it was always going to be know we have to do. it was always going to be hard know we have to do. it was always going to be hard but know we have to do. it was always going to be hard but i know we have to do. it was always going to be hard but i thought- know we have to do. it was always going to be hard but i thought we| going to be hard but i thought we bowled going to be hard but i thought we bowled really well at times and a couple bowled really well at times and a couple of bowled really well at times and a couple of innings by then. harry brooke couple of innings by then. harry brooke was the key wicket and a good partnership brooke was the key wicket and a good partnership together but, kept flipping partnership together but, kept flipping and floppin
having already secured promotion to the premier league. manchester city goalkeeper karen bardsley has announced she s retiring from the game after an illustrious 20 year career for both club and country. the 37 year old won eight major trophies during her time with city and played 81 times for england. she also represented great britain at the 2012 olympics. bardsley will be honoured at wednesday s women s super league home game against birmingham city. she s revealed that failing to fully recoverfrom a hamstring injury picked up during the 2019 world cup has forced her to quit the game. in just over half an hour s time, the final session of the world snooker championship will begin, and it s heading to a dramatic conclusion tonight, withjudd trump on the comeback charge against ronnie 0 sullivan. trump started the day seven frames behind with some even wondering if this final would last into the evening session. but the 2019, champion has won six of the eight frames this afternoon and
is rolled out elsewhere, but simon edwards there, are you. let s stay with the sports theme. hi, gavin. the final of the world snooker championship is heading to a dramatic conclusion tonight, withjudd trump on the comeback charge against ronnie 0 sullivan. trump started the day seven frames behind with some even wondering if this final would last into the evening session. but the 2019 champion has won six of the eight frames this afternoon and now trails by only three, helped by this remarkable fluked red in the last frame before the break. play resumes at 7pm with 0 sullivan leading 1a 11. he s chasing a seventh world title which would take him level with stephen hendry as the most successful player at this tournament. a shock at the vitality london 10,000m earlier four time olympic champion mo farah was beaten by a club runner. farah said he ll make decisions about his future on a race by race basis. it was his first competition since failing to qualify for the olympics last ye