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
now in the kitchen, this is elvis. this is one of margo s personal favourites. in our bathroom you to me are everything. until last year, margo hadn t sold any pictures for more than £250. that s changing. the art world has woken up to her wider popularity and her prices are reaching thousands. and now, at the age of 54, the mother of two boys has her own show in brighton s helm gallery. margo, how does it feel to see this? it is unbelievable. i absolutely love it. it s so much colour, and to see everything together in one room, it s. . . it s mind blowing. it s just fantastic. and margo wants to encourage other people to follow their dreams. make time for something that you love doing and maybe that is, that s where you should go. colin paterson, bbc news. weather in a moment but let me just show you this
personal favourites. in our bathroom you to me are everything. such an amazing house and they look perfectly at home. they are at home. we feel very privileged to have so many we feel very privileged to have so many in we feel very privileged to have so many in our we feel very privileged to have so many in our home. until last year, margo hadn t sold any pictures for more than £250. that s changing. banksy s spokesperson has become her agent and now, at the age of 5a, the mother of two boys has her own show in brighton s helm gallery. margo, how does it feel to see this? it is unbelievable. i absolutely love it. so much colour. and to see everything together in one room, it s. . . it s mind blowing. it s just fantastic. next, margo has the us in her sights and wants to encourage other people to take risks and follow their dreams.
i m loving what i do and i think hopefully that shows up in the artwork, as well. a decade ago, margo completely changed her life. she was a primary school teacher in inner city london when tragedy befell one of her pupils. there was a little girl in my class who was put on the i was actually one of the people who put her on the at risk register. and sadly, yeah, she was murdered with her mum and that did actually, that really changed my life. margo decided to quit teaching and pursue her lifelong dream and for the last ten years has created at least one painting every single day. and so i started drawing little small pictures in my bedroom every night on a desk. and i just thought that s. . .that s what i m going to do. i m going to paint every single day for ten years. superfan kara is typical of the kind of devotion she inspires. the look of love in the upstairs hallway. love, as you can see, is the theme.
setting out his economic strategy, he said the priority for wales was to receive a fairer funding settlement from the uk government. we can t take for granted somehow that changing the uk government from blue to red will resolve some of those deep problems that we have in wales. and plaid cymru is the party that will stand up for issues such as fairfunding. we re talking about the budgets in the senedd today. we ve lost hundreds of millions of pounds from that budget because of the unfairness of the funding settlement. these paintings are by a woman who until a decade ago was teaching children at a primary school in london. but then tragedy struck when one of her pupils was murdered, and it made her completely rethink her life. she quit teaching and decided to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. and let s just say it has worked out. colin paterson has been to meet margo in margate. meet the artist known as margo in margate.