it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% if he becomes prime minister. horn blares the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. hello and a very good morning. england s lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany, in football s european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy on and off the pitch, as a record breaking 87,000 fans packed wembley stadium for the nail biting game. it s the first major trophy for england since the men s world cup win in 1966. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks back at a historic night for women s football. commentator: the lionesses first-ever major trophy. - they say the best things come to those who wait. england, e
charitable fund took a donation of £1 million from the bin laden family from saudi arabia. just days before ballot papers are arrived at the tory members rishi sunak and liz truss set out new promises on health and education. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. good evening and welcome to wembley. bbc news channel is on the road to see england s lionesses facing an agonising half hour of extra time in their euro 22 final against germany after being less than ten minutes away from securing england s first major international trophy for more than half a century. they took the lead with asa per ella toone breakaway goal before conceiving in the equaliser late in the game. i ve been watching this match with our report affirms bbc sport. alice, this is a half hour, tiny gap in the middle legs are starting to get tired. , ., . tired. alex. everything that much harder for the
wild celebrations across the country as england secure their first major football trophy since the 1966 men s world cup. and i m lewis vaughanjones the other headlines this hour: a lithuanian man has been charged with murdering a nine year old girl who was found stabbed in the street in boston, lincolnshire. the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the prince s charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia. the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. good evening and welcome to wembley. well, they ve done it. england s lionesses have beaten germany to win euro 2022 the first major international trophy either the men s or women s national teams have landed for more than half a century. they won 2 1 but they needed extra time to do it. it took them an hour to open the scoring substitute ell