Scandal later today. Between 1999 and 2015 Hundreds Of Sub Postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. Its the first time shell publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has the details. Its 2012, and Paula Vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. Shes already spent half a decade with the business. And here shes on a visit to the shop floor. Retail is detail. I dont know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. And you come to places like this and you find out the Little Things that make the operation much more efficient. Back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. The pressure is on to turn things around. But did she put profits before people . Theres a sack full of questions waiting for her now. Lee bought the Bridlington Branch in 2003. The losses soon began. Here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursued him in court. So imp
Many are receiving medical attention. The fatality was 73 year old Geoffrey Kitchen, from gloucestershire in the uk. Hes believed to have suffered a heart attack. More than 30 people were injured, seven critically. There were 229 people on board the flight from london to singapore when it hit turbulence over myanmar, and experienced a rapid drop in altitude. The pilot had to make an Emergency Diversion and landed in bangkok. It was there that medical teams entered the plane, establishing that Geoffrey Kitchen had died and offering medical treatment to those who were injured. Heres one of the people who was helped by thai medical staff, explaining what had happened. Things were going very smoothly at first. Id just been to the loo, came back, sat down. Bit of turbulence and suddenly the plane plunged i dont know how far but it was, they said, 6,000 feet. It didnt seem like 6,000 feet. It didnt seem like 6,000 feet, but it was a long way. And so sudden, there was no warning at all. And i
Hes believed to have had a heart attack. More than 30 people are injured, seven critically. Monica miller has been following the story for us from changi airport. Well, we saw some of the passengers that had gathered their belongings and were greeted by members of the Singapore Air staff here. One by one, they took them out and we saw them reunited with theirfamilies. There were some real emotional moments and some big hugs after such an arduous trip as my colleague Jonathan Head explains. Shaken by their ordeal, the passages were met by an army of ambulances after they landed in bangkok. They had just been served breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. A shot taken inside the cabin after the aircraft had landed gives us a sense of the absolute chaos on board. Another passenger, jerry, was travelling with his family to a wedding in australia. A bit of turbulence and suddenly, the plane plunged, i dont know how far, but they said it was 6000 feet. It didnt seem like
Hello. We begin with a Special Report from the front line in myanmar, a country in the grip of a war largely forgotten by the outside world. Rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. Press freedom in the country is restricted, Hundreds Ofjournalists have been jailed, and getting into myanmar to report first hand is tough. But a bbc team has done it. The background is complicated, but the countrys Transition To Democracy was cut short three years ago by a military coup, with the elected government led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi being ousted. People took to the streets in protest, but were met with a brutal crackdown. Many took up arms, and in october several disparate rebel groups united, forming a single nationwide insurgency, which has made gains, conquering large swathes of territory. The fighters, among them a group known as kndf, are now presenting the Myanmar Military with the biggest threat to its rule in years. The Uni
A lot of silver linings. So it happened. But there are certainly a lot of silver linings. 50 better, nine. A lot of silver linings. So better, nine. , ~ , a lot of silver linings. So better, nine. ~ ,. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. The telegraph starts with the story about Craig Mackinlay, i have lost my hands and feet to sepsis, says mp. The imf because of a three year rate cuts at the end of the year as inflation falls. And the guardian, alarm over big increase of those under a0 with diabetes. And the story about the Singapore Airlines flight, british passenger dies in severe plain turbulence. A brit is charged with spying for china, found deadin charged with spying for china, found dead in a maidenhead park. The mirror, turbulence tragedy, terror in the sky. British pensioner on Dream Holiday Dies and doesnt hurt as plane is hit. The daily mail, that story, nightmare at 37,000 feet and a picture of mr kitchen, the grandfather who died. The times, make fewer arrests