A controversial if slightly soggy fourth ofjuly celebration. Theres been double delight for andy murray on his return to wimbledon winning his opening doubles match. Hell take to the court again later with Serena Williams. Hotter than yesterday at wimbledon, 27, 28 in a lot of sunshine. The forecast for the uk as a whole, the northern half of the country, cloudier with spots of rain, heaviest in the north west and for the south, sunny, dry and warm. Well be back with more later. We will. Its friday, the 5thjuly. Our top story, five former heads of Scotland Yard have warned that the public has lost confidence in the police and there is a feeling that britain has descended into lawlessness, due to the amount of knife and drug crime. In a letter to the times newspaper, the former Police Chiefs condemn what they call the emasculation of british policing under theresa may. Our news correspondent ben ando is outside new Scotland Yard. Ben, whats behind this letter . Good morning charlie. Whe
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between the uk and the eu, as sara girvin reports. across northern ireland today people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay. unions hope that increases will now be a priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers haven t had a pay increase for three year, they really have waited long enough. they have watched teachers wages grow far ahead oaf wages in northern ireland. that is one priority. parents hope that financial hope with childcare available in other parts of the uk will now be signed off. families here have been watching developments elsewhere in the uk, in england we have seen record investment in childcare and the extension to 30 hour scheme, it is considerably more than families can access in northern ireland. the dup wal
walked out in protest over arrangements was created to trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear what exactly is in the deal but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. let s go straight to stormont and our island correspondencejohn campbell. we were listening a few moments ago tojeffrey donaldson, is it becoming clear how soon power sharing could be up and running? power-sharing could be up and runnina ? , . ., . , power-sharing could be up and runninu? ,~ ., . , running? every chance it will be by the end of this running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. jeffrey - the end of this week. jeffrey donaldson was in fighting form, outselling this deal, saying it s going to deliver more than some of his critics had suggested. at the moment we only have what he is telling us and his spin on this deal, he says there is going to be new legislat
americans do? here is our international editor. one of the presidents international editor. one of the presidents officials - international editor. one of the presidents officials as l the presidents officials as actions speak louder than words. we can only speculate at this point. what tends to happen is the us militarily gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of st