with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
and eastern areas. once it clears away, blustery showers, not feeling particularly warm, quite chilly in fact. once the weather system has cleared away, sunny spells are more showers. low pressure close again, brisk winds in the south pushing showers through quite quickly, perhaps lengthier showers in the north answer winteriness with cooler air. in the blustery winds it will feel cooler through thursday and friday because the next area low pressure is meandering further east, giving longer spells of rain at times but changing the wind direction too north westerly for a time, feeling chilly air with temperatures into single figures across many parts. later a ridge of high pressure starts to build just in time to coincide with the weekend, meaning drier weatherfor weekend, meaning drier weather for many weekend, meaning drier weatherfor many but we will pick up quite a lot of fog, particularly by sunday, and frost, with sunny spells. with remembrance sunday there is concern ab
and hopefully that s a sign to come. and we re obviously on this comeback charge that we know that we need to do. well, the next thing for both teams is a well earned rest. but when the ashes resume onjuly the 19th, england have to carry the spirit of this test match with them. joe wilson, bbc news, headingley. what a series it is turning out to be. as we know british hopes in the singles are over at wimbledon for another year. novak djokovic will continue his last 16 match later, two sets to the good. he s taking on hubert hurkasz. perhaps not as straightforward for the polish 17th seed in two closely fought tie breaks before play was suspended due to the 11pm curfew. the women s world number one iga swiatek survived a scare to reach the quarter finals for the first time. she lost the first set against the olympic champion belinda bencic and then saved two match points in the second. swaitek then saw out the match 6 3 in the decider. she s looking to win her
the 27th seed beat france s alize cornet fairly comfortably in straight sets. and she ll face polish seventh seed iga swiatek after she came through a marathon match with estonia s kaia kanepi. it lasted more than 3 hours, with swaitek eventually taking the match in three sets. now 10 days until the start of the six nations and already there s been a blow for england captain owen farrell will miss the entire tournament with an ankle injury that requires surgery.the 30 year old who has 94 caps, was going to guide fly half marcus smith through his first six nations campaign, but farrell injured his ankle in a collision while training at club side saracens. he s expected to undergo surgery later today. it s been a disappointing ashes series for england women so far. they lost the first t20 by nine wickets and then the next two matches had to be abandoned
morning. in the women s draw, we now know the four semi finalists. american danielle collins is through to the last four for the second time in her career. the 27th seed beat france s alize cornet fairly comfortably in straight sets. and she ll face polish seventh seed iga swiatek, after she came through a marathon match with estonia s kaia kanepi. it lasted more than three hours, with swaitek eventually taking the match in three sets. roy hodgson is back in the premier league. waford confirmed him as their new manager last night. hodgson had been out of work since leaving crystal palace at the end of last season, but he returns to the dugout for another relegation scrap, as the hornets sit 19th, just two points from safety. hodgson is the pozzo s 15th managerial appointment since they took over in 2012. now, questions are being raised