colder. i will have the details shortly. good morning. it s six o clock on 6 january. our main story: the metropolitan police has confirmed it s investigating potential fraud offences, in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub postmasters by the post office. around 700 people were blamed for accounting mistakes caused by faulty it software, which made it look like money was missing. some were wrongfully imprisoned, in a scandal which was dramatised on itv. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. mr bates vs the post office has brought to light a story for years those in power wouldn t believe. for the post office branch managers across the country over two decades, it s been a nightmare they couldn t escape. i haven t got that money. and i don t know where it s gone. noel tomas, a former sub postmaster in anglesey, was one of those wrongly sent to prison in 2006. this week has offered some catharsis after years of torment. the rest of the country knows how th
new figures paint a gloomy picture for the uk economy people are shopping less and government borrowing has hit its highest september figure on record. there s gridlock in the health and social care system in england, says the regulator as it warns about the impact of staff shortages. i v e i ve been doing 60 hours. time off is a sleep day. i ve been doing 60 hours. time off is a sleep day- is a sleep day. how long can you keep doing is a sleep day. how long can you keep doing that? is a sleep day. how long can you keep doing that? not is a sleep day. how long can you keep doing that? not long. - and we meet the first wild bison to be born in the uk for thousands of years. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, can scotland take the final spot in the super 12s? we ll have the very latest from the t20 world cup in australia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. senior conservatives hoping to become prime minister have begun
and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
What does macrons success mean for political movements outside france . In particular, what are the lessons for the British Labour party . And werejoined by the poet, kate tempest. Carcinogenic, epileptic, post traumatic, bipolar and disaffected. Atomised, thinking were engaged, staring at the screen so we dont have to see the planet diet. Hello, welcome back to paris, at the end of the long 2017 french president ial election. And at the start of a new phase in modern french political history. Emmanuel macron is obviously a big dealfor this country, a fresh face, a reformer, hes leading a new party with a new programme. But he is also now an important player in the world. His bigger than expected win is a tonic for depressed liberal centrists everywhere. The opposite of trump, hes a man who didnt shy away from his pro european views, his desire to keep the border open, his belief in trade, his adherence to a tolerant, open society. Unlike some others, he beat the far right by taking on
When Poundland founder Keith Smith commissioned ten Romanesque statues to be built around his swimming pool at his home, he was concerned that the breasts of one female figure were small.