we will keep following that story. this is the third time the compensation process is being looked at. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. a severe weather emergency protocol has been launched as part of efforts to help people struggling with the cold. it ensures councils across the capital open additional emergency accommodation for people sleeping rough when temperatures fall below zero. city hall said rising bills and the cost of living were forcing more people onto the streets, with rough sleeping jumping 2a per cent in the last year. planned walkouts by more than 2,000 london bus drivers have been called off after a new pay offer was accepted. unite members employed by metroline were due to go on strike today with further action planned in the run up to christmas. the strikes have now been cancelled after drivers
the post office have been forced to admit to this inquiry that they hadn t expected thousands of applications for compensation, that they did not have enough staff processing the claims, that they have just been dealing with simple refunds first and that hundreds of victims have not yet received an initial offer of compensation. they have supported. the pressure from the inquiry seemed to be working. in parliament, there was good news for 500 sub postmasters who have been excluded from full compensation. postmasters will be contacted in the coming weeks to submit an application, after which we aim to distribute the funds within a few weeks of receiving that application. but since the cabinet reshuffle, a few weeks ago, there is now a new minister in charge. jane hunt says she is keen to press on but refused an interview with me about the issue of compensation. in what has now become a scandal within a scandal, victims are running out of money and time, as the rather complicated compens
the thousands of applications for compensation, that they didn t have enough staff processing the claims, that they ve just been dealing with the simple refunds first, and that hundreds of victims haven t yet received an initial offer of compensation. but pressure from the inquiry seemed to be working. in parliament there was good news for 500 subpostmasters who have been excluded from full compensation. postmasters will be contacted in the coming weeks to submit an application, after which we aim to distribute the funds within a few weeks of receiving that application. but since the cabinet reshuffle a few weeks ago, there is now a new minister in charge. jane hunt says she s keen to press on but refused an interview with me about the issue of compensation. in what s now become a scandal within a scandal, victims are running out money and time while the complicated compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news.
postmasters will be contacted in the coming weeks to submit an application, after which we aim to distribute the funds within a few weeks of receiving that application. but since the cabinet reshuffle a few weeks ago, there is now a new minister in charge. jane hunt says she s keen to press on but refused an interview with me about the issue of compensation. in what s now become a scandal within a scandal, victims are running out money and time while the complicated compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news. search and rescue crews continue to look for survivors in the us state of kentucky, where record flooding has wiped out entire communities. at least 26 people have died although the state s governor warned the number could rise. president biden has declared the floods a major disaster and there s a warning of more rain on sunday.
on but refused an interview with me about the issue of compensation. in what has now become a scandal within a scandal, victims are running out of money and time, as the complicated compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news. it s day three of the commonwealth games in birmingham, with 2a gold medals up for grabs. hugh ferris is there. of the 24, of the 2a, the two that will be contested at the gymnastics arena, very much commanding our attention. the first has been decided, gold and silverfor england in the first has been decided, gold and silver for england in the the first has been decided, gold and silverfor england in the men s the first has been decided, gold and silver for england in the men s all around individualfinal. top two qualifiers, battle throughout, germany on top, second gold at birmingham, with hall getting