and even dialects plus, it is 70 years since this chap became the first on screen tv weather presenter in the uk. i will look back at the archives and also bring news today of what will be a cloudy and cold day. good morning. it s thursday, the 11th of january. our main story. the public inquiry into how hundreds of former sub postmasters, resumes today. it follows the prime minister s announcement to overturn hundreds of convictions, after the itv drama raised the profile of the scandal. benjoins us from outside the inquiry. morning to you. give us more details about the evidence that is going to be given today? about the evidence that is going to be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress developments - be given today? yeah, after years of slow progress developments have i be given today? yeah, after years of. slow progress developments have been moving quickly this week. we heard that the prime minister has foll
office branch managers and a witness statement from one of the post of his investigators, but there was quite a bland statement that they looked at it and there were no problems with the horizon system. when i managed to secure 91 call logs that cleveleys had made to the post office help desk, 61 of them were very clearly defects within the system either with the hardware, the software of the communications. so i sentin software of the communications. so i sent in my report that the witness statement from the branch manager was clearly incorrect because on the face of it there were lots of problems with the system. and i also commented on the quality of the post office and fujitsu help desk which would seeminglyjust office and fujitsu help desk which would seemingly just tell sub postmasters to reboot their systems so it is back up and running
have background information that will show you what was going on when transactions were going to the system. but in this case, the post office had lost or purged the information from 2000. this office had lost or purged the information from 2000. this was in clevele s? information from 2000. this was in clevelevs? yes. information from 2000. this was in cleveleys? yes, in information from 2000. this was in cleveleys? yes, in 2003, information from 2000. this was in cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it- information from 2000. this was in cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was - cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was auoin to cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was going to trial cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was going to trial but cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was going to trial but it cleveleys? yes, in 2003, it was going to trial but it involves - going to trial but it involves transaction from the year 2000. because there were no logs, the best i could get hold of was records of her calling the post office
genuinely stolen from the post office will be exonerated and maybe even compensated. hour office will be exonerated and maybe even compensated. office will be exonerated and maybe even compensated. how does that sit? there is a phrase. even compensated. how does that sit? there is a phrase, i m even compensated. how does that sit? there is a phrase, i m trying even compensated. how does that sit? there is a phrase, i m trying to - there is a phrase, i m trying to remember who said this, better that there are no innocent people found guilty rather than a few guilty let off. it guilty rather than a few guilty let off. , , ., , off. it is, better that ten guilty ersons off. it is, better that ten guilty persons escape off. it is, better that ten guilty persons escape that off. it is, better that ten guilty persons escape that one - off. it is, better that ten guilty i persons escape that one innocent persons escape that one innocent person suffer. that was william blackstone a