that if i said something at the beginning of the new year that parliament would be in recess and pat mcfaddenupportive of, he worked quite closely with me so i rang adam and said, can i tell pat before parliament recesses? i rang pat mcfadden in december and i told him, then i told my top team of the 4th him, then i told my top team of the 11th of january. him, then i told my top team of the 4th ofjanuary-_ 4th of january. that was the public osition, 4th of january. that was the public position, effectively. _ 4th of january. that was the public position, effectively. so _ 4th of january. that was the public position, effectively. so i - 4th of january. that was the public position, effectively. so i told - 4th of january. that was the public position, effectively. so i told the | position, effectively. so i told the to team position, effectively. so i told the top team and _ position, effectively. so i told the top team and there _ position, effectively. so i told the top team and there was _ position, effectively. so i told the top team and there was an - position, effectively. so i told t

the letter was date stamped on 7th of may, it went out with a deadline if anything came in from pat mcfaddencame out. we are only talking a couple of days but the reality is i saw the computer weekly article before i saw this correspondence. and actually i did not particularly put the two together as my head was full of the computer weekly article. we will come to that shortly. paragraph 27. sorry, paragraph 79 a. page 27 of your witness statement. it does not need to be turned up. uc —— you said that when you received that letter you indicated to michelle greaves, executive correspondence manager, that you would like the matter thoroughly investigated.— investigated. yes. can we _ investigated. yes. can we look - investigated. yes. can we look then l investigated. yes. | can we look then at investigated. yes. - can we look then at the investigated. yes. _ can we look then at the computer weekly article? the articles by rebecca thompson in computer weekly. it refers to the case of lee castleton. were you aware of lee castleton. were you aware of lee castleton before reading this article? .,

pat mcfadden, rather— by the minister.r of the 3rd of november and says he is applying as a minister of state for innovation and skills. and he says, under— innovation and skills. and he says, under the — innovation and skills. and he says, under the government's secretary reforms _ under the government's secretary reforms introduced in 2001, royal mail, _ reforms introduced in 2001, royal mail, which includes post office limited. — mail, which includes post office limited, was given greater commercial freedom as a management and unions _ commercial freedom as a management and unions had requested and government had assumed, has assumed an arm's—length role as a shareholder in a public limited company _ shareholder in a public limited company. subject to agreeing a strategic— company. subject to agreeing a strategic plan with us the board constructed the business as it decides — constructed the business as it decides best to meet the challenges of market— decides best to meet the challenges of market development and changi

and also pat mcfadden also talking to pat mcfadden earlier, he was saying, well, the can't guaranteere looking for this care , who are looking for this care, looking to put their two year old a nursery and old into a nursery and potentially in a year's time, they'd to them back they'd have to take them back out because they couldn't out again because they couldn't afford it. >> w- afford it. >> the government >> it is. and the government announced months ago. so announced this months ago. so you think that all the you would think that all the planning everything would be planning and everything would be in know, there's in place. and, you know, there's the the increase now, the there's the increase now, another increase in september, another increase in september, another increase in september, another increase next year. so it's difficult to see without more funding where these places are , are going to come from are, are going to come from because the childcare sector has been , in crisis. there's1 because the childcare sector has been , in crisis. there's 1 in been, in crisis. the

shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news earlier that labour has no plans for any similar laws if it wins the next election . wins the next election. >> we want proper enforcement of the anti hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested . arrested. >> finland will observe a day of mourning tomorrow after a 12 year old child was killed and two others were seriously wounded after a shooting that was carried out by another child of the same age at a primary school. it's understood a permit for the handgun belonged to a relative of the suspect , police relative of the suspect, police say. the 12 year old has admitted to carrying out the shooting , but the circumstances shooting, but the circumstances of the incident are not yet clear . the of the incident are not yet clear. the finnish prime minister has said he is deeply shocked and that his thoughts are with the victims on and their . adidas that are with the victims on an

he passed it on to his junior minister, pat mcfadden, he could have done more.lition, baroness —— neville rolfe etc, kelly tolhurst, they all pursue that as i think they were advised to pursue it by their civil servants. alan bates says he owes the civil servants are more than the ministers. i think he is probably right there. the trouble is civil servants don't have the ability to answer, whereas ministers do. i mean, obviously we take what alan bates says as read, but they are ministers. they make their own decisions. yes, they take advice, but it is ministers who decide. yes. but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you — but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want _ but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me _ but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me to _ but it is ministers who decide. ies what do you want me to say? but it is ministers who decide. yes, what do you want me to say? fine, | what do you want me to say? fine, let me ask — what do you want me to say? fine, let me ask you _ what do you want me to say? f

well shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news this morning that labour has no plans to introduce anytion. >> we want proper enforcement of the anti hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested. >> meanwhile, labour has launched a new campaign it calls the cost of chaos , aimed at the cost of chaos, aimed at exposing the government's economic policies in the lead up to the next election. the campaign's website, which is now live , aims to show the cost of live, aims to show the cost of decisions made by the government like scrapping part of the hs2 rail project. sir keir starmers party is claiming the government to spend than £8 billion on to spend more than £8 billion on what he calls wasted projects under rishi sunak's leadership. the government, though, says the website is a waste of time and they've called on labour to devote more attention to setting out plans . prices devote more attention to setting out plans. pric

shadow minister pat mcfadden told gb news this morning that labour has no plans to introduce any similar new hate crime laws. if it wins the next election. >> we want proper enforcement of the anti hate crime laws that are there and make sure that the right penalties are in place to protect people. we're not planning to legislate for new crimes in this area , and i don't crimes in this area, and i don't think jk rowling should be arrested . arrested. >> adidas says that it will block any german football shirts that feature the number 44, amid concerns over a resemblance to the ss nazi symbol. the new kits were launched last month ahead of germany hosting the european championship in june and july, but a historian has flagged similarities with the logo for ss, which was a nazi paramilitary organisation. the country's football association says it didn't spot the similarities when the design was approved, but it will now be changed. prices in shops are rising at the slowest rate for two years. that's according to new figures in march , shop new figures in march, shop pnces new figures in ma

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mcfadden. she covered the trial. long time columnist for the los angeles time, pat morrison, she covered l.a.ing the time and the civil trial, and cofounder of los angeles news service and one of the journalists who followed the bronco from the sky, marieka, who also happens to be my mom. why does this loom so large? >> part of it is people who were alive at the time participated. 95 million people watched television, watched that bronco case, and then because lance decided cameras were allowed in the courtroom, everyone got to play along. people followed the trial. people would discuss the testimony of the day at dinner. it became embedded in the culture, and i think in addition to celebrity and crime, you can add money and power and race in that courtroom, and i think we still feel the legacy of all of it today. >> what is o.j.'s legacy? >> you know, it's so hard in so many ways because the beginning of his life was that of a greek god. he rose from poverty. >> it was a cinderella story. >> yeah, and cinderella didn't turn out so well. i've said over the day-to-day, being acquitted is not t