Roger Federer defeats Andy Roddick to win men's singles title
Roger Federer won a record 15th Grand Slam with an epic Wimbledon triumph 5th July 2009. This was the day when Andy Roddick’s serve was broken just the once, in the 77th game of a 77-game Wimbledon men’s final. That one break of Roddick’s delivery, after more than four and a quarter hours of play on Centre Court, was all that Roger Federer needed to take the fifth set 16-14, to become the first man to win 15 grand slams, and to regain the world No 1 ranking. Federer’s 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 victory meant that, going on the number of games that had been played on Centre Court, this was the longest Wimbledon final of all time, plus the longest final played at any of the four majors, and the 30-game fifth set was the longest played in a title-match at the majors.

Women's Institute step in over Traffice Fears
Members of the Lyneham and Bradenstoke Women’s Institute braved the rain to spend 15 hours carrying out a traffic survey on the 7th July 2009. Nearly 30 volunteers split up into teams of two and took it in turns to stand on either side of Chippenham Road in Lyneham to record every vehicle that passed between 6am and 9pm. Full story more..

Henry Allingham laid to rest
The funeral procession for Britain's oldest suriving First World War veteran Henry Allingham leaves St Nicholas Church in Brighton - 30th July 2009. A bugler sounded the last post, the coffin was draped in a union flag, and respectful crowds burst into spontaneous applause, but the funeral of Henry Allingham was far more than a military honour for the oldest survivor of the first world war. The family, friends, servicemen and women and ordinary people today gathered to celebrate all the things Allingham was in his 113 years: the world's oldest man, witness to three centuries, East Ender, founder member of the Royal Air Force, mechanic, last survivor of the Battle of Jutland, teenager twice over, Officier, Légion d'Honneur, gentleman, joker, "Grandpa England", and father.

For eight decades after the first world war, Allingham would not discuss the horrors he witnessed as a mechanic during the Battle of Jutland in 1916, in which 6,000 British seamen lost their lives, and a year later at Passchendaele, which claimed 70,000 lives. Instead, he worked for Ford motor company and lived with Dorothy, Betty and Jean, his younger daughter who married a GI and moved to America.

He was a very special man. He was a true gentleman, and he was a gentle man," said Lynn Allen, one of his carers. "Henry was generous in so many ways. He constantly deflected discussion about himself to others," And, as two church bells tolled 113 times and the crowd applauded again, Allingham's coffin was driven slowly away.

Football legend Sir Bobby Robson died
Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson has died at the age of 76, following a long battle with cancer. Robson will be best remembered on the international stage for leading England to the 1990 World Cup semi-final. At club level, he cut his managerial teeth at Fulham before establishing his credentials at Ipswich where he won the FA Cup and Uefa Cup in a 13-year stay. Spells at PSV Eindhoven, Sporting Lisbon, Porto and Barcelona followed before he managed at Newcastle. 31st July 2009. Robson made his final public appearance at a charity match at Newcastle's St James' Park on Sunday 26th July 2009. An England side, featuring Alan Shearer and several members of the 1990 World Cup squad including Paul Gascoigne and Peter Shilton, beat a Germany team 3-2 in front of almost 30,000 spectators. The game was a repeat of the 1990 World Cup semi-final when England, managed by Sir Bobby, lost on penalties. Shearer scored the winner from the penalty spot.