The Scot, who takes on Croatian giant Marin Cilic for a quarter-finals place
today, said he fears Judy, 52, is too thin.

He admitted: “She’s very slim right now. My whole family has been telling her
she needs to put some weight on. I’ll talk to her about that.”

Mother-of-two Judy, who divorced Andy’s dad Will in 2005, watched her son, 25,
rack up a nail-biting victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, late on
Saturday evening.

Eight million TV viewers saw the Dunblane ace beat Baghdatis 7-5, 3-6, 7-5,
6-1.

But one woman spectator at the Centre Court was so bored during the thriller
she sat doing her KNITTING.

Commentator John Lloyd said: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that
before.” The star’s amazing performance also had celebrities talking on
Twitter. BBC presenter Clare Balding wrote: “Great win for Andy Murray. He’s
even better up against the clock.”

TV queen Lorraine Kelly wrote: “Well played Andy Murray!” And bra tycoon
Michelle Mone tweeted: “Well done Andy Murray, incredible game.”

Celebrity chef Nick Nairn even promised to create a special feast for him if
he managed to take the title.

He wrote: “Brilliant stuff, well done Andy Murray, you can go all the way. In
fact, if you do I will personally cook you a slap up dinner!”

Bookies Ladbrokes are facing a £200,000 payout if Andy does win the men’s
singles title.

He is currently 5-1 to land his first grand slam tournament and odds-on at 1-4
to overcome 6ft 6in Cilic. But Ladbrokes reckon punters may have got carried
away with their patriotism — making Novak Djokovic 10-11 favourite to take
the title.

And the bookies are offering odds of 2-1 that Murray loses a point during his
next game because a tennis ball falls out of his pocket while he faces Cilic.

Jessica Bridge, of Ladbrokes, said last night: “Murray needs to up the ante,
quickly, if he’s got any chance of making it past the quarter-final stage.

“Rafael Nadal’s exit was great for Murray, but he looked edgy against
Baghdatis so it’s still to be seen whether punters are betting with their
hearts or their heads.”

STOLEN hawk Rufus — whose job is to scare pigeons away from the
Wimbledon courts — was handed to the RSPCA and reunited with his owners last
night, three days after being snatched.

Team Andy swells to 12

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TENNIS ace Andy is being cheered along by a TWELVE-strong entourage as he bids
to become the first Brit to land the men’s title in 76 years.

He was closely watched by his band of supporters — known as Team Murray — as
he beat Marcos Baghdatis over four sets late on Saturday. His glamorous
girlfriend years Kim Sears, 24, was joined by Andy’s dad Will, 53, and an
array of coaches.

Even the Scots hero’s website boss was in the player’s box, along with Andy’s
mum Judy.

His coaching team rake in £800,000 a year, so they’ll no doubt be back today
to prove their net value.

Scottish-sun@the-sun.co.uk

By Claire Gardner

Published on Monday 2 July 2012 00:00

DRIVERS in Scotland look set to be forced to travel more slowly on motorways than motorists south of the Border after the Scottish Government said it has no plans to introduce a new speed limit.

Westminster is looking at increasing the 70mph motorway speed limit to 80mph in an attempt to cut journey times and is expected to act within months.

Control of speed limits is being transferred this week to the Scottish Government as part of the recently-passed Scotland Act. But SNP ministers have said they are opposed to any increases in Scotland.

Critics claim the difference in speed limits could lead to “confusion” for motorists and last night Conservative transport spokesman Alex Johnstone urged the SNP to reconsider. He said: “It’s a long drive up roads like the M6 and asking Scots to slow down at the Border will only cause confusion and immense frustration.

“Large parts of motorway in Scotland are in remote areas and it’s vital we keep travel times to a minimum, so increasing speed limits would allow traffic to move more quickly.

“However, the SNP government has a very authoritarian attitude to controlling every aspect of our lives, so it is no surprise that they want to restrict speed limits.

“Moves to introduce their own roads signs is further proof of the SNP’s parochial attitude to running the country.”

Government strategy secretary Bruce Crawford said: “We welcome additional responsibilities for the Scottish Parliament and are moving quickly to make use of the new powers we will gain next week to benefit the people of Scotland.

“On speed limits, these powers will enable the Scottish Government to make the right decisions for Scottish roads rather than have any changes imposed by Westminster. Road safety is our first priority and we have no current plans to increase speed limits.”

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents said the move had potential for “confusing” motorists.

He said: “If there are different speed variables then that has the potential to be confusing for motorists.”

Proposals to bring in 80mph limits were first put forward in autumn 2011 by the then Westminster transport secretary Philip Hammond.

If a higher limit is introduced, there would still be some sections of motorway where the limit would stay at 70mph.

The UK government intends to consult on introducing the new limit in the next few months.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that proposals to change the drink-drive limit in Scotland will be opened for consultation in the coming weeks, according to the Scottish Government.

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I await the views of an alternative, high octane fool head!

There are signs on entry to a motorway indicating the mandatory speed limit current at that location …simples! For safety sake, when taking your driving test or when up in front of the judge for speeding, just say you are “confused” and they will let you resit your driving test!

#3 “since then cars have become far safer” And more numerous.

The devolved Scottish Executive is too big for its boots. Salmond is close to his sell-by date. ————————————————————————————————– Big J deserves to go down the pan for the paucity of reporting here and in print. ————————————————————————————————– JMHO, of course!

To get the M6 flowing faster simply start arresting the females and pensioners that think they own the middle lane.

Whereas, you are lucky to clock 10 on the City of Edinburgh Bypass at Hermiston between 4pm and 7pm due to the mental chevrons.

You can clock 140 between Haddington and Dunbar on the A1.

The 70MPh limit was introduced in 1966 since then cars have become far safer, tyres have improved beyond recognition, ABS, crumple zones and airbags introduced 80MPH is an infinitely more realistic limit..

if Westminster were thinking of putting the limits down the snp would be sticking them up.

“the SNP government has a very authoritarian attitude to controlling every aspect of our lives”, While this is extremely true, on this occasion the SNP have it right, let Westminster have their serious road accidents south of the Scottish border, As we all know, to many drivers an 80MPH speed limit means 120MPH to them, Idiots of course, but unfortunately they are all too many on our roads.

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