and england arrive in rome ahead of tomorrows euro 2020 quarterfinal with ukraine. later in the hour, we will have sports day with all the latest reports, results interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. good evening. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has declared that labour is back after the party held on at the batley and spen by election in west yorkshire. but their victory was narrow. kim leadbeater the sister of the murdered mpjo cox held the seat with a majority of just 323 votes over the conservatives. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. it was no easy path to today s moment of celebration. but the cheers soon replaced doubt about labour s chances, the relief obvious. a loss here would have left the labour leader vulnerable, but this victory, even narrow, will quieten the critics for now. my message is, when the labour party sticks to its core values, is rooted in its communities and pulls together, we can win, just as we ve won here.
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it s been a decade since andy murray lifted the famous trophy. a repeat of that for him or any brit this year is likely to be a mountainous task. but this is wimbledon. never say never. nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. i think the weather will be playing a part in wimbledon over the next couple of days, as we will see in a moment. fortoday, low pressure couple of days, as we will see in a moment. for today, low pressure is in charge and broadly speaking it is a day of sunny spells and showers. so, a day of sunny spells and showers. 50, pictures like these rainbows across many areas of the uk today. we have some longer spells of rain around as well, notably across northern england, heading towards the lincolnshire area and across northern scotland, where it is going to be quite a wet and cold day. also quite windy, gusts of wind into 30 mph for many. the 40s for the koh and hills of wales, where it will be particularly blow it, the
here since 2017. following him will be last year s overnight sensation emma raducanu, who went on to win the us open. she is optimistic about her chances, despite her recent injury. but it won t be easy today. she has got a very good first round opponent. and then andy murray is last on the centre court. nine british players in action today. laura, thank you. that takes asunder a look at the weather with susan powell. we saw the rain messing with the cricket. i d say odds on we will see the covers at wimbledon within the next hour. the showers are merging their way across central england at their way across central england at the moment. not great news for haymakers. the grass still standing nicely behind in herefordshire. showers clearing eastwards in the last error. but through this week that the challenge of those showers sweeping their way through is going to stay with us. you can see a band of them here on the radar. some of them are turning to be quite heavy and thunder