of your contact with the royal mail's general counsel?om time to time, separately. did ou ever from time to time, separately. did you ever explore with the general counsel— you ever explore with the general counsel how he or she, the extent to which _ counsel how he or she, the extent to which he _ counsel how he or she, the extent to which he or— counsel how he or she, the extent to which he or she had involvement in the prosecutorial activities of the post office? i did not, no.

by royal mail?ive, chairman and company secretary were on the holdings board, as i understand it that was a decision before i arrived, we built up a strong internal audit function able to go anywhere in the company, and their audit plan was checked by the holding board, the audit committee and the exec team, and also there was an external audit who were similarly involved right across the company and again had the ability to go anywhere and look at anything, and i met regularly and privately with internal and external audit and was able to check privately whether there were any concerns they had. in there were any concerns they had. in your seven years, are you aware of any external — your seven years, are you aware of any external audit of the horizon system? — any external audit of the horizon s stem? ., ., , any external audit of the horizon s stem? . . , ., system? external audit? in terms of financial auditors? _ system? external audit? in terms of financial auditors? any _ system? external aud

and the director of royal mail holdings? the first director of royal mail holdings?royal mail holdings? i“ie: first being a limited company, director of royal mail holdings? iie: first being a limited company, the second a plc. first being a limited company, the second a ole-— first being a limited company, the second a plc— second a plc. before 'oining royal mail ou second a plc. before 'oining royal manyou new h second a plc. before 'oining royal mail you held senior_ second a plc. before joining royal mail you held senior roles - second a plc. before joining royal mail you held senior roles in - mail you held senior roles in saatchi and saatchi from 1988 to 1999, is that right?— saatchi and saatchi from 1988 to 1999, is that right? 1995. i started there in 1988, — 1999, is that right? 1995. i started there in 1988, all— 1999, is that right? 1995. i started there in 1988, all the _ 1999, is that right? 1995. i started there in 1988, all the way - 1999, is that right? 1995. i started there in 1988, all the way through | there in 1988, all the way through to 1988. bi

yes, that royal mail holdinus office board? yes, that royal mail holdings board _ office board?ail holdings board to _ office board? yes, that royal mail holdings board to receive - office board? yes, that royal mail holdings board to receive minutes| holdings board to receive minutes from each of the operating companies, were included in that board pack. you said royal mail holdings received them, did you personally received them, did you personally receive the minutes of the post office board? yes. did you receive the minutes of post office limited committees? ida. post office limited committees? no, i do not post office limited committees? no, i do not think— post office limited committees? my i do not think we did. thinking in particular of audit and risk committee. audit risk committee, if there was a pure audit that went to the royal mail auditing committee meeting for further looking and work, i am not sure if they always receive the minutes of the risk committee. you ersonall minutes of the risk committee. you personally did _ minutes of the risk committee. you personall

wanted to try to turn royal mail we wanted to try to turn royal mail into ajohn we wanted to try to turn royal mail into a john lewis partnership, we wanted to try to turn royal mail into ajohn lewis partnership, we wanted 20% of the company to be owned by our people, and i include in that sub—postmasters, we valued the sub—postmasters, alan is an ex retailer understood the importance of front—line managers, and we wanted the sub—postmasters to actually have an ownership of the post office, so we discussed things like that but obviously we discussed funding. at the same time, the post office had very regular meetings with shareholder executives, but separate team within that, and that was the constant day—to—day on post office business, closure programmes, revenue, all of those things. so a parallel, if you like, conversation going on. parallel, if you like, conversation hoin on, . parallel, if you like, conversation auoin on. ~ . ., parallel, if you like, conversation hoin on, . ., ., parallel, if you like, conversation aaoin on. ~ ., ., going on. was anyone from royal mail grou going o

of your contact with the royal mail's general counsel?eral counsel? mostly throu . h mail's general counsel? mostly through the — mail's general counsel? mostly through the company _ mail's general counsel? mostly through the company secretaryi mail's general counsel? mostly - through the company secretary but from time to time, separately. did ou ever from time to time, separately. did you ever explore with the general counsel— you ever explore with the general counsel how he or she, the extent to which _ counsel how he or she, the extent to which he _ counsel how he or she, the extent to which he or— counsel how he or she, the extent to which he or she had involvement in the prosecutorial activities of the post office? i did not, no. did you ever explore with such general— did you ever explore with such general counsel how they ensured adequate — general counsel how they ensured adequate resources were available to ensure _ adequate resources were available to ensure effective oversight of the post office because my own legal and regula

royal mail has said it is expl°fi"9 _ year. royal mail has said it is exploring options, _ year. exploring options, but - year. royal mail has said it is exploring options, but it - year. royal mail has said it is exploring options, but it is i year. royal mail has said it is i exploring options, but it is one year. royal mail has said it is - exploring options, but it is one to watch. thank you. a woman who says she was in constant pain for six months after her breast implant burst has had to pay £11,000 to have it removed privately. beth hewson is one of the 117,000 women in the uk who was fitted with a faulty implant before they were banned in 2010. she's been speaking to our reporter louise fewster. for the last six months, beth hewson has been in constant pain after one of her breast implants she had fitted in her 20s ruptured. i know it's ruptured, but i don't know where it is. i can feel it inside, i can feel it moving around inside. i'm stressed and... it's so much worry. after the gp confirmed that one implant had ruptured and leaked into her body, she was put on an nhs

was anyone from royal mail group present — going on.

i have accountability. _ provided by royal mail group? but _ provided by royal mail group? i have accountability, yes, but the - accountability, yes, but the responsibility was not direct. what responsibility was not direct. what do ou responsibility was not direct. what do you mean _ responsibility was not direct. what do you mean by — responsibility was not direct. what do you mean by that? _ responsibility was not direct. what do you mean by that? the - responsibility was not direct. what do you mean by that? the people| do you mean by that? the people doinu that do you mean by that? the people doing that work, _ do you mean by that? the people doing that work, did _ do you mean by that? the people doing that work, did not - do you mean by that? the people doing that work, did not work - do you mean by that? the people doing that work, did not work for| do you mean by that? the people i doing that work, did not work for me or somebody that worked for me. which people are you referring to? in the shared service functions, hr... ., ., .,

and you “oined royal mail in1989. yes. and you “oined royal mail arou- in 1989. yes. 1989. jazz and you joined royal mail group plc in august in 1989. 123 and you joined royal mail group plc in august 2002. in 1989. yes. and you joined royal mail group plc in august 2002. . i mail group plc in august 2002. . your mail group plc in august 2002. your prior mail group plc in august 2002. . your prior bird experience before joining _ your prior bird experience before joining royal mail was being finance director_ joining royal mail was being finance director at _ joining royal mail was being finance director at two other companies. excuse _ director at two other companies. excuse me. _ director at two other companies. excuse me, yes. we director at two other companies. excuse me, yes.— director at two other companies. excuse me, yes. we will leave that the are excuse me, yes. we will leave that they are for — excuse me, yes. we will leave that they are for the _ excuse me, yes. we will leave that they are for the moment _ excuse me, yes. we will leave that they are for th

chairman of the royal mail, is that riuht? , can chairman of the royal mail, is that right?s. can we look at that letter please? _ this is dated 7th of august 2003, to the chairman of royal mail group pic. can i ask you in general terms plc. can i ask you in general terms what the purpose was in writing to the chairman of royal mail group pic? by this time you had received plc? by this time you had received post office's decision to terminate your contract. i was still in post for the next few months — i was still in post for the next few months i— i was still in post for the next few months. i thought it was worth trying — months. i thought it was worth trying to— months. i thought it was worth trying to write to the chairman, to make _ trying to write to the chairman, to make him — trying to write to the chairman, to make him aware of what was going on. because _ make him aware of what was going on. because he _ make him aware of what was going on. because he may well have not known. hoping _ because he may well have not known. hoping that _ because he may well have not kn

this is the royal mail's submissions to an ofcom i mail's submissions to an ofcom review which will bego, privatised ten years ago, losing big money, 400 million —— £490 million last year. we are sending fewer letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion per year, letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion peryear, now letters, in 2004 it was 20 billion per year, now it is just seven billion and there is competition with the more lucrative parcels business. and unlike its competitors it is bound by law to the universal service obligation to send for six days a week to any address in the uk for the same price, whether round the corner or the other end of the country. that is under the review, and there was talk of cutting first and there was talk of cutting first and second class deliveries to fight for three days per week but a big outcry over match, saying there is important stuff like nhs appointments, timely magazine periodicals and greetings cards, so they are proposing keeping six days a week for first class but changing second class to every other day. royal mail says that could save them around £

this is royal mail's latest submission to _ through?m. _ through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it _ through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it is - through? this is royal mail's latest submission to ofcom. it is losing . submission to 0fcom. it is losing money. last year it lost £419 million because, as you say, we are sending fewer letters. in 2004 we sent 20 billion, last year it was just 7 billion. like the competitors, the royal mail is required by a universal service obligation to deliver six days a week anywhere in the country for the same price, whether it was round the corner orjohn 0'groats. that is under review. there was talk of cutting deliveries from five to three days for first and second class. there was a big outcry about that, people said important appointments, magazines and stuff would only arrive on certain days. they will keep the six days a week for first class, they will keep the six days a week forfirst class, put they will keep the six days a week for first class, put that s

plus could the royal mail be issuing royal mail itself be issuing counterfeit stamps? been zooming in in response to the yougov poll, steph says i've been doing yougov an opinion polls for years. just recently, i've not answered any questions regarding the election. they know i'm a conservative voter. just coincidence. and a certain gentleman called daniel has sent him a message saying jacob, will you be losing your seat in the next election? to which the answer is, i hope not. but it was a labour seat up until 2010, and i've always assumed it's marginal that any mp who thinks he's has another he's got a safe seat has another thing and colin, it's thing coming. and colin, it's not too late for the tories. if sunak took action tomorrow . yes, sunak took action tomorrow. yes, i rather agree with that. we need some it's happened need some oomph. it's happened before and then you can win elections with oomph, the former head of ofsted, amanda spielman, has declared that britain is becoming place where has declared that britain is beis�*ming place where has declared that br

so you knew royal mail had some - knew royal mail had some involvement?id you think they were doing? it's _ involvement? yes. what did you think they were doing? it's not _ involvement? yes. what did you think they were doing? it's not an _ involvement? yes. what did you think they were doing? it's not an unusual. they were doing? it's not an unusual governance — they were doing? it's not an unusual governance structure _ they were doing? it's not an unusual governance structure to _ they were doing? it's not an unusual governance structure to have - they were doing? it's not an unusual governance structure to have a - they were doing? it's not an unusual governance structure to have a large central — governance structure to have a large central support function that's providing a service to two or three different— providing a service to two or three different business units in a group. and for— different business units in a group. and for one — different business units in a group. and for one of those business units there _ and for one of those business

and what has royal mail said in response to these concerns? says it will work with the nhs to try to find a way of sorting this out. i've got more detail here on the concern that we're hearing from the nhs. a letter signed from the chief executive of nhs providers, which is the organisation that represents nhs trusts in england, says that these proposals from royal mail are extremely worrying and could compromise patients safety. it says that more than 2 million people in england already missed appointments in 2022 to 2023 and that could have been the result of delays to the post. it says this proposal could make that situation even worse. and this notjust having an impact on patients, individual patients, but a big problem for the nhs with the cost of missed hospital appointments estimated to be around £1 billion a year. a woman who says she was in constant pain for six months after her breast implant burst has had to pay £11,000 to have it removed privately. beth hewson, is one of the 117,000 women in the uk, who was fitted with a faulty imp

i am also writing _ credit to the royal mail. i am also writing to — credit to the royal mail.losure of the branch in odiham. overall in this letter you were raising — overall in this letter you were raising the horizon issue notjust in the _ raising the horizon issue notjust in the context of the odiham post office _ in the context of the odiham post office but— in the context of the odiham post office but has a much broader point, would _ office but has a much broader point, would not _ office but has a much broader point, would not be fair?— office but has a much broader point, would not be fair? yes. can we look at the reply. — would not be fair? 193 can we look at the reply, please? thank you. thank you for your letter of the _ thank you. thank you for your letter of the 15th— thank you. thank you for your letter of the 15th of december addressed to moya greene. that is the one we have 'ust moya greene. that is the one we have just looked _ moya greene. that is the one we have just looked at. as managing director of post _ just looked at. as managing director of post offic

the inquiry into the post office it scandal will shortly hear from adam crozier who became the royal mail chief executive in 2003. a warning that a catastrophic hunger crisis in sudan is even worse than feared, according to doctors. we'll bring you rare footage from the country's darfur region. sir keir starmer says a labour government would aim to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gdp, matching goals set by uk chancellor jeremy hunt. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. we start the programme in the middle east where american diplomats and their families in israel have been told not to travel outside of tel aviv, jerusalem and beersheeva. the us embassy said it had made the order "out of an abundance of caution", due to fears about a possible attack by iran. earlier the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has told his us counterpart that israel will respond appropriately if it is directly attacked by iran. washington continues to try to dissuade iran from launching a retaliatory strike following the attack on its consulate in syria last week. let's speak to our middle east corresponden

and you note that you are writing _ royal mail and you note that you are writing to _ royal maile and you then take up a writing to someone and you then take up a point _ writing to someone and you then take up a point in — writing to someone and you then take up a point in the last paragraph about— up a point in the last paragraph about the — up a point in the last paragraph about the closure of the post office irrespective of the other issues that you — irrespective of the other issues that you raised. in this letter, woutd — that you raised. in this letter, would you _ that you raised. in this letter, would you agree your drawing attention to the suggestion that horizon— attention to the suggestion that horizon is to blame for the losses that have — horizon is to blame for the losses that have been laid at the door of the sub—postmaster is. yes. that have been laid at the door of the sub-postmaster is.— the sub-postmaster is. yes. why ou're the sub-postmaster is. yes. why you're making — the sub-postmaster is. yes. why you're making it— the sub-postmaster is. yes. why you're m

speaking to bbc watchdog last night royal mail's david gold said the chance of getting a counterfeit should understand that the overwhelming majority of stamps on sale are legitimate. in fact since we introduced bar—coded stamps, which means that every stamp is unique, we have got a number of counterfeit stamps coming through the network by 90%. and that means the number of stamps that we are spotting account for less than 0.1% of the total stamps going to the network. even so, watchdog spoke to people who ended up with counterfeit stamps, despite buying them at the post office counter in their local convenience shops. there are things to look out for which could show that a stamp is fake. if you look carefully, strange perforations around the edge, a shine to the surface, or the colour looking slightly off. the uk entertainment sector holds its �*oscars' for the games industry later this evening — the bafta games awards. leading the nominations, baldur�*s gate 3 — from the belgian developer, larian studios — which won best game at the us awards last month. the bafta games awards tur

she was the pr officer for the royal mail group. it officer for the royal mail group.the second paragraph for some strange reason there is a steadily building nervousness about the accuracy of the horizon system and the press are now on it as well. were you saying this is the significant and escalating issue? i was then, yes. as i then expressed in the next sentence, my confusion as to why but yes i accepted that we had an issue. what you connecting to various horizon challenges at that point, the computer weekly...? yes. horizon challenges at that point, the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around — the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around that _ the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around that time _ the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around that time that - the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around that time that it - the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this was around that time that it came | the computer weekly. . . ? yes, this i was around that time that it came to the fore for me, if you see what i mean. ., ., the fore for me, if you see w

on the front. >> royal mail on the front. >> and when the fake ones are also same royal mail. also aviation and there's millions of fake parts going these days. so going around now. these days. so you have a problem the whole you have a problem in the whole world onto the world of fakes. going onto the market. ? >> well, shoppers are obviously very concerned that when they buy those stamps from official channels and they put their letter boxes , they letter in these post boxes, they hope they should expect that it will . however, will arrive safely. however, increasingly it would appear that there concerns over that there are concerns over that there are concerns over that and it's just simply not happening. now. the royal mail is saying that they're working hard to counterfeit hard to remove counterfeit stamps circulation . they stamps from circulation. they regularly monitor online marketplaces detect marketplaces to detect suspicious activity, and they work closely with retailers and law enforcement as well. however, this is apparently a growing problem. >> yes. well, ray, the r

is the general sense royal mail are sense that the royal mail are losing at moment losing this battleoff in their millions. >> they could be. i think >> yeah, they could be. i think it's very worrying that some of the stamps that they are finding, are genuine . they're finding, are genuine. they're deeming them counterfeit. so i think they still need to investigate their systems . investigate their systems. >> okay. jessica, thank you so much. reply, the royal mail much. in reply, the royal mail said, we are working hard to remove from remove counterfeit stamps from circulation. we regularly monitor online marketplaces to detect work closely with a number >> we work closely with a number of police forces across the country to apprehend offenders and premises . and search premises. >> in cases, we've >> in recent cases, we've discovered retail discovered stamps with a retail value 250,000. that's value of over 250,000. that's serious business, right? >> don't go anywhere. we're going to be speaking to the rowing legend, olympic legend sir steve redgrave. five olympic gold medals at fiv

post office, royal mail, each go to jail? post office, royal mail, each and every _ go to jail?— go to jail? post office, royal mail, each and every other person - each and every other person responsible for the scandal, you need _ responsible for the scandal, you need to— responsible for the scandal, you need to put them behind bars. i was sent to _ need to put them behind bars. i was sent to prison without any facts and evidence _ sent to prison without any facts and evidence. now there is a whole list of people _ evidence. now there is a whole list of people with lots of evidence. what _ of people with lots of evidence. what are — of people with lots of evidence. what are we waiting for?- of people with lots of evidence. what are we waiting for? david smith insists that his _ what are we waiting for? david smith insists that his brilliant _ what are we waiting for? david smith insists that his brilliant news - insists that his brilliant news e—mail was because it was evidence that horizon was not the problem, but postmasters say it was evidence that there was a circular and c

adam crozier thenjoined royal mail in 2003. at this time it owned the post office.izon first appeared in the press. by now, hundreds of sub—postmasters had been prosecuted. alan cook has been giving evidence. he was post office managing director from 2006—2010. when alan cook was managing director of the post office, sub—postmasters went to prison. yet he has just told the inquiry that he did not know that the company he ran was directly responsible for prosecuting them. do you think you should have known that post office was making those decisions? i think i should, yes. alan cook was shown an email in which he accused sub—postmasters of having their hands in the till. why was your instinct to think that sub—postmasters who alleged that horizon caused shortfalls were stealing from the post office? that's an expression i'll regret for the rest of my life. janet skinner was one of the sub—postmistresses wrongly imprisoned when alan cook was the boss. today he apologised to her. this will be with you for the rest of your life, and with me for the rest of my life. sam

he was there when the royal mail group and post office were part of the same organisation.l, 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. it can compel witness testimony, it can compel evidence which is why so many witness victi

royal mail says it will work with the nhs to try to find a way of sorting this out.om the nhs. a letter signed from the chief executive of nhs providers, which is the organisation that represents nhs trusts in england, says that these proposals from royal mail are extremely worrying and could compromise patients safety. it says that more than 2 million people in england already mist appointments in 2022 to 2023 and that could have been the result of delays to the post. it says this proposal could make that situation even worse. and this notjust having an impact on patients, individual patients, but a big problem for the nhs with the cost of mist hospital appointments estimated to be around £1 billion a year. france will become the first non—commonwealth country to take part in the king's changing the guard ceremony — to mark the 120th anniversary of the entente cordiale. emily brown reports. well, the entente cordiale, set out in1901t, was an understanding between britain and france — not an alliance as such, but more of a form of diplomatic cooperation. and to mark

adam crozier then joined royal mail in 2003 and at this time it owned the post office.izon first appeared in the press. by now hundreds of sub—postmasters had been prosecuted. alan cooke had been giving evidence. he was the post office managing directorfrom office managing director from 2006-2010. office managing directorfrom 2006-2010. when office managing directorfrom 2006—2010. when alan cooke was managing director of the post office, sub—postmasters went to prison. yet he hasjust office, sub—postmasters went to prison. yet he has just told the inquiry that he did not know that the company he ran was directly responsible for prosecuting them. you think you should have known that the post office was making those decisions? i the post office was making those decisions? ~ , ., , , decisions? i thinki should, yes. janet decisions? ithinki should, yes. janet skinner— decisions? i thinki should, yes. janet skinner was _ decisions? i thinki should, yes. janet skinner was one _ decisions? i thinki should, yes. janet skinner was one of - decisions? i thinki should, yes. janet

adam crozier then joined royal mail in 2003 and at this time it owned the post office. in the press. by now, hundreds of sub—postmasters had been prosecuted. alan cook had been giving evidence. he was the post office managing director from 2006—2010. when alan cook was managing director of the post office, sub—postmasters went to prison. yet he has just told the inquiry that he did not know that the company he ran was directly responsible for prosecuting them. do you think you should have known that the post office was making those decisions? i think i should, yes. janet skinner was one of the sub—postmasters wrongly imprisoned when alan cook was the boss. today, he apologised to her. this will be with you for the rest of your life, and with me for the rest of my life. after the hearing, they met, and this is what she told him. people have suffered, they have lost their lives, people have lost families, reputations, and for what reason? to protect a computer system that didn't work and to protect a brand that is just not fit for purpose any more. today it was revealed n

one of those being chair of royal mail beginning in 2002.started his testimony. when tappan has been a terrible thing _ when tappan has been a terrible thing for— when tappan has been a terrible thing for everyone involved particularly the sub—postmasters, the sub—postmistress is. it is unbelievable that it has happened and i_ unbelievable that it has happened and liust— unbelievable that it has happened and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry— and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry that — and ijust wanted to say that i am sorry that the elements of thought that occurred in my tenure at the royal— that occurred in my tenure at the royal mail, i am sorry for that. now, he was asked about his knowledge of prosecutions by the post office and he said he was aware that the post office had the power of initiating prosecutions. not all executives have actually said that. just last week, alan cook who is managing director of the post office, so intimately involved with the running of the post office said, he did not know, for many years, that the p

, i am sorry for that— my time at royal mail, i am sorry for that happening.n it was part of the same organisation as the post office and it is —— he is giving his evidence right now. he started his testimony by apologising for his wrongful convictions and these prosecutions happening under his tenure. now, so far the questioning has been around what he knew about horizon it's problems, as well as whether he was overcommitted, overboard it is the term the council here used, and therefore was he focusing on the post office and royal mail as much as he should have been? which he was very unequivocal about, saying that he gave all his time to it. the inquiry is continuing as it tries to understand how what is seen as one of the widest miscarriages ofjustice in uk history could have possibly happened, so we will keep updating you as this goes on.— happened, so we will keep updating you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank ou you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank you very _ you as this goes on. azadeh moshiri, thank you very much. _ around very much. the wor

does it have to be royal mail? >> so the thing with royal mail is it's technically two companies.valuable. it's basically a global logistics company. the people that run royal mail, right now want to basically privatise that and make a ton of money again . and they want to money again. and they want to lumber the taxpayer with the business that we all think about when we think of royal mail. so this has really been a historic robbery, a heist, and it's ongoing. and i and i don't think people are aware of the facts as, as they should be. this is a classic example of privatisation benefiting a very small sliver of society, everybody else losing out . losing out. >> i mean, i'm a do you share those remarks? are you now a red in tooth and claw communist? at this point, i'm really angry about this. >> yet another privatised company expecting government bailouts? no way. no more millions being poured into it. as aaron says, we are paying more and more, you know, ridiculously expensive first and second class stamps for a totally substandard service barely six days a week. often parcels d

the people in royal mail who in their in their prosecutions department in the law helped post officen 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, i'm nevertheless, i have an accountability that i should have been on top of it. and i wasn't. next week, the inquiry will hear from some of those who were central to the prosecution, conviction and evenjailing of hundreds of innocent people. mark ashdown, bbc news. inspired by the songs of abba, mamma mia the musical is now celebrating it's 25th year in london's west end. since it's first opening night, 10 million people have seen the production in london with many super "troup

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is it time to of the royal mail? to get rid of the royal mail? that too. lots to get through. you in two. now britain has been flooded with thousands of fake stamps which are being blamed on china. anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp is charged £5 by the royal mail. just how much do you really want? that birthday card from your gran ? birthday card from your gran? what is the point in stamps? what's the cost of a first class stamp these days? £150, £200? who should we them who knows? should we axe them altogether? disband the altogether? and disband the royal mail? suzanne? >> no, of course we can't do that, i was going to say it's got the queen's head on. it but of course it's the king's head how. >> now. >> yours are out of date. >> yours are out of date. >> still haven't caught up. it's still strange as people talk about came to about the queen. she came to shropshire, live the shropshire, where i live the other i thought other day, and i thought immediately thought, of course it's camilla. think still it's camilla. i think i'm stil

correspondence with the government, the post office and the government, the post office and the royal mailo understanding how what is widely seen as one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in the uk could have possibly happened and who knew what and when. it is worth picking out some of these key moments and he has talked about the former chief executive of the royal mail paula vennells. loss of sound. the office they have a problem with the sound from that inquiry. as you can see, you've been in getting audio of evidence from lord arbuthnot. all you have to do is scan a qr code you can see on the screen at the moment for more on this on the bbc iplayer and you can pick up all of the latest from the inquiry and indeed we also have a special bbc news life page up and running which you will find both —— you will find our correspondence giving more on that. you will find that information at dibassy dot co .uk slash news or if you have it, the bbc news app on your mobile phone device. —— bbc.com/news. live from london. this is bbc news kazakhstan and russia's worst flooding in almost a centu

is it time to of the royal mail? to get rid of the royal mail?ss that too. lots to get through. you in two. now britain has been flooded with thousands of fake stamps which are being blamed on china. anyone who receives a letter with a fake stamp is charged £5 by the royal mail. just how much do you really want? that birthday card from your gran ? birthday card from your gran? what is the point in stamps? what's the cost of a first class stamp these days? £150, £200? who should we them who knows? should we axe them altogether? disband the altogether? and disband the royal mail? suzanne? >> no, of course we can't do that, i was going to say it's got the queen's head on. it but of course it's the king's head how. >> now. >> yours are out of date. >> yours are out of date. >> still haven't caught up. it's still strange as people talk about came to about the queen. she came to shropshire, live the shropshire, where i live the other i thought other day, and i thought immediately thought, of course it's camilla. think still it's camilla. i think i'm st

speaking to bbc watchdog last night royal mail's david gold said the chance of getting a counterfeitntroduced bar—coded stamps, which means that every stamp is unique, we have got a number of counterfeit stamps coming through the network by 90%. and that means the number of stamps that we are spotting account for less than 0.1% of the total stamps going to the network. even so watchdog spoke to people who ended up with counterfeit stamps, despite buying them at the post office counter in their local convenience shops. there are things to look out for which could show that a stamp is fake. if you look carefully, strange perforations around the edge, a shine to the surface, or the colour looking slightly off. stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at pompeii — the ancient roman city which was buried when mount vesuvius erupted in ad79. archaeologists have uncovered a sumptuous house with floor to ceiling frescoes — mythical greek figures including helen of troy are depicted on the walls of a banqueting hall. experts believe a rich influential man may have owned the p

royal mail has set out proposals to reform its services as it tries to cut costs.wants to maintain delivery of first class post six days a week, but has suggested second—class letters should be delivered every other weekday. the company's boss said it would give the firm a "fighting chance" with the regulator ofgem currently reviewing its future. our business editor simonjack is with me. what more are they proposing, simon? the problem is that royal mail, the people who actually deliver stuff you drop at the post office or pop in the letterbox, lost {190 million last year. the number of letters that businesses and individuals are sending has plummeted from over 20 billion a day to 7 billion a day. at the same time it has a universal service obligation which means from anywhere in the uk it is the same price and it gets delivered six days a week. there were proposals to cut that to five or even three. what royal mail has come up with in its submission is they propose keeping the first class day a week delivery, but cutting setting class deliveries to every other wee

but gareth says i at royal mail and letters i work at royal mail and letters that in, go out. out. how many times we deliver appointments after the date when appointments arrived, on the day they should be sent out earlier , he says. be sent out earlier, he says. why isn't the nhs posting appointments out sooner ? so two appointments out sooner? so two sides to that one. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and julie talks about the price of stamps. she says you can buy four stamps but it's a fiver. how ridiculous . i think fiver. how ridiculous. i think gb news should investigate this issue and discover the truth. people can't afford to send letters and cards by post anymore, which i think is a shame. it's lovely to open cards on special occasions, especially birthday texts and messages onune birthday texts and messages online are just not the same. and i agree with you julie. i totally agree with you, but sending things via post now is just expensive for our just so expensive for our wedding we're going wedding invites. we're not going to because out. to do it becaus

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advice from the royal mail if you're worried is to look out for strange perforations around the edge slightly "off". and they say it's best to buy stamps from a post office or a reputable high street retailer. and not from an online marketplace. jane. theo leggett, thank you. the metropolitan police is to look again at its decision to charge the tv presenter caroline flack. the presenter of love island was facing prosecution for assaulting her boyfriend when she took her own life in february 2020. caroline flack's mother has repeatedly criticised how police handled the case. charlotte gallagher joins me. explain what's happening here. initially, when caroline flack was arrested, the crown prosecution service recommended she was caution. the police appealed to the cps and wanted her charged with assault. she was eventually charged with assault. this new investigation will investigate why that happened and look at new witness evidence that may be available, and that evidence will be surrounding the actions of the officers which appealed to the cps to get caroline charged. the independe

and royal mail apologised . and, and royal mail apologised.ad been rechecked by their team and confirmed to be genuine , and confirmed to be genuine, and they said that they were therefore very. they were therefore very. they were therefore wrong to apply the surcharge and very sorry that their had failed her on their actions had failed her on this occasion. >> okay. so that's great stuff. jessica howland, thank you very much. on a story that just keeps rolling and rolling. we have a comment for comment here. a spokesman for the royal mail said this. we are working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation, and we regularly monitor online marketplaces to detect suspicious activity , such detect suspicious activity, such as sales of heavily discounted stamps and work closely with retailers and law enforcement agencies to identify those who produce counterfeit stamps. we work closely with a number of police forces across the country, and in recent cases we have recovered stamps with a retail value of over £250,000. now a reminder of the

now, we do have a response from a from the royal mail. a spokesman from the royal mail. >> said royalof counterfeit stamps seriously. since introduction since the introduction of barcoded stamps, we've been able to significantly reduce stamp fraud through added security features. yes. >> they go on to say we're working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation. well there you go. >> well, if you've had similar problems with please do problems with stamps, please do get touch. us at money get in touch. email us at money at .uk uk. that's money at gb news. .uk uk. that's money at gb news. .uk uk. that's money at gb news .uk. we're very keen to hear from you. >> i bought some stamps the other day . now i'm >> i bought some stamps the other day. now i'm a bit worried. hopefully they're not counterfeit. >> do know what this is? >> do you know what this is? actually, because stamps never used barcode is how used to have the barcode is how many stamps were we previously using decades and decades using for decades and decades that were all counterfeit, perhaps fake ones? i mean, we m

up tomorrow, adam crozier, former chairman of the royal mail, which owned the post office at the timeof heart failure at the age of 5a. the hawaiian—born wrestler passed away in a tokyo hospital earlier this month his family said in a statement. he won eleven championships and was the first foreigner to obtain the sports highest rank. obtain the sport's highest rank. it's been a big night for key players in the gaming industry, who are gathered in london for the bafta games awards. super mario brothers wonder won best family game, but it was baldur�*s gate 3 ? based on dungeons and dragons — that triumphed, with five wins including best game. marc cieslak was there. this is what it's all about — a bafta golden mask. tonight's winners will be taking home a slightly smaller version of one of these, but these are water proof that the industry is more than an economic force, and the uk has always played a giant role in games development. —— these awards. in a recent bafta poll, lara croft, made famous by the tomb raider games, was voted most iconic video game character of all time. i caug

a spokesman from the royal mail has said this royal mail takes the illegal production of counterfeite introduction of barcoded stamps, we've been able to significantly reduce stamp fraud through added security features and we are working hard to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation and if you've had problems with the stamps, then please email us at at money at gb news .uk. then please email us at at money at gb news .uk . we're always at gb news .uk. we're always keen to hear from you. thank you very much for joining keen to hear from you. thank you very much forjoining us, jessica sheldon. superb story. keep you . now keep going. thank you. now veterans minister johnny mercer has got until 4:00 this afternoon to name the whistleblowers who told him about alleged murders by the sas in afghanistan, or he could be sent to prison. that deadline is fast approaching about quarter an hour's time. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel >> earlier on breakfast, these cars were spread out over 1.6 miles. each was individually hit. aid workers are supposed to be protected.

he was the former ceo of the royal mail group and some of his tenure overlaps with that, with that of2006—2010. can you explain the relationship between royal mail and the post office and i suppose there will be an effort this afternoon to try and see if there's any consistency with the story? that's a crucial question because at the time when adam crozier was chief executive, royal mail and the post office where the same organisation office where the same organisation but there was a governance board that he did not sit on, and so you are right. at the beginning of his testimony, he's likely to focus on the relationship between royal and the relationship between royal and the post office and therefore what adam crozier would have been aware of at the time. the issue is that there were hundreds of sub—postmasters who were prosecuted during his tenure and also there are sub—postmasters who say they've written to adam crozier during that period, one gave testimony to the inquiry in 2022, saying that he wrote to him, trying to explain what was happening and then received no response and

royal mail using these stamps. to pay an extra £5. so obviously a concern for reputation there very much if and if you're a granny that puts and if you're a granny that puts a little bit of money in a birthday card for your grandchild, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe child, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe aiild, and you don't have birthday card for your gribe a grannyi you don't have birthday card for your gribe a granny .you don't have to be a granny. >> by the way, the stamp on uncle, can be uncle like uncle, you can be an uncle like me who sends checks to his nephews and nieces. >> exactly . >> exactly. >> exactly. >> always with a stamp on. so that they could be getting that means they could be getting from andrew a flippin £5 bill. >> that's right. that's how it works, isn't it? it's the recipient that has to pay, not the person who sent it. yes, that's the issue, so hopefully we'll find out some some details with royal mail investigating. but i think it's really important they

post office, royal mail, forjust each and every single person responsible for the scandal, we need tot any facts and evidence. now we have a whole list of people with lots of evidence. what are we waiting for? david smith insists his "brilliant news" e—mail was because he thought it was evidence that horizon was not the problem, but lawyers for the postmasters say it's evidence that there was a circular and cynical logic that court convictions proved that horizon could be trusted even when they knew it could not. you were deliberately closing your eyes to problems with the integrity of horizon data, weren't you? no. and you were encouraging your staff to pursue a trial as another method of shoring up a problem system which you knew had serious question marks over it. mr smith, what do you say to the misra family? - david smith exited the stage today. up tomorrow, adam crozier, former chairman of royal mail, which owned the post office at the time of the scandal. simonjack, bbc news, at the post office inquiry. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, 27—year—ol