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Gary Lineker presents coverage of the final (Kick-off 4.00pm), which comes from Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, as the sport’s most prestigious match takes place and the successors to Germany are crowned. The defending Sue Barker presents live coverage of the men’s singles final at the All England Club, as the 13th and final day of competition draws to a close on the famous grass courts. All eyes will be on the hallowed turf of Centre Court, where this time 12 months ago it was Roger Federer who was celebrating. Clemency Burton-hill explores the life of Antonio Stradivari, a 17th-century violin-maker who created over one thousand stringed instruments. Visiting the Stradivarius exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, she examines four of the violins. thecouriermagazine champions sensationally crashed out at the group stage this time around, finishing bottom of Group F following defeats to Mexico and South Korea, with their solitary victory over Sweden eventually counting for nothing. There were six previous World Cup winners who made it through to the knockout phase, however. Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar return as detectives Cassie and Sunny, investigating another emotionally charged cold case. When the body of a teenage girl who went missing at the turn of the millennium is found at a building site off the M1, four old schoolfriends are placed under the spotlight. Domestic burglaries in Wiltshire have risen by more than 20 per cent in the past year and this edition explores what lies behind this troubling statistic, looking at the police’s struggle to support victims and try to catch the culprits. In Swindon, a burglar is caught red-handed stealing food.