report into martin bashir�*s interview with princess diana is not over with news on thursday that matt wiessleraphic designer asked by the reporter to mock up fake bank statements, had received an apology from the bbc for the way he had been treated. the corporation is conducting an internal investigation into bashir�*s rehiring at the bbc in 2016 as religious affairs correspondent and said its findings would be made public this week. that has not happened. when we asked about it we were told... in the meantime, the whole subject is receiving plenty of attention in the newspapers with some reaction to director general tim davie's revelation that martin bashir was still being paid as he worked out his three month notice period. leslie mcintyre left us this message on the telephone with her reaction. i want to say how appalled i am that i am now having to pay a licence fee to pay martin bashir a salary to the end of august and possibly a pension. the bbc are very happy to hunt down politicians for misdemeanours, cover up their own. in a radio interview last week, tim davie justified the decision

matt wiessler, a graphic designer, was sidelined by the bbc after raising concerns that fake bank statementsthe apology was important to him, but that he now wants to move on. an armed policeman who shot the fishmongers' hall attacker has told an inquest he thought they were all going to die, after spotting what he believed to be a suicide belt attached to usman khan's waist. the officer, who can't be named to protect his identity, told the jury he came up close to khan, as bystanders pinned him to the ground on london bridge. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. having killed two people in fishmongers' hall, usman khan was pursued out onto london bridge by three men wielding a fire extinguisher and a narwhal tusk. they successfully brought him to the ground. at this point, three firearms officers arrived from city of london police. they dived in to try to try to take control. one of the officers, known as ws5 to conceal his identity, then saw what looked like a bomb around the suspect�*s waist. he's got a bomb... "if you'd seen films, you'd have believed it was a viable d

matt wiessler, a graphic designer, was sidelined by the bbc after raising concerns that fake bank statementsportant to him, but that he now wants to move on. the government is facing a growing rebellion that could force it to reverse cuts to foreign aid. 30 tory rebel mps, including the former prime minister theresa may, have now promised to back a bid to increase spending on aid in 2022, after it was reduced by ministers by almost £4 billion. the conservative party has been fined £10,000 for sending 51 emails in borisjohnson's name to people who did not want to receive them. the information commissioner's office called it a "serious" breach of data laws. the emails were sent injuly 2019 after mrjohnson became party leader and prime minister. marine protection officials in sri lanka are scrambling to contain a potential leak of several hundred tonnes of oil from a sinking cargo ship. it caught fire nearly two weeks ago and debris and oil have spread onto the coast, sparking fears of an environmental disaster. health ministers from the g7 group of wealthy nations met today in oxford to discus

and that is matt wiessler, and that is because he made them, under the orders of martin bashir.or the bbc again. well, he has now received a formal written apology, and today, there was a face—to—face meeting with tim davey, the director—general of the bbc. i asked him why this meant so much to him. because i still felt that to this day, the bbc werejust because i still felt that to this day, the bbc were just saying things to sort of appease me, but i have come away from it feeling, no, they really, really support me, and they feel really, genuinely that they sort of want to... not help me, but, you know, clear up the past and start again, in a sort of friendly relationship. start again, in a sort of friendly relationship-— start again, in a sort of friendly relationshi. .,, , ,, relationship. has this impacted your career? yes- — there might well be, but i am not involved in that, and tim and i have spoken about that quite openly. it is sort of confidential, but we very much both just want to move on. matthias wiessler there, feeling much happier at the end of this. of course,

our media correspondent david sillito has been speaking to matt wiessler and hejoins me now.eneral today. do we know what happened? he director-generaltoday. do we know what happened?— what happened? he said after 25 ears are what happened? he said after 25 years are men's _ what happened? he said after 25 years are men's had _ what happened? he said after 25 years are men's had been - what happened? he said after 25 years are men's had been made. j what happened? he said after 25 i years are men's had been made. the story is an extraordinary one because there he is, a freelance graphic designer back in 1995, he is asked by martin bashir to drop two documents very quickly, overnight, he did not ask a great number of questions, and does not think anything more of it. until he sees the interview with princess diana and he begins to realise that something was amiss. he raises concerns with his policies, there is an enquiry, and at the end of that enquiry, martin bashir is declared to be an honourable man. and mr wiessler never worked for the bbc again. it takes 25 years for him

report into martin bashir�*s interview with princess diana is not over with news on thursday that matt wiessler on the telephone with her reaction. i want to say how appalled i am that i am now having to pay a licence fee to pay martin bashir a salary to the end of august and possibly a pension. the bbc are very happy to hunt down politicians for misdemeanours, cover up their own. in a radio interview last week, tim davie justified the decision to accept martin bashir�*s resignation rather than sacking him by pointing to bashir�*s medical issues saying it allowed a clean break with no pay off and adding that this was not an honourable discharge. a subject i am sure we will be returning to. the inquiry into the deaths of 22 people at an ariana grande concert in manchester arena four years ago will resume on monday. since it started last september it has heard some harrowing testimony. last week there was evidence from one of the paramedics who attended the scene after the terrorist attack and bbc online report on the day's hearing was headlined... ..which incurred the wrath ofjoshua barker. he s