Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us. Good morning. Hump day. Fz good morning. Half way through. We have a lot of deve developments. A lot going on overnight. Lets start with five things to know. Voters in ohio showed up in a big way. Overwhelmingly rejecting issue one, an issue that would have made it harder to amend the constitution. Its a major win for Abortion Rights supporters ahead of a vote to ensure access to abortion. We are seeing a secret memo from an Unindictmented Coconspirator in the January 6th Case against donald trump. The New York Times got ahold of the letter, which shows the evolution of the fake elector scheme. Also this morning, hawaii is under a State Of Emergency right now as large wildfires rage. They are fuelled by winds from hurricane dora. The coast guard is rescuing people who have been jumping into the ocean to escape the smoke and fire. The police chief of montgomery, alabama, says its huk hewly likely 245 more people will be charged in the chaot
And just manage to get some sleep wherever you can . Yeah. It can be really tough. Yeah. Its still very hard for some of us to get a nap. Oh, the worlds biggest yawn. With osaretin off work on maternity, three mouths to feed and three babies to hold, life and finances have been a juggle. He has reduced his hours to 20 hours a week. So the moneys really not coming any more. So youve had to cut back your hours at work then, just to just to manage physically with looking after the babies . And it was really it was something hard, but we had to do the sacrifice. But laurens been able to help out by giving a £370 grant. Hi are you 0k . Its gone straight on nappies, baby formula, and paying the energy bills. For lots of families. That weve supported itsjust meant, you know, feeding their children, heating their homes, you know, just those really important butjust basic things that you really need to raise small children. Laurens team have now given money to 82 families through the governmen
throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs
this will give the sheikh hasina her fourth consecutive term as prime minister, and herfifth overall. the election was boycotted by bangladesh s main opposition party, the bnp, which said the process was a sham. for more analysis we will speak to the head of the thomas law school. what does this election actually mean 21 considering the controversy around? $5 a the controversy around? as a matter of the controversy around? as a matter of background, - the controversy around? sis . matter of background, since independence the conduct of free and fair elections in bangladesh has proven to be contentious issue. there has been a sense of great mistrust amongst major political parties in the country with respect to conducting free, fair and impartial general elections. and it is for this reason in 1996 the two major political parties of the countries including the ruling party and the bangladesh national party reached a consensus which led to the incorporation of the system of n
at the ivor novellos later today. # a year has passed since i wrote my note. # mark savage, bbc news. # i should have known this right from the start. # congratulations to sting. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river but terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river but a terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river but a main terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river but a main road - terrible weather in italy? yes, this is not a river but a main road in - is not a river but a main road in bologna. over 200 millimetres of rain over the high ground here which has resulted in this severe flooding. now, we have got another system on the way, jet stream running unusually far south creates this area of low pressure with some huge falls of rain expected across north west italy. this system in the last few moments has been named storm