british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
and tv presenter davina mccall paid tribute to deborah on instagram saying. well said, there. lots of people takin: in well said, there. lots of people taking in the well said, there. lots of people taking in the news well said, there. lots of people taking in the news this - well said, there. lots of people | taking in the news this morning. john has the sport for us and he s on centre court at wimbledon. a big day a british action ahead? yes, we will come to that in a moment. certainly what unfolded here last night which was a big talking points. serena williams, the 23 time
be slow moving. a small chance of a shower at wimbledon. be slow moving. a small chance of a showerat wimbledon. here, shower at wimbledon. here, temperatures showerat wimbledon. here, temperatures 22. generally 15 23. 0vernight, showers will fade. then we look at the south because we have this system clipping the south eastern quarter and showers moving northwards across scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night. not a cold night. temperatures between 10 13. tomorrow, showers move north into northern scotland and the northern isles. you could see more cloud across east anglia and kent because we have a weather front nearby. but there will be showers around and some could be heavy and thundering. temperatures 14 19. tomorrowjust that little bit cooler. ghislaine maxwell, a former girlfriend of the sex offenderjeffrey epstein, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in new york.
weather front moving towards the east bringing rain. as it clears, sunshine and showers and not as windy as yesterday. this is the weather front with the rain. and windy as yesterday. this is the weatherfront with the rain. and one behind it will fizzle and if anything enhance the showers we have. the lack of isobars tells you it is not particularly windy. the rain has been heavy in parts of the country overnight. at the moment heavy across the north east especially. some cloud around it. some of us starting with sunshine. the rain clears the south east. moving up into the northern isles and showers follow behind. for wimbledon, a small chance of a shower later. a 5% chance. these are the average wind speeds. not particularly strong. temperatures up to 23. 15-16 in the
grand slam champion is out, only twice have we seen her go out in the first round here at wimbledon. last year when she was forced to retire injured. she lost in a three hour epic last night to harmony tan and afterwards, serena williams said she did not know if she would be back here at wimbledon again. tan earning here at wimbledon again. tan earning her own slice of wimbledon history last night. we will be looking forward to the british contingent out here on centre court later, including emma raducanu and andy murray. few knew her name at the start of the night, but by half past ten, harmony tan was the star, serving to beat serena after three extraordinary hours. has there ever been a better round match at wimbledon? has there ever been a better first round match at wimbledon? for tan and herfamily it meant so much, to win on this court against this player. williams was back here at a0.