hall trilogy, described as one of the great writers in english literature. people comparing her with dickens of. literature. people comparing her with dickens of. yeah, i think she s the first prizewinner with dickens of. yeah, i think she s the first prizewinner that s - with dickens of. yeah, i think she s the first prizewinner that s a - the first prizewinner that s a female. but it s a really sad to see such a writer who s brought the nation such appreciated books, but i think she wrote the phone us wrote the final one a couple of years ago. but we re seeing people from across the spectrum coming and pay their tributes to her as an incredible writer. as it so often is, authors get more celebration. that would be good. james, i don t know if you are a fan of her writing, but they were incredibly detailed in novels. they sort of make you feel like you re living in the england of centuries ago. yeah, i personally the england of centuries ago. yeah, i personally hadn t
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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