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
across england and wales and warmer than yesterday. in scotland and northern ireland it was the warmest day of the year so far yesterday, todayis day of the year so far yesterday, today is cooler with much more cloud. not much rain left over and i think the cloud will thin and break so we should see sunshine. some cloud pushing into the far north of england, the rest of england and wales enjoying blue skies and strong sunshine, temperatures higher than yesterday, 2&25, i7 sunshine, temperatures higher than yesterday, 2&25, 17 or 18 sunshine, temperatures higher than yesterday, 21125, 17 or 18 scotland and northern ireland where we have the cloud. some patchy cloud overnight tonight in scotland and northern ireland, the bulk of england and wales dry, clear, no wind, temperature is probably more evenly spread overnight, 11 or 12 degrees, may be warmer in northern ireland with more cloud. i hope we should break through that cloud tomorrow more readily across northern ireland add
she was emotionally, physically and even financially abusive. according to recent figures by the domestic abuse charity mankind, in 2019, one in three victims of domestic abuse in the uk were men. and since 200a, the number of women convicted of perpetrating domestic abuse has increased from 806 to a,9a8 in 2020. experts say the issue of male domestic abuse is only increasing in the country. we deal with a lot of clients and over the years that i have been practicing, there have been a lot. and it is very similar to when abused women speak to professionals. they are also very, initially, not willing to talk about this, for many issues. maybe there is shame, maybe they don t want to make things more difficult, but with men, there is that issue of if, i speak about this, then maybe i am branded as weak. a new service called men reaching 0ut has been launched in bradford to help tackle this growing issue and it is the first
south asian male domestic abuse provision in the uk. i one of the first points of call i is a telephone helpline support, where a man can pick up a phone and share his story. the second tier is where that man may have picked up the phone - and says, actually i need a lot more support. - we then invite them in and do - an assessment and then provide that one to one specialist support. and since its launch, the project says it has seen a steep rise in the number of people calling its helpline. the first couple of months i when we started we received around 20 calls a month. that figure has now gone up - to between 50 60 calls per month. if it was not for the support that i got from men reaching out, i don t think i would be alive today.
from 806 to 4948 in 2020, and experts say that the issue of male domestic abuse is only increasing in the country. we deal with a lot of clients, and over the years that i have been practising there have been a lot, and it is very similar to when abused women speak to professionals. they are also very, initially, not willing to talk about this for many issues. maybe there is shame, maybe they don t want to make things more difficult. but with men, there is that issue of, well, if i speak about this then maybe i m branded as weak. a new service called men reaching out has been launched in bradford in northern england to help tackle this growing issue, and it is the first south asian male domestic abuse provision in the uk. one of the first point of calls is a telephone helpline support, where a man can pick up the phone and share his story. the second tier is where that man may have picked up the phone and says, actually, i need a lot more support.