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
of its robot lander is faulty. the peregrine mission one took off earlier on monday from cape canaveral, florida. its aim was to become the first american mission in half a century to make a controlled landing on the moon. but shortly after takeoff the engineers noticed the spacecraft was struggling to maintain a stable lock on the sun and that means the solar was not receiving a constant supply of sunshine to recharge the on board battery. mission astrobotic engineers has been working on alternatives to make the most of the mission. thank you for watching, i m sumi somaskanda. stay with us here on bbc news, hello. the week has got off to a cold start. some of us even got to see some snow on monday. tuesday will be another cold day, but it should be largely dry with a bit more in the way of sunshine. high pressure is in charge
to end his prison isolation. he appeared in court on monday at the prison where he is serving his 21 year sentence. norway s justice ministry that he must separated from other prisoners over security concerns. in 2011 he killed eight people with a car bomb in oslo before shooting dead 69 people at a summer youth camp. finally, a private company s mission to the moon may have fallen short. us based company astrobotic says a propulsion system of its robot lander is faulty. the peregrine mission one took off earlier on monday from cape canaveral, florida. its aim was to become the first american mission in half a century to make a controlled landing on the moon. but very shortly after take off, engineers noticed that the spacecraft was struggling to maintain a stable lock on the sun, and that means the solar was not receiving a constant supply of sunshine to be able to recharge the on boa rd battery.
rainfall in the south eastern state of victoria and also today, warnings of severe thunderstorms, intense rain and the possibility of flash flooding in queensland. so australia, in many ways, is a land well used to nature s extremes, but there is a growing concern that global warming is making these extremes more common and more intense. the company behind the latest american mission to soft land on the moon has said the planned touchdown may not happen. astrobotic said the propulsion system of its peregrine one robot lander is faulty and the system is losing critical amounts of fuel, which made it difficult for the spacecraft to point its solar panels at the sun to recharge its batteries. the peregrine one robot lander was launched on monday and was due to attempt a landing on the moon late next month. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more.
the company behind the latest american mission to soft land on the moon has said the planned touch down may not happen. astrobotic said the propulsion system of its robot lander was faulty. it was launched yesterday, but almost immediately had problems pointing its solar panels towards the sun. back down on. there was little christmas cheer for retailers, according to the latest industry figures, with weak growth in sales in december. ben can tell us more. good morning. in the five weeks ben can tell us more. good morning. in the five weeks to ben can tell us more. good morning. in the five weeks to the ben can tell us more. good morning. in the five weeks to the end - ben can tell us more. good morning. in the five weeks to the end of- in the five weeks to the end of december, covering the crucial christmas shopping period, retail sales in the uk increased byjust i.7% sales in the uk increased byjust 1.7% compared with the year before. it is less than had been expected and signi