And dysfunctional in leaked emails from the uk ambassador. A three Million Pound plan to transport medicines and blood into the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. Its saturday night prime time on centre court, as andy murray and Serena Williams play and win together for the first time at wimbledon. Good morning, a lot of fine weather around for most of us to finish this weekend. Looking perhaps a little bit more changeable into next week, i will have all the details in a couple of moments. Its sunday, the 7th ofjuly. Our top story. The white house has been described as uniquely dysfunctional and inept in leaked memos from the uks ambassador in washington. Sir kim darrochs private communications which were obtained by the mail on sunday describe president Trumps Administration as insecure and incompetent. Our reporter andy moore is outside the Foreign Office this morning with the details. It is unusual to get such a huge cash on what should be secret documents put in the public domain
Career. Getting to the quarter finals is amazing butjust the way ive been fighting, for me, thats what is most exciting for me. I must say, being in the last eight at wimbledon isnt too bad. Next up for her is fellow american serena williams, who beat Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets, wrapping upa Suarez Navarro in straight sets, wrapping up a match injust 64 minutes. Things took a little bit longer on court number two, where number three seed Karolina Pliskova lost out to an unseeded player in a match lasting over three hours. The sixth seed Petra Kvitova is also out, losing to british number one joanna konta while seventh seed simona halep is into the quarter finals at the expense of 15 year old coco gauff. Her dream run here is over at wimbledon after she was beaten by the former world number one in straight sets. You dont really use expect this kind of support when youre not in your home country but i felt like i was playing in new york somewhere. Im really ha p py playing in
Means for retailers. Here at wimbledon, another fine performance from Johanna Konta takes her past a former champion and into the quarter finals shell be back on court again this afternoon. And it will be fully cloudy here at wimbledon today. Just a small chance ofa wimbledon today. Just a small chance of a shower. Some sunny intervals. The heaviest rain is likely to be gcioss the heaviest rain is likely to be across the north. We will be back with more later. Its tuesday 9th july. Our top story President Trump has stepped up his attack on the uks ambassador in washington, saying we will no longer deal with him. In a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a mess of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new Prime Minister. The remarks follow a leak of emails written by Sir Kim Darroch, describing the Trump White House as inept and dysfunctional. Downing street says sir kim has the governments full support. Andy moore reports. Sh
Good morning. Murderers who refuse to reveal the location of a victims body could be forced to spend longer in prison. Thejustice secretary david gauke has announced plans to introduce whats known as helens law. It follows a campaign by the mother of helen mccourt, who was murdered in 1988. Helens body was never found. Ben ando reports. For 31 years, Marie Mccourt has been fighting for helens law, named after her daughter who was just 22 when she was abducted and murdered in 1988. Her killer, pub landlord ian simms. He has never revealed the whereabouts of helens body. To take a life is horrendous, but then to take the lives of the family of that loved one and not let them know where their loved ones body is, there is no torture worse than that. I could say ive had a dripping tap on my head for the last 31 years. Its far worse than that. Its a pain in your heart that will never go. Marie led a campaign demanding that murderers who refused to disclose the whereabouts of a victims remain
Orjeremy hunt as tory leader. Manveen rana reports. The kvitova campaign rolled into nottingham today as the tory leadership rivals face members again in the battle for number ten. Voting has begun, but the bbc has learned that some Party Members have received more than one ballot paper in the post. A Party Insider said at least 1,000 people could be affected, from the total membership of up to 160,000. Some were based in more than one constituency and joined the local party in each area, others including women, who received separate ballot papers in their maiden name and married namelj separate ballot papers in their maiden name and married name i am certain the chairman has been asked to look carefully at how they sort, so to look carefully at how they sort, so there is an issue here, i accept that, borougher than get bogged down to process, the truth is in a general election people are registered in different areas. But unlike general election, electoral law doesnt apply in this con