a £1 billion pound shortfall in state pension payments to tens of thousands of women because of government errors has been branded a shameful shambles by a committee of mps. # like a bat out of hell, i ll be - gone when the morning comes.# and the singer meat loaf, who recorded one of the biggest selling albums of all time, has died at the age of 7a. good evening. we have no plans to invade that was the message from russia s foreign minister after talks with the us about russian intentions in ukraine. his american counterpart said their discussions in geneva had been frank and substantive , but also warned of massive
government errors has been branded as shameful shambles by a committee of mp5. the singer meatloaf who recorded one of the biggest selling albums of all time has died at the age of 74. time now to take a look at all the latest sports news today. that comes from lizzie greenwood hughes. we re starting with rugby union and it looks like england will have a new captain for the start of the 6 nations after owen farrell suffered an injury in club training. farrell has been out since november with a seperate injury to his ankle and was it only confirmed this week by head coach eddiejones that he d keep the captaincy. he was hoping to return for saracens against london irish in the challenge cup this weekend. england s first game is against scotland on february the 5th. meanwhile scotland s women have made it into the world cup play off final after two
climate change. years of repeated human errors and outdated technology led to an estimated i billion pounds worth of state pensions being underpaid to more than ioo thousand people. according to a report by the national audit office, 134,000 pensioners, mainly women were underpaid pensions because outdated computer systems in the 19805 led to mistakes. in total the department for work and pensions is expecting to pay the affected pensioners a total ofjust over £1 billion that s an average of £8,900 for each person affected. here s our business reporter, sarah corker. for nearly a decade, irene from worcestershire was underpaid her state pension. she is one of thousands of women in their 70s and 80s that missed out on large sums of money because of government errors. i think it s scandalous. i think that the fact that you have
were underpaid pensions because outdated computer systems in the 1980s led to mistakes in total the department for work and pensions is expecting to pay the affected pensioners a total ofjust over £ibn that s an average of £8,900 for each person affected. here s our business reporter, sarah corker. for nearly a decade, irene from worcestershire was underpaid her state pension. she is one of thousands of women in their 70s and 80s that missed out on large sums of money because of government errors. i think it s scandalous. i think that the fact that you have to battle for something that s rightfully yours is awful, because i was lucky, i have got richard to help me. but anybody who is a widow, perhaps not financially up with it, and they re perhaps struggling on the breadline, it could make a tremendous difference. irene has now been paid