convictions relating to the post office scandal have been overturned. sub postmistressjudith smith, who pled guilty to a charge of fraud in 2009, and sub postmaster colin smith, who admitted a charge of embezzlement in 2013, had their convictions quashed, before their appeals were due to be heard in court tomorrow. and just to say there s a very good bbc panorama programme on the post office scandal that was broadcast in 2022 you can see it on iplayer. it has emerged that the fashion brand boohoo put labels on some t shirts and hoodies which claimed they were made in the uk when in fact they were manufactured in south asia. bbc panorama discovered the original labels were removed at boohoo s flagship factory in leicester. it s thought there could be hundreds of thousands of wrongly labelled garments. lawyers for the company say it was down to a misinterpretation of the labelling rules. helena wilkinson reports.
boohoo sell themselves as a global brand, and affordable fashion for all. when it comes to getting its customers the latest styles as quickly and cheaply as possible, it is a market leader. two years ago, it opened this flagship factory in leicester. it was promoted as a british manufacturing centre of excellence, offering end to end clothing production in the uk. this is really about clothing production in the uk. try 3 is really about garment manufacturing in the uk. but panorama manufacturing in the uk. but panorama has manufacturing in the uk. but panorama has found, betweenjanuary and october last year, made in the uk labels were put on clothes that are actually made in south asia and only printed on in leicester. the bbc estimates the number of wrongly labelled clothes could amount to hundreds of thousands. however, the retailer would not provide precise figures. this is how the labels arrived at the leicestershire
should not be misled potentially very serious. consumers should not be misled as potentially very serious. consumers should not be misled as to - should not be misled as to the source of garments that they are buying, and it is something that i think the company needs to answer. edc panorama understands that boo hoo is proposing to close the leicester factory later this year. boohoo says it is in a period of consultation with workers while it considers what to do with the site. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the main nhs performance targets for treatment have not been met for at least eight years in england, wales, and northern ireland, according to bbc research. today s figures for england showed a slight fall in the number waiting for appointments and operations, but its still above 7.6 million people. the labour leader sir keir starmer has told the bbc it is shocking that nearly 200,000 children were experiencing long waits. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports from liverpool. images
i would say it s very stark. we obviously have a funding pressures across the board, but we are still expected to deliver our key services to those people that rely on us. so we need fair funding to deliver our services. from street lighting to waste collections and crucial care support services are under pressure. some councils are facing questions over their financial choices, but inflation is having an impact across the country. overall, the government says councils have more available to spend supporting their communities this year and next year, including on social care. beyond that, budgets haven t been set, but shortfalls may be taken into account. councils, though, say the whole system needs a rethink to make it more sustainable in the long term, particularly after years of austerity. in leicester, the home start charity supports people with young children like hapi, who struggled after a complex pregnancy with her daughter ocean.
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