this is bbc news, the headlines. a major development in the uk s biggest miscarriage ofjustice rishi sunak announces a new law to compensate and clear the names of hundreds of postmasters wrongly accused of theft. opposition activist alexei navalny is seen for the first time since disappearing from a central russian prison last month. and 80 years after d day, we speak to the woman who helped map the beaches for the normandy landings. those are stories coming up in a moment or two. let s head to the bbc sports centre. anne marie is there for us. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker and, mark allen is taking on two time champion john higgins for a place in the quarterfinals of the masters at alexandra palace. and it s higgins who took a lead into the mid session break. the score currently 3 1 with both looking for a place in the quarter finals, with the fifth frame just under way. mark selby faces robert milkins in the final last 16 match later. football
development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison. many were bankru pted. we ll get reaction from one sub postmaster in a moment but first our political correspondent iain watson reports. the post office told us over and over. you re the only one. that was a lie, actually, because. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and political prominence. fewer than 100 sub postmasters have had their wrongful convictions overturned and there s pressure to clear more names and pa
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we ll bring you reaction to the announcement from one former post office worker who was forced into bankruptcy. i d like, you know, to get to the end of this, really, and sticking plasters are, whilst appreciated, you know, i just feel as though we re not moving forward. president zelensky warns that any delays in western aid to ukraine will only increase the strength of russia. and the united states top diplomat has said there will consequences if a tax on shipping in the red sea continue. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start here in the uk with a major