we consistently try to get an interview with paula vennells.f serious news editors had gone to the government and said why won't the chief executive of the post office give an interview to anyone, then things might have happened. that is one thing you can point atjournalism. why weren't big news organisations piling in there at the very highest level and saying it is unacceptable that this person, the leader of this organisation, who is paid by the taxpayer, is refusing to allow herself to be held to account. later that month it emerged that the dedicated news programmes, the seven and the nine on the bbc scotland channel, had been getting remarkably low ratings. one edition of the nine had 1700 viewers and an edition of the seven just 200. the former editor of new programmes at bbc scotland gave us his reaction. to spend large sums of the license payers�* money on shows which are really not achieving in any way respectable viewing figures and certainly not impressive viewing figures is truly a way of squandering not only money but public regar

que: witnesses have given recent evidence of matters relevant to paula vennells without support in contemporaneousving regard to the very human desire for self—preservation, that witnesses will now seek to distance themselves from ms vennells. just two examples, if i may. first, jo swinson said in her oral evidence that ms vennells knew about the clerk advice. when i asked her questions about this, ms swinson conceded the assertion is based on a single e—mail she had not seen at the time. that e—mail does not withstand the weight which ms swinson seeks to load upon it. she did not have any personal knowledge on theissue have any personal knowledge on the issue but clearly and in retrospect wanted to assume the worst of ms vennells and sought to point the finger at her. in his oral evidence, alan cooke, the managing director of the post office between march 2006 and early 2010 stated that ms vennells probably authorised in 2006 substantial legal costs for post office's claim against mr castleton. this could not be correct. ms vennells did not join post office untiljanuary 2007. i now turn to the ch

former post office boss paula vennells starting her three days of evidence...i'm...disappointed where information wasn't shared. but the barristers for the sub—postmasters didn't hold back. looking under that rock, you're going to find a problem. it's going to devastate the post office, ruin it. and you couldn't let that happen, could you, ms vennells? i loved the post office. i gave it... she inhales. voice breaking: i worked as hard as i possibly could to. . .deliver. .. l ..the best post office for the uk. another key figure — post office executive angela van den bogerd — came to face the music, too. you were allowing decent people to be prosecuted on the back of a flawed it system, weren't you? no, i would never do that. you would do anything to protect the post office. no, that's not right. it all began with a new computer system — problems from the start — and the fallout has been immense. it wasn't horizon that prosecuted us, it was the post office. the failings widespread over 25 years. all the victims are hoping this inquiry will deliver the truth. emm

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former post office boss paula vennells, starting her three days of evidence...cing herself from any wrongdoing? i was too trusting. i'm disappointed where information wasn't shared. but the barristers for the subpostmasters didn't hold back. looking under that rock, - you're going to find a problem, it's going to devastate i the post office — ruin it. and you couldn't let that happen, couldl you, miss vennells? i loved the post office. i gave it, i... april saw horses running loose through central london. the household cavalry animals were spooked by the sound of construction work. when i saw all these horses galloping along, it's a very. surreal thing to see. in music, it was a year of disruption and upheaval, starting at the brit awards, where raye won a record—breaking six prizes, two years after her painful split from her record label. after having years of your dreams being frustrated, tonight they've come true, right? yeah, tonight hasjust been the night of my life. will it ever get better than this again? edgy female pop continued to set the agenda, from

one of the key witnesses before the post office inquiry was paula vennells, the chief executive of them 2012 to 2019. >> i fully accept now that the post office. >> excuse me. the post office knew that i completely accepted . knew that i completely accepted. >> personally. >> personally. >> i didn't know that. >> i didn't know that. >> but despite collective hand—wringing over the scandal, just 1 in 10 of the subpostmasters wrongly convicted has been able to reach a final compensation settlement. coming up, the past year has been one of the most dangerous the world has faced in decades. yet the uk has faced in decades. yet the uk has seen more of its military capabilities axed. in the last year, has been one of massive global upheaval. wars in ukraine and the middle east have continued to rage. yet despite acknowledging the world is a far more dangerous place now, the labour government still hasn't given any date for its promised increase in uk defence spending. almost three years have passed since the russian military invaded ukraine en masse, but throughout 2024, intense attritional

there is no record of what paula vennells discussed with him other lessons learned review, like so manyer happen. this is clear to me that timing is helpful? in other words, i understand, that timing is helpful? in other words, iunderstand, i that timing is helpful? in other words, i understand, i get what you are saying what you are not writing, we won't go there. almost identical wording or code to ms perkins replied to the unsafe witness e—mail. all clear and helpful. the timing of this is helpful mayjust be a coincidence, but if paula vennells had been told about roderick williams' knowledge that he acquired that day about the mounting concerns, the abject failure of the post office, to instruct gareth jenkins properly, that would make perfect sense. but, of course, what is undeniable is that those e—mails reflecting the view occurred one week of the consultation. should the review reveal any concerns about horizon or branch accounting processes, the post office may be obliged under criminal procedure rules to proactively pass this information to suppose masters. both ongoing and hi