i have seen the _ from david smith. it was horrible. i have seen the e-mail _ from david smith. seen the e-mail before. - from david smith. it was horrible. i l have seen the e-mail before. seeing have seen the e—mail before. seeing it again, it makes me more and more angry. you know, like, his apology, having accepted it, it was really bad. they missed so many chances to apologise before they missed that. how can they simply apologise? they need to apologise to my ten—year—old, they took his mum away on his birthday. i was eight weeks pregnant, they need to apologise to my younger son. i haven't accepted the apologies. let's speak to our correspondent azadeh moshiri, who's outside the inquiry in central london. when you watch something like that, it reminds you of so many of the lives that were completely ruined and destroyed by what happened years ago because of this faulty it system. seema misra there, itjust really hits home. let's talk about what we heard yesterday to sum up, before we look ahead to today, what did we hear in the inquiry yesterday?— did we hear in the inqui

david smith exited the stage today. i david smith exited the stage today.ier, former chairman of the royal mail, which owned the post office at the time of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. it has emerged that the metropolitan police first knew that suspected scammers were targeting westminster as early as october last year. an investigation was launched and house of commons security officials were informed, but mps, politicians and political journalists were not specifically told to avoid messages from two suspicious phone numbers. many of those targeted in the alleged "honeytrap" scandal did not realise others had also been receiving messages until media reports in the past week. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of 27—year—old kulsuma akter, who was stabbed in bradford at the weekend, as she pushed her baby in a pram. 25—year old habibur masum, from burnley, was charged after a three—day manhunt ended in his arrest on tuesday. alison freeman was in court for us. habibur masum was arrested on tuesday, three da

david smith wrote an e-mail when our painful.n your conviction _ painful. david smith wrote an e-mail when your conviction happened, - when your conviction happened, saying court or brilliant news, well done, please pass on my thanks to the team". and he has now expressed his apologies, do you accept his apology? his apologies, do you accept his a olo: ? ., , his apologies, do you accept his aolo: ? ., , ., his apologies, do you accept his l apology?— does his apologies, do you accept his - apology?_ does it apology? no, definitely not. does it make any difference _ apology? no, definitely not. does it make any difference at _ apology? no, definitely not. does it make any difference at all— apology? no, definitely not. does it make any difference at all western l make any difference at all western mark? ., . . ~' mark? not at all, like i said it 'ust mark? not at all, like i said it just made _ mark? not at all, like i said it just made me _ mark? not at all, like i said it just made me angry, - mark? not at all, like i said it j

so, david smith worked for rick francis. _ rick francis. so, david smith worked for rick francis.francis. in the meeting there was david _ for rick francis. in the meeting there was david millar, - for rick francis. in the meeting there was david millar, what i for rick francis. in the meeting | there was david millar, what did for rick francis. in the meeting - there was david millar, what did you know— there was david millar, what did you know of— there was david millar, what did you know of his — there was david millar, what did you know of his background? i�*ve there was david millar, what did you know of his background?— know of his background? i've never met him before _ know of his background? i've never met him before i _ know of his background? i've never met him before ijoined _ know of his background? i've never met him before ijoined and - know of his background? i've never met him before ijoined and he'd i met him before ijoined and he'd been with the post office for many years and seem to be the fountain of all knowledge, a respected guy. when i arrived, this is when

the focus has been on david smith, the — simon.d smith, the boss of— simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the _ simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the post - simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the post office l smith, the boss of the post office for a short period. some important things happened when he was in charge, not least the trial and conviction of seema mitra, who was found guilty of false accounting and sentenced to 15 months in prison when she was pregnant with her second child. on receipt of her conviction, he sent an e—mail to the team saying, brilliant news, well done, please pass on my thanks to all the team. he said that was brilliantly was because it meant the conviction they thought meant that the horizon system was robust. today, he had this apology. i’d the horizon system was robust. today, he had this apology. i'd like to lace today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on — today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on record _ today, he had this apolo

- david smith exited the stage today.me of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. sumo legend taro akebono has died of heart failure at the age of 5a. the hawaiian—born wrestler passed away in a tokyo hospital earlier this month his family said in a statement. he won eleven championships and was the first foreigner to obtain the sports highest rank. obtain the sport's highest rank. it's been a big night for key players in the gaming industry, who are gathered in london for the bafta games awards. super mario brothers wonder won best family game, but it was baldur�*s gate 3 ? based on dungeons and dragons — that triumphed, with five wins including best game. marc cieslak was there. this is what it's all about — a bafta golden mask. tonight's winners will be taking home a slightly smaller version of one of these, but these are water proof that the industry is more than an economic force, and the uk has always played a giant role in games development. —— these awards. in a recent bafta poll, lara croft

- david smith exited the stage today.st office at the time of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. let's return to our top story now and the death of oj simpson. the former sports star was a divisive figure, but by the end of the last century, he was also one of the most famous american faces in the world. john sudworth reports. oj simpson once personified the american dream — a black sporting star from the humblest of routes at the pinnacle of wealth and celebrity. but as that car chase came to an end, his arrest and trial held up a mirror to a different reality. i see no weapons drawn by the lapd. a country in which racial divisions and deep—rooted police discrimination were never far from the surface. the crowd is cheering. there he is. it took place in the shadow of the rodney king case, the acquittal of four white los angeles police officers for the beating of a black man. questions of racism in that same police force became a highly effective part of oj simpson's defence. almost three decade

- david smith exited the stage today.ed the post office at the time of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. israel is on high alert amid fears that its arch enemy — iran — could mount an imminent attack. it would be in retaliation for the recent killing of senior iranian commanders in syria. us presidentjoe biden says american support for israel is what he called iron—clad. the head of us forces in the region is in israel to discuss the iranian threat. mr biden warned that iran is threatening to launch a "significant attack" after the iranian consulate in damascus was hit ten days ago. it comes after iran's supreme leader said israel will be punished for the attack on its consulate, which he said was like an attack on iran itself. meanwhile, the political leader of hamas says there'll be no change in its demands for a permanent ceasefire in gaza, despite the killing of three of his sons in an israeli air strike. this is what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. translation: ne

david smith, who was managing directorfor several happening. acting as investigator, prosecutor and victim when it came to these convictions. hundreds of convictions which have already been quashed. he accepted that there were inherent risks with these prosecutions taking place and i want to read to you what he said. i am sorry to say at the time i didn't reflect in a way that i should have done and with hindsight it is obviously very sad. there are also reports that when the sub—postmistress who was eight weeks pregnant when she was sent to jail received a conviction and her sentence, david smith we did that with the words, brilliant news. he hasn't been asked about that yet. we have his full witness statement now that was released today and he writes that within relations and that he was talking about the horizon system said to be robust by an expert and expert evidence in the trial. even if this had been recommendation, i would trial. even if this had been recommendation, iwould never think —— correct conviction, i would never think it was g

- david smith exited the stage today. mail, which owned the post office at the time of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, 27—year—old kulsuma akter, who died from stab wounds in bradford at the weekend. ms akter was stabbed several times as she pushed her baby in a pram. 25—year old habibur masum, from burnley, was charged after a three—day manhunt ended in his arrest on tuesday. it's emerged that taxpayers paid more than £34,000 to settle a libel claim brought against the cabinet minister michelle donelan. the government had already confirmed it had paid damages of £15,000 to an academic whom she had falsely accused of extremism. but extra costs have more than doubled the final bill. damian grammaticas is in westminster. damian, remind us of the background to this. reeta, this is michelle donelan, the secretary of state for science, who last year took to social media and expressed highly critical comments about two scientists. she

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub—postmistressseema misra, who was eventually jailed. and we have an exclusive look at stunning new discoveries in the ancient italian city of pompeii. hello, i m geeta guru—murthy, welcome to verified live. we start in the middle east — and the growing fears of reprisals from iran for the killing of senior iranian commanders in the syrian capital damascus. iran's supreme leader has vowed that israel will be punished for the attack, which he said was a strike on iran itself. bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehran area — as rocket launches could be taking place between the 10th and 12th of april. it's s also possible an attack on israel could come via iran's proxy — hezbollah — which has forces in lebanon. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned his country is ready for what he calls �*scenarios other than gaza'. president biden has pledged "iron—clad" support for israel over iran. so far iran has played no direct role in

though speaking today include david smith whojoined as managing director in 2010 when those problemstem were first coming to light. earlier in the week, one of the scandal�*s victims — alan bates — told the inquiry that the post office had lied about errors in its accounting systems. let's have a quick listen in to that inquiry as it has just begun today. it is to reflect the exact date, i think that would be better. can i ask ou think that would be better. can i ask you please _ think that would be better. can i ask you please to _ think that would be better. can i ask you please to turn _ think that would be better. can i ask you please to turn to - think that would be better. can i ask you please to turn to page 35 of your statement? do you see a signature, — your statement? do you see a signature, is that your signature? it signature, is that your signature? it is _ signature, is that your signature? it is. ,, , . ., signature, is that your signature? itis. ,,, . ., .,, it is. sub'ect to the clarifications ou it is. subject to the clarifications ou have it is. subject to the clar

we are hearing from david smith today, who was briefly managing director of the post office.ing, his time as managing director i was reading coincided with the prosecution of simon mr wright who was wrongly jailed prosecution of simon mr wright who was wronglyjailed when she was pregnant. and the evidence says he greeted her conviction as brilliant news. i am sure today will be hearing more about that and other things he said. that hearing more about that and other things he said.— things he said. that is what the evidence has _ things he said. that is what the evidence has shown _ things he said. that is what the evidence has shown so - things he said. that is what the evidence has shown so far- things he said. that is what the evidence has shown so far she l things he said. that is what the i evidence has shown so far she was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months in jail, eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to 15 months injail, she got that sentence on her son's tenth birthday and that conviction was later quashed. also the year you mentioned, 201

david smith told the brilliant. david smith told the post office inquiry today that with hindsight, he post office inquiry today that with hindsight , he understood with hindsight, he understood the anger and upset, as well as the anger and upset, as well as the substantial distress he'd caused to sima misra and her family, saying he was sorry for the way his email had been perceived and portrayed. mrs. misra was falsely accused of stealing £74,000 and had to give birth wearing a probation tag. she said i was eight weeks pregnant. they need to apologise to my youngest son. it was terrible. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to the flawed horizon it software . flawed horizon it software. today, the prime minister said his plan is working as new nhs figures showed hospital waiting lists in england had fallen for the fifth month in a row. over 305,000 people have been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of february, but that's down from just over

>> david smith was a fellow inmate of nathan's at the jail., at first he told me he was thinking about poison, with some insulin or potassium or something. >> according to the end, nathan said he ran a lot of errands the day of the murder to create an alibi. >> he told me he presented some valentine's day gifts to his wife, and so everything would look fine. >> how important was david smith, the jailhouse snitch. >> david said nathan was worried the lady might have seen him while he was walking. nobody knows that except nathan. it's consistent with our evidence. >> the inmate also testified why nathan wanted denise out of his life. >> well, he said she was overbearing and he got to the point where he had wanted to move on with his life and met some manos and stuff like that. >> did he tell you the name of that someone else? >> some student named anna or something. >> it was what the inmate said about the timing of the murder that they found chilling. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically for valentine's day. >

david smith told the brilliant.th hindsight, he post office inquiry today that with hindsight , he understood with hindsight, he understood the anger and upset, as well as the anger and upset, as well as the substantial distress he'd caused to sima misra and her family, saying he was sorry for the way his email had been perceived and portrayed. mrs. misra was falsely accused of stealing £74,000 and had to give birth wearing a probation tag. she said i was eight weeks pregnant. they need to apologise to my youngest son. it was terrible. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to the flawed horizon it software . flawed horizon it software. today, the prime minister said his plan is working as new nhs figures showed hospital waiting lists in england had fallen for the fifth month in a row. over 305,000 people have been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of february, but that's down from just

smith: that is exactly it. david: does nato now habits had around that alteration, in that you are doing something that mixes these three arrows? amb. smith: absolutely. first and foremost, we are obviously working to extract those lessons learned and what it means for the alliance. we are increasing production. we have thought increasingly about have nato's standards need to continue to drive and send signals to defense industry. if nato says let me pick a random number, nato mandates all members must have, let's say, 30 days of ammunition, and then suddenly says not 30 days, six months, a year, three months, whatever it is, and dramatically increases what the nato's standard is that all allies have to meet, it obviously then sends the right signal to industry that hey, this as a future and it merits reopening these old mines. the answer you get from defense industry so often now, when we pound on their doors and say please produce more and faster, both for around stocks and for our friends in ukraine, they often sa

that was during the tenure of david smith as post office mentoring director. managing director between 2006 and 2010, this is a long running saga, it went on for in excess of 15 years, so there are many executives involved in one way or another. what was the most striking thing he said? whatjumped out to me was when he suggested that he was not aware that

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub—postmistress in the ancient italian city of pompeii. hello, i m geeta guru—murthy, welcome to verified live. we start in the middle east — and the growing fears of reprisals from iran for the killing of senior iranian commanders in the syrian capital damascus.

david smith told the brilliant.h hindsight, he understood the anger and upset, as well as the substantial distress he'd caused. two seema misra and her family saying he was sorry for the way his email had been perceived and portrayed . mrs. perceived and portrayed. mrs. misra was falsely accused of stealing £74,000 and had to give birth. wearing a probation tag, she said i was eight weeks pregnant. they need to apologise to my youngest son. it was terrible. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to flawed honzon were prosecuted due to flawed horizon it software in the united states. the former american footballer o.j. united states. the former american footballer oj. simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76, his family said today. he died surrounded by his children and grandchildren. o.j. died surrounded by his children and grandchildren. oj. simpson was acquitted of killing his ex—wife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend ron goldman in 1994 at a trial that gripped america. almo

david smith told the brilliant. david smith told the post office inquiry that with hindsight , post office inquiry that with hindsight, he understood the anger and upset, as well as the substantial distress he'd caused. two seema misra and her family saying he was sorry for the way his email had been perceived and portrayed . mrs. perceived and portrayed. mrs. misra was falsely accused of stealing £74,000 and had to give birth. wearing a probation tag, she said i was eight weeks pregnant. they need to apologise to my youngest son. it was terrible. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to flawed honzon were prosecuted due to flawed horizon it software in the united states. the former american footballer o.j. united states. the former american footballer oj. simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76, his family said today. he died surrounded by his children and grandchildren. o.j. died surrounded by his children and grandchildren. oj. simpson was acquitted of killing his ex—wife, ni

what did you make of what david smith said? it just of what david smith said? ., lesson. explain a little more to me about that- — lesson. explain a little more to me about that. because _ lesson. explain a little more to me about that. because what - lesson. explain a little more to me about that. because what we - lesson. explain a little more to me about that. because what we saw i lesson. explain a little more to me | about that. because what we saw in the report a moment ago was the moment when, giving evidence yesterday, it was revealed that he had sent an e—mail to the team behind your wrongful conviction as we know now, saying, brilliant news, well done, was an e—mail. clearly at that point in time, he did not know that point in time, he did not know that you were wrongly convicted. but when you heard him issuing an apology, yesterday, what did you think? ~ , , ., , apology, yesterday, what did you think? ~ , , �* , think? well, they prop b, they definitely knew _ think? well, they prop b, they definitely knew that _ think? well, they prop b, they defin

david smith, alan cook, adam crozier. some of those at the very top of the post office in the years when hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted. time and again they apologised. i'd just like to place on record an apology... i'd like to put on record most strongly my personal apology... i think it is a matter of real regret... - for seven years from 2003 adam crozier was chief executive of the royal mail parent company. he said he was unaware of what was going on. as far as i recall, i don't- remember anyone in the post office governance system, whether that's the board, i the risk committee, the exec team, the general counsel, _ the legal teams, most importantly, the operations and it— teams who owned horizon. idon't remember any of those people flagging up any- concerns in that system. not good enough for lee castleton, who was left bankrupt and suicidal by his treatment at the hands of the post office. it's his own prosecutorial department. the people in royal mail who in their in their prosecutions departme

and the head of the post office at the head of the post office at the time, david smith , the time, david co—workers and said, this is brilliant news that she's been put in prison. and he says now in testimony recently, he said, i didn't know that she was pregnant. and of course i would have never sent that message out if i'd known, because it's never a good idea to pregnant in to put a pregnant woman in prison. knew at prison. although they knew at the time that there was a problem that software. problem with that software. that's they kept that's why they kept investigating own investigating their own software, and they wanted an independent study by fujitsu who had made the software. so how is it independent that they gave them that power and that right, because they knew that something was and instead was wrong with it, and instead they their own they were imprisoning their own employees taking money from them? >> although think denies >> although i think he denies that. he that. the barrister, he said that. the barrister, he said that he. course do. that he. of course they do. yeah,

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub postmistressn syria. the uk prime minister has defended his record on the nhs, as new data show that key targets have been missed. russian missiles and drones destroy a large electricity plant near kyiv also coming up: it's time to roll out the red carpet. the bafta gaming awards take place tonight in london. welcome to verified live. the family of the american footballer oj simpson says he's died. oj simpson was once one of america's top football players but was later

david smith apologised to seema misra at the inquiry into the post office scandal.onths in prison. baldur�*s gate iii has won big at this year's bafta games awards in london. the game by larian studios picked up five awards, including best game, best narrative, and players' choice. alan wake 2 and viewfinder won two awards each. a0 games were nominated across 17 categories, this year. you're live with bbc news. turning now to the race for the white house. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are both in pennsylvania this week, trying to shore up support in the battleground state. presidentjoe biden won pennsylvania in 2020, while his likely opponent, mr trump, won there in 2016. polls this year have the candidates neck and neck. 0ur chief presenter caitriona perry has been traveling to some of the most critical battleground states in the country, and she is in pennsylvania for us with more. well, we're travelling through key battleground states that will most likely decide who is president following the election in november. we have been ta

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub—postmistress

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub postmistress, seema misra, who was eventuallyjailed. israel warns it's prepared after iran vows punishment for the killing of its commanders in syria. the uk prime minister has defended his record on the nhs, as new data show that key targets have been missed. russian missiles and drones destroy a large electricity plant near kyiv also coming up: it's time to roll out the red carpet. the bafta gaming awards take place tonight in london. welcome to verified live. the family of the american footballer oj simpson says he's died. oj simpson was once one of america's top football players but was later oj simpson was once one of america's top football players, but was later accused of the murder of his wife, nicole brown simpson. his televised trial was followed around the world. he was acquitted but was later found liable for her killing in a civil case. his family announced the news. he was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. ed gordon was the first journalist to interview oj simpson after h

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub—postmistressseema misra, who was eventuallyjailed. breaking news today, the family of the american footballer oj simpson say he has died. they say he succumbed to cancer on wednesday and was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. oj simpson was once one of america's top football players but was later accused of the murder of his wife nicole brown simpson. his televised trial was followed around the world. he was acquitted but later found followed around the world. he was acquitted but laterfound liable for her killing in a civil case. the announcement came on x by oj simpson's family. let's speak to our correspondent tom bateman who is in the us for us. what have the family said? what do we know? it’s the us for us. what have the family said? what do we know? we: a the us for us. what have the family said? what do we know?— said? what do we know? it's a very short statement _ said? what do we know? it's a very short statement from _ said? what do we know? it's a very short statement from th

david smith told the brilliant. anger and upset as well as the anger and upset as well as the substantial distress he'd caused to seema misra and her family, saying he was sorry for the way his email had been perceived and portrayed. mrs. misra was falsely accused of stealing £74,000 and had to give birth wearing a probation tag. she said i was eight weeks pregnant at the time . they need pregnant at the time. they need to apologise to my son. it was terrible . between 1999 and 2015, terrible. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were accused were prosecuted due to flawed horizon it software for. in other news today, a moroccan asylum seeker on trial for the murder of a pensioner in hartlepool told police he was motivated by the conflict in gaza. 45 year old ahmed ali denies murdering 70 year old terence carney as well as the attempted murder of his housemate javid nouri last october. he says he carried out the attacks as an act of revenge, for, he said israel's killing of children in the palestinian

former post office boss david smith apologises for celebrating the conviction of a pregnant sub—postmistressmisra, who was eventually sentenced to 15 months in prison. she's rejected his apology. ukraine's president has urged allies for more help, after the biggest power plant in the kyiv region was destroyed in a russian air strike. other attacks damaged energy facilities in kharkiv, zaporizhzhia, odesa and lviv. and the husband of the woman stabbed to death pushing a baby in a premise —— has appeared in court. he was arrested after a manhunt. welcome to the programme, we are going to start in the us, the death of oj simpson. he was one of the most divisive figures in modern america — football star, turned movie star, turned murder suspect in what became known as the trial of the century. his family said he died of cancer on wednesday, surrounded by his children and grandchildren. he was 76. oj simpson's trialfor the murder of his ex—wife nicole brown simpson and her friend was televised and followed around the world. millions were transfixed. and when he was sensationally acquitted, many b

it says, i have been assured previously, david smith, and it seems that is the it director, that ourt updated regarding questions surrounding horizon integrity. were you aware from conversations with dave smith or from conversations with somebody else that there was a growing number of cases by this stage? growing number of cases by this state? ~ ~ ., , stage? well, i knew there was... i knew that — stage? well, i knew there was... i knew that there _ stage? well, i knew there was... i knew that there was _ stage? well, i knew there was... i knew that there was more - stage? well, i knew there was... i i knew that there was more challenges to horizon but i don't think i spoke to horizon but i don't think i spoke to dave smith regarding this. as i say, the article in computer weekly had come out, i think, the year before, and later, when i helped the civil litigation, i started before, and later, when i helped the civil litigation, istarted putting a schedule together and that is when i became aware that other investigators also had potential challenges to horizon being mentioned at i

they include david smith, whojoined as managing director in 2010, when problems with the it system wereirst coming to light. you say that you are responding to a question on compliance issues. in paragraph 2a, you say is the crown post office limited dealt with public money and had a responsibility to protect the public purse. you expand on that. towards the bottom, four lines up, you say, i cannot recall thinking that any risk or compliance issues arose from post office limited undertaking this role, but with the benefit of hindsight and in light of the wrongful prosecution is, i can see the parent risk in the prosecution is taking place house and not by an independent law enforcement authority. that can come down. thank you. what do you consider those inherent risks to be. i think the parties —— the passage of time _ i think the parties —— the passage of time has — i think the parties —— the passage of time has shown that conducting the case, — of time has shown that conducting the case, gathering the data, acting as the _ the case, gathering the data, acting as the prosecution, can l

one of those was david smith whojoined as managing director in 2010, when the problems with the faultying to light. our correspondent sanchia berg reports. the post office inquiry is searching for answers to the questions of who did what, when and why. today it will hear from david smith, who joined the post office as managing director in 2010, when the problems with the horizon it system were first appearing in the press. he commissioned the post office head of product and branch accounting, rob ismay, to write a report, but he made it clear that report should contain positive reasons to be assured about horizon — in other words, to give a clean bill of health to the software, as the inquiry heard in an earlier session. the task that i was given was to what are the reasons for assurance. i wasn't given the task of "what are the allegations and can you investigate them?" that was not the remit of this. you were only asked to present one side of the coin? yes. the former chair of the post office, sir michael hodgkinson, will also give evidence today. the inquiry has been running for nea

former post office managing director david smith has been giving evidence today to the inquiry into thestmasters were prosecuted because of the flawed software. mr smith apologised today for a 2010 email when he said about a pregnant subpostmistresses prison sentence that it was brilliant news. meanwhile, the royal mail is working to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation after an increase in reports of fakes being sold in shops and online, the telegraph reports. today, china is flooding britain with counterfeit royal mail stamps with small retailers buying forgeries online. it's understood that the fakes were causing a rise in complaints when stamps bought from legitimate stores were being deemed fraudulent , resulting in deemed fraudulent, resulting in a £5 fine. gb news asked shoppers in horsham in west sussex, what they thought about the problem. >> awful. but this is what happens. there's a lot of counterfeit, items right across the patch, really, so it doesn't surprise me, but i don't know whether there's anything that can be done at the borders. >> dreadful . really dreadful

david smith, alan cook, adam crozier. as far as i recall, i don't remember anyone in the post office governance system, whether that's the board, the risk committee, the exec team, the general counsel, the legal teams, most importantly the operations and it teams who owned horizon, i don't remember any of those people flagging up any concerns in that system. not good enough for lee castleton, who was left bankrupt and suicidal by his treatment at the hands of the post office. his own prosecutorial department, the people in royal mail who, in their prosecutions departments, helped post office and actually helped their own lawyers in—house and took part in some of the prosecutions. so, no, i'm sorry, i don't believe that. i do solemnly... former managing director alan cook also made the extraordinary admission during his tenure he had no idea the post office had the power to prosecute its own people. he apologised face—to—face to janet skinner, who was wronglyjailed. i can only apologise on behalf of the whole organisation

former post office managing director david smith has been giving evidence today at the honzon givingvidence today at the horizon it inquiry, and between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to the flawed software. mr smith apologised today for a 2010 email he'd sent, saying a pregnant subpostmistresses prison sentence was brilliant . prison sentence was brilliant. news. a moroccan asylum seeker on trial for the murder of a pensioner in hartlepool told police he was motivated by the conflict in gaza. 45 year old ahmed ali denies murdering 70 year old terence carney as well as the attempted murder of his housemate javid nouri last october. he says he carried out the attacks as an act of revenge for what he called israel's killing of children in the palestinian conflict. he also accused. he's also accused , accused. he's also accused, rather of assaulting two female police officers who'd interviewed him after his arrest . a change to family visa rules comes into force today as part of the government's plan to reduce immigration in its part of the home secretar

former post office managing director david smith has been giving evidence today to the horizon.t inquiry. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted due to the flawed software . mr smith also flawed software. mr smith also apologised today for a 2010 email he sent, saying a pregnant sub postmistress prison sentence was brilliant. news meanwhile, royal mail is say it's working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation in britain after an increase in reports of fakes being sold in shops and online, the telegraph reports today , china is flooding reports today, china is flooding britain with counterfeit royal mail stamps and small retailers are buying forgeries online. it's understood the fakes are causing a rise in complaints when stamps are bought from legitimate stores. and yet they're being deemed fraudulent, resulting in a £5 fine for any receiver of those letters. gb news asks shoppers in horsham, west sussex, today what they thought about the problem . thought about the problem. >> awful. but this is what happens. there's a lot of counterfei

that came out of pride medical philosophy and economics when you think about names like david hume and adam smithrt mill, you know, these were incredible thinkers who we shaped modern thoughts and a lot of modern economic and economic behavior from which she has benefited. so it seems like scotland is doing a bit of a backslide if they want to take their dwindling police force and shining on people with whom there are philosophical and linguistic disagreements before grade point. and our founding fathers also were steeped in scottish enlightenment philosophy which i, you know, can say it as a makara, and from the highlands. so here's -- >> i'm from -- i'm a montgomery from paisley. >> martha: there you go! here's joe rogan. >> you see the violence going on in scotland whether targeting comedians for hate crime laws? every [bleep] generation goes this way and that way. they go to far less than they go too far right. >> scotland? >> so these [bleep] groups have decided they're going to target his people and put them in jail. >> martha: so crazy. it's so true about the pendulum. if you like you can

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david: for. >> the divide among democrats, adam smith is a democrat from the state of washington a very liberal fascist on campus here's his statement very tough stuff coming from that side of the democratic party but then you have the squad i would play you a soundbite from ilhan omar about speaker johnson's visit to columbia campus last week. roll tape. >> it's not surprising that he would go to columbia university and stir up more anger and hate and endanger the lives of young people who are at the encampment at columbia university. >> those are the two sides how does that get resolved before the convention in chicago? >> with extreme difficulty. frankly i don't see it resolved, you and i in the past have talked about the 68 conventions. >> we remember as small children. yes. >> yes some of the smaller than others. but it hurt the democrats on the wind, the violence in the streets then, it can hurt them if that happens this year in chicago and joe biden sees the party fracturing sees no clear resolution in the middle east and goodness gracious, i think speaker johnson speaking is a patriot d

new york magazine, trump listened to david pecker as supreme court help him. and jack smithof putting trump on trial are sinking and donald trump had fantastic day in the supreme court today. when you watch, do you think he had a good day? >> shannon: uh-huh, you know what, i think his team could argue that. we sat there, it was quiet and somber. jack smith in the courtroom and all justices went back and forth with two extreme positions. former president's legal team says he has immunity and special counsel says he has none. what it seemed like justices are trying to get to is middle ground, presidents need some level of immunity so they can make difficult decisions, but not efverything he ever did woud be covered. they are trying to find middle ground. as jonathan turley and colleagues have said, i get the sense they send it to a lower court to deal with again, that turns into a net win for trump legal team. they'll have that private vote today. we won't know for a while. >> guy: we were talking on the guy benson show. plug there. what does that mean for the timeline? that

smith. this is an important piece of legislation and, as david was just saying, no one should ever receive a tax benefit for aiding and abetting terrorists. it's just absurd. but sometimes it takes commonsense, practical individuals to stand up and make sure that we get this right and i commend both of these gentlemen for their outstanding work. i also want to thank mr. schneider for bringing this up. what we experienced on saturday was incredible. but demonstrates when nations stick together in common bond as allies against terrorism and terrorist attacks, good things can transpire and happen. the attack on israel on saturday, to have been thwarted in the way that it was by both israel, the united states and our allies, the world was taking notice. but as mr. schneider pointed out, the world ises a taking notice -- the world is also taking notice this weekend on what's transpiring in the ukraine. imagine during this same time, 130 drones, 80 missiles, 700 bombs, just in the last week alone, were directed at the people of ukraine. the supplemental the president asked for back in october, the

smith: thank you very much, david, and thanks to all of you for coming out this morning. thanks to georgetown university. i hope the rest of the day goes well. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> welcome. >> thank you very much. when mark twain, who was the remount humerus and essayist -- renowned humorist and essayist, was asked about his rumored failing health, he famously answered "reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated," and i think nato can empathize with twain's reaction, because overall, over the past 75 years, nato has had to navigate many serious tensions among its members. some of these are rooted in differences inside nato, about a nuclear strategy, the alliance structure, its operations, and others flowed from disagreements over policies of, or by one or more allies, outside, on issues outside of nato's purview. just to give you a flavor of some of these not

whether former president trump has ime moonty e in the special counsel jack smith's election interference if case. fox news' davidth more. david. >> reporter: maria, good morning. whether the justices like it or not, they will enter the nerve center of the 2024 presidential election. arguments begin promptly at 10:00 this morning, expected to go several hours. former president donald trump, he says the charges levied against him for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election should not force him to be in a courtroom. he says that he should have absolute immunity here. he says that these allegations surrounded a time while he was still president. he also a says future presidents would be affected by with what the supreme court decides, telling fox news this, this morning: >> we have a big case today. the supreme court on presidential immunity. a president has to have immunity. if you don't have 'em. moonty, you just have a ceremonial president. >> reporter: special counsel jack smith who charged trump insists that the. former president's behavior continued after he left office of and should be pro