asked questions about his position all the way to west dunbartonshire where he was keen to try and trump it with labour gains. he wanted to talk about their successes labour had yesterday, he wanted to talk about where labour had made inroads, he wanted to talk about a turning point for stock instead, he is now being hounded by questions about what he s going to do if he is fined by durham police. this relates back to a gathering that took place in the run up to a by election last year. he was filmed in an office of one of his mps, a constituency office of one of his mps drinking a beer. he has said repeatedly that he is confident no rules were broken. initially, durham police looked and assessed there have been no offence committed. yesterday, they announced that they were investigating following significant new evidence. i think this is awkward timing because it overshadows the election result. it also completely neutralises the line of attack that he has been employing an
became the first unseeded player to win the women s single s title. she beat the favourite ons jabeur in straight sets, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. unseeded, unstoppable, and almost unbelievable. marketa vondrousova came as an outsider, leaving as the champion. she emerged to face tunisia s ons jabeur, knowing the pressure was on her opponent. no african or arab woman had won the title, and jabeur had victory in her sides. but vondrousova had a roan motivation, a career related by injury, coming to wimbledon last year as a fan with her wrist in plaster. had her own motivation. suddenly she was inspired. after trailing 4 2, the czech charged to the first set. jabeur s early confidence had turned to nerves. she is a huge fan favourite, here, though, and briefly responded. brought on by the crowd, the comeback seemed on. roared. but once again vondrousova realtor in an victory was hers. the first unseeded player to win the women s title here, her husban
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Also this morning, warnings of dangerous heat for hundreds of millions, acorss southern europe and the united states. the defence secretary ben wallace announces he will step down from government and will leave parliament at the next election. more than stroll in the country how ian flatt, who has motor neurone disease, has spent the weekend trekking a hundred miles acorss yorkshire. good morning. another day of blustery showers and one or two lively downpours, but hopefully on balance fewer than we had yesterday. more detail coming up. good morning. it s sundayjuly 16. our main story this morning is the dramatic end to wimbledon, where novak djokovic is aiming for a record equalling eighth men s title when he faces top seed carlos alcaraz in the final this afternoon. it follows an historic day at the all england club, when marketa vondrousava