injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which s
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real honesty as to the cost of 20 years down the line. take, for example, the aircraft carriers. announced by funfair by gordon brown in 1998 and completed 20 years later. the early stages, there is no honesty as to their financial cost, opportunity cost of required enablers and what that would mean for the rest of defence for a long time. and like so many projects, and else will pay further down the line. that lack of realism has impacted right across our armed forces. in mind, too many army leaders and politicians focused on platform numbers while meeting the rising costs by hollowing out elements. the sacrificial dry docks and maintenance facilities. how many tanks or ships you have if you have no space or ammunition? what is the point of demanding more brigades if the ones you have do not possess sufficient defence? how long to be thinkable last? there are many lessons and there will be many more to come. some of the lessons, in fact, prove many of the defence command papers. for e