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 of money and time, while the complicated compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news. 0ne one of the major stories at the commonwealth games today actually comes from one of the venues commonwealth games today actually comes from one of the venue of the city at the velodrome in london, where a serious crash led to the early session of the track cycling being abandoned. laura scott is at the velodrome in east london and can tell us more. talk us through what happened here. well, this was in the through what happened here. well, this was in the second through what happened here. -ii this was in the second qualifying heat of the men s scratch race. it was a truly horrific incident. there were a few laps of the race to go where there was a multi rider crash at the end of the velodrome opposite where i am standing. it caused a
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 compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news. the city of mykolaiv in the south of ukraine has come under sustained attack from russian missiles overnight. the city s mayor said it was probably the heaviest bombardment since the start of the invasion in february. among the casualties is one of ukraine s richest businessmen. ukrainian media say he was killed along with his wife when a missile hit their home overnight. search and rescue crews continue to look for survivors in the us state of kentucky, where record flooding has wiped out entire communities.
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 of money and time, while the complicated compensation process grinds slowly on. colletta smith, bbc news. the city of mykolaiv in the south of ukraine has come under sustained attack from russian missiles overnight. the city s mayor said it was probably the heaviest bombardment since the start of the invasion in february. among the casualties is one of ukraine s richest businessmen. ukrainian media say he was killed along with his wife when a missile hit their home overnight. 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
storm. all this week, we ve been hearing some of the shocking stories of those caught up in the post office computing scandal. this morning, a group of mps says the government must do more to ensure everybody involved is properly compensated. ben s taking a look at this. we understand that compensation process is going through but it is now time, it needs to be done quickly. now time, it needs to be done cuickl. ,, .. now time, it needs to be done cuickl. ,, quickly. especially when you consider how quickly. especially when you consider how long quickly. especially when you consider how long this - quickly. especially when you consider how long this has l quickly. especially when you - consider how long this has been hanging over the people caught up in that who have been fighting to prove their innocence for years. this is to make sure they are compensated quickly but fairly. it s been called the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in british legal history. more than 700 sub po
making headlines today, just as their arrests did back in 1983 when they were just 16 years old, arrested on thanksgiving morning. dewitt duckett shot in a second floor hall. reporter: this old wbal-tv newscast reporting on the murder of a 14-year-old baltimore teenager, killed at school for his georgetown university jacket. but prosecutors now say police reports reveal witnesses identified another shooter, who later died. the boys were convicted even after chestnut s mother showed police a receipt for a georgetown jacket they found in her son s closet. it was chestnut who pushed the state s attorney for baltimore city to review the case. it s a tragedy that these men had 36 years of their life stolen from them. it s unreal. this this opportunity that was given to us is unreal. reporter: maryland currently does not have a system in place to compensate exonerees. the state attorney says she will lobby for a formalized compensation process, not to say that you can put a price