from the bbc sport centre. serena williams has hinted that she could retire from tennis, after the us open later this month. the 23 time grand slam winner s comments in vogue magazine and on social media said she was evolving away from the game. joe wilson has more. do you remember wimbledon late night, latejune, first round 7 she s done it. as harmony tan celebrated, it was the clearest evidence yet that serena williams can t go on forever. in her own way she is now reaching that conclusion, with her own words and her own sense of humour. i don t know, i m getting closer to the light. laughter yeah, so that s like lately that s been. ..that s been it for me. i can t wait to get to that light. reporter: i know you re joking. . i m notjoking! ok, so explain to me what the light is to you, what the light represents. freedom. freedom to appear on the cover of vogue, for example, where serena williams says she will be evolving away from tennis
internationals, in belfast. the visitors batted first and made 168 for 7, from their 20 overs. barry mccarthey taking 3 wickets for ireland. andy balbirnie and lorcan tucker both scoring half centuries. ireland sacored171 3. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. lets get more now on seven times wimbledon champion, serena williams, appearing to have announced she plans to retire from tennis after the us open later this month. in an article for vogue magazine she said was evolving away from the sport . ms williams has won twenty three grand slam titles, making her the most successful female tennis player of the open era. do you remember wimbledon? late night, latejune the 1st harmony ten celebrated it was the clearest
making her the most successful female tennis player of the open era. here s our sports correspondent, joe wilson. do you remember wimbledon late night, latejune, first round? she s done it. as harmony tan celebrated, it was the clearest evidence yet that serena williams can t go on forever. in her own way she is now reaching that conclusion, with her own words and her own sense of humour. i don t know, i m getting closer to the light. - laughter. yeah, so that s like lately that s been. ..that s been it for me. i can t wait to get to that light. reporter: i know you re joking. i m notjoking! ok, so explain to me what the light is to you, what the light represents. freedom. freedom to appear on the cover of vogue, for example, where serena williams says she will be evolving away from tennis after the us open, which starts this month. she can t yet bear to
tax cuts actually pay for themselves. today of course is tax freedom day and that is the day in which the average worker has worked enough, and earned enough to pay their tax bill, their annual tax bill. it s a particularly interesting one to hear the announcement today especially when people are struggling with the cost of living crisis. yes, most definitely. it is today. last year it was a four week earlier. if you project out what tax freedom day could be by 2026. we are starting to get into latejune, later on down the line we are getting intojuly. we are really trying to illustrate how the tax burden has changed over time and how it affects the average brit. right now it is getting worse not better at it we need to do something about that. as long as we do that in a way that actually maintains fiscal responsibility. but if ou look maintains fiscal responsibility. but if you look at that argument, lower taxes, the flip side of that is that you risk inflation going up and it
let s return to the us and the news that the us supreme court could be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion according to an unprecedented leaked draft of a court document. let s get more on this from washington and cbs correspondent natalie brandt. what impact could this have? this is an unprecedented what impact could this have? this is an unprecedented leak. what impact could this have? this is an unprecedented leak. this - what impact could this have? this is an unprecedented leak. this type i what impact could this have? this is an unprecedented leak. this type of| an unprecedented leak. this type of leak from, the an unprecedented leak. this type of leakfrom, the nation s high court. it is important to note it is not the final decision in this case. that is not expected until latejune or earlyjuly. but from what we know, this could havejust or earlyjuly. but from what we know, this could have just stunning consequences and implications for abortion rights