and now we can turn to that uplifting news. alan bates who led the campaign forjustice of victims of the post office it scandal being giving given a knighthood. he said the honour was notjust for him but for everyone who supported his cause. tracey emin was nominated for the turner prize and now has become a dame. also dame hodes for imelda staunton and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. cyclist mark cavendish was awarded a knighthood along with the composerjohn rutter. our business correspondence went to speak with alan bates. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look being at the inquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought this is weird. is this a wind up? yes. to me the things are just say no. but there are a
here by andrew from belfast. we sought an answer from bbc news and they told us: the number of competing and contested claims being made by politicians during this election campaign makes it hard to work out what is accurate. thatjob is made considerably harder by the phenomenon of fake videos images and quotes being circulated online. take for instance this appearance by labour s wes streeting on bbc two s politics live last week. what she did was wrong and what she said was wrong and it was right there was a disciplinary process. she apologised repeatedly. but it took five months. it did take a while, but look. if you didn t hear wes streeting describe dianne abbott there as a silly woman , that is because he didn t. but a doctored version of his comments on the programme was widely shared on x, which made it sound as though mr streeting did say those words under his breath. the fake video was supported by a number of comments, endorsing it, including one from someone cl