post office limited had its own board, its _ limited. yes. office limited i had its own board, its chairman and in your tenure if they were sir michael hutchinson, from whom we heard yesterday, and then from 2009, donald brighton? that's right. i think that means that mr bryden was chairman of both royal mail holdings plc and post office limited? yes, he was. in your tenure david mills and then from 2006, alan cook from whom we have just heard? then from 2006, alan cook from whom we havejust heard? yes. that person, the md or ceo sat on both royal mail holdings plc and the mail management board? yes. the post office limited had its own risk and compliance committee? that's right. i think in one way or another i have taken all of those points from your witness statements, you make all of those points in one way or another in your witness statement, taking all of those points together are you effectively saying in your witness statement that within the group of separate business units, the post office had a relatively high degree office had a r

post office limited auditing risk committee? i definitely didn't, no. as far as i recall. an example of a meeting of post office board. we can see it is post office limited board meeting april 2006, april 20. we can see those who are members of the committee who are present. and we can see in attendance, second down, is you. correct. page four. we can see that the solvency of post office was being addressed. does that reflect the point that you made earlier that financial viability and existence of post office was critical concern to you? it was. it didn'tjust impact post office but because of the scale it impacted the solvency of the group as a whole, and the ability of the group to sign its accounts as a going concern. mr corbett is recorded as outlining the company's financial position in further detail, it was clear that the company was insolvent, and that in the absence of support from its parent company or ultimate shareholder, that is the government, it should be unable to meet its debts as they failed you for the foreseeable future? it was reported to the board the government had agreed in principle that supp

whether that was the holdings board or the post office board. mr; or the post office board. with a purpose, or an outcome in mind _ with a purpose, or an outcome in mind that — with a purpose, or an outcome in mind that he sat on both boards? | mind that he sat on both boards? i think mind that he sat on both boards? think it was mind that he sat on both boards? i think it was to ensure there was more gloom there across the team. again, that is something that had been decided quite a while before i arrive. —— the glue across the board. and it seemed to work very well. �* ., . board. and it seemed to work very well. �* ., , ., ., well. and he was the line manager, essentially. — well. and he was the line manager, essentially. of— well. and he was the line manager, essentially, of the _ well. and he was the line manager, essentially, of the legal _ well. and he was the line manager, essentially, of the legal services i essentially, of the legal services team _ essentially, of the legal services team within the royal mail holdings? yes, team within the royal mail holdings? yes.

, _ were acting on behalf of the post office, ratherthan were acting on behalf of the post office, rather than the post office boardlso they would _ for them? in part, yes, but also they would be — for them? in part, yes, but also they would be doing _ for them? in part, yes, but also they would be doing that at - for them? in part, yes, but also they would be doing that at the | they would be doing that at the behest of the post office team who owned horizon and any issues deriving out of that.- owned horizon and any issues deriving out of that. might that be their clients? _ deriving out of that. might that be their clients? yes. _ deriving out of that. might that be their clients? yes. i'm _ deriving out of that. might that be their clients? yes. i'm talking - their clients? yes. i'm talking about responsibility _ theirclients? 1's; i'm talking about responsibility for theirclients? 1ezs i'm talking about responsibility for the theirclients? 123 i'm talking about responsibility for the conduct and work— about responsibility for the conduct and work of the lawyers. that fell, if i'm _ and work of the lawyers. tha

it's the summer of 2013, a really significant moment in this entire post office saga, because it is that summer that the post office board in 70 post office branches, and what we learned today was, how did the post office board react to that report? and what we heard, really, was a series of memos, e—mails, we were shown minutes that really showed, in the words of the council to the inquiry, in his view, an attempt at a cover—up, but really what really showed through was concerns about the national reputation of the post office following that report, there was a one point and e—mailfrom the head of finance, board they would not be liable for what was found in that report, there was really a concern there about the reputational damage to the post office, and with all these things, discussed at this inquiry, what's often most revealing is what's not shown, what we did not see in the inquiry today. but we were not shown was a series of memos, e—mails, board minutes that saw real soul—searching at the top of the post office about what this incredibly important, damning report meant for the convictions of those sub—postmaster

_ have gone through the post office board route? em to tell the i board route? to simplify, i would i have expected them to tell the chief executive and i would expected the chief executive to tell the board and myself very quickly and simultaneously. did and myself very quickly and simultaneously.— and myself very quickly and simultaneously. and myself very quickly and simultaneousl . , ,, ., ., simultaneously. did you know about post office stock _ simultaneously. did you know about post office stock line _ simultaneously. did you know about post office stock line on _ simultaneously. did you know about post office stock line on horizon, i post office stock line on horizon, namely— post office stock line on horizon, namely one in which it was said that the system — namely one in which it was said that the system is robust? onlyt namely one in which it was said that the system is robust?— namely one in which it was said that the system is robust? only from what the system is robust? only from what the inuui the system is robust? onl

post office - all. looking up responsibilities, - would you agree post office limited board was responsible for oversighthe identification, analysis and management of risk is very important to running a company? indeed. and do you accept the board of post office limited was responsible for overseeing how the executive team identified, analysed and managed risk?— executive team identified, analysed and managed risk?- let's. executive team identified, analysed| and managed risk?- let's go and managed risk? correct. let's go to our and managed risk? correct. let's go to your appointment _ and managed risk? correct. let's go to your appointment in _ and managed risk? correct. let's go to your appointment in march - and managed risk? correct. let's go to your appointment in march 2006| and managed risk? correct. let's go i to your appointment in march 2006 as management director and can be bring up management director and can be bring up the witness statement at page 16 paragraph 46? you set out how you were appointed as managing director. and you say at the bottom half, i therefore accepted the role of manag

is discovered by post offices horizon _ error is discovered by post offices horizon computer system. i believe the post— horizon computer system. i believe the post office has a boardsimilar situation. " i don't think you would have got this at the time, correct? _ you would have got this at the time, correct? :. . you would have got this at the time, correct? . , .:, . :, , you would have got this at the time, correct? . , . :, , correct? that is correct i only saw this this morning. _ correct? that is correct i only saw this this morning. so _ correct? that is correct i only saw this this morning. so this - correct? that is correct i only saw this this morning. so this letter. this this morning. so this letter from the 17th _ this this morning. so this letter from the 17th of— this this morning. so this letter from the 17th ofjuly, _ this this morning. so this letter from the 17th ofjuly, fitting - this this morning. so this letter| from the 17th ofjuly, fitting this with a _ from the 17th ofjuly, fitting this with a chronology, would have been 'ust with a chronology, would have been just before — with a chronology, would have been just before the board meeting b

would that be a function of royal mail group board over the post office, _ royal mail group board overack— where does the responsibility for their lack of communication from the post office _ their lack of communication from the post office fall? i think you would have to say with the post office chief executive and chairman. that's... that's. .. that assumes, i beg your pardon- -- — that's. .. that assumes, i beg your pardon... that _ that's. .. that assumes, i beg your pardon... that assumes _ that's. .. that assumes, i beg your pardon... that assumes they - that's. .. that assumes, i beg your. pardon... that assumes they knew? exactly that — pardon... that assumes they knew? exactly that and _ pardon... that assumes they knew? exactly that and obviously _ pardon... that assumes they knew? exactly that and obviously i - pardon... that assumes they knew? exactly that and obviously i don't i exactly that and obviously i don't know whether they did or not. my assumption is that they didn't but i guess that is one of the rolls of the inquiry, to figure that out. figs the inquiry, to figur

the organisation would want me to be looking for independent and non—execs to go on the post office limited boardions for the post office business? see that again. horizon records transactions for post office business? yes. it for post office business? yes. it provided — for post office business? yes. it provided the _ for post office business? yes. it provided the data _ for post office business? yes. it provided the data from - for post office business? yes it provided the data from which the statutory and management accounts would be compiled? yes. as a director you had to have confidence in that data to be able to sign off on the manager of statutory accounts?— statutory accounts? yes. it follows _ statutory accounts? yes. it follows that _ statutory accounts? yes. it follows that you - statutory accounts? yes. | it follows that you needed statutory accounts? yes. - it follows that you needed to be statutory accounts? yes it follows that you needed to be any position to satisfy yourself that the it system that generated the data was sufficiently robust and reliable? ., . �* ., data was suffic

meeting notes from meetings showed the post office's board appear to debate language referring to "bugssten. it's absolutely 0rwellian, isn't it, the use of the word "exception" now, instead of "bug"? changing the language within the company, crafting a briefing that now refers to exceptions? did you not take responsibility for that briefing, given that you were one of the people drafting it? if i had solely drafted it, if it had been my work, then i would have taken responsibility, or would take responsibility for it. i don't have... i can't remember that. susan crichton was general counsel until 2013, you're live with bbc news. a court in moscow has rejected the latest appeal by the american journalist evan gershkovich to be released from prison ahead of his trial on spying charges. the wall streetjournal reporter has been held in prison for a year. the court has extended his detention till the end of year. mr gershkovich, his employer and the us government or deny the allegations of espionage. the usjustice department says it will pay out almost $140 million to survivors of disgraced

as the prosecution for well under way, for instance he didn't mention it to the post office board that horizon evidence. mr miller also spoke about his role in the case of sub postmasterjulie wilson stone. the post office settled civil proceedings out of court back in 200a. she had a computer expert to give evidence, raising concerns about horizon. but mr miller didn't read it, although he signed off on the compensation and he regretted that. he told the inquiry this morning, i should have said stop, let's review this case properly. going on to say, as we can see from the paperwork, people wanted to keep it quiet. he agreed this was a missed opportunity which might have prevented many of the things that followed.— might have prevented many of the things that followed. emma, thank ou. things that followed. emma, thank you- emma — things that followed. emma, thank you. emma simpson. _ adam peaty will compete for a third olympic 100m breaststroke after being confirmed in team gb's swimming squad for the paris games. the five time olympic medallist has returned to the sport after taking ti

meeting notes from meetings showed the post office's board appear to debate language referring to "bugsit's absolutely 0rwellian, isn't it, the use of the word "exception" now instead of "bug"? changing the language within the company, crafting a briefing that now refers to exceptions. did you not take responsibility for that briefing, given that you were one of the people drafting it? if i had solely drafted it, it had been my work, then i would have taken responsibility, or would take responsibility for it. i don't have... i can't remember that. susan crichton was general counsel until 2013, as the horizon scandal developed. you're live with bbc news. in the uk, mps have passed the government's rwanda bill, which designates the eastern african nation a safe country. if successful, migrants could be granted refugee status and allowed to stay there. if not, they can apply on other grounds or seek asylum in another safe third country. no asylum seeker would be able to apply to return to the uk. prime minister rishi sunak has been pushing the legislation for months — but it's been fiercel

meeting notes from meetings showed the post office's board appear to debate language referring to "bugsn. it's absolutely 0rwellian, isn't it, the use of the word "exception" now, instead of "bug"? changing the language within the company, crafting a briefing that now refers to exceptions. did you not take responsibility for that briefing, given that you were one of the people drafting it? if i had solely drafted it, it had been my work, then i would have taken responsibility, or would take responsibility for it. i don't have... i can't remember that. susan crichton was general counsel until 2013, as the horizon scandal developed. you're live with bbc news. the us justice department says it will pay almost $140 million to victims of the disgraced team usa gymnastics dr larry nassar. he was jailed after being convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of athletes. the fbi was found to have botched its investigation into nassar, leaving him free to continue his assaults for months. nassar abused more than 300 women and girls in total, over 18 years — the olympic champion simone biles was a

does it follow that your state of knowledge at this time, based on what the post office board memberre of any bugs, errors or defects which had been detected in legacy horizon or which were then evident in emerging in horizon online? . . . evident in emerging in horizon online? , ., ., . online? yes, i was unaware. we were all unaware — online? yes, i was unaware. we were all unaware but _ online? yes, i was unaware. we were all unaware but michael _ online? yes, i was unaware. we were all unaware but michael wood - online? yes, i was unaware. we were all unaware but michael wood was i all unaware but michael wood was raising the question, the only absolutely perfect computer programme in existence? tau absolutely perfect computer programme in existence? you were unaware of — programme in existence? you were unaware of the _ programme in existence? you were unaware of the problems _ programme in existence? you were unaware of the problems with i programme in existence? you were unaware of the problems with the l unaware of the problems with the so—called irq data and its presentation

post office chief executive , nick office chief executive, nick read, has been exonerated of all misconduct allegations following an independent investigation into the horizon. it scandal. in a statement, the post office boarding to continue to lead the business and said allegations will always be thoroughly and consistently investigated, whoever they're aimed at. it comes as an inquiry is continuing into the post office scandal, which saw subpostmasters wrongly convicted after they were accused of stealing money that had gone missing . and the rate of missing. and the rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest level in two and a half years, which the prime minister says shows the government's plan is working. figures from the ons show it eased to 3.2% in march, compared to 3.4% the month before. economists say a dip in food prices is the main reason for the slowdown. furniture and household goods prices also contributed to the fall . contributed to the fall. chancellor jeremy contributed to the fall. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has welcomed the news, saying people should start to feel the difference as well as see it in their paycheques. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alert

it's important we make this distinction, royal mail own to the post office, but it had a separate boardons about accountability, where does the buck stop? adam crozier was right at the top, albeit at royal mail, and today is a key date in understanding all of that. ., ~ is a key date in understanding all of that. ., ,, , ., is a key date in understanding all of that. ., ,, i. is a key date in understanding all of that. ., ~' ,, . of that. thank you, so much, frances- _ the uk economy grew by 0.1% in february, according to the office for national statistics. the figures were boosted by production and manufacturing, in areas such as the car industry, but the ons said that construction was hit by wet weather. labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the uk's nuclear deterrent is the "bedrock" of his plan to keep britain safe and the party will strengthen uk security and economic growth. our political correspondent, nick eardley is in westminster. explain exactly what this means, nick, good morning.— explain exactly what this means, nick, good morning. morning, naga. this is as much _ nick, go

this is a minute of the board meeting _ this is a minute of the board meeting of the post office limitedrector, _ you attended as nonexecutive director, wasn't it?— you attended as nonexecutive director, wasn't it? yes, it must have been- _ director, wasn't it? yes, it must have been. looking _ director, wasn't it? yes, it must have been. looking at _ director, wasn't it? yes, it must have been. looking at the - director, wasn't it? yes, it must - have been. looking at the attendance list, who have been. looking at the attendance list. who then — have been. looking at the attendance list, who then was _ have been. looking at the attendance list, who then was responsible, - have been. looking at the attendance list, who then was responsible, had l list, who then was responsible, had expertise _ list, who then was responsible, had expertise in — list, who then was responsible, had expertise in it? list, who then was responsible, had expertise in w?— expertise in it? well, it would be rick francis. _ expertise in it? well, it would be rick francis. as _ expertise in it? well, it would be ri

the post office, so intimately involved with the running of the post office said, he did not know, for many years, that the post office had that power. in terms of a key focus for the royal mail's boardbed it, the post office situation was, quote, pretty dire. but he said he never had been told of any problems with horizon it as far as he could remember. we also heard as you mention, from john longman, a post office investigator investigations of course being a big part of the scandal and he was the investigator in the case of seema misra who was sent to prison when she was eight weeks pregnant. he said, he, in hindsight, would have done things differently, even i have at the time, he had been told the horizon system was robust. let's take a listen even though, by the way, seema misra did not quite accept that apology. it was not disclosed in seema misra's— it was not disclosed in seema misra's trial, the receipts of a mismatch_ misra's trial, the receipts of a mismatch bug was not disclosed in seema _ mismatch bug was not disclosed in seema misra's trial, without deliberate?— seema misra's trial, without deliberate? ., ., , ., deliberate? not on my part, no because i— deliberate? no

as far as i recall, i don't- remember anyone in the post office governance system, whether that's the board 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 department in the law 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. former managing director alan cook also made the extraordinary admission that during his tenure he had no idea the post office had the power to prosecute its own people. he apologized face to face to janet skinner, who was wrongly jailed. i can only apologise on behalf of the whole organisation for the way that you were treated. it was disgraceful. i can only apologise personally that whilst i had not heard of your case,

employees, the conduct — and crown office employees, the conduct and behaviour of post office employees, senior executives and board, the operation of the legal system and of the courts and the process of seeking redress and accountability, is that a fair summary?— accountability, is that a fair summary?- that - accountability, is that a fair summary?- that all. accountability, is that a fair summary? yes. that all began i think with a coffee — summary? 193 that all began i think with a coffee morning in your constituency on the 3rd of april 2009. — constituency on the 3rd of april 2009. is — constituency on the 3rd of april 2009, is that right?— constituency on the 3rd of april 2009, is that right? yes. and then i think ou 2009, is that right? 193 and then i think you learned about the case of joe holt— think you learned about the case of joe holt and. | think you learned about the case of joe holt and-— think you learned about the case of joe holt and.- your _ joe holt and. i did. your involvement _ joe holt and. i did. your involvement continues l joe holt and. i did. your involvement continues i | joe holt and.

the next half an hour, hearing from the government post office minister kevin hollinrake and speak live to a member of the horizon. as compensation boarddog has condemned a drone attack on the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine. rafael grossi said no one could benefit from such attacks. russia's nuclear agency said three people were injured when a canteen was hit and blamed ukraine for the attack. ukraine has denied responsibility. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in kyiv and told me more about the specifics of the attack. the iaea, the un's atomic energy watchdog, has been talking about a very significant threat, and a very significant attack on this nuclear power facility. rafael grossi has talked about three direct hits on facilities, he described it, calling it reckless, saying this cannot happen. he said it was a major escalation of security dangers there. we have also seen a report that refers to iaea staff on the ground at the power facility. they talk about hearing explosions during the day as well as a rifle fire. they saw the remnants of drones, they have described that. they also said the

post office. we are also going to behaving from a former senior executive who was chairman of the royal mail group beginning to thousand two before he climbed the ranks and stayed at the top of the boardthe group alongside adam crozier for much of the time which was the early part of the scandal, when hundreds of prosecutions against sub—postmasters took place. the key question will be what he knew about the prosecutions, problems with the it system, be horizon it system and how a big priority it was to the board. i5 how a big priority it was to the board. , , . ., , board. is the inquiry continues remind us _ board. is the inquiry continues remind us where _ board. is the inquiry continues remind us where we _ board. is the inquiry continues remind us where we are i board. is the inquiry continues remind us where we are to. i board. is the inquiry continues i remind us where we are to. this is -hase remind us where we are to. this is phase five. — remind us where we are to. this is phase five. the — remind us where we are to. this is phase five, the statutory - remind us where we are to. this is phase five, the statutory inquiry i phase five, the statutory inquiry has a lot of powers

as far as i recall, i don't remember anyone in the post office governance system, whether that's the boardsecutions. 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 for the way that you were treated. it was disgraceful. i can only apologise personally that whilst i had not heard of your case i'm nevertheless — i have an accountability, that i should have been on top of it and i wasn't. next week the enquiry will hear from some of those who were central to the prosecution, conviction, and evenjailing of hundreds of innocent people. marc ashdown, bbc news. 7:13am is the time. and man may have walked on the moon first, but could man's best friend be next? engineers in oregon are teaching a robot dog to walk on the moon. now, look, this is how to manipulate an acronym. figure this one out. the legge

post office. while they were part of the same organisation during that time, there was a separate board which adameviously in response to the scandal adam crozier has said that he wasn't involved in the horizon issue. he was deeply sorry for the lives that were ruined ijy sorry for the lives that were ruined by this ordeal. and so he is going to be asked about what he knew, when he knew it, and also whether he had seen the e—mails that were sent to him. this is a man who is used to being under pressure. there were a nationwide postal strikes while he was at royal mail and he has been at the helm of big organisations like the helm of big organisations like the football association, saatchi & saatchi, itv and bt, where he is currently chairman. this saatchi, itv and bt, where he is currently chairman.— currently chairman. as a day machinery. _ currently chairman. as a day machinery, thank _ currently chairman. as a day machinery, thank you - currently chairman. as a day machinery, thank you for - currently chairman. as a day l machinery, thank you for that update. when the inquiry resumes we will st

post office representatives confirmed they were still sending questionnaires regarding data sources to some specific former office employees and boardrial held by third—party advisors and material related to possible it was also discussed. in short the inquiry understood what mr long ongoing in relation to some additional data sources but should post office have any material update and in particular data source content relevant information would alert the inquiry as soon as soon as possible. on distributing the minute to court participants the inquiry noted as the disclosure process by the proset bus was continuing, the disclosure of additional documents had only recently started, i advise gently inquiry legal team ought to continue to monitor the post office compliance with the inquiry disclosure requirements and report to you regularly. the reporting ought to include whether the post office continued to meet deadlines, the inquiry had set in order to enable phases five and six oral hearings to proceed and thereafter continued as scheduled. at that stage i got the solicitor to the inquiry considered it premature for the inquiry to

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been writing about the legal ethics surrounding the post office scandal for several years and is also a member of the horizon compensation advisory boardnister said in his opinion people should be prosecuted and go to jail. do you think that is likely to jail. do you think that is likely to happen and will the next stage of the inquiry go towards that?- the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office _ the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office have _ the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office have done - the inquiry go towards that? people in the post office have done thingsl in the post office have done things wrong which will lead to disciplinary actions, criminal offences been part of that so i think that is likely but we will see in the next phase with the bosses, senior executives and directors and the more senior people involved what responsibility they will be shown to have. , . , , , responsibility they will be shown to have. , ., , , . have. presumably they will have thou . ht have. presumably they will have thought long — have. presumably they will have thought long and _ have. presumably they

and resulted on the death of five people, horribly overcrowded on board, a further arrest on that story. let's return to the post office of a faulty system. angela van den bogerd is giving evidence, and she was the company's most important witness in the legal action taken by sub—postmaster alan bates, and was heavily criticised by the judge in that case for misleading the court in her evidence. angela van den bogerd today apologised to those affected, said she was not aware of any wrongdoing. l affected, said she was not aware of any wrongdoing-— affected, said she was not aware of any wrongdoing. i think you make no concessions — any wrongdoing. i think you make no concessions or _ any wrongdoing. i think you make no concessions or admissions _ concessions or admissions that you did anything wrong, correct? l did anything wrong, correct? i didn't knowingly do anything wrong. i would _ didn't knowingly do anything wrong. i would never knowingly do anything wrong _ i would never knowingly do anything wronu. ., ., �* i would never knowingly do anything wronu. ., .,�* ., ., , ., i would never knowingly do anything wronu.

would have been a person within the post office organisation who would have had authority to sign off spending the money without taking it either to you or to the boardon board? correct. _ the most likely person was paula vennells? yes, i think so. the legalfunction would yes, i think so. the legal function would have sought approval from the business, the legal function would have sought approvalfrom the business, and the legal function would have sought approval from the business, and the business in this case would have been the person that ran the branches. thank you. thank you, mr cook, for providing your witness statements, and for coming to give evidence to the inquiry this morning. i am grateful to you. thank you, sir. how are we proceeding next? they preference i think is to switch witnesses — they preference i think is to switch witnesses immediately, if we can, and make — witnesses immediately, if we can, and make a — witnesses immediately, if we can, and make a start. by— and make a start. by all— and make a start. by all means. i will set you quietly until you do it. i think we may need a short break. yes, _ i think we may need a short b

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and the post office sought debt recovery from them at the end of the trading period, or it could be settled and paid off in due course. keep return please to pol 0003217? this is a boardturn to page seven, please. if you could go down to the impact programme, thank you. it says the objective of the programme is to save costs, replace obsolete back—office systems, include branch accounting, include improved debt recovery. from whom are those debts being recovered? from sub—postmasters and offices, franchisees. i assume that is what it meant. irate franchisees. i assume that is what it meant. ~ ., ., ., . franchisees. i assume that is what itmeant. ., ., ., . . ., it meant. we had a finance function in chesterfield _ it meant. we had a finance function in chesterfield and _ it meant. we had a finance function in chesterfield and in _ it meant. we had a finance function in chesterfield and in my _ it meant. we had a finance function in chesterfield and in my head - it meant. we had a finance function| in chesterfield and in my head when we were in this meeting this was new technology for chesterfield that flowed out into the branches. the board is effectively discussing

post office that we actually surface those. and, as the investigations have gone through so far, we've had no evidence of that. of course, there'll be dozens of other witnesses — from boardcians and government officials. first up, though, in the witness chair, will be alan bates. people have got to be held accountable. i see no sign of it yet, er... but i think, after the inquiry, then i think that's definitely the next stage. and then we start looking at prosecutions. notjust that, as well — i mean, huge bonuses have been paid to people over the years. some of that should be clawed back. all eyes are now on what this inquiry is about to uncover. we've done the groundwork. we've found out the system was broken and that people knew the system was broken. so now we're going to find out what the leaders of the post office did with that information. we are deeply concerned that there is growing evidence that there was a cover—up. victims will be watching. they want accountability, too — as well as full and fair compensation. emma simpson, bbc news. the post office minister, kevin hollinrake, has been speaking to bbc breakfast — and says the inquiry is important to make sure

board. a trading post going to tree on. those have been paid to kenya is chief of defense forces was killed in a helicopter crash on thursday. 9 of the offices traveling with general fonts is i'm going to also died when the cross went down showed you have to take off in north west. can you investigate to that? looking into the cause of the crush. still the central ask under public where a wooden boat capsized on friday coming dozens of people. it happened near the capital bungie video shows the boat carrying more than 300 passengers moments before we began sinking. at these 50 people drowned, colombians are set to march on sunday to protest against the government's plan to reform the countries health system. president, gustavo petro wants to make it more public, but he's face titles and congress of the sound run. patch reports now from boca to long lines in growing frustration, it becomes the norm in recent weeks. and many medicine dispenser is in book with the people they've been spending up to 7 hours in line for life saving medicines that are becoming increasingly scarce. i only have anti coagulant medicine until tomorrow. i depend on the

sad to say, were actually where the board was fundamentally focused through most of— was fundamentally focused through most of the time that i was with the post officee ost office. ., . most of the time that i was with the ost office. . . ., post office. the fact he did not identify those _ post office. the fact he did not identify those risks _ post office. the fact he did not identify those risks at - post office. the fact he did not identify those risks at the - post office. the fact he did notl identify those risks at the time, what you think about that now? itirei’ith what you think about that now? with hindsi . ht, what you think about that now? with hindsiuht, it what you think about that now? with hindsight. it is _ what you think about that now? with hindsight, it is obviously very sad because — hindsight, it is obviously very sad because had we identified those risks, _ because had we identified those risks, we — because had we identified those risks, we would have been able to put risks, we would have been able to but in _ risks, we would have been able to but in place — risks, we would have been able to put in place better control mechan

post office that we actually surface those. and, as the investigations have gone through so far, we've had no evidence of that. of course, there'll be dozens of other witnesses — from boarders, to key politicians and government officials. first up, though, in the witness chair will be alan bates. people have got to be held accountable. i see no sign of it yet, er... but i think after the inquiry, then i think that's definitely the next stage. and then we start looking at prosecutions. notjust that, as well — i mean, huge bonuses have been paid to people over the years. some of that should be clawed back. all eyes are now on what this inquiry is about to uncover. we've done the groundwork. we've find out the system was broken and that people knew the system was broken. so now we're going to find out what the leaders of the post office did with that information. we are deeply concerned that there is growing evidence that there was a cover—up. victims will be watching. they want accountability, too — as well as full and fair compensation. emma simpson, bbc news. alan bates is on his way to london to give evidence to the inquiry in the next few days, but on their way here to

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board, said the case is appalling, and the next week the public inquiry into the scandal begins, 15 weeks of hearings involving former post ministers, the former post ministers, the former post officestill something thatis because it is still something that is not being solved and being and they are getting away with not paying the compensation. and even the people who paying the people who are paying the compensation many compensation to it is in many cases , isn't it? what cases derisory, isn't it? what they're what they're giving them. >> no, absolutely. >> no, absolutely. >> this is you know, the terms scandal is, is overused . but it scandal is, is overused. but it definitely is relevant here. this is a national catastrophe. i mean, this is this is awful. and that public inquiry has to establish certain things and particularly about what, paula vennells knew . how much did she vennells knew. how much did she know? when did she know it? and what did she do about it? and, you know, when these facts are established , we then need to established, we then need to start talking about corporate manslaughter, because when people like, you know, the gentleman that you're talking about,