In sport still in the title race. Tottenham beat Crystal Palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. A boom for books as the Publishing Industry has a surge in sales and a record year. And carol has the weather. A chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. But here weve got early sunshine. Most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. More in about 15 minutes. Thank you amcu bend. See you then. Tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its Nuclear Weapons programmes. Last night, President Trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. But washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. The us is piling on the pressure. This is a Military Exercise just north of the north korean border. A message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fail. This is how
Of dependent contractor, with workers able to get benefits such as holiday and sick pay. Now on bbc news, its time for wimbledon sportsday. Hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday. Im hugh woozencroft. So much to come this evening, including this. CanJohanna Konta make it through into the semi finals of wimbledon . 7 these are live pictures. She is into a deciding set with simona halep. Venus williams will be waiting if she does the five time champion shows her class to defeat jelena 0stapenko. Pitfalls and potholes Novak Djokovic manages to avoid both on his way to the Quarter Finals. The courts, honestly, are not that great this year. Many players feel the same. It is what it is. And a fourth stage win at the Tour De France for germanys Marcel Kittel chris froome retains the yellow jersey. Good evening. And its been a far cooler and much wetter day eight here in south west london. There were plenty of umbrellas on the hill here today. The covers have been going on and off again and
In sport more pressure on Arsene Wenger, as arsenal are humiliated in the Champions League. They are thrashed 5 1 by Bayern Munich in the last 16, 10 2 on aggregate. The last of the dambusters. We return to germany with the only surviving member of the air crews that carried out one of the Second World Wars most daring raids. And carol has the weather. Thank you, good morning. The weather has a 3 way split across the country. Windy conditions and showers in the north, dry and bright in the central swathes of the uk and in the central swathes of the uk and in the south, mild, cloudy and damp. I will have more details about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story an upbeat assessment of the economy, but a warning that more austerity lies ahead they are expected to be the key messages when the chancellor, Philip Hammond, delivers first budget later today. He will stress that the government wont shirk difficult decisions to deal with the deficit. But he is expected to find extra mo