Scandal later today. Between 1999 and 2015 Hundreds Of Sub Postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. Its the first time shell publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. Our Business Correspondent emma simpson has the details. Its 2012, and Paula Vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. Shes already spent half a decade with the business. And here shes on a visit to the shop floor. Retail is detail. I dont know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. And you come to places like this and you find out the Little Things that make the operation much more efficient. Back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. The pressure is on to turn things around. But did she put profits before people . Theres a sack full of questions waiting for her now. Lee bought the Bridlington Branch in 2003. The losses soon began. Here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursued him in court. So imp
Market is positive by 0. 2 percent on the s p 500. Hours away from chairman powell and the News Conference. Tom it is a different it is changed outlook to the press conference that it was 48 hours boko ago. Jon it is not seven, it is six. It is not seven. The bad news, it is 6 inflation in the u. K. Lisa this is a positive but how much of a positive. The key distinction is the core measure came in much more than expected so stripping out food and energy, how much will we be talking about the difference between core and what you feel when you go to the store . Tom we are there when we are slicing and dicey like David Rosenberg. What you do with inflation and disinflation but the Central Banks torah centralbank story with me jon the highs going into this bad decision, crude we are right their own crude so the headline versus core conversation, how do they navigate that in the News Conference . Lisa at a certain point, oil feeds into that, the question is how much is this driven by demand
Sydney. Welcome to daybreak australia. We are in our away from the opening of the markets. Good morning. For thegood morning japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, and looks like he might get a super majority going into the elections. Upsaw nikkei futures going half a percent. The yen at seeing the lowest in half a month. 114, getting close to the 113. 90 is where were at. Abesexpectations that gamble has paid off, and looks like he is secure the super arerity, and the markets interpreting continuity when it comes to this ultraloose Monetary Policy, as well as flexible fiscal policy. Lets get over to yvonne man, who is in tokyo. Victory byis is a default. Were there any surprises . Pretty much deja vu again. Forcing a split to what we saw in the 2014 election, but it is a potential come and looking more likely to be a landslide for shinzo abe, with the 465 seats for grabs. We are seeing the ldt and its Coalition Party coming out with 460 five. Out of the a close second, a little bit of a
Women and fail to do that myself. The bank of england will announce its decision on Interest Rates in an hours time, with many predicting the first increase for ten years. President trump has called for the Death Penalty for the man accused of killing eight people in new york by driving at them with a truck. Also this hour, bonfire night should be fun for the whole family. But as the annual safety warning about fireworks is issued, we hearfrom one family directly affected by injury. Their five year old suffered severe burns after an accident. And the dictionary truth about about fake news, as collins reveal it is their word of the year. Good morning. Its thursday 2nd of november. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. In the last half hour the Prime Minister has named Gavin Williamson as her new defence secretary. Gavin williamson, who was the governments chief whip before this appointment, has never held ministerial office. The mp for south staffordshire has been serving as
In hong kong it is just past 8 00 a. M. The am julie hyman and political stories continue apace in the United States where the ands today was on mexico that cancellation of a meeting with donald trump and theresa may coming over as well on earning season in the u. S. A lot for investors. Yvonne absolutely. Picture on wall street, it is mixed. Relatively leading into asia, we are seeing positive asian stocks. Positive move in asia ahead of the holiday. We do have the nikkei 225 opening higher. Extending the gains that we saw on thursday when it was higher over 1 . Trading could be choppy given the stronger dollar and the mixed picture on wall street. Tensions between the u. S. And mexico over the border wall and markets in china, south korea, vietnam closed today along with partial trade in Hong Kong Hong kong, singapore. We have stocks in wellington snapping a two day rise. Australia adding. 5 after coming back from a thursday holiday. We do have miners dragging today on the index. The