post office lawyers. emma simpson, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. died in connection with a recent outbreak of e.coli. it's understood that the person who died in may had underlying health conditions. it's thought the bacteria spread via lettuce leaves, resulting in recalls of a number of products from supermarkets. junior doctors in england have begun a five—day strike, the 11th in their long—running pay dispute after their union said there had been no credible pay offer from the government. nhs bosses have criticised the timing of the action, with a week to go to the general election. with four months to go before the us presidential election in november, joe biden and dondald trump will go head—to—head tonight in a televised debate. it comes just two weeks before mr trump is due to be sentenced for his conviction on 3a counts of falsifying business records. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is in atlanta, georgia, where the debate will happen. it will be quite a moment, sarah, won't it? , , , won't it? oh, yes, it will, sophie, the stakes— w

engineer at the technology firm fujitsu, who helped design the horizon it system, has told the post office inquiryitness in the prosecutions the post office brought against sub—postmasters on charges of theft and false accounting. he gave evidence in the pivotal 2010 trial of seema misra, who was jailed while pregnant. mrjenkins is now under investigation for perjury and perverting the course ofjustice. emma simpson was at today's hearing. the man in the middle spent his entire career at fujitsu. they made him a distinguished engineer. may i call garethjenkins, please? he may have known more about horizon than anyone else. so did he agree with what the judge said about it when subpostmasters eventually took the post office to court? do i take it that you accept his first finding that legacy horizon was not remotely robust? i don't accept that finding. you don't accept his finding that horizon online was susceptible to accounting flaws. there were some discrete bugs that caused problems to the accounts, but they were very discrete, and i believe that they were all well controlled and managed at the

issue is the fun is that the national federation of sub—postmasters was receiving from the post office. the inquiryters here are visibly upset and shocked. sub-postmasters here are visibly upset and shocked.— sub-postmasters here are visibly upset and shocked. thank you very much indeed- _ a gang of cyber criminals causing disruption to several hospitals in london has published sensitive data stolen from an nhs blood testing company. the group has been trying to extort money from synnovis since the hack nearly three weeks ago. they've previously threatened to publish the data unless they got paid. our reporter louisa pilbeam has the latest. overnight, cybercriminals responsible for causing major disruption at london hospitals did what they had been threatening. this is qilin's darknet leak site, where they published almost 400 gigabytes of private information stolen from blood—test company synnovis. patient names, nhs numbers, date of births, and what tests they've had are in the vast data dump — now online for free for other hackers to download. it's not known if test results are included in the d

garethjenkins blames the post office for what happened to seema misra, but he leaves this inquiry still stories making the news today. new figures show the economy grew by more than initially estimated in the first three months this year as the uk emerged from recession.. between january and march, the economy grew by 0.7% the office for national statistics says — up from their initial estimate of 0.6%. tata says it may shut down operations at the uk's biggest steelworks in port talbot earlier than planned because of a strike by the unite union. the company had planned to shut one blast furnace by the end ofjune and the second one by september — but say both could now be closed as early as july. andy murray is in the wimbledon draw, despite still not knowing if he'll be fit enough to play in the championships, which start next week. murray, who had a back operation last weekend, is scheduled to play czech tomas machac at the all england club on tuesday. in the women's draw, british number one katie boulter will face german tatjana maria, who reached the semi—finals two years ago. no wel

the post office inquiry continues today with two directors from the independent forensic accountancy ted the firm second sight to investigate problems with its horizon it system, following complaints. second sight�*s report in 2013 identified computer bugs and reported that horizon was largely "flawed" and fujitsu was altering branch accounts. in 201a, the post office drew up plans to reduce second sight�*s role in its investigations. then in march the following year, second sight had its contract terminated by the post office. we are joined now by our business correspondent emma simpson. emma, what have we heard so far? these two accountants really played a pivotal role in encouraging —— in uncovering the problems. as they walked in today, ron warmington said he had waited 12 years for this moment. ian henderson has been answering questions but some of his most scathing comments have come from his witness statement. he said the post office was constantly sabotaging our efforts to get to the truth. initially he felt that second sight and the post office had a shared commitment to seek

emma simpson, bbc news at the post office inquiry.a speech to a un climate conference, he said they had distorted the truth and deceived the public for decades. his remarks came as scientists warned the world's climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer—funded subsidies. let's take a look at average global monthly temperatures over the last 12 months. each of the lines here

post office scandal. thank you, zoe. and you can follow updates from the post office inquiry on the special live page on the bbc news websiteconservatives withdraw support for two of their candidates — craig williams and laura saunders — who are being looked into over alleged election betting. and england fans hope for a sharp performance in germany tonight, as their team faces slovenia in theirfinal group stage game at the euros. coming up on bbc news. cameron norrie is first up on a day of british action at eastbourne with emma raducanu and katie boulter also to come at the pre—wimbledon warm up tournament. new figures on childhood vaccinations have shown that targets for the number of children getting them are still not being hit. the immunisation programme protects against 13 different illnesses, and doctors now say we�*re at a "tipping point" where the low take—up could lead to more outbreaks of disease. there�*ve already been rises in measles and whooping cough. our health correspondent catherine burns explains. by the time a child turns one they should have had three different sets of vaccines, starting to protect th

a former fujitsu engineer is to face questioning at the post office inquiry later about his role designingrth injust over an hour, carrying the first soil and rock samples ever gathered from the far side of the moon. hello. warm welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the news that the wikileaks founderjulian assange has left the uk after being released on bailfrom prison after accepting a plea deal with us prosecutors. it follows a near six—year legal battle. court documents show that mr assange has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information. 0vernight, wikileaks posted this video on x, showing mr assange after he left belmarsh prison in london on monday.

post office files were beyond belief. care to tell me more? i do solemnly... they had plenty to tell the inquiry today. m sharing their commitment of seeking the truth to the worst corporate behaviour he'd ever come across. it was awfuljust dealing with people who were notjust seemingly failing to understand just about everything we said, but were in a sort of cabal that was colluding to thwart every move that we made. his partner said he believed the post office felt it was above the law and that decisions were driven by pr. post office senior management were very concerned about the public perception, the brand image. i mean, paula vennells in meetings was very open about it. mr henderson looked atjo hamilton's case, one of the first files he picked up. to think we didn't trust them in the beginning, j but they are amazing. i haven't got that money! here she is in the drama, the losses are piling up, accused of stealing. the post office said they'd drop the theft charge if she pleaded guilty to false accounting. she did but second sight found out there was no evidence of theft. and today, we heard how

post office in government, "on your side", it says critically. now, we haven't the time now to go into the detail of this. you'll do it at the post office inquiry the leader of the campaign for justice for the sub—postmasters. he alerted you to what turns out to have been a huge miscarriage of justice. the simple question is — why weren't you on his side? why were you on the side of the establishment, of the post office? when i met alan bates, i took his issues very, very seriously. he had a whole set of questions about the horizon computer system. probably the most infamous is the fact that he believed that the post office had remote access, could get into the horizon system in the sub—post office of a sub—postmaster. and so i took his concerns and problems really seriously, and i put them to my officials and to the post office. and this, i think, will come out in the inquiry. and i was given categorical assurances, nick, categorical assurances that first of all independent it specialists had checked the system and assured that it was working incredibly well in other areas, that the trade union the national federation of sub—postmasters said i

garethjenkins blames the post office for what happened to seema misra, but he leaves this inquiry stilleader, sir ed davey, has defended his role in the conservative—led coalition government and its approach to austerity. he was a cabinet minister under david cameron, when his party�*s manifesto pledge to scrap student tuition fees was abandoned. in the latest in a series of bbc panorama interviews with party leaders, he said it was important to be part of the team making decisions for the country. i�*m not proud of every decision i had to take, but my point is, if you wanted to change things you had to roll up your sleeves and not quit, and we stood there and we sat there and we argued our case, and i�*m really proud of things we achieved. we wouldn�*t have quadrupled renewable power if the liberal democrats hadn�*t been there, we wouldn�*t have made britain the world leader in offshore wind, we wouldn�*t have legislated on mental health, we wouldn�*t have legislated on same—sex marriage. well, adrian ramsay, the co—leader of the green party, appeared on the bbc�*s question time leader

post office chair in 2011 as concerns about horizon were mounting. i want to apologise to all the subpostmasters and mistresses and their families. the inquiry the post office's independent auditors. and she records them as saying "horizon is a real risk for us". "does it capture data accurately"? "cases of fraud, suspects suggest it's a systems problem". aren't those things linked together? well, clearly now they are absolutely linked together. clearly, on the face of the page, they're linked together. 0ne follows the next. they were not, they weren't linked in that way, in my mind at that time. that's a very significant piece of information to receive, isn't it? yes. but there was also plenty of crucial information that she says she didn't know about, and neither did her board. like bombshell legal advice about prosecutions not shared by post office executives. why do you think they did it? i don't know. i really don't know. i mean, i am a believer if i can use this phrase in the cock up rather than the conspiracy theory of life. was this done to prevent an emerging scandal from surfacing? i wish i knew. ijust don't understand it. we can a

the post office inquiry will continue to hear evidence from garethjenkins today. engineer at the technology firm fujitsu, who helped design the horizon it system, and told the inquiry on monday that he thought the software worked well — most of the time. mrjenkins was an expert witness for the post office in trials where branch managers were wrongly convicted. mrjenkins is under investigation for perjury and perverting the course ofjustice. emma simpson was at the hearing on monday. the man in the middle, spent his entire career at fujitsu. the made him a distinguished engineer. i the made him a distinguished enaineer. engineer. i called gareth jenkins- _ engineer. i called gareth jenkins. he _ engineer. i called gareth jenkins. he may - engineer. i called gareth jenkins. he may have . engineer. i called gareth - jenkins. he may have known more about horizon _ jenkins. he may have known more about horizon than _ jenkins. he may have known more about horizon than anyone - jenkins. he may have known more about horizon than anyone else. l about horizon than anyone el

and he says they've damaged the post office brand all over the uk. in fact, the inquirynseljulian blake, "were you too close to the post office?" he rejected that idea. put simply, the victims who are here today, the victims who are watching at home, have been visibly angered and shocked by what they've heard at the inquiry today. as moshiri there at the inquiry. in a lovely day in most parts of the country today, with all the details you need to know, here is sarah. hello. friday's weather brought us an east—west split across the uk. we had quite a lot of cloud for many western areas, some patchy outbreaks of rain. this was the picture in argyll and bute a little bit earlier on, but a really different picture for many central and eastern areas. some spells of blue sky and warm sunshine, as you can see from the scene in whitby a little earlier on. now through the weekend, a bit more of this. we have still got some warm sunshine to come. there will be a little bit of rain in the forecast at times. i think we won't all see it, but a slightly mixed picture over the next cou

news that he found out about this when he was listening to paula vennells give evidence to the post office inquirysly been offered an obe, said no because paula vennells had a cbe. paula vennells returned that, that clearly meant he felt it was right for him to get this. the key point he says is this is for all the people that he is campaigning on behalf of, and he still has a long to go in his campaign.— behalf of, and he still has a long to go in his campaign. wouldn't he be an effective _ to go in his campaign. wouldn't he be an effective legislator— to go in his campaign. wouldn't he be an effective legislator in - to go in his campaign. wouldn't he be an effective legislator in the - be an effective legislator in the house — be an effective legislator in the house of— be an effective legislator in the house of lords?— be an effective legislator in the house of lords? , , ., ., house of lords? depending on what the election — house of lords? depending on what the election result _ house of lords? depending on what the election result is. _ house of lords? depending on what the election result

and we also have one of the forensic accountants sacked by the post office in 2015 who today gave evidence to the post office inquiry investigations into that horizon system. but first of all tonight, a billionaire conservative donor now backing labour — he'sjohn caudwell, he's the phones4u founder. he is with us. thank you for talking to our audience, mr caldwell. why are you voting labour for the first time in your life age, how old are you? time in your life age, how old are ou? ' ~ time in your life age, how old are ou? ' “ , time in your life age, how old are ou? ' <' , ., you? 71. i think the first thing to sa is you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that _ you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that up — you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that up till _ you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that up till the _ you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that up till the last - you? 71. i think the first thing to say is that up till the last few i say is that up till the last few months i really didn't have anybody to vote for. the conservative party had done such an awfuljob over the last

a former fujitsu engineer is being questioned today at the post office inquiry about his role in designinginquiry into how hundreds of sub—postmasters were falsely accused of theft. let's speak to azadeh moshiri, who's at the inquiry for us. talk us through what we have been hearing so far. he talk us through what we have been hearing so far-— hearing so far. he is a key figure and so much _ hearing so far. he is a key figure and so much so _ hearing so far. he is a key figure and so much so that _ hearing so far. he is a key figure and so much so that the - hearing so far. he is a key figure and so much so that the public. and so much so that the public inquiry is not the only one scrutinising him, so is the metropolitan police, they are investigating him for potential perjury, as well as potentially perverting the course ofjustice. all of that is related to his role defending the faulty horizon it system alongside the post office and related to his role as an expert witness in both civil and criminal cases. he was an expert witness in 2010 in the case of a postmaster who was sentenced to

we are going to hear more from ron warmington who gave evidence to the post office inquiry today along flaws in the post office's horizon it computer system which, as you know, let the wrongful prosecution is of sub—postmasters. both men were portrayed as one character in itv�*s mr bates vs the post office. i have spent a lot of the past 12 months... yes, come on, bob! ..requesting access to documents that have been challenged. one issue we are looking into relates to fujitsu's office in bracknell. now, we first requested documents relating to that almost two years ago. and we have still not been provided with those documents. erm, may i respond? we did provide a year's worth of e—mails that second - sight requested. unfortunately, those e—mails that were provided were for the wrong year. ron warmington meet jo swinson, jo swinson meet ron warmington. jo swinson — you were post office minster 2012 — 2015. in the coalition government when your report for second sight which your report for second sight which you were here to do by the post office came out. just tell our audience what you

the high peak constituency. the former fujitsu engineer will return to give evidence to the post office inquirywritten statement to the inquiry he said sorry. i written statement to the inquiry he said sor . ., ,, ., ., , said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant _ said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant at — said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant at the _ said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant at the time - said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant at the time of- said sorry. i did not know that she was pregnant at the time of her. was pregnant at the time of her conviction. this makes what has happened even more tragic. i can only apologise again to her and her family for what has happened to her. but still traumatised by being in prison and on her release electronically tagged did not accept his apology. i electronically tagged did not accept his aoloa . .,,, electronically tagged did not accept hisaolo: . , ., electronically tagged did not accept hisaholo _ , .,, his apology. i was sent to prison. i was the one _ his apology. i was sent to prison.

the post office inquiry continues — in a witness statement, an accountant who played a key role in exposinghe scandal says he felt the post office was "sabotaging" efforts to seek the truth. and coming up: the england football team will be speaking to the media, we'll be bringing that to you live. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, and thanks forjoining us this afternoon. an official review has upheld the decision not to bring charges against four retired detectives, who ran the first investigation into the murder of stephen lawrence. stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. the initial investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of the murderers were eventually convicted in 2012. our reporter daniel de simone broke this story, here's his report. we have had a statement from stephen's mother. she is saying that today's decision by the cps marks a new low in the way that the criminal justice system has treated her and her family. justice system has treated her and herfamily. herstatement justice system has treated her and her family. her statement says the deci

some important evidence there at the post office inquiry and we - at the post office inquiry and we willent together and some politicians come in here to their side of things to journalists come in here to their side of things tojournalists who they come in here to their side of things to journalists who they want to speak to and then, of course, the second venue is where the debate itself happens and it is a couple of hundred metres away from where i am speaking to you from and i was there earlier at a small stage in the bbc has put in this beautiful atrium in nottingham trent university and there are three macular tones on that stage, one for rishi sunak, one foot sir keir starmer and one for our bbc news colleague, michelle hussain, who will be hosting, and there are seats for over 100 of the people who will be asking the questions of the two men who will be, while a is prime minister now and would like to carry on and one would like to become prime minister and we will speak to a couple of guests now on bbc news. joining me now are director of the onward think tank — sebastian payne

this could be an explosive day for evidence at the post office inquiry.n and ian henderson. if you remember the itv drama that went out at the beginning of the year that caused such a big public fuss... that included a character called bob rutherford, representing a firm of forensic accountants, who is an amalgam of these people. hired in 2012 by the post office after pressure from mps in parliament to look into claims that sub—postmasters had been wrongly prosecuted. they went through the post office files, looked at the system and spoke to people. they told the post office something it didn't want to hear that there were bugs in the horizon it system and concerns they might have affected the shortfalls for which sub—postmasters were prosecuted. they delivered an interim report injuly 2013. we have listened to the inquiry which said when they were told that the board of the post office was alarmed and the chair of the post office, alice perkins, wanted to get rid of second sight. they recorded the calls. we have been hearing some of the tapes from those

the former fujitsu engineer garethjenkins will return to give evidence to the post office inquiry todaying the post office defend its faulty horizon software in court, including in the trial of sub—postmistress seema misra, who was pregnant when she was jailed in 2010. our reporter, zoe conway, has more. former sub—postmistress seema misra came to the inquiry because she wanted to come face—to—face with the man who helped put her in prison. i'm here to hearfrom mrjenkins — why did he do what he did? that's what. .. that's what i wanted to hear. journalists clamour. garethjenkins, a former fujitsu engineer, gave evidence against her in 2010 on behalf of the post office. in his written statement to the inquiry he said sorry. but seema misra, still traumatised by being imprisoned — and on her release electronically tagged — did not accept his apology. i was sent to the prison! i was sent to the prison. i was the one who was there in the four months. five years ago, sub—postmasters won their stunning victory against the post office at the high court. thejudge, mrjustice fraser, said that pr

and a former fujitsu engineer who helped design the horizon it system tells the post office inquiry thatought the software worked well, most of the time. garethjenkin gave evidence in the pivotal 2010 trial of seema misra, who was jailed while pregnant. the wikileaks founderjulian assange will land this hour in the us territory of saipan, the largest of the northern mariana islands, where he is due plead guilty to to one count of espionage. these are the pictures this afternoon of assange arriving in bangkok aboard a privatejet that later transferred him from thailand to the south pacific. we are told that once in court, assange will admit that in 2010, he conspired to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defence information. for that, he will be sentenced to 62 months injail, but of course will be freed immediately to return to australia, for time served at the belmarsh high security prison. it brings to an end a iii—year saga that surrounded one of the biggest leaks of classified material in us history. washington long maintained that the lives of intelligence agents w

the post office inquiry hears the former chair alice perkins didn't follow up concerns raised over then it system. coming up on bbc news... manchester city chairman khaldoon al mubarak says the club want to be judged by the facts and not by claims and counter claims, after allegations of breaching financial regulations. hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the king and queen, and the prince of wales havejoined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 191m battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren — and included a flypast by the red arrows. jon kay is at the commemorations on southsea common. good afternoon from portsmouth where — in brilliant sunshine — a crowd of thousands has just been treated to a spectacular, noisy and deeply poignant event to honour those who served on d—day. part commemoration — part celebration. yes, there was a vip box — where members of the royalfamily sat — alongsi

the post office inquiry continues as accountants who paid jimmy micro the post office inquiry continues decision today is upholding a decision today is upholding a decision that was made one year ago by the crown prosecution service and thatis by the crown prosecution service and that is to not charge for senior officers who ran the first stephen lawrence investigation, april 1993 when stephen was murdered, and some of them were involved until 1994. that investigation is widely viewed as one of the biggest disasters in the met police history. ten years ago an investigation started into possible corruption. it did not find any but it led to these four officers being referred to prosecutors for an offence of misconduct in public office, effectively not executing their responsibilities properly and failing in their duties and filling in the investigation. it then took three years to make a decision and it came last year not to charge them. a review was triggered by the parents of stephen lawrence, and the friend who was with stephen when the attack happened. that review is upholding the de

the post office inquiry hears the former chair alice perkins didn't follow up concerns raised over the

hillsborough disaster the lies and obfuscation and the smears put upon those families, the post office inquiryou work in the public sector, would you back this - tragedy. you work in the public. sector, would you back this law? yes, i agree with what you are saying — yes, i agree with what you are saying. ordinary people need the support— saying. ordinary people need the support of their government and the laws need _ support of their government and the laws need to help them. and support of their government and the laws need to help them.— support of their government and the laws need to help them. and this is, we are obviously _ laws need to help them. and this is, we are obviously very _ laws need to help them. and this is, we are obviously very pleased - laws need to help them. and this is, we are obviously very pleased keiri we are obviously very pleased keir starmer is committed to this. the catlike echo have pushed him on this time and time again and it is in the manifesto, they should go big on this. if keir starmer says he is in service of working people and is on your side, this chan

emma simpson, bbc news at the post office inquiry.ng their search for the missing british teenagerjay slater. the 19—year—old disappeared after attending a music festival on the island ten days ago. he told a friend his phone battery was about to die and he had no water — but was making his way back to his accommodation. officers have described the search for him as intense. julian assange is back home in australia with his wife and children after being freed in a plea deal by an american court. he admitted to a single charge of conspiracy for leaking us military secrets which official said put lives in danger. the libyan police have arrested the leader of an attempted coup hours after the presidential palace in the capital was stormed by soldiers. the coup leader said he wanted to restructure democracy in the country and called for a change of government. no reports of serious injuries or death. kenya's president has scrapped a finance bill containing controversial tax hikes, after deadly protests which saw at least 23 people killed,

our colleagues at the post office inquiry for us today. what has been said so far?senting the situation. he has accepted that the post office did not tell him the truth when it came to the issue of remote access, but he still believes that the horizon it system is an asset to supposed masters. another supposed matter i spoke to said that he believes that this testimony is a disgrace and he has shown absently no sign of any apology for his or their part in the scandal, and the damage that has been done to supposed masters lives. —— sub—postmaster is lives. a short while ago welsh labour launches 2024 election manifesto setting out the party's plans. shadow chancellor rachel reeves also attended the event, let us have a listen to what was said in the speech. gimmicks and reckless promises. tens of billions of pounds of unfunded commitments. today we present labour's alternative here in wales. fully costed, fully funded, and a plan for a stronger wales within a fairer united kingdom. giving wales a stronger voice, respecting devolution, working in partnership, and offe

she was made chair when the post office split from royal mail in 2011 the post office inquiry continuesnd the post office received from independent auditors ernst and young, and they raised problems already to do with the horizon it system. this is how the council summarised the advice she was given. she was told horizon was a real risk to the post office, that the auditor questioned whether the horizon system captures data accurately and reference the fact that broad suspects suggest it is a systems problem. this is at the heart of the scandal. whether the horizon it system was robust and reliable as the post office had been suggesting and an outright saying. and whether there were any systemic issues. this is right at the beginning of her ten you are, although alice perkins explained they were so much information she was receiving, there was a learning curve and she did not make the connection is that the inquiry now has been able to make. these are all assertions that she is sure to be challenged on throughout her testimony. sure to be challenged on throughout her testimony-— her tes

a former fujitsu software engineer tells the post office inquiry he came under pressure to say the horizon, they clashed on issues including tax,

post office. his role in his work as an expert witness for the post office in both civil and criminal cases is being scrutinised by the public inquiry in his witness statement we apologised to seema misra, not realising she was eight weeks pregnant when she was sentenced to prison. it is worth pausing on her story because she ended up serving for the half months in prison and had to wear an electronic tag. her husband was beaten up, she was branded a thief on her local newspaper and harrison was bullied, according to the family. she still finds it very difficult to come to terms with has happened to her first i asked whether she accepts this apology from garethjenkins. seema, you've just read his apology to you in his witness statement. do you accept it? no. and why is that? suddenly because he is apologising now, but like he could have done like ages ago when he said he realised or whatever, but like just now, just for the sake of it. only time will tell. it's just a first day. let's see how cooperative he is with inquiry. you still don't have closure, clearly. why is that? why is it you still can't find closure? this isn't giving

now to the post office inquiry.criminal cases. that includes the case in 2010, the former sun postmistress who was eight weeks pregnant when she was sent to prison. —— former sauber postmistress. she is sitting and watching as he is giving testimony. he did not give information to her team know that there were bugs in the it system, that lack of disclosure was considered so significant that in 2013 the post office was advised it breached its duty as a prosecutor. today we have learned from his witness statement that he did not even find that out until seven years later. he was not told until 2020. still today when he is asked about a keyjudgment in 2019 that found the horizon it system was not remotely robust, he said he does not agree with that statement or finding and that on the whole system has worked well, as he put it. he also does not believe that bugs in the system created shortfalls to the extent that talked about. . ~' , ., , shortfalls to the extent that talked about. . ~' ,, , . about. thank you very muc

the inquiry heard that government officials considered sacking the chief executive of the post officers before she resigned in 2019 during which period she continued to receive bonuses years before she was awarded a cbe for her services to the post office and to charity. at this point, hundreds of sub—postmasters have been prosecuted based on faulty data from the horizon it software and they continue to be prosecuted until 2015. it is important to understand that the government owns the post office. today we have seen internal 0ffice. today we have seen internal government documents prepared by the department for business, innovation and skills that listed a number of reasons why paula vennells was having her role as chief executive under review. let me read you some. they talked about a general consensus that paula vennells is no longer the right person to leave the post office the justification is anecdotal. also said that she was unable to work with personalities that provide robust challenges to her. the inquiry counsel asked alice perkins whether what it was like to be surrounded

the former fujitsu engineer garethjenkins is due to give evidence at the post office inquiry for a fourthostmasters mistresses, some of whom were convicted based on evidence from gareth jenkins. whom were convicted based on evidence from garethjenkins. a lot of the questions today were likely to return to the key theme of whether he understood his duties as an expert witness that means you can be called by the prosecution all the defence but your duty as to the court itself to give impartial and objective evidence. his evidence this week has changed slightly. at first he said he had not received a letter outlining duties that he thinks he must have. perhaps the information on it had gone from his mind by the time we got to the trial in 2010 of seema misra. that defence will be tested again today and in forthright terms. we will hear from lawyers representing victims of the scandal and we do expect the barrister of seema misra to ask questions himself. fans of elvis presley could get their hands on his very own blue suede shoes when they go up for sale today. the king's famous footwear is

the former fujitsu engineer, garethjenkins, is giving his third day of evidence at the inquiry into the post officeftware which led to hundreds of former sub—postmasters being accused of theft. he also acted as an expert witness in some of their criminal and civil cases. 0ur correspondent, emma simpson is at the inquiry — what has mrjenkins said this morning? yes, we have spent the morning on the case of seema and this was a really important story in the scandal as she was found guilty of theft and false accounting in 2010 and sent to prison while pregnant, and sent to prison while pregnant, and this inquiry has repeatedly heard that the post office deb strictly wanted to win this case to defend the faulty horizon system. garethjenkins defend the faulty horizon system. gareth jenkins gave defend the faulty horizon system. garethjenkins gave evidence in her trial but did not mention the existence of bugs. he was grilled about his role in that today. did ou feel about his role in that today. did you feel that — about his role in that today. did you feel that there was pressure applied — you feel that

the post office inquiry continues in earnest today with the former chair, alice perkins giving evidences you mentioned, alice perkins was i what did we learn today? as you i mentioned, alice perkins was chair between 2011 and 2015 and much of that time overlapped with paula venables, the former chief executives and what some postmasters have told me time and time again is they don't want a single person scapegoated over the scandal and that's why every phase of this inquiry and every witness is so important to them and today it's a very high—profile one and that's because the chair was when, not only business priorities were facing a particularly challenging time, you mentioned the split from royal mail, but also issues with the horizon it system were mounting and that's why she has been facing questions about this alleged cover—up and the biggest moment of the day was when the inquiry sought handwritten note of hers from 2011 weeks into herjob and it was summarising a meeting and advice she received from independent auditors and this is how that were summarised about that meeting told

a document appeared on the post office website titled confidential settlement date including full addresses and postcodes. the post office as it is launching an urgent inquiry office. one of the supposed investors christopher had has given this reaction, written to the head of the post office to express his anger. you can imagine this has caused a great amount of distress, anger and upset. he said there was sub—postmaster is still extremely traumatised by the post office scandal hit by the data breach. ., ~' , ., english heritage says it's managed to clean stonehenge afterjust stop oil campaigers covered part of the landmark in orange powder paint. two people — who were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage — have been released on police bail. the summer solstice — the longest day of the year — will be celebrated at the site later as usual and thousands of people are expected to be there. our reporter fiona lamdin has more. tonight is the most sacred moment of the year for the thousands of people who gather at stonehenge — the summer solstice. but the build—up to this year's longest day was marred by an attack with orange powder paint. well, close—up wit

engineer at the technology firm fujitsu who helped design the horizon it system has told the inquiry into the post officehe software worked well most of the time. garethjenkins, seen here in the middle, was an expert witness for the post office in trials where branch managers were wrongly convicted. mrjenkins is under investigation for perjury and perverting the course of justice. around eli; billion worth of personal protective equipment has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful public contract of the pandemic. information obtained by the bbc shows nearly all of the stock procured from full support healthcare, based in northamptonshire, will never be used in care settings despite being fully compliant when delivered. the government suggested some money had been recouped through recycling. labour has described the deal as a "staggering waste". here'sjon ironmonger. in the new forest last summer, this dump of ppe is part of a much larger consignment. supplied in good order by experienced nhs providers at a total cost to the british taxpayer of £1.8 billion. but we can

helped to design the faulty horizon software at the centre of the post office scandal — is set to start giving evidence today at the public inquiryis involvement in the scandal, where horizon made it look like money was missing from branch accounts. this resulted in more than 900 sub—postmasters being wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015. mrjenkins will give evidence over four days, the longest run of questions any witness has faced. chinese fast—fashion giant shein has confidentially filed for a market listing in the uk according to media reports. the move to sell its shares on the london stock exchange could value the company at more than $60 billion. shein did not immediately respond to a bbc request for comment. the danish pharma group novo nordisk has said it will spend $4.1 billion to build a new manufacturing plant in the us state of north carolina. the expansion is aimed at boosting the supply of its blockbuster weight—loss drugs. demand for wegovy and ozempic has outstripped supply over the last year, leading to some shortages in the us. 0n on to other events taking place here in the uk today. japan's emperor naruhit

the public inquiry into the post office horizon it scandal will hear from two former executives at fujitsuputer system. today, former chief executives richard christou and duncan tait will be asked what they knew about the faults that led to hundreds of sub—postmasters being wrongly convicted of fraud. popstarjustin timberlake has been arrested in new york for driving while intoxicated. the singer was formally charged and released without bail yesterday and is scheduled to appear virtually in court again on the 26th ofjuly. sir ian mckellen is expected to return to the stage today afterfalling during a performance of player kings on monday evening. the actor had been performing in a fight scene at the noel coward theatre in london when he seemed to lose his footing. a theatre spokesperson said sir ian is in good spirits. it was a rocky start for scotland in the euros after losing 5—1 to the hosts but fans will be hoping for a better result tonight when they take on switzerland. john watson is in germany this morning. iam not i am not sure how much sleep you or any of those people will have

the former fujitsu engineer garethjenkins, is facing a second day of questioning at the inquiry into the post officeourt cases where former sub—postmasters were wrongly accused of stealing money. our correspondent zoe conway is there. zoe, what's been said this morning? i think one of the most significant moments in the past 2a hours of this inquiry was when garethjenkins was askedif inquiry was when garethjenkins was asked if he understood that as an expert witness in his duty was to tell notjust expert witness in his duty was to tell not just the expert witness in his duty was to tell notjust the truth to the court but the whole truth. why was it that he did not disclose the existence of all the known bugs and defects in the horizon system. was it that he did not understand the extent of the bugs that existed? he certainly suggested that. or was it he thought this working well. he certainly suggested that as well. or was it that he did not understand his role as expert witness? he certainly suggested that the post office did not brief and properly on his role. why does this matter well it matters

the inquiry into the scandal caused by the failure of the post office's horizon it system has heard howtion. the claim was made by ian henderson — a forensic accountant who was brought in to check the accounting software in 2012. he claimed that the company was more concerned with protecting its brand than supporting sub—postmasters. i had formed the view that quite early on in the process the post office was getting advice from external lawyers about the financial consequences of what we were finding. the fact that they might be looking at material amounts of compensation i remembered doing a back of a cigarette packet calculation and i felt that if all of the claims being raised by sub postmasters in working group materialise we were looking at at least £300 million in compensation. that was a huge underestimate. with the details of what happened at the enquiry today — here's our correspondent azadeh moshiri. well, many of the victims of the scandal are attending because these independent forensic accountants, investigators are considered champions to these victims. i spoke to one of

the public inquiry into the post office horizon it scandal is hearing from two former executives at fujitsuhat would you say your level of accountability was? what i was responsible for was that, as so far as possible, to see that the operations of icl were carried out legally, were carried out profitably, and to report to my shareholders, fujitsu ltd, various issues insofar as it was necessary. if you mean that i was responsible for the miscarriage ofjustice, then i don't accept that. it's not to mitigate the miscarriage ofjustice, i hasten to add. i think it's a gross miscarriage ofjustice. i really feel for the subpostmasters and the postmasters who are involved. but talking about accountability is a different matter. and, certainly, i knew nothing about it. scotland are hoping to get their euro 2024 campaign back on track tonight, when they take on switzerland in germany. they lost their opening match against the hosts 5—1, and captain andy robertson says they need to shake off their fear to get a better result in cologne. yes, a great atmosphere here, first and foremost. that is all do

post office in criminal conspiracy. i felt there was a cover up. accountant tells inquiry. all right. okay let's go to the eye. giant that could hit benefits and nhs. all right. the british government has held private talks over the fate of a major it contractor. and they fear that public services could face severe disruption as a result, apparently. so there we go, let's go to the daily mail. labour's secret tax rise dossier revealed. they say the official manifesto submission from a group of mps, which includes keir starmer proposing six raids from targeting family homes to inheritance and wealth taxes. so we'll probably be delving into that a little bit later. i imagine the daily telegraph britain, 20 years behind europe on cancer care . they've also got on cancer care. they've also got tax raid fear, as starmer suggests, savers are not working people. it is interesting this who is a working person but, wipe clean all covid fines as well, says ex—minister. i'm going to round off this particular one with the guardian. nhs will buy beds in care homes to cut hospital waits, says labour. okay, just if you liste

who was the chief executive between 2000 and 2004, told an inquiry that technical faults were never raised with him and he regarded the post officeion on day two of royal ascot. her majesty led the way, with the duke and duchess of edinburgh accompanying her. they're celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary today. that's the news for the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com/alerts . gbnews.com/alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> let's take a look at those numbers for you then. the pound buying new $1.2725 and ,1.1838 is the price of gold is £1,831.78 an ounce, and the ftse 100 has closed for the day today at 8205 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report that . financial report that. >> thank you polly. now, if you want to get in touch with us here @gbnews, here's bev turner with all of the details. >> we are proud to be gb news the people's channel and as you know, we always love to hear your views. now there's a new way of getting in touch with us at gbnews.com/yoursay by c

the post office's most senior in—house lawyer has been challenged by bbc news in australia. jane mcleod refused to answer the inquirybe coming to the - you will not be coming to the inquiry? _ you will not be coming to the inquiry? lie _ you will not be coming to the inuui ? ., . ., you will not be coming to the inquiry?_ do i you will not be coming to the | inquiry?_ do you you will not be coming to the - inquiry?_ do you feel you inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty — inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty to — inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty to go _ inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty to go to _ inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty to go to answer _ inquiry? no comment. do you feel you have a duty to go to answer those - have a duty to go to answer those people _ have a duty to go to answer those people who — have a duty to go to answer those people who have _ have a duty to go to answer those people who have been _ have a duty to go to answer those people who have been wronged? i have a duty to go to answer those - people who have been wronged? what