the two time wimbledon champion battled through a late night five set epic on centre court to make it into the third round. on the day princess diana would have turned 60, her sons william and harry unveil a statue in her honour. good morning. today again, part of the east will have a bit of crowd round, thick enough for some drizzle but for many of us, we are looking at a drier and sunny day with a few showers, some of us could see sharp showers. it s thursday, july the 1st. our top story. after more than two years behind bars, the american actor and comedian, bill cosby, has been released from prison. judges at the highest court in pennsylvania overturned his conviction for sexual assault, ruling the 83 year old should be freed because the correct legal processes hadn t been followed. michelle fleury has this report. this is the moment bill cosby left prison, a free man. he had served two years of a three to ten year sentence. his fall from grace was sealed in 2018 after he
to a field in south africa. a very warm welcome to the programme. vladimir putin says russia s relationship with the us has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. mr putin made the comments ahead of his meeting withjoe biden on wednesday. the us president is expected to take a tough stance amid warnings at monday s nato summit, that russia remains the biggest security risk to western allies. courtney bembridge has this report. nato leaders have made it clear they see russia as the biggest threat. next, president biden will meet vladimir putin one on one. i shared to their allies that what i ll convey to president putin, that i m not looking for conflict with russia, but that we will respond if russia continues its harmful activities. to which president putin says this. translation: as far as nato, | i have said on many occasions, this is a cold war relic. it s something that was born in the cold war era. i m not sure why it still continues to exist. russia was me
get their populations vaccinated. america will be the arsenal of vaccine clinic in our fight against covid 19. just as america was the arsenal of democracy during world war ii. will of democracy during world war ii. have all the late cornwall. also on the programme tonight. the health secretary matt hancock defends his handling of the covid pandemic amid questions over the timing of the first lockdown. you are pressured to accept the sexual harassment we deal with. nine out of ten school girls in england experience some form of sexual harassment, according to the schools watchdog, with most of it unreported. a woman who lost herjob after claiming people can t change their biological sex wins her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling. and last minute training for the euros scotland prepare for their first major tournament in more than 20 years. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, england are still in it but they struggled against new zealand s swing bo
and smooth in texture spreads well on a cracker. you d think it s the finest pate france has to offer, but it was actually the cats dinner! would you be able to tell the difference? we ll see if katty can later! hello, i m katty kay in washington, dc. christian fraser is in london. for five years, dominic cummings was borisjohnson s right hand man the architect behind the victorious vote leave campaign, the prime minister s most senior aide in downing street and a widely feared political assassin. but there s a problem with having such a ruthless operator as your chief aide. one day, they may bite the hand that fed them. and today was that day. in a marathon seven hour session before a parliamentary committee, mr cummings who was forced out of number ten last year gave his inside view on how the government had handled the covid pandemic. he painted a picture of policy failure, dithering and a government that had no useful plan. and he was withering in his assessment