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
hello, everybody. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. a busy day in the republican race for president. in the next two hours, two new candidates as the field grows to ten. that s ankeney, iowa, where mike pence will announce his candidacy for the republican normination next hour. and in fargo, north dakota, the first lady is about to introduce the government nor. he, too, will enter the republican race for president. that will bring the field to ten. we believe these are likely the final two entries in the crowded republican field. we have reporters to bringout latest. let s start in iowa where mike pence will make it official next hour. what are we going to see? reporter: you re going to see in about an hour this official in-person rally for mike pence. this is the kickoff for his iowa campaign, where his campaign says they have to lean all in. this is where they will make their mark or be allowed to continue. and they plan on try too good that by go
on it at the moment. nearly 100 patients are being treated in overflow areas. consultants like vicky and shindu are working extra hours in the emergency department during the strike. they sympathise with theirjunior colleagues, but they re tired. i don t think this is sustainable. we ve been doing this for many months now since last summer and each industrial action has more impact on the workforce and it s more tiring and therefore more impact on our patients and the other staff the nursing staff, the therapy staff. we re not robots, we re just humans, and so at some point, the willingness of the workforce to do over and above is going to stop. so i ve been working this morning from 8:00, but i ve been working three, four days now, in continuous stretch. and how does that feel all those hours? it feels exhausting very exhausting for all of us working here. but we have to do the job.
teapot technician judy. she can feel the pressure in a&e as she does her round. i ve not long been on shift, but walking in and you see people on beds, you know people have been in a long time and you know it s going to be a full on day. still busy, as always, up here. even with the strike on, the hospital hairdresser lynn has her hands full. right, good morning, everybody. welcome to the last day of the doctors strike. i we joined the gold command group of senior managers. they were juggling patient numbers. during this meeting, they raised the alert level to reflect the significant pressure they were under. icu were pretty much full again with no step down. paeds is fine, maternity s in escalation. we are short ofjuniors, so we ve got at least two or three ward areas with no junior doctor on it at the moment. nearly 100 patients are being treated in overflow areas. consultants like vicky and shindu are working extra hours in the emergency department during the strike. they sympathis
is teapot technician. another hospital trolley this one with self styled teapot technician judy. she can feel the pressure in a&e as she does her round. i ve not long been on shift, but walking in and you see people on beds, you know people have been in a long time and you know it s going to be a full on day. still busy, as always, up here. even with the strike on, the hospital hairdresser lynn has her hands full. right, good morning, everybody. welcome to the last day of the doctors strike. i we joined the gold command group of senior managers. they were juggling patient numbers. during this meeting, they raised the alert level to reflect the significant pressure they were under. icu were pretty much full again with no step down. paeds is fine, maternity s in escalation. we are short ofjuniors, so we ve got at least two or three ward areas with no junior doctor on it at the moment. nearly 100 patients are being treated in overflow areas. consultants like vicky and shindu are working