People are crying out for change and this election is the chance to make that happen. In so many parts of the country , so many parts of the country, its the liberal democrats who can beat the conservatives who have taken people for granted. Have taken people for granted. In other news, nursery worker Kate Roughley has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for the manslaughter of a nine month old baby. She strapped Genevieve Meehan face down on a beanbag for more than an hour and a half at tiny toes nursery in stockport in may 2022. The 37 year old then failed to check on the distressed child and later found she was unresponsive. The found she was unresponsive. The former post office boss at the centre of the horizon it scandal, has admitted making mistakes during her time in charge. During a tearful evidence session at the horizon inquiry. Paula vennells insists she didnt know about the honzon she didnt know about the horizon system when she joined and that no one told her of any bugs.
And sentenced to 14 years in prison at Manchester Crown court over the death of a baby, kate, roughly strapped the nine month old girl face down on a beanbag for more than an hour and a half at tiny toes nursery in stockport in may 2022. The 37 year old then failed to check on the distressed child and later found Genevieve Meehan was unresponsive. Former unresponsive. Former subpostmaster alan bates has said he has no sympathy for Paula Vennells after she broke down twice during her first day of evidence to the horizon it inquiry. The former post office boss at the centre of the scandal admitted making mistakes dunng scandal admitted making mistakes during her time in charge, but she insists she didnt know about the rise in system when she joined and that no one told her of any bugs. Shes also denied any conspiracy to cover up the scandal, and conservative mp Craig Mackinlay has made his first appearance in parliament, eight months after contracting sepsis. Oh he received a sepsis. Oh
For Peoples Health and peoples lives. So there has to be lives. So there has to be accountability. You know, we see in these situations, dont we, how theres a, you know, a big injustice uncovered like hillsborough or grenfell or the post office. And yet there isnt that individual accountability , that individual accountability, but that has to follow. And in my view, prosecutions should be considered in this case, including a corporate accountability. I believe there may well be a for case corporate manslaughter against whitehall departments as well. Departments as well. The parents of a baby girl say theyll never forgive the callousness of a nursery worker whos been convicted of manslaughter. 37 year old Kate Roughley placed nine month old Genevieve Meehan face down on a beanbag for an hour and a half while working at the tiny toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme in may 2022. Colleagues and paramedics tried to revive her, but she was declared dead later that day. Declared dead later that day
Successive governments, at every level, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way. Harrowing and devastating way. They failed the victims and their families and they failed this country. The inquiry chair , sir brian the inquiry chair, sir Brian Langstaff, found victims suffering had been compounded by the slow pace of government compensation and in waiting for the conclusion of the report, rishi sunak had perpetuated the injustice. Labour leader sir keir starmer also apologised , keir starmer also apologised, saying victims had been failed by all parties, including his. By all parties, including his. I acknowledge that this suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay suffering was caused by wrongdoing, delay and suffering was caused by wrongdoing , delay and systemic wrongdoing, delay and systemic failure across the board, compounded by institute defensiveness. And as sir brian defensiveness. And as sir Brian Langstaff make
Inside the cabin of flight 50321 from london to singapore, after it hit extreme turbulence in the skies over myanmar. It led to the death of a british passenger in his 70s who had a suspected heart attack and more than 50 other people on the Singapore Airlines flight were injured, seven of them critically. And just look at this graph that shows the altitude of the plane over several hours you can see how the plane plummeted by around 6,000 feet in just a few minutes. Not everyone had a seat belt on, and objects and passengers were hurled around the cabin by the turbulence. The plane then made an Emergency Diversion to bangkok in thailand, from where our South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head joins us. Here at Bangkok Airport they have sent a special flight to pick up those passengers who did not need medical treatment to help but get on to their ultimate destination in singapore but we believe more than 70 people needed to be treated in hospital here in thailand. Some of those wer