Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals. Government borrowing hits the highest level since The End of World War ii With hundreds of millions spent supporting the economy during the pandemic. On its way to wembley england is given an extra euro 2020 match, as dublin misses out. Hello, good afternoon. 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft and False Accounting because of a defective Post Office Accounting system have been cleared by the Court Of Appeal, after the uks most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice. Some had gone to prison, and many sawjobs, marriages and reputations ruined after being wrongly accused of financial irregularities. The court heard that a Computer Software System called horizon had problems from the beginning of its installation. The Post Office has apologised for the impact the scandal has had on the Men And Women who were convicted. Katie prescott reports. Unsure whether to laugh or cry. After year of being labelled criminals, some shunned by their community, even imprisoned, these former postmasters saw their records wiped clean. Marvellous, it has been 16 years. It hasnt been easy. You will find who your friends are and a good family and i only wish my Elder Son was here. But you know. We got through it. For me, its, it was all about This, all about clearing my name. Im not a thief. Im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And that, thats it. Thats everything i want. I had to wait 14 years and then to have to bring an army against them. That is what it has been. It has been an army against them. My god, it is notjust me, my whole family is grateful to the court. She is a soul. These people who used to own and run Post Offices were convicted of things like theft and False Accounting, based on the evidence of a flawed Software System known as horizon. It showed up short falls in their accounts where there were none and as a result they have had their lives turned upside down. This is the most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice that the uk has seen. 39 people have seen their criminal records cleared today. Three on the list With diseased in brackets. With deceased in brackets. I would like to think and hope that the many others that are out there that have convictions to their name, come forward and follow the same process. Hopefully a process that now will become a bit easier for them. Because we have got probably 600 or 700 people that are still convicted in the most instances wrongly and deserve the same Sort Ofjustice that these brave people have had. Todays judgment paves the way for a malicious prosecution claim that could mean further damages. The government says This is a another important milestone for postmasters affected by the dispute. An independent inquiry is under way, but some say it is a white wash. It is a allowing Post Office off the hook. It isa it is a failure of accountability. At the moment, there is no official inquiry looking at the conduct of directors and senior staff at Post Office. 0utside Court now though. Celebrations after so many years it will take a while to sink in. Well, outside the royal Courts Ofjustice is our correspondent, Frankie Mccamley. It is very emotional listening to a lot of those stories. There are so many more stories than those. Yes. Many more stories than those. Yes, of course. Many more stories than those. Yes, of course. Jane many more stories than those. Yes, of course, jane. Such many more stories than those. Yes, of course, jane. Such an many more stories than those. Yes of course, jane. Such an emotional day here outside the royal court of justice. Many criteria earlier, but as you can see, they have dispersed after thatjudgment came through after that judgment came through just after thatjudgment came through just a few hours ago. This is a hugely significant case. There were smiles, there were tiers, there were also celebrations. But This is the most widespread miscarriage of justice in legal history. Not only because it Involved so many people, but also because it stretched over nearly two decades. Today, there was a damning statement from judges. I will read some of that to you. It said, the Post Office knew there were problems With the Accounting System and rather than investigating them, it insisted the system was reliable, effectively Steam Rolling over those Sub Postmaster is. In the report, she said This is going to be sinking in, then use will be sinking in. That is exactly what people have been saying. Following on from those celebrations, i think theres going to be a huge amount of reflection of the Stress And Anxiety these last few decades have caused some families. It is also going to be a very sombre time because some people died before being able to clear their names. I spoke to one women who had brought her late husbands ashes With her today so he could be here for when his name was finally cleared. Looking ahead, i think some families are definitely looking to claim some compensation. 0thers families are definitely looking to claim some compensation. Others just want the Post Office to be held to account. 0ne Family told me they just wanted to go to sleep, take some time, rest, and move on from This Dark Cloud that has darkened their lives for so long. Their lives for so long. Thank you for now. Their lives for so long. Thank you for nova we their lives for so long. Thank you for now. We are their lives for so long. Thank you for now. We are going their lives for so long. Thank you for now. We are going to their lives for so long. Thank you for now. We are going to hear. Their lives for so long. Thank you for now. We are going to hear in| for now. We are going to hear in just a moment from one of those who has had their name cleared. Lets just hear a little from the Prime Minister. He hasjust been speaking about This. The Prime Minister has described the wrongful convictions of 39 subpostmasters as an appalling justice. Here he is speaking earlier in derbyshire. I think every Constituency Mp will know a family who has been hit by who has been hit by This, everybody in my profession know somebody in the Post Office world who has suffered from This, and it is very, very sad what has happened. I think the Horizon Thing has been really terrible for many families. I am glad that the judgment has come in in the right way, and i hope that will now be some relief for those families and for those people who i think have been unfairly penalised and suffered in an appalling miscarriage. We have got to make sure we look after them. The Prime Minister With his reaction. The Court Of Appeal quashing the conviction of 39 former Sub Postmaster is Post Mistresses. We will be talking to one of those 39 a little later in the hour. For now, we will turn our attentions to coronavirus. Soaring Covid Infection rates in india has seen the country move onto the governments Travel Red List overnight. It means british and irish nationals arriving in the uk from india must now quarantine in a government approved hotel, at their own cost, for ten days. Well have more from india in a moment but first, our Transport Correspondent Caroline davies reports on the travel ban. Amongst yesterdays arrivals, the last few flights from india to the uk before the Red List deadline. There was joy for those who made it back. It is amazing, i feel like kissing the ground hi, mum. Other are still separated. Ranjan� s daughter lives just outside delhi With her two children and husband. Im like paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, | dont leave the house, dont do This. But you know, fair enough they may not do it, but there is other family out there as well, you know in gujarat and others, cousins and things, theyre in villages and stuff. They also need, theyre not in the same environments. | every environment in indias different isnt it . Her daughter feels scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity in us. It is very isolated. I do miss my family heaps. And vice versa. Theyre missing us. Todays new restrictions mean anyone arriving from india from 4am This morning must quarantine in a hotel for ten days at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like This have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its Sister Hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing extra staff, expecting demand to go up. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. It is four months since India Banned Flights from the uk to stop the spread of the uk variant. Countries fortunes can change quickly and some are warning that until more have had both shots of their vaccine in the uk, International Travel should not re open. We are seeing as the cases are at the lowest in our part of the world, the proportion of cases associated With travel is on the rise and This must be a Warning Sign for plans to lift the restrictions for the next steps ahead. The Red List continues to get longer as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, Bbc News. There were more than 330,000 new Coronavirus Cases in India Yesterday the highest figure recorded anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic. More than a third of the worlds new cases are now in the country. Hospitals are being overwhelmed With patients, while suffering acute shortages of oxygen. 0ur Correspondent Nikhil Inamdar sent This report. Mass cremations after a deluge of Covid Deaths in indias capital new delhi. More than 2,200 people dead in the last 2a hours, according to official count. The real numbers could be much higher. India recorded more than 332,000 infections in the last 2a hours, a global record since the pandemic began, crushing the countrys already weak health infrastructure. Translation i have been waiting for a bed since 21st and done the rounds of half the hospitals in delhi. Theres not single vacant bed. Meanwhile, hospitals continue to put out sos calls on Social Media saying they have just a few hours of oxygen supplies left. Some even saying that supplies have run out entirely. Patients meanwhile across the Country Scramble for beds and ventilators. There is also a shortage of Essential Drugs for the treatment of covid, such as remdesivir. Following desperate pleas from state government, the railways and the Air Force now deployed to transport oxygen. But criticism against the governments handling of the crisis is now mounting. It is definitely lapse of covid appropriate behaviour as soon as the country re opened weddings were happening, massive election rallies were going on, religious gatherings were happening, Cricket Matches were being played, malls and restaurants re opened, kids started going back to school. A Ramp Up of Indias Inoculation Programme is the only defence against This deadly Second Wave Say Experts, but a country that once boasted of being the pharmacy of the world is now crippled by a shortage of crucial vaccines. And With the Infection Peak nowhere in sight, there is more suffering to endure. Theres growing evidence that the Pfizer And Astrazeneca covid vaccines are highly effective in reducing infection. Researchers at the Office For National Statistics and University Of Oxford analysed Test Results from more than 370,000 people and found that infections fell by 65 after a first dose. Our Health Correspondent Katherine Da Costa reports. Its still early days, but its an improving picture in the uk, With latest estimates suggesting infections are continuing to fall in england and scotland. And theres more good news in the fight against covid. Further evidence both the Pfizer And Astrazeneca vaccines offer good protection against the Dominant Uk variant, and crucially protects the over 75s and people With underlying health conditions. In a major study of more than 370,000 volunteers, researchers found there was 65 overall protection from infection after one dose, and 90 protection after two doses of the pfizer vaccine similar to levels after natural infection. But the researchers say the vaccine only cut asymptomatic infection by around 50 , meaning people could still pass on the virus Without realising. Its so important, actually, we still wear face coverings, do other things to reduce risk. The virus is always out there and every person it infects, itjust gives it a chance to mutate and potentially turn into something more dangerous again. So its good news, but theres also a knife edge. Were walking a very Fine Line here. The surge in new infections ripping through countries like Brazil And India are a stark reminder the pandemic� s farfrom over. While the uks donated half A Billion pounds towards a global vaccine fund, Health Experts warn rich nations need to go further, faster. Now is the time to donate the vaccines that we have available now. Yes, it will delay the Vaccine Roll out in This country by a little bit, but Vaccine Transmission is so low now in the uk, we are in a position to do that. And we would be better advised to prevent new variants are rising and the rest of the world, which will come back to haunt us if we dont drive down transmission everywhere. In the uk, the researchers say their findings also back up the decision to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible, by delaying the second dose, but more work is needed to determine how long the protection lasts and how well current vaccines protect against other new variants. Katharine da costa, Bbc News. The welsh government has announced that its lifting some of its lockdown measures earlier than planned. People in wales will be able to have a drink inside a Pub Or Restaurant from 17th may. Indoor childrens activities have also been brought forward, to 3rd may, and groups of up to 15 adults can also meet then, for example at Gym Classes. Close Contact Services such as hairdressers have reopened in Northern Ireland as coronavirus restrictions have eased. 0utdoor Visitor attractions can also open for the first time since lockdown was imposed after christmas, and Driving Lessons can resume. 0utdoor Hospitality businesses and all non essential retail will open next week. Government borrowing has hit the highest level since The End of World War ii. The enormous cost of supporting the economy during the Coronavirus Pandemic is laid bare in new figures from the Office For National Statistics, which says more than £300 billion was borrowed in the year to march. Thats nearly £250 billion more than the year before. Andy verity� s here. Tell me more about those Eye Watering figures. We Tell Me more about those Eye Watering figures. Tell me more about those Eye Watering figures. Tell me more about those Eye Waterin fiaures. ~. , ~. , watering figures. We talk about them as E E Watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering. Watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering, but watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering, but one watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering, but one Thing Watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering, but one thing that i as Eye Watering, but one thing that is really important to remember is they are not Eye Watering like debt is for you or me, for a household or a Small Business where you have to worry about the debt collectors. The government does not have to worry about that because the government can print money and lend it to itself, which is what it largely has been doing since the pandemic began. The amounts that it has borrowed, if you like, from itself, from the bank of england, that is who it owes most of england, that is who it owes most of the money too, amounts to £303 billion, as you say. That is a huge sum of money, a peacetime record. It is what the chancellor needs to to plug the gap between his spending, which has exploded over the past year, and his income from tax revenue, which has been dropping. If you look at that deficit, that borrowing, if you like, and compare it to recent borrowing, obviously you see a hugejump it to recent borrowing, obviously you see a huge jump there at The End of the chart where it is shooting up to about five times what it was expected to be one year ago. But for the reasons i gave you, it may not be so urgent to repay it. Im pleasantly in the most recent budget by rishi sunak, it was clear that he felt he needed to spend more before anything was done to try to reduce that borrowing. Now, if you look at it compared over time, it is the highest borrowing as a percentage of the economy since 1945, i946, highest borrowing as a percentage of the economy since 1945, 1946, but you can also see on the track there that it drops really rapidly. That is exactly what the office for Budget Responsibility is predicting will happen This time. It will drop rapidly, not because of any spending cuts, but because in the economic recovery, the Tax Revenues will get a massive boost. Andy verity talking about those new borrowing figures that came out This morning. You are watching Bbc News. There were News Today is dominated by that verdict from the Court Of Appeal, the quashing of the convictions of 39 former Sub Postmasters and Post Mistresses who over very many years had been wrongly convicted of various financial irregularities, all because a Computer System was installed by the Post Office, it was called horizon, and there were problems and glitches in that Computer System, problems and glitches in that computersystem, It Problems and glitches in that Computer System, it produced all sorts of problems, but nonetheless an awful lot of people were charged With False Accounting when it was actually the software that was the root of the problem. We can speak now to dave blakey, who was convicted of False Accounting in 2004 that conviction has now been quashed. Dave, thank you so much for speaking to us on such an emotional day. Your case goes back so many years, so many years. Is it possible to put into words what This finally means for you . Into words what This finally means for ou . ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. , ~ for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstl , for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstly. How for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstly. How i for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstly, how i feel for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstly, how i feel is for you . Good afternoon. I think, firstly, how i feel is ecstatic. Firstly, how i feel is ecstatic. Very emotional. And it has been a long time coming. But it has been worth waiting for now. I think we have finally got the justice that we deserve. Have finally got the ustice that we deserve. ~. , have finally got the ustice that we deserve. ~. ,. , ,. ,. 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We are going to try very hard to get him back because we absolutely want to hear Daves Story after he was convicted backin Daves Story after he was convicted back in 2004. That conviction now quashed. As you were starting to hear, the financial impact of that on him and his family has been enormous. I am on him and his family has been enormous. Iam really on him and his family has been enormous. I am really sorry about that. We will try to go back to dave Just A Little Bit later. I can still see him, but it is The Sound that we are struggling With. Dave, we were speaking so eloquently about the impact on your family. I will try once more to say whether we can hear. You were explaining that you lost your job hear. You were explaining that you lost yourjob because it was your wife who was primarily working in the Post Office, you are, i think, an engineer, so This affected both of you. An engineer, so This affected both of ou. �. , an engineer, so This affected both of ou. �. ,. 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The fact you can say you are one of the luckier ones, and yet there are lawyers who have said This is one of the greatest Miscarriages Ofjustice in uk legal history will stop you have lost your home, you have lost a job that you train for, what would you like to happen now . I would like to be. Because i am now retired, the problem was when all This came to light. Just go back slightly, there is a big issue at the moment around mental health, and i think from a Mans Point of view, men do not talk to people, and i never spoke to people about it, until two months ago or so, i had never spoken to anybody about it. It was one of those things, i bottled it all up, and since it has been public, i have become very emotional about it. I consider myself lucky because i had such a supporting family. There are people who did not have that. There are people who lost their lives over it. People went to prison over it, whereas ijust got a suspended sentence. That is when i say i am luckily. What i would like to see now is i would like to see some form of recompense, obviously. Being retired, iwould some form of recompense, obviously. Being retired, i would like to live a bit more comfortably. I am paying rent now, which i would not have had to do, my mortgage would have been paid off 10 12 years ago. I would also like to see a Judge Led Enquiry, as people keep talking about. We need some people to put their hands up and say, yes, i made a mistake, it is my fault. Somebody knew that the Horizon System was faulty, and by that, continued to prosecute people. They are the people that need bringing to task. The only way you can do that is With a Judge Led Enquiry. You cannot do it With This Cover Up public enquiry that they have got at the moment. That is nothing, there is nobody being accountable. You have got to get somebody there, and that will make life much easier for people, such as myself. It will make us feel as though it is being completed. Well, dave, given how little you say you have spoken about it, we are even more grateful that you are talking to us on the bbc today. Can you get any more help if you feel you get any more help if you feel you need it or is your strength entirely coming from that strong Family Unit that you have described . It is coming from the family. Definitely. I have got a very strong family. My wife, obviously, my daughter, my son my granddaughter, my siblings, they have all been there. ,. ,. , my siblings, they have all been there. ,. ,. , there. Dave, we send you all our very best there. Dave, we send you all our very best wishes. There. Dave, we send you all our very best wishes. Thank there. Dave, we send you all our very best wishes. Thank you there. Dave, we send you all ourj very best wishes. Thank you very much indeed. Best wishes to you and your wife. There are indeed people talking about the need for an enquiry now, so we will talk about that as well. Thank you very much. All the best to you, i appreciate you talking to us. All the best to you, i appreciate you talking to us. Thank you very much. You talking to us. Thank you very much stay you talking to us. Thank you very much. Stay safe. You talking to us. Thank you very much. Stay safe. Dave you talking to us. Thank you very much. Stay safe. Dave blakey, i you talking to us. Thank you very much. Stay safe. Dave blakey, whose conviction was much. Stay safe. Dave blakey, whose conviction was quashed much. Stay safe. Dave blakey, whose conviction was Quashed Today much. Stay safe. Dave blakey, whose conviction was Quashed Today after i conviction was Quashed Today after being convicted in 2004 of False Accounting. As you would imagine, we will talk more about that story after 3pm. The Prime Minsiter has defended Text Messages he had With the Business Man Sirjames Dyson about providing ventilators at the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Labour has been critical of the contact saying it amounted to cronyism. Iain watson can tell us the latest it is not going away. It is lasting longer than the government would like. The bbc revealed This week that there was discussions via Text Message between the Prime Minister and Sirjames Dyson over changes or potential changes to tax rolls at the beginning of the pandemic. Labour has said effectively he has been given privileged access. Interestingly, several newspapers were briefed This morning by so called anonymous Downing Street sources that the former aide to borisjohnson, former senior adviser Dominic Cummings, was behind those weeks. He has not responded to those reports, but there is no evidence yet provided by Downing Street that he was responsible. The Prime Minister was asked about This, he did not reply about his former aide. What he did do was staunchly defend his direct contacts With james dyson. He said This was at the height of the pandemic, he was trying to get more ventilators provided. In The End, he did not go With dyson, but his ventilator challenge, as he called it, had worked. He told anyone who is at all critical of the process of those discussions that they must be out of their mind to challenge them. If you think that there is anything remotely dodgy or wrong or weird or sleazy about trying to secure more ventilators at a time of a national pandemic, and doing everything in your power to do that, then i think you are out of your mind. Interestingly, borisjohnson was actually asked if he was going to maintain his Mobile Phone. The reason for that is that labour were suggesting that these kind of contacts, what they call government by whatsapp, are responsible for bypassing the normal channels, the conventional channels, when it comes to procurement. The Prime Minister said he is keeping his more dear back Mobile Phone, hes got to keep in touch With people, denies doing anything wrong. We are expecting him to publish the extent of his contact With Sirjames Dyson, and indeed others, over covid contracts. He says he is being transparent, so we will see how transparency is later on. Labourare keen will see how transparency is later on. Labour are keen to keep up their attack on This. Certainly the story about Dominic Cummings being Involved, laboursay about Dominic Cummings being Involved, labour say This is a distraction. They want to keep the focus on the substance of those techs. Sir Keir Starmer said today on the campaign trail. Boris johnson is desperate to try to put This at Arms Length, but it is obvious that he cant. You know, This is government by whatsapp. They are all at it, whether it is access to the Prime Minister, whether it is the former Prime Minister accessing ministers and officials, whether it is the Health Secretary With shares in companies With contracts With the nhs. The listjust grows and grows and grows, and i am afraid This sleaze is back and it is bigger than it was before. Sir Keir Starmer trying to generalise. Notjust talking about borisjohnson and his top, contacts With james dyson. He is trying to suggest there is a pattern With the conservative party, acting in the best interest of their own friends rather than the whole country. The reason he is punting that line is because in labour� s on research, its pulling, its Focus Group of target voters, they think that message is beginning to cut through ahead of crucial elections. Today, lord mandelson, who knows a thing or two about campaigning and messaging, suggested that simply attacking Tory Sleaze as he called it would not be enough for labour to win the next general election, and has urged them to step up their efforts in opposition. To step up their efforts in opposition to step up their efforts in ouosition. ,. , to step up their efforts in ouosition. ,. ,. ,. , opposition. Iain watson, for now, Thank Ou opposition. Iain watson, for now, thank you very opposition. Iain watson, for now, thank you very much. Good afternoon. Very little change in the weather throughout the day. Strong sunshine coming through. A bit more cloud in the North East of scotland. Plenty of sunshine. There is a breeze in the Western Areas and the channel Islands Today is most, it is possibly the warmest day of the week With temperatures at around 1920 degrees in North East wales. 0vernight, we will see a little bit of cloud returning. But again, With Clear Skies throughout most of the night, temperatures will fall to Within Frost Levels, not widely as This morning but still a chilly start to the morning. 0ne This morning but still a chilly start to the morning. One that clears away, it will be similar to today. We have that brisk breeze through the South West. Just starting to take the edge off With the temperatures on the North Sea but 17 or 18 degrees in land and sunday looking like a fine day too. Hello This is Bbc News. The headlines. Celebrations outside the Court Of Appeal as 39 postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the Post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. The victims have expressed how traumatic it had been. India joins the Travel Red List the last few people arrived in the uk, just hours before 10 days of quarantine became compulsory. India has reported its highest figure for new Daily Infections more than 330,000 cases. Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals. Government borrowing hits the highest level since The End of World War ii With hundreds of millions spent supporting the econony during the pandemic. And the welsh government announces that its lifting some of its lockdown measures earlier than planned. Sport now. And for a full Round Up, from the bbc sport centre, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah. Good afternoon. Lets start With the confirmation that Wembley Stadium will host an extra match at This summers european championship, This after the venues were finalised by uefa today. Dublin has lost out on its four matches, With wembley taking their last 16 tie. 0ur Sports Correspondent Natalie pirks was at wembley for us. U Efa Wa nted uEfa Wanted every ground to confirm that it could host at least 25 of the capacity of fans but, unfortunately, dublin just could the capacity of fans but, unfortunately, dublinjust could not give those assurances. Three Group Matches are being used to moved to St Petersburg in russia. And the final last match has been moved to wembley. Spare a thought to sweden because they were going to have two of their Group Matches in dublin and they based themselves they to the entirety for the entirety of their stay but they will now move to russia. This Cross Continent euros that uefa had been so desperate to provide is actually going to happen and after a veritable dress week, its finally some productive news for the fans. They then get Priority Access for the matches, so all is not lost if fans did have those Tickets. Those Tickets. And i suppose particularly those Tickets. And i suppose particularly good those Tickets. And i suppose particularly good news those Tickets. And i suppose particularly good news if those Tickets. And i suppose particularly good news if you those Tickets. And i suppose particularly good news if you are an England Fan. Particularly good news if you are an England Fan England Fan. Yes, if they win their urou , England Fan. Yes, if they win their group. And England Fan. Yes, if they win their group. And of England Fan. Yes, if they win their group, and of course England Fan. Yes, if they win their group, and of course lets England Fan. Yes, if they win their group, and of course lets not group, and of course lets not forget about scotland is because they are in englands group. They will be playing at home but it will still be accessible for their fans. If england want to go all the way, they play in seven of them. Its as close really to a Home Tournament as fans could hope to get. To all of the nations, it really could be a summer to remember in the capital because, finally, it looks like football is at least, sort of, coming home. Jofra archer will not feature in the indian Premier League This year, as he continues his recovery from surgery on his hand. The ecb have confirmed that the fast bowler returned to training This week, and his progress will be monitored ahead of Englands Test Series With new zealand injune. Its a huge blow for the Rajasthan Royals as archer was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player last year. Benoit paire is paying the price for his inappropriate behaviour hes been barred from representing france at the Olympic Games in tokyo. He would have been well placed to make the team but hes repeatedly made headlines for his conduct on court and comments off it. Hes made no secret of his dislike of life on tour during the Coronavirus Pandemic. After defeat at last weeks monte carlo masters, he said i just dont care. The french Tennis Federation said his attitude was totally incompatible With the olympic spirit. British number two Cameron Norrie should be on court Within the next hour for his match up against rafa nadal, in the quarterfinals of the barcelona 0pen. Norrie made it through when the eighth seed, david goffin, Retired Injured he had treatment for a Leg Problem in the second set, but he couldnt continue. Norries progress could take him back into the worlds top 50. Defending Champion Ronnie 0sullivan is in danger of being knocked out in the second round of the World Snooker Championship in sheffield. He went into todays opening Session Level at four frames all With Anthony Mcgill but the scot played near flawless snooker, winning six frames to 0sullivans two, to take a 10 6 lead. They play to a finish This evening first to 13 wins. And Theres Nothing to separate last years beaten Finalist Kyren Wilson and Barry Hawkins theyre level at four frames all after their first session. The Afternoon Sessions are just about to get under way. You can follow that live on Bbc Two and i will see you again in the next hour. Lets return our attention to coronavirus. We have talked a lot and we will talk more about the grim situation in india. We have had some fresh data in the uk over the last couple of hours and, as ever, the best person to tell you about it is robert kath. Roberts, good afternoon. We are going to start With the 0ns infections survey. Brute With the Ons Infections survey. We have With the 0ns infections survey. Have had great news This morning from that survey showing how much the vaccinations have reduced peoples chances of getting infected. The Data Shows how that plays out in the real world how many people are infected and how thatis many people are infected and how that is going. We can see that despite the continued opening up, were still seeing on the far right Hand Side of the graph that the of infections in the uk are continuing to come down. So, last week about one in 500 people were thought to have the virus and now it is down below one in 600. That is in england and a little bit lower in Northern Ireland and a bit higher in scotland. And in wales, it is down below one in 800 people. So, the Direction Of Travel is still going on the right direction. Now, these figures only run up until last friday. We all ran back to the shops last week so it is probably a bit too early for those numbers. What the Data Shows, is that it is not leading to a rapid obtain of cases. A little bit more information about the R Number as well . The academic is robabl the R Number as well . The academic is probably shrinking the R Number as well . The academic is probably shrinking the R Number as well . The academic is probably shrinking epidemic the R Number as well . The academic is probably shrinking epidemic is| is probably shrinking epidemic is probably shrinking. I think the main headline from This number is they are de emphasising r. When they were publishing members, they said that they went to Publishing Numbers for they went to Publishing Numbers for the uk any more because it was not reliable and when they give you the figures for each of the nhs regions, they are saying that the numbers are so low now that if you see just one outbreak in the North West or if you see a couple of extra cases or deaths, that will make the number changed dramatically, so really dont put too much weight on these numbers any more because it is not a super reliable indication of where the epidemic is going any more. The picture is pretty good. Infections are still coming down and the number of people going into hospitals is very low. Its not quite as low as last summer but we are probably thinking more of september levels. Thank you very much. Lets return to news that people in Northern Ireland are back the Hairdressers Today for the first time since The End of december. Its the final part of the uk to allow close Contact Service to reopen in the latest relaxation of covid restrictions. 0utdoor Visitor attractions are also reopening their doors. 0ur Correspondent Chris Page has been to a barbers in belfast. It is by my reckoning 119 days since hairdressers and barbers were open, so the last time This place, skinny isaacs, in south belfast, had customers in it was the 23rd of december. Four months on they are back, so lets have a quick word With somebody who has just taken his place in the chair, ciaran. Ciaran, when was the last time you had a haircut . I think it was just before christmas. So whats it like to have the scissors on your head again . A real haircut, it is great. After a few home haircuts, there were a few disasters, it is good to be back. A few disasters, now that there is a amateur haircut, shall we say, Design 110w now should we say that the days of amateur haircuts are behind us. Hopefully. Well, you are one of the first back to get professional haircut again, so lets just take a quick walk across the Barber Shop here to talk to elliott, who once again has his scissors and his comb in his hand. Elliott, you have been off work now for four months, what is it like for you today . No, its good to be back. It really isjust good to be back, so im just enjoying it. Getting back to enjoying being off work now. You must have missed work a lot over the last. Idid. Idid indeed. I enjoyed the time off, but now i am happy to get back and make some money, so. Yeah. Yeah, all the very best. Youre certainly going to have a very busy few days. Yeah. Now, the boss here is neil. Already hard at work, you have been hard at work for a couple of hours already. Yep. Neil, what has the Lockdown Experience been like for you . To start off, i think the first lockdown was the hardest, you know, getting used to the idea of not being in work, not seeing the guys, not saying your clients. We had a baby at the start of the first lockdown, so that was more or less a full year With her to enjoy at home, but now im back at work it is seeing people, it feels like were getting back to normality again. I hope it stays that way. Yeah, and are you going to be, i think, over the next few weeks, maybe cleaning up a few Diy Disasters . Yeah, hopefully most guys have just left their hair alone. If they leave it alone, it makes it easiest for us to fix. The fix jobs are the ones that they end up maybe having to leave With something they never wanted to start off With, but it is their own fault. Yeah. So the more hair, basically, the more youve got to work With . Yeah, thats it. Well, neil, thank you very much indeed. It is certainly going to be an extremely busy Day Today and over the next few weeks. You are completely booked up, so thanks for making time to talk to us today on bbc breakfast. A few other restrictions being eased today in This part of the uk. Driving lessons, driving tests are resuming, and if youve missed your favourite sport there is good news. You can get back on the pitches. Competitive games are allowed for up to 100 people, so it is a big day for lockdown easing here. Clashes have erupted in eastjerusalem between far right jewish activists, palestinians and israeli police, and more than 100 people have been injured. Tensions have been building on jerusalems streets, after a number of Race Hate incidents. It follows nights of confrontations in the israeli occupied sector amid rising nationalist and religious tensions. Eastjerusalem has long been a flashpoint, With an uneasy Coexistence Betweenjews and arabs. Rescuers in indonesia are in a desperate race against time to find 53 sailors inside a missing submarine. The Vessels Supply of oxygen is expected to run out at 3 oclock on saturday morning. The naval submarine went missing on wednesday while taking part in a Torpedo Drill off the island of bali. The japanese Prime Minister has declared a State Of Emergency in tokyo, osaka and two other regions in an attempt to combat a surge in Coronavirus Cases three months before the tokyo 0lympics Ar Due to begin. The State Of Emergency is due to run from April 25th to may 11th, and will affect a quarter of japans population. Professor Seijiro Takeshita is from the school of Management And Information at the university of shizuoka. Well, This used to be one of the icons of Rejuvenating Japan after the decade or two decades of what we call a lost decade ofjapan, where we have been rather stagnating. People are thinking This could be ignition point forjapan, as a new start, and unfortunately i think people are pretty much gutted about the fact that This wave is really simmering that momentum down, to the level where 77 of japanese do not want to have the olympics held, so. I would say This is not only the actual economic impact, but also the psychological impact, which has a very downing effect to the japanese people as a whole. Well, considering that 70 80 of the income actually comes from the televised issues, i dont think it will be much of a pain to have, for example, possibly no attendance in the stadium, for example. It is not as bad as it looks. But that said, again, it goes back to the loss of legacy. What we were trying to do was build a new legacy, where people could understand japan, and considering a lot of people coming to japan, looking atjapan, nouveau japan. This new image, This Rejuvenation Stage has unfortunately been postponed or possibly cancelled, so from that Point Of View it is extremely negative from the sentiment of the japanese people. After the immense success of the rugby World Cup in 2019, the japanese people were very much open arms to, of course, This 0lympics, but With This wave that is re emerging, not only injapan, but elsewhere and again i repeat the point, the conservative nature of the japanese people. People are backing off, very unfortunately, and This, i really think, is a very gutted move, particularly before the golden week holidays injapan, where This is a time where the Service Sector really rakes in. It is equivalent to the thanksgiving, for example, in the west. So timing wise it is very, very, you know. I would say, depressing. But again, to realise the fact that the wave is becoming really very big, i think This is the only choice that the authorities had to make. The headlines on Bbc News. Celebrations outside the Court Of Appeal as 39 postmasters convicted of financial crimes in the Post Office Accounting scandal have had their names cleared. India joins the Travel Red List the last few people arrived in the uk, just hours before 10 days of quarantine became compulsory. Government borrowing hits the highest level since The End of World War ii With hundreds of millions spent supporting the econony during the pandemic. The welsh government has brought forward the date that pubs and restaurants can serve customers indoors to the 17th of may. The return of indoor group activities including Gym Classes will also re start earlier than planned, on the 3rd of may. The announcement was made by the First Minister labours mark dra keford. Well lets hear reaction to the announcement from some of the other main parties in wales. The positive news that we have received today again, which has confirmed the improving picture, i think doesnt mean that we can accelerate the release of further restrictions as we go intojune, so thatis restrictions as we go intojune, so that is very positive news. 0bviously, that is very positive news. Obviously, we have got to keep an eye on the international situation and variants of concern but i think we can look at an accelerated timetable and, obviously, when we get into government, we will seek scientific and medical advice to enable us to move forward With an accelerated timetable. The First Minister has finally come around the First Minister has finally come around to the First Minister has finally come around to the Road Map that we published around to the Road Map that we published many weeks ago now because we think published many weeks ago now because we think it published many weeks ago now because we think it is published many weeks ago now because we think it is really important to put we think it is really important to but those we think it is really important to put those dates out there and those gateways put those dates out there and those gateways of opportunities that the First Minister, when we first published our Road Map, said that it was rubbish published our Road Map, said that it was rubbish and reckless to have This road was rubbish and reckless to have This Road Map. So, as i said, This is good This Road Map. So, as i said, This is good news This Road Map. So, as i said, This is good news to get these dates in the diary. Is good news to get these dates in the diary, so that people can get back the diary, so that people can get Back Furlough and get premises back up Back Furlough and get premises back up again Back Furlough and get premises back up again it Back Furlough and get premises back up again. It has been a Records Lockdown up again. It has been a Records Lockdown that we have seen. Wales has been lockdown that we have seen. Wales has been the longest Country And Lockdown has been the longest Country And Lockdown of any part in the united Kingdom Lockdown of any part in the united kingdom. If we can lift other restrictions, we will be looking to lift more restrictions, we will be looking to lift more restrictions onjune the Zist Lift more restrictions onjune the 21st as lift more restrictions onjune the 215t as well. We very much welcome the news that has come today because it is good for the Fitness Industry and the hospitality industry. The fact that we can progress in opening up is partly because of the approach that has been taken. Taking it steadily and monitoring how restrictions are impacting on transmission rates. That is what we would like to continue With. It is easy to set these dates in advance but if you set these dates well in advance, you might have to change them. I think it is better to have a general Road Map and check what things are going cash to check how things are going. Taking the scientific advice from the likes of the chief medical officer, i think that is very much how we should continue With going forward. Most of us are in for some glorious Spring Weather This weekend so you may be thinking of venturing into The Great Outdoors fora hike ora ramble. If so, youre being asked to stick to proper footpaths. Adam mcclean reports from scafell pike. This path is one of hundreds across the Lake Districts fells routes that Help Hikers reach the top of englands highest peaks. Were always repairing the paths in the Lake District, and were repairing them for the benefit of the environment, so were stopping the damage to the vegetation and the wildlife here. And thats our main reason for the work that were doing, to protect This wonderful scenery and This precious environment. This routes one of the most popular in the Lake District from those completing the three Peaks Challenge to others ticking off the highest point in england. I think the pandemic has made people realise how important the countryside is for their physical and mental Well Being and health. And so, theyre getting out into the countryside more and thats absolutely great to see but, of course, it has an impact, and whats happening is This mountain is literally being worn away. Repairing the Paths Needs Heavy Machinery a challenge for the team fixing the fells. We realised that access for The Machine to do the Machine Restoration was particularly tricky well, impossible, to be honest and that the only way to get The Machine up would be to take it apart, bring it here, fly it up to the summit and then rebuild it the work will repair five damaged sections of the path, With equipment flown up by helicopter. 0k, terry, ready to lift. And lifting, terry. After a short four minute flight, the equipment arrives here, On The Path to the top of scafell pike. Piece by piece, therell soon be a digger near the top of englands highest mountain. Certainly, around these hills, wind can play a big part of the aviation turbulence. Wind shear, downdrafts, weve always got to be aware of that. This helicopter is capable of lifting 1. 2 tonnes, and thats right at its maximum weight. So, if we have any outside influences which may affect our performance, weve got to be extremely careful. And certainly, when were working around people on the ground as well. And for those enjoying a walk, the hard work didnt go unnoticed. Er, i think the work to maintain and restore the paths is fantastic because it makes it much more accessible for people to get up the mountain. And its a beautiful view. You can see the isle of man, you can see all around. Ive made good use of the panoramic feature on my phones camera. Itjust makes you feel so much safer going up This sort of path, especially compared to, like, the other other Mountain Paths ive been on, is you feel looked after. High visitoR Numbers and extreme weather are eroding englands highest mountains. Its hoped This work will help preserve them for the future. Adam mcclean, Bbc News. Helen willets has the weather. In the last few moments, we are hearing that two men have been arrested in connection With the Attempted Murder of a Police Officer. You may remember This, a bomb was left beside a car of a part time Police Officer in County Londonderry and we are just hearing from belfast that two men have since been arrested. The suspects are being questioned now under the terrorism act. So, to arrest in the connection With the Attempted Murder of a Police Officer. That has just come through from our colleagues in our belfast newsroom. Also, some news coming from france on the reuters news agency. We are hearing about a stabbing of a Police Officer in a town South West of paris. A female Police Officer has been stabbed at the entrance to a Police Station. It goes on to say, in fact, one of the french Radio Stations is reporting, apparently, the attacker was shot and overpowered by the police at the scene. A female Police Officer stabbed and the attacker overpowered, it says, by other Police Officers. The attacker� s motives are not clear, according to French Media reports. That is all that we have on that at the moment. Im sure theres more to come on that as well. So, we will keep you up to date. Edging up to the top of the hour, so as we approach the weekend, we must get all the latest weather prospects. Good afternoon. Full the settled spell of weather will continue notjust through today but into the weekend as well. But we are still going to have some rather chilly mornings as you saw there in northamptonshire, followed by a leap in temperature as we get into the afternoon and it stays dry as you saw. Thats because of the High Pressure that is With us centred to the east, slipping a little bit further north, so its allowing more isobars into the south and southern half of the uk, which means a bit more breeze and we will notice the effect of that breeze as well. As we are doing today across the Channel Islands and the South West. It is quite strong, actually. That is tempering the a feel of things here. Temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday. This is the Satellite Picture from earlier but there will be very little change throughout the rest of the day. A little bit of cloud and perhaps the Odd Shower for the Northern Isles With temperatures at around eight or nine here. A little bit lower in the South West, but generally for many areas, perhaps the highest they have been This week at 18 19 degrees and possibly 20 in the North East of wales. It will drop away under the Starry Skies again quite quickly, but because we have attained high temperatures by day, they wont be as low by a degree or two tonight but still cold for most of us With A Touch Of Frost in a few localities. That will continue to be a risk as we go into the weekend but otherwise it will stay fine and feel warm for most of us by day With a few subtle changes. On saturday, there is a little bit of cloud to clear and some Morning Fog as well but that should melt away. There mightjust be a bit more high cloud around but we have still got that breeze, perhaps picking up a little bit more in Eastern Areas as well. We still have relatively high levels of pollen for many, just coming a little bit down in the North East. We are starting to pick up a breeze from the North Sea, which will also take our temperatures here down a little bit 11 to 13, which isnt as high as today. And again, in southern areas, we have got that brisk breeze. So, temperatures are probably not quite as high tomorrow as they are or will be today. As we go through Saturday Night into sunday, again a starry sky With just a hint and a little bit more cloud coming in. Just patchy frost really but it is a risk and it is a concern for farmers and growers. And that Cloud Mayjust Hang around a little bit more across parts of scotland, central and Eastern England on sunday. Still not spoiling the day but bringing the temperatures down and here it will feel a little Bit Cooler of course With some sunshine to enjoy as well. This is Bbc News. Im jane hill. The headlines the Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting after one of the uks most widespread Miscarriages Ofjustice. It was all about clearing my name. Im not a thief, im not a fraudster. I am not This person. And that. That is it, that is everything i want. India joins the Travel Red List the last few people arrived in the uk, just hours before 10 days of quarantine became compulsory. India has reported its highest figure for new Daily Infections more than 330,000 cases. Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals. Government borrowing hits the highest level since The End of World War ii With hundreds of millions spent supporting the economy during the pandemic. On its way to wembley england is given an extra euro 2020 match, as dublin misses out. Hello, good afternoon. 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft and False Accounting because of a defective Post Office Accounting system have been cleared by the Court Of Appeal, after the uks most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice. Some had gone to prison, and many sawjobs, marriages and reputations ruined after being wrongly accused of financial irregularities. The court heard that a Computer Software System called horizon had problems from the beginning of its installation. The Post Office has apologised for the impact the scandal has had on the Men And Women who were convicted. Katie prescott reports. Unsure whether to laugh or cry. After year of being labelled criminals, some shunned by their communities, or even imprisoned, these former postmasters saw their records wiped clean. Marvellous. It has been 16 years. It hasnt been easy. You will find who your friends are. And a good family. I only wish my Elder Son was here. But you know. We got through it. For me, its, it was all about This, all about clearing my name. Im not a thief. Im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And that, thats it. Thats everything i want. I had to wait 14 years and then to have to bring an army against them. That is what it has been. It has been an army against them. My god, it is notjust me, my whole family is grateful to the court. She is a soul. These people who used to own and run Post Offices were convicted of things like theft and False Accounting, based on the evidence of a flawed Software System known as horizon. It showed up short falls in their accounts where there were none and as a result they have had their lives turned upside down. This is the most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice that the uk has seen. 39 people have seen their criminal records cleared today. Three on the list With deceased in brackets. This is the tip of the iceberg. I would like to think and hope that the many others that are out there that have convictions to their name, come forward and follow the same process. Hopefully a process that now will become a bit easier for them. Because we have got probably six or Seven Hundred people that are still convicted in the most instances wrongly and deserve the same Sort Ofjustice that these brave people have had. Todays judgment paves the way for a malicious prosecution claim that could mean further damages. The government says This is a another important milestone for postmasters affected by the dispute. An independent inquiry is under way, but some say it is a white wash. It is a allowing Post Office off the hook. It isa it is a failure of accountability. At the moment, there is no official inquiry looking at the conduct of directors and senior staff at Post Office. 0utside Court now though. Celebrations. After so many years, it will take a while to sink in. Well, outside the royal Courts Ofjustice is our correspondent, Frankie Mccamley. A hugely emotional morning they are. Tell us more about the huge significance of This. Tell us more about the huge significance of This. Yes, jane, This is a hugely significance of This. Yes, jane, This is a hugely significant significance of This. Yes, jane, | This is a hugely significant case. This is the uks most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice in the legal system. As you saw in Katies Report, there were huge amounts of emotion outside, a huge wave of relief as those judgments came through. Just behind me, crowds now have dispersed. A lot of people will be going home. This is not only such a significant part of the legal system because so many people were Involved but because This case went on for so many years. It stretched across almost two decades. Today, there was a really damning statement from thejudges here, who said, the Post Office knew there were problems in its Accounting System and rather than investigating them, it insisted it was reliable, effectively Steam Rolling over these Sub Masters who disagreed. This afternoon, as Thisjudgment is sinking in who disagreed. This afternoon, as This judgment is sinking in and people are heading home, we have seen some celebrations, a couple of bottles of champagne outside here, but i think there is going to be a time for reflection now as people really taken time for reflection now as people really Ta Ken how time for reflection now as people really taken how much This has affected their lives. The huge Stress And Anxiety surrounding This case. Also, a very sombre time because some of these people who were given criminal, sent to prison, they have now died and they were not here today to clear their name. I did speak to one lady who brought her late husbands ashes With her so that he could be here to clear his name today. Looking forward, there are going to be compensation claims from many of the families. Some others simply want the Post Office to be held to some sort of account. I think there is also going to be big questions looking at the legal system and how This could have been allowed to happen. But i did speak to one family who said theyjust want to forget all about This, they want to forget all about This, they want to forget all about This, they want to move on from This Black Cloud that has darkened their lives for so long. Cloud that has darkened their lives for so long cloud that has darkened their lives forso lonu. ,. ,. , for so long. Thank you. We are going to talk about for so long. Thank you. We are going to talk about some for so long. Thank you. We are going to talk about some of for so long. Thank you. We are going to talk about some of those for so long. Thank you. We are going to talk about some of those issues i to talk about some of those issues in just a to talk about some of those issues injust a moment to talk about some of those issues in just a moment With a qc. But first lets hearfrom in just a moment With a qc. But first lets hear from the in just a moment With a qc. But first lets hearfrom the Prime Minister. He was asked about This today. The Prime Minister has described the wrongful convictions of 39 subpostmasters as an appalling injustice. Here he is speaking earlier in derbyshire. I think every Constituency Mp will know a family who has been hit by This, everybody in my profession know somebody in the Post Office world who has suffered from This, and it is very, very sad what has happened. I think the Horizon Thing has been really terrible for many families. I am glad that the judgment has come in in the right way, and i hope that will now be some relief for those families and for those people who i think have been unfairly penalised and suffered in an appalling miscarriage. We have got to make sure we look after them. Werejoined now by Patrick Green qc, Lead Barrister for the postmasters and mistresses in their civil action against the Post Office, that was settled in 2019. A very good afternoon. Good afternoon a very good afternoon. Good afternoon. You a very good afternoon. Good afternoon. You will a very good afternoon. Good afternoon. You will know a very good afternoon. Good i afternoon. You will know some a very good afternoon. Good afternoon. You will know some of these men afternoon. You will know some of these men and afternoon. You will know some of these Men And Women afternoon. You will know some of these Men And Women very afternoon. You will know some of these Men And Women very well. Afternoon. You will know some of these Men And Women very well now, so your thoughts first of all This afternoon on the Human Toll that This has taken and what This means for them today. For them today. First of all, i think it is for them today. First of all, i think it is an for them today. First of all, i think it is an incredible for them today. First of all, i l think it is an incredible victory. That is really important to mark that. This was a massive David And Goliath struggle, which in the early days did not necessarily look as if it was going to end up like This. The toll on the people Involved, particularly those With criminal convictions, has been unbelievable. In some cases With tragic and eternal consequences. You are describing eternal consequences. You are describing a eternal consequences. You are describing a double eternal consequences. You are describing a double toll eternal consequences. You are l describing a double toll because eternal consequences. You are. Describing a double toll because it is the accusations in the first place and then the energy and the nerve and the steel that they must have had to keep fighting. It nerve and the steel that they must have had to keep fighting. Have had to keep fighting. It was absolutely unbelievable. Have had to keep fighting. It was absolutely unbelievable. The have had to keep fighting. It was absolutely unbelievable. The history of it is, as you know, long. That rather tends to mask the repeated attempts there have been to get justice. There was a previous attempt to mount a group action, a civil action, which in The End they could not get going. Then the mps and the select committee encourage Post Office to set up a mediation scheme, which is the one that second site were appointed to investigate for. The Post Office did not really sort anything out in that. And then finally in about 2016, we got the group action, which i was Involved in, going, and that was a huge, huge struggle. At very fast pace in the context of getting so many trials prepared for and determined, in order to even get to the beginnings of where we are today. Alan bates has been absolutely amazing in This, in leading everyone through it, but Todays Victory is a huge credit to everyone who has been Involved. [30 everyone who has been Involved. Do you think now there is scope for prosecutions . Will there be prosecutions . Will there be prosecutions to come . Well, if you mean of those prosecutions to come . Well, if you mean of those who prosecutions to come . Well, if you mean of those who were prosecutions to come . Well, if you mean of those who were Involved l prosecutions to come . Well, if you | mean of those who were Involved in creating the problem. Mean of those who were Involved in creating the problem. Creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinkin , creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinking. For creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinking, for example, creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinking, for example, i creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinking, for example, i spoke creating the problem. Indeed. Im thinking, for example, i spoke in i thinking, for example, i spoke in the last hour to one of the 39 who has had his conviction Quashed Today, very calm, externally measured, but one of his key points was that people knew there were problems With that software, people knew there was a software glitch, and yet he says the Post Office continued to prosecute people. And thatis continued to prosecute people. And that is one of the points he struggles With. That is one of the points he stru ales With. G ,. , struggles With. Jess, and i think there is a strong struggles With. Jess, and i think there is a strong feeling, struggles With. Jess, and i think there is a strong feeling, whichl struggles With. Jess, and i think. There is a strong feeling, which is very reasonably based about that. Yes. 0ne very reasonably based about that. Yes. 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So even before todays outcome, there were serious judicial todays outcome, there were serious judicial concerns of the very nature that the judicial concerns of the very nature that the person you spoke to has reported that the person you spoke to has re orted. That the person you spoke to has reorted. ,. ,. ,. , reported. So, is that a situation that is still reported. So, is that a situation that is still being reported. So, is that a situation that is still being looked reported. So, is that a situation that is still being looked at . Reported. So, is that a Situation L that is still being looked at . Yes, it is. That is still being looked at . Yes, it is charges that is still being looked at . Yes, it is. Charges could that is still being looked at . Yes, it is. Charges could ultimately that is still being looked at . Yes, it is. Charges could ultimately be| it is. Charges could ultimately be brou ht . It is. Charges could ultimately be brought . They it is. 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That is a bizarre condition of a Plea Deal in my experience of those things. Of a Plea Deal in my experience of those things of a Plea Deal in my experience of those things. Good lord. Can i ask ou as those things. Good lord. Can i ask you as well those things. Good lord. Can i ask you as well about those things. Good lord. Can i ask you as well about an those things. Good lord. Can i ask you as well about an enquiry . Those things. Good lord. Can i ask you as well about an enquiry . The j you as well about an enquiry . The gentleman i spoke to in the last hour, he said he wants a fulljudge led public enquiry. He said only that will get to the heart of what went on and why prosecutions persisted in the way they did, rather than what we have got at the moment, which i think is due to report This summer. I am interested in your Take Report This summer. I am interested in yourtake on report This summer. I am interested in your take on that. It is report This summer. I am interested in your take on that. In your take on that. It is a very fair point in your take on that. It is a very fair point. There in your take on that. It is a very fair point. There is in your take on that. It is a very fair point. There is a in your take on that. It is a very fair point. There is a judge, in your take on that. It is a very fair point. There is a judge, a l fair point. There is a judge, a respected judge, who has been appointed to look into This, but as is very apparent, his remit has been very limited, in a way which lots of people feel, and i think probably rightly, will not get to the issues of past accountability. And that is a serious concern and one understands why people who have been very, very badly affected by these events feel so strongly about that. Would it be warranted, in your opinion . Because it has gone on for so many years and so many people have had their lives damaged, livelihoods lost, lives lost in some desperate instances. Livelihoods lost, lives lost in some desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would be. Desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would be. I desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would be. I was desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would be. I was a desperate instances. Yes, i think it really would be. I was a little really would be. I was a little surprised that the appointment of sir williams was quite so narrow, given what has happened. I think really the right answer would be for the government to say no, actually, really ought to have thought about an enquiry on This. An enquiry on This. Patrick green, Thank Ou an enquiry on This. Patrick green, thank you for an enquiry on This. Patrick green, thank you for your an enquiry on This. Patrick green, thank you for your time an enquiry on This. Patrick green, thank you for your time This thank you for your time This afternoon. Now we turn to coronavirus. Soaring Covid Infection rates in india has seen the country move onto the governments Travel Red List overnight. It means british and irish nationals arriving in the uk from india must now quarantine in a government approved hotel, at their own cost, for ten days. Well have more from india in a moment but first, our Transport Correspondent Caroline davies reports on the travel ban. Amongst yesterdays arrivals, the last few flights from india to the uk before the Red List deadline. There was joy for those who made it back. It is amazing, i feel like kissing the ground hi, mum. Other are still separated. Ranjans daughter lives just outside delhi With her two children and husband. Im like paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, | dont leave the house, dont do This. But you know, fair enough they may not do it, but there is other family out there as well, you know in gujarat and others, cousins and things, theyre in villages and stuff. They also need, theyre not in the same environments. | every environment in indias different isnt it . Her daughter feels scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity in us. It is very isolated. I do miss my family heaps. And vice versa. Theyre missing us. Todays new restrictions mean anyone arriving from india from 4am This morning must quarantine in a hotel for ten days at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like This have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its Sister Hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing extra staff, expecting demand to go up. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. It is four months since India Banned Flights from the uk to stop the spread of the uk variant. Countries fortunes can change quickly and some are warning that until more have had both shots of their vaccine in the uk, International Travel should not re open. We are seeing as the cases are at the lowest in our part of the world, the proportion of cases associated With travel is on the rise and This must be a Warning Sign for plans to lift the restrictions for the next steps ahead. The Red List continues to get longer as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, Bbc News. There were more than 330,000 new Coronavirus Cases in India Yesterday the highest figure recorded anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic. More than a third of the worlds new cases are now in the country. Hospitals are being overwhelmed With patients, while suffering acute shortages of oxygen. 0ur Correspondent Nikhil Inamdar sent This report. Mass cremations after a deluge of Covid Deaths in indias capital new delhi. More than 2,200 people dead in the last 24 hours, according to official count. The real numbers could be much higher. India recorded more than 332,000 infections in the last 24 hours, a global record since the pandemic began, crushing the countrys already weak health infrastructure. Translation i have been waiting for a bed since 21st and done the rounds of half the hospitals in delhi. Theres not single vacant bed. Meanwhile, hospitals continue to put out sos calls on Social Media saying they have just a few hours of oxygen supplies left. Some even saying that supplies have run out entirely. Patients meanwhile across the Country Scramble for beds and ventilators. There is also a shortage of Essential Drugs for the treatment of covid, such as remdesivir. Following desperate pleas from state government, the railways and the Air Force now deployed to transport oxygen. But criticism against the governments handling of the crisis is now mounting. It is definitely lapse of covid appropriate behaviour as soon as the country re opened weddings were happening, massive election rallies were going on, religious gatherings were happening, Cricket Matches were being played, malls and restaurants re opened, kids started going back to school. A Ramp Up of Indias Inoculation Programme is the only defence against This deadly Second Wave Say Experts but a country that once boasted of being the pharmacy of the world is now crippled by a shortage of crucial vaccines. And With the Infection Peak nowhere in sight, there is more suffering to endure. Just to bring you what we do know about that situation near. The situation in france, i should say. We have been hearing over the last half an hour or so that a female Police Officer has been stabbed in that town, which i am told is nearly 60 kilometres South West of paris. A female Police Officer stabbed at the entrance of the Police Station in the town. French media, french radio in particular, has been reporting that the attacker has been shot and overpowered by Police Officers at the scene. That is, i am afraid, about as much as we know at the moment. A sizeable police and public presence there, it would appear. That is as much as we know, still waiting to hear more from the local police. Simply that a female Police Officer was attacked a little earlier today. Just a little more through. A Police Source telling journalists, i am told, that the attacker, or the suspected attacker, has tunisian nationality, but had no Police Record and is in the country legally. So, no Police Record for the person who the police believe, at This stage, attacked the female Police Officer. In fact, just a little more detail coming through from the police force. They are saying the woman who was stabbed was a Police Worker rather than a Police Officer. So, infact, she a Police Worker rather than a Police Officer. So, in fact, she was an administrative worker at the Police Station. She was 49 years old. And the attacker stabbed her in the throat, is what we are hearing there. Is as much as we know from france at the moment. We will bring you more details, of course, if the police give us any more details. Now, we returned to covid. Theres growing evidence that the Pfizer And Astrazeneca covid vaccines are highly effective in reducing infection. Researchers at the Office For National Statistics and University Of Oxford analysed Test Results from more than 370,000 people and found that infections fell by 65 after a first dose. Our Health Correspondent Katherine Da Costa reports. Its still early days, but its an improving picture in the uk, With latest estimates suggesting infections are continuing to fall in england and scotland. And theres more good news in the fight against covid. Further evidence both the Pfizer And Astrazeneca vaccines offer good protection against the Dominant Uk variant, and crucially protects the over 75s and people With underlying health conditions. In a major study of more than 370,000 volunteers, researchers found there was 65 overall protection from infection after one dose, and 90 protection after two doses of the pfizer vaccine similar to levels after natural infection. But the researchers say the vaccine only cut asymptomatic infection by around 50 , meaning people could still pass on the virus Without realising. Its so important, actually, we still wear face coverings, do other things to reduce risk. The virus is always out there and every person it infects, itjust gives it a chance to mutate and potentially turn into something more dangerous again. So its good news, but theres also a knife edge. Were walking a very Fine Line here. The surge in new infections ripping through countries like Brazil And India are a stark reminder the pandemic� s farfrom over. While the uks donated half A Billion pounds towards a global vaccine fund, Health Experts warn rich nations need to go further, faster. Now is the time to donate the vaccines that we have available now. Yes, it will delay the Vaccine Roll out in This country by a little bit, but Vaccine Transmission is so low now in the uk, we are in a position to do that. And we would be better advised to prevent new variants are rising and the rest of the world, which will come back to haunt us if we dont drive down transmission everywhere. In the uk, the researchers say their findings also back up the decision to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible, by delaying the second dose, but more work is needed to determine how long the protection lasts and how well current vaccines protect against other new variants. Katharine da costa, Bbc News. The welsh government has announced that its lifting some of its lockdown measures earlier than planned. People in wales will be able to have a drink inside a Pub Or Restaurant from 17th may. Indoor childrens activities have also been brought forward, to 3rd may, and groups of up to 15 adults can also meet then, for example at Gym Classes. Close Contact Services such as hairdressers have reopened in Northern Ireland as coronavirus restrictions have eased. 0utdoor Visitor attractions can also open for the first time since lockdown was imposed after christmas, and Driving Lessons can resume. 0utdoor Hospitality businesses and all non essential retail will open next week. The Prime Minister has defended Text Messages he had With the Business Man Sirjames Dyson about providing ventilators at the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Labour has been critical of the contact saying it amounted to cronyism. For the latest from westminster, lets speak to our political reporter Greg Dawson. Certainly a story that is not going away. Certainly a story that is not going awa. ,. , certainly a story that is not going awa. ,. ,. , away. Not going away as fast as erha s away. Not going away as fast as perhaps the away. Not going away as fast as perhaps the government away. Not going away as fast as perhaps the government would | away. Not going away as fast as perhaps the government would wish it to. Earlier in the week, the bbc revealed a series of Text Messages between Boris Johnson revealed a series of Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson, the billionaire businessman, whose company of course is now based in singapore. The substance of that exchange was Mr Dyson saying to Mr Johnson that if he wants his employees to make ventilators in the uk, he was seeking guarantees that his employees would not be taxed Within the uk. The issues regarding thatis Within the uk. The issues regarding that is who leaked that information . There were several reports This morning pointing the finger at the former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings. There is no evidence being presented to suggest that it was indeed mr cummings. Keane has not responded to the claims. The Prime Minister was asked about it This morning. He did not give a response, but what he did do a staunchly defended the nature of his exchanges With Sirjames Dyson, saying, it was at the height of the pandemic and This was a country that needed those ventilators. If you think that there is anything remotely dodgy or wrong or weird or sleazy about trying to secure more ventilators at a time of a national pandemic, and doing everything in your power to do that, then i think you are out of your mind. Labour, however, our focus labour, however, Ourfocus Notjust on the substance of the correspondence but the method. They are saying that if you do things by Mobile Phone, it could allow you to potentially bypass the conventional channels when it comes to things like government procurement. Sir Keir Starmer is campaigning ahead of the local elections, and he is trying to paint This wider picture of the conservatives being a Party Thatis of the conservatives being a party that is interested in serving its friends rather than the wider public. Boris johnson is desperate to try to put This at Arms Length, but it is obvious that he cant. You know, This is government by whatsapp. They are all at it, whether it is access to the Prime Minister, whether it is the former Prime Minister accessing ministers and officials, whether it is the Health Secretary With shares in companies With contracts With the nhs. The listjust grows and grows and grows, and i am afraid This sleaze is back and it is bigger than it was before. Borisjohnson was asked earlier today if he would be prepared to give up his Mobile Phone to avoid these kind of stories. He said absolutely not, he needs to be contactable as the Prime Minister. He says he has done absolutely nothing wrong. Downing street will seek to reinforce that message later. They say they are going to publish the full list of contacts between Boris Johnson publish the full list of contacts between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. Between Boris Johnson and sirjames t son. ,. ~ between Boris Johnson and sirjames i son. ,. , ~ ,. , between Boris Johnson and sirjames i son. ,. , ~ y. ,. Between Boris Johnson and sirjames lson. ,. ,. , dyson. Greg, thank you very much for now. Grei dyson. Greg, thank you very much for now. Greg dawson dyson. Greg, thank you very much for now. Greg dawson at dyson. Greg, thank you very much for now. Greg dawson at westminster. I now. Greg dawson at westminster. That takes us up to the weather prospects. Good afternoon. Very little change in the weather throughout the remainder of the day, high levels of pollen, strong sunshine coming through, a little bit more cloud in the North East of scotland, even the Odd Shower, but still plenty of sunshine. There is a bit more breeze in South Western areas, the Channel Islands, today, so we will feel the effect of that, a little Bit Cooler. But for most possibly the warmest day of the week. We could see 19 20, the likes of North East wales and the North West of england. 0vernight, we will see a little bit of cloud returning through parts of scotland, Eastern Areas. But, again, With Clear Skies for much of the night, temperatures will fall to Within Frost Levels to Within Frost Levels in a few areas. Not as widely as This morning, but still a chilly start on saturday, With some low cloud and some fog to clear ourselves of. Once that clears away, it is very similar to today, actually, we have still got that brisk breeze across the south and west, perhaps more generally along the south coast, just starting to take the edge of the temperatures as well for the North Sea as we pick up an onshore breeze here. But, again, 17 18 inland. Sunday looking like another fine day for many, too. Hello This is Bbc News. The headlines. The Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting after one of the uks most widespread Miscarriages Ofjustice. It was all about clearing my name. I was not a thief, im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And that, thats it. Thats everything i want. A french woman working for the police has been stabbed to death near a Police Station in a town South West of paris. The attacker was shot dead. India joins the Travel Red List the last few people arrived in the uk, just hours before 10 days of quarantine became compulsory. India has reported its highest figure for new Daily Infections more than 330,000 cases. Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals. Government borrowing hits the highest level since The End of World War ii With hundreds of millions spent supporting the econony during the pandemic. A new Malaria Vaccine developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Jab has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. On its way to wembley, england is given an extra euro 2020 match, as dublin misses out. Sport and for a full Round Up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah. Good afternoon. Wembley stadium will host an extra match at This summers european championship, after the venues were finalised by uefa. Dublin has lost out on its four matches, With wembley taking their last 16 tie. The other three have gone to st. Petersburg. Bilbaos 4 matches have been moved to seville. While munich has kept its fixtures. 0ur Sports Correspondent Natalie pirks was at wembley for us. U Efa Wa nted uEfa Wanted every ground to confirm that it could host at least 25 of the capacity. Unfortunately, dublin just could not give those assurances. The three Group Matches are being moved to St Petersburg in Russia And Theirfinal are being moved to St Petersburg in russia and their final last 16 match has been moved to wembley. Spare a thought in sweden because they were due to have two of the three matches in dublin, so they have based themselves there for the entirety of their tournament and now they will be heading right over to russia. Thats bad news for them. Todays announcement is really good for fans generally because it means that the Cross Continent euros that uefa had been desperate to provide is actually going to happen and after a very tumultuous week, it is good news for the fans. If fans have Tickets for those matches in dublin, they are being refunded fully but they are being refunded fully but they do get access Priority Access to the refunded matches. The japanese prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has promised to ensure a safe tokyo 0lympics This summer, after announcing a new State Of Emergencyfor tokyo, osaka and two other prefectures. The measures will go into effect from sunday and again raises questions about Japans Ability to host the games. Mark england is the chef de mission for team gb. Its alarming to hear that its a state its alarming to hear that its a state of its alarming to hear that its a State Of Emergency. In the uk, we call it State Of Emergency. In the uk, we call it a State Of Emergency. In the uk, we call it a lockdown. It isjust a different call it a lockdown. It isjust a different term for broadly measures that we different term for broadly measures that we are seeing. The government measures that we are seeing. The government measures in that we are seeing. The government Measures Injapan are consistently more Measures Injapan are consistently more relaxed than the government measures more relaxed than the government measures in the uk. So, a State Of Emergency measures in the uk. So, a state of Emergency Injapan really means measures in the uk. So, a State Of Emergency in japan really means that the vast emergency in japan really means that the vast need to shout and the restaurants need to shut by its pm. So, restaurants need to shut by its pm. So. It restaurants need to shut by its pm. So. It is restaurants need to shut by its pm. So. It is a restaurants need to shut by its pm. So, it is a very different environment. Jofra archer will sit out the rest of the indian Premier League, as he continues his recovery from surgery on his hand. The ecb have confirmed that the fast bowler returned to training This week, and his progress will be monitored ahead of Englands Test Series With new zealand injune, and is on course to be fit for it. Its a huge blow for the Rajasthan Royals as archer was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player last year. Simon yates has won the tour of the alps after finishing safely in the pack on the fifth and final stage into riva del garda. The stage itself was won by Felix Grosschartner Riding for the bora hansgrohe team. Yates came home in the green jersey winning the race by 58 seconds, finishing ahead of Pello Bilbao and Alexander Vlasov in the general classification the win is great preparation for next Months Giro Ditalia. Defending Champion Ronnie 0sullivan is in danger of being knocked out in the second round of the World Snooker Championship in sheffield. He went into todays opening Session Level at four frames all With Anthony Mcgill but the scot played near flawless snooker, winning six frames to 0sullivans two, to take a 10 6 lead. They play to a finish This evening first to 13 wins. And we can dip into the live coverage of the Afternoon Session This is the match between Neil Robertson and Jack Lisowski pretty even going there, so far. Robertson 6 5 up. That is live on Bbc Two now. The other Table Hasjohn higgins up against mark williams. John higgins is to one up. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Lets just try to bring you a few more details on the situation in france following a stabbing of a Police Worker in This town. Its on the South West of paris. So, to try to bring you what we understand to be the situation. A female Police Employee were stabbed to death earlier today. She wasnt a Police Officer, she was a civilian worker at the Police Station in that town. She sadly has died stabbed to death by, the police are telling us by a tunisian man. And the agency was saying that the man was fatally wounded when a Police Officer opened fire on him. This is a wealthy Commuter Town about 40 miles from paris, is what we are being told. It happened at about 2 15pm at about local time and the woman was stabbed in the thread by the man. The Prime Minister has announced that he will be going to the scene. And the interior minister, they have both announced that they are going to the scene. Im wondering whether that is him . It is very hard to tell given the prevalence of facemasks at the moment. The police are telling us a little about the attacker. They say the tunisian man was aged 36 and was unknown to the security services. He was in the country entirely legally. He wasnt previously known to the police or the security services. So, a civilian Police Worker at 48 years old. He died after being stabbed by that man at a roundabout quarter past two in the afternoon. 2 15pm. That is what we know from france so far. That is what we know from france so far. Back now to our top story and 39 former postmasters have had their names cleared, after the uks most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were prosecuted for financial crimes, after a faulty Computer System indicated that money had disappeared from their branches. The Post Office said the Court Of Appeal� sjudgment was a vital milestone in addressing its past failures. 0ur Correspondent Frankie Mccamley has been speaking to one of the postmasters who had their conviction quashed. I think every single worker here came in today With This huge sense of anxiety. This has been nearly two decades in the waiting for many of these people but as we know now, 39 out of the 40 criminal convictions here This morning have now been overturned. This is officially the biggest Miscarriage Ofjustice in the uk history. Extremely significant for those people those former Post Office workers and also a significant day for the Post Office and for the legal system. I just want to give you a few more details on thatjudgment handed down by thejudge today. Details on thatjudgment handed down by the judge today. He is saying that there were significant problems With horizon, thats the Accounting System that the Post Office used, which made it look like there were shortfalls in the accounts but it didnt reflect missing cash or stock. It was caused by big errors and defects in the system. He went on to say the Post Office knew the problems and had a clear duty to investigate them, however, the Post Office insisted it was reliable and it effectively steam rolled over any serb postmasters, who sought to challenge that. So, some extremely damning comments from the Judge Challenge that. So, some extremely damning comments from thejudge here This morning. Just listening to that, thank you so much forjoining us on Bbc News This morning. Now, you were in factjailed for This. Hearing those words from the judge This morning, how does that make you feel . 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Theyjust have to rely on those who are willing to give evidence as and when they please. Government borrowing has hit the highest level since The End of World War ii. The enormous cost of supporting the economy during the Coronavirus Pandemic is laid bare in new figures from the Office For National Statistics, which says more than £300 billion was borrowed in the year to march. Thats nearly £250 billion more than the year before. Andy verity told me more about those Eye Watering figures. We talk about them as Eye Watering, but one thing that is really important to remember is they are not Eye Watering like debt is for you or me, for a household or a Small Business, where you have to worry about the debt collectors. The government does not have to worry about that because the government can print money and lend it to itself, which is what it largely has been doing since the pandemic began. The amounts that it has borrowed, if you like, from itself, from the bank of england, that is who it owes most of the money too, amounts to £303 billion, as you say. That is a huge sum of money, a peacetime record. It is what the chancellor needs to to plug the gap between his spending, which has exploded over the past year, and his income from tax revenue, which has been dropping. If you look at that deficit, that borrowing, if you like, and compare it to recent borrowing, obviously you see a huge jump there at The End of the chart where it is shooting up to about five times what it was expected to be one year ago. But for the reasons i gave you, it may not be so urgent to repay it. Interestingly, in the most recent budget by rishi sunak, it was clear that he felt he needed to spend more before anything was done to try to reduce that borrowing. Now, if you look at it compared over time, it is the highest borrowing as a percentage of the economy since 1945 1946, but you can also see on the track there that it drops really rapidly. That is exactly what the office for Budget Responsibility is predicting will happen This time. It will drop rapidly, not because of any spending cuts, but because in the economic recovery, the Tax Revenues will get a massive boost. Rescuers in indonesia are in a desperate race against time to find 53 sailors inside a missing submarine. The Vessels Supply of oxygen is expected to run out at 3 oclock on saturday morning. The naval submarine went missing on wednesday while taking part in a Torpedo Drill off the island of bali. A new Malaria Vaccine has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year in sub saharan africa many of them children. The vaccine has been developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Jab and the effectiveness is far higherfigure than for any existing treatment. James whiting, from the Charity Malaria no more uk, explained to my Colleague Martine Croxall why This is such good news. When you think that This is a disease that has killed more people than anything else in human history, and been around With us since the dinosaurs. 0ur Generation has not only reduced it massively in the last 20 years but is now coming up With vaccines that could take us towards The End of This disease Within the next two or three decades. That is something really to be proud of. Decades. That is something really to be proud of be proud of. How instrumental has the united kingdom be proud of. How instrumental has the united kingdom being be proud of. How instrumental has the united kingdom being in i be proud of. How instrumental has. The united kingdom being in getting to This point . It the united kingdom being in getting to This point . To This point . It has been funded Mainl B to This point . It has been funded mainly by the to This point . It has been funded mainly by the uk. To This point . It has been funded mainly by the uk. This to This point . It has been funded mainly by the uk. This vaccine i to This point . It has been funded l mainly by the uk. This vaccine has been developed in by the institute in oxford. Along With partners in africa. And the uk has really been at the forefront of Funding Research against malaria. So, the uk has been absolutely critical. The Duke And Duchess of cambridge have released a new photograph of their youngest child, prince louis, to celebrate his third birthDay Today. The picture shows the young royal, who is fifth in line to the throne, on his first day at Nursery School earlier This week. The image was taken by his mother, the duchess of cambridge who is a keen photographer. Most of us are in for some glorious Spring Weather This weekend so you may be thinking of venturing into The Great Outdoors fora hike ora ramble. If so, youre being asked to stick to proper footpaths. Adam mcclean reports from scafell pike. This path is one of hundreds across the Lake Districts fells routes that Help Hikers reach the top of englands highest peaks. Were always repairing the paths in the Lake District, and were repairing them for the benefit of the environment, so were stopping the damage to the vegetation and the wildlife here. And thats our main reason for the work that were doing, to protect This wonderful scenery and This precious environment. This routes one of the most popular in the Lake District from those completing the three Peaks Challenge to others ticking off the highest point in england. I think the pandemic has made people realise how important the countryside is for their physical and mental Well Being and health. And so, theyre getting out into the countryside more and thats absolutely great to see but, of course, it has an impact, and whats happening is This mountain is literally being worn away. Repairing the Paths Needs Heavy Machinery a challenge for the team fixing the fells. We realised that access for The Machine to do the Machine Restoration was particularly tricky well, impossible, to be honest and that the only way to get The Machine up would be to take it apart, bring it here, fly it up to the summit and then rebuild it the work will repair five damaged sections of the path, With equipment flown up by helicopter. 0k, terry, ready to lift. And lifting, terry. After a short four minute flight, the equipment arrives here, On The Path to the top of scafell pike. Piece by piece, therell soon be a digger near the top of englands highest mountain. Certainly, around these hills, wind can play a big part of the aviation turbulence. Wind shear, downdrafts, weve always got to be aware of that. This helicopter is capable of lifting 1. 2 tonnes, and thats right at its maximum weight. So, if we have any outside influences which may affect our performance, weve got to be extremely careful. And certainly, when were working around people on the ground as well. And for those enjoying a walk, the hard work didnt go unnoticed. Er, i think the work to maintain and restore the paths is fantastic because it makes it much more accessible for people to get up the mountain. And its a beautiful view. You can see the isle of man, you can see all around. I ive made good use of the panoramic feature on my phones camera. Itjust makes you feel so much safer going up This sort of path, especially compared to, like, the other other Mountain Paths ive been on, is you feel looked after. High visitoR Numbers and extreme weather are eroding englands highest mountains. Its hoped This work will help preserve them for the future. Adam mcclean, Bbc News. Now, the academy awards will finally be rolling out the red carpet This weekend in los angeles, rather delayed of course. 0ne Weekend in los angeles, rather delayed of course. One of the front runners for best picture is nomadland. A woman enters a nomadic life after losing her Husband And Herjob but the life after losing her husband and her job but the Film Life after losing her Husband And Herjob but the film also life after losing her husband and her job but the film also features real nomads. 0ur Correspondent has been to the Nevada Desert to meet some of them. Nomadland is the story of one Widows Journey through grief and the american west. But its a story that resonates With many who dwell in the vans that dot the Desert Landscape here. Its kind of simpatico With ferns story. My husband died and we dont have kids. So ijust sold everything and just thought i would travel for a little bit and fell in love With it. And i cant see me living a different way now. Grief is not uncommon amongst the nomad community. My daughter had passed away from brain cancer. And somehow ijust intuitively knew that i needed to hit the road, even though Thats Something i had never done in my entire life. Some are here through choice, others through necessity. Together they form a community of freedom lovers who want to camp alone, alongside others. We not only accept the tyranny of the dollar. Bob wells was forced into it after divorce devastated him economically. But he fell in love With it and now teaches others to do the same, as well as playing himself in a film With six 0scar nominations. It was amazing. The things that really stands out to me is how well they captured the nomadic life. Every detail of it is spot on. None of it is fake or hollywood ised in any way, shape or form. Its really, really accurate. Acutely accurate and emotional for those who have travelled the same path through pain to healing. Was it difficult for you to watch . Mm hm. Yeah. But in a good way. We both started our journeys similarly. And shes so happy. And im so happy. Why does that make me cry . I dont know but like, i think thats the best part of it, it just shows joy through it. Most of us in This lifestyle use a five gallon bucket. It also made stars of nomads, who helped a female director make history. It didnt feel like we were subjects to be filmed. We were people who had a story to tell. Im so happy for the film makers. And im happy for us. I mean, like i said, i think itjust shows our heart and the reality of This lifestyle. Sarah meg has a condition which presents extra challenges when living in a car in a desert that isnt paved. Ifinally saw my life on a regular movie. And i wasjust like, oh, my gosh, thats so weird and so neat, because people dont normally see the beauty of This life. They dont see the landscapes and the animals and the beautiful places that we get to camp. And i love that the Movie Nomadland showed all of that beauty, because thats why we do This. Thats why i do it. Nomadland is dedicated to those finding joy in a journey, the ones that had to depart. Dont ever say a final goodbye. Lets just say, ill see you down the road. Sophie long, Bbc News, the Nevada Desert. Well, i really liked nomadland, i have to say. Will it win big on Sunday Night . You can find out. I will be With you on Monday Morning for our usual Round Up on all of the oscars news. We will bring you all 0scars news. We will bring you all of the winners and the reaction from a rather delayed academy awards. Find out 9 30am on monday. Helen willets has the weather. Good afternoon. The settled spell of weather will continue notjust through today but into the weekend as well. But we are still going to have some rather chilly mornings as you saw there in northamptonshire, followed by a leap in temperature as we get into the afternoon and it stays dry as you saw. Thats because of the High Pressure that is With us centred to the east, slipping a little bit further north, so its allowing more isobars into the south and southern half of the uk, which means a bit more breeze and we will notice the effect of that breeze as well. As we are doing today across the Channel Islands and the South West. It is quite strong, actually. That is tempering the a feel of things here. Temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday. This is the Satellite Picture from earlier but there will be very little change throughout the rest of the day. A little bit of cloud and perhaps the Odd Shower for the Northern Isles With temperatures at around eight or nine here. A little bit lower in the South West, but generally for many areas, perhaps the highest they have been This week at 18 19 degrees and possibly 20 in the North East of wales. It will drop away under the Starry Skies again quite quickly, but because we have attained high temperatures by day, they wont be as low by a degree or two tonight but still cold for most of us With A Touch Of Frost in a few localities. That will continue to be a risk as we go into the weekend but otherwise it will stay fine and feel warm for most of us by day With a few subtle changes. On saturday, there is a little bit of cloud to clear and some Morning Fog as well but that should melt away. There mightjust be a bit more high cloud around but we have still got that breeze, perhaps picking up a little bit more in Eastern Areas as well. We still have relatively high levels of pollen for many, just coming a little bit down in the North East. We are starting to pick up a breeze from the North Sea, which will also take our temperatures here down a little bit 11 to 13, which isnt as high as today. And again, in southern areas, we have got that brisk breeze. So, temperatures are probably not quite as high tomorrow as they are or will be today. As we go through Saturday Night into sunday, again a starry sky With just a hint and a little bit more cloud coming in. Just patchy frost really but it is a risk and it is a concern for farmers and growers. And that Cloud Mayjust Hang around a little bit more across parts of scotland, central and Eastern England on sunday. Still not spoiling the day but bringing the temperatures down and here it will feel a little Bit Cooler of course With some sunshine to enjoy as well. This is Bbc News. Im clive myrie. The headlines at four the Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting, after one of the uks most widespread Miscarriages Ofjustice. It was all about clearing my name. Im not a thief, im not a fraudster. I am an honest person. And that. That is it, that is everything i want. There are now calls for a full judge led public enquiry. Also This hour. India joins the Travel Red List, as some left it late to beat the change, arriving just hours before quarantine becomes compulsory. India has reported its highest number of new daily infection, more than 330,000 cases. Industrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals, as stocks run out. A new Malaria Vaccine, developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Jab, has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. And a big operation is under way on englands highest mountain, to Battle Damage caused by the thousands of walkers every year. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. There are calls for a full public inquiry after 39 former subpostmasters who were convicted of theft and False Accounting because of a defective Post Office Accounting system were cleared by the Court Of Appeal. Its the uks most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice. Some had gone to prison, and many sawjobs, marriages and reputations ruined after being wrongly accused of financial irregularities. The court heard that a Computer Software System called horizon had problems from the beginning of its installation. The Post Office has apologised for the impact the scandal has had on the Men And Women who were convicted. Katie prescott reports. Unsure whether to laugh or cry. After years of being labelled criminals, some shunned by their communities, or even imprisoned, these former postmasters saw their records wiped clean. Marvellous. It has been 16 years. It hasnt been easy. You will find who your friends are. And a good family. I only wish my Elder Son was here. But you know. We got through it. For me, its, it was all about This, all about clearing my name. Im not a thief. Im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And that, thats it. Thats everything i want. I had to wait 14 years i and then to have to bring an army against them. That is what it has been. It has been an army against them. My god, it is notjust me, my whole family is grateful to the court. She is a soul. These people who used to own and run Post Offices were convicted of things like theft and False Accounting, based on the evidence of a flawed Software System known as horizon. It showed up short falls in their accounts where there were none and as a result they have had their lives turned upside down. This is the most widespread Miscarriage Ofjustice that the uk has seen. 39 people have seen their criminal records cleared today. Three on the list With deceased in brackets. This is the tip of the iceberg. I would like to think and hope that the many others that are out there that have convictions to their name, come forward and follow the same process. Hopefully a process that now will become a bit easier for them. Because we have got probably 600 or 700 people that are still convicted in the most instances wrongly and deserve the same Sort Ofjustice that these brave people have had. Todays judgment paves the way for a malicious prosecution claim that could mean further damages. The government says This is a another important milestone for postmasters affected by the dispute. An independent inquiry is under way, but some say it is a white wash. It is a allowing Post Office off the hook. It is a failure of accountability. At the moment, there is no official inquiry looking at the conduct of directors and senior staff at Post Office. 0utside Court now though. Celebrations. After so many years, it will take a while to sink in. Well, outside the royal Courts Ofjustice is our correspondent, Frankie Mccamley. We heard katie they talk about the possibility of a malicious prosecution claim. Again, that is financial compensation people might be looking for. But at The End of the day, i would have thought some of those people who were outside the court today, who have been exonerated, would want to see people go to jail for This complete travesty. Go to jail for This complete travesty go to jail for This complete traves. , ~. , go to jail for This complete traves. , ~. ,. , travesty. Yes. I think that is what some people travesty. Yes. I think that is what some people are travesty. Yes. I think that is what some people are calling travesty. Yes. I think that is what some people are calling for. I travesty. Yes. I think that is what j some people are calling for. They want someone to be held accountable. As we are hearing, there will be an enquiry by the government, but a lot of people say that is toothless, as the judge will not have the necessary powers to pull in whoever they want to pull in for that enquiry. As you can see behind me, those crowds we saw in Katies Report have dispersed. People will be going home, letting all of that information they had today thinking, after nearly two decades of trying to clear their names. You saw there were smiles, there were tiers, there was This huge sense of relief. This is a very significant day. Not only for the people here, but also the legal system, which will now face questions as to how This was allowed to happen. There were 39 convictions Quashed Today. Before This, there was a civil case that saw more than 500 people get £58 million in compensation after the Post Office admitted it got it wrong. This case has stretched over two decades now, and there was a very damning statement from Judges Today that said the Post Office knew there were problems in the Accounting System and rather than investigating them, it insisted that it was reliable, and effectively Steam Rolling over some postmasters who disagreed. Like i said, Thisjudgment is going to be sinking in. Ithink i said, Thisjudgment is going to be sinking in. I think there are going to be some celebrations This evening. We saw some bottles of champagne outside youre a little bit earlier, but i think it is going to be a very sombre time for some families who have lost their loved ones, have died before they even had a chance to clear their names. Many people are going to be asking for compensation, some want to see people from the Post Office held accountable, and there are going to be those questions towards the legal system, how could This happen . But i also think, one family told me a little earlier that they want to walk away from This Black Cloud that has been hanging over their lives for so long. Has been hanging over their lives for so long has been hanging over their lives for so loni. , ~ ,. , i. For so long. Ok, frankly, thank you for so long. Ok, frankly, thank you for that. The Prime Minister has described the wrongful convictions of 39 subpostmasters as an appalling injustice. Here he is speaking earlier in derbyshire. I think every Constituency Mp will know a family who has been hit by This, everybody in my profession know somebody in the Post Office world who has suffered from This, and it is very, very sad what has happened. I think the Horizon Thing has been really terrible for many families. I am glad that the judgment has come in in the right way, and i hope that will now be some relief for those families and for those people who i think have been unfairly penalised and suffered in an appalling miscarriage. We have got to make sure we look after them. Well, lets speak now to conservative mp lucy allen, who is a member of the all party parliamentary group on Post Offices and has a constituent whose conviction was Quashed Today by the Court Of Appeal. Good afternoon to you, thank you for joining us. This is such a mess. I actually dont know where to begin. Lets start With the fact that the Post Office was the prosecuting authority in This case. It was not the cps, it was the Post Office. As a result, there was no one to say, you might be going too far, there was no one to say, you may have got your facts wrong, there was no one to say, that the Horizon System was not working. How on earth could that be allow to happen . Not working. How on earth could that be allow to happen . Todays udgment is clearly damning i be allow to happen . Todaysjudgment is clearly damning indictment be allow to happen . Todaysjudgment is clearly damning indictment on i be allow to happen . Todaysjudgment is clearly damning indictment on the i is clearly damning indictment on the conduct of the Post Office throughout This group process, from beginning to end. 0bviously, incredibly sad the effect it has had on Sub Postmasters across the country. I think the determination to protect the institution that is the Post Office, no matter what the cost, is probably the most grievous element of This. The wilful denial and a war of attrition that they conducted against these Sub Postmasters, as they try to clear their name. That, i think, postmasters, as they try to clear their name. That, ithink, has. Must have severe consequences for those who are responsible for This. It is quite clear from the judgment that the Post Office knew about This at an early stage and took no action, and in fact worse, continued to Cover Up what had happened in orderfor the whole to Cover Up what had happened in order for the whole house of cards not to come crumbling down and expose the Post Office management. It is pretty clear that the Post Office should not be prosecuting its own case, that is the first thing. The second thing is Mrjustice Fraser in the high court said the Post Office had simply ignored the reality of what had happened, effectively maintaining the earth is flat. The court said that the original convictions were an affront to the conscience of the court. So, not simply that the original trials were unfair, but they were appalling. They should never have got to trial. Mr appalling. They should never have got to trial got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic job got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic job in got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic job in the got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic job in the case got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did a fantastic job in the case that i got to trial. Mrjustice fraser did i a fantastic job in the case that was a fantasticjob in the case that was heard in 2018 19. If it was not for the very brave Sub Postmasters who took that case and got that judgment, we would not be where we are today With these convictions being quashed. I think it is absolutely essential that the Sub Postmasters that were party to that litigation should be compensated fairly, along With all the other participants. I am concerned on the issue of compensation that those who were party to the original litigation will not be able to participate in the government compensation scheme, and i will be pushing very hard to ensure that they get fairly compensated, too. Your all party parliamentary group on Post Offices, will it be calling for a full, judge led public enquiry into This disaster . Abs, for a full, judge led public enquiry into This disaster . Into This disaster . A udge led ublic into This disaster . A udge led public enquiry into This disaster . A udge led public enquiry would into This disaster . Ajudge led public enquiry would enable i into This disaster . Ajudge led | public enquiry would enable all into This disaster . Ajudge led i public enquiry would enable all of those who are responsible for This. It is notjust Within the Post Office, it is in fujitsu, the office, it is in fujitsu, the horizon software provider. I am concerned about people Within the civil service who may well have known about This, as well. 0bviously known about This, as well. Obviously the government is the wholly owned the government is the wholly owned the Post Office. AJudge Led Enquiry would enable that to happen. My only concern about that is that it is a very lengthy, drawn out process. We do not want to find ourselves five years on before these poor people get what they are due and get true justice, which is compensation for what happened to them. Do not forget, a lot of these people were required to pay over money to the Post Office, money that was not actually missing, but the Post Office are due to This clutch was a shortfall on their tills. My constituent, for example, her family, while she was in prison, put together the money that the Post Office said she had stolen and paid office said she had stolen and paid it to the Post Office. What happened to that money . That must be returned immediately, With interest. Then we have no question of what is a fitting compensation for someone who has had a criminal conviction, for in my constituent� s case, for 20 years, which has impeded her ability to work in certain professions and to work in certain professions and to put the matter behind. It is a very, very complex, but we do not want them to have to wait any longer. I think the initial review that has been commissioned by the government is helpful, it may not get us to a position where those accountable are properly held to account, but it will be a start. I hope the initial review will go ahead, make recommendations, and if one of those recommendations as we must now have a Judge Led Enquiry in orderfor the people responsible to be punished for what they have done, they cannot be allowed to continue holding positions in public life. They cannot be allowed just to walk away from This absolute wreckage having trashed the brunt of the Post Office and destroyed the lives of many hundreds of people, notjust those who have had their convictions Quashed Today. Those who have had their convictions Quashed Today those who have had their convictions Quashed Today. Many will sympaThise With what you Quashed Today. Many will sympaThise With what you are Quashed Today. Many will sympaThise With what you are saying Quashed Today. Many will sympaThise With what you are saying about i Quashed Today. Many will sympaThise With what you are saying about the i With what you are saying about the speed that is needed to resolve This. As a result, perhaps an interim enquiry make sense. At The End of the day, some people knew what was going on, and they did not change their behaviour. Clearly, the evidence given in the original trials was flawed because those convictions have today been quashed. It has been suggested that some of the plea bargains that are entered into by individuals because they were so worried about going to jail, so they admitted a level of culpability, they were asked as part of these Plea Deals not to criticise the Horizon System. Now, someone has got to go to jail for This, there has got to be criminal prosecutions for the destruction of peoples lives as a result of what has happened. I lives as a result of what has happened lives as a result of what has hauened. ~. , , happened. I think certainly there is an indication happened. I think certainly there is an indication that happened. I think certainly there is an indication that the happened. I think certainly there is an indication that the court happened. I think certainly there is an indication that the court feels i an indication that the court feels that the certain evidence was misleading, evidence that was given. Misleading, evidence that was liven. , given. People light. Element will be olite. Given. People light. Element will be polite and given. People light. Element will be polite. And there given. People light. Element will be polite. And there has given. People light. Element will be polite. And there has been i given. People light. Element will be polite. And there has been a i be polite. And there has been a referral to the Director Of Public Prosecutions for presenting the course of criminaljustice. Course of criminal ustice. Those eo le course of criminal ustice. Those people should course of criminal ustice. Those people should be i course of criminaljustice. Those people should be prosecuted i course of criminaljustice. Those people should be prosecuted for that. If that is the case. We then come to what about the management of the Post Office . What about the managed Footprint Ofjujitsu . Where are these people working out . Why are these people working out . Why are their lives unscathed while the lives of other people have been destroyed . For properjustice to be done, these people must be held to account. If criminal offences have been committed, and there is a suggestion that it has, then they should be prosecuted and sent to jail, if there is a Jail Term that applies to that criminal offence. Irate applies to that criminal offence. We have of course asked the Post Office for an interview in all of This. They have not come forward and granted that request. The fact of the matter is, throughout This whole period, the Post Office had been a basket case, it was losing about £120 million per year. It was turned around and it was doing well. At The End of the day, for the conservative government Involved, for the Labour Government Involved, for the Labour Government Involved, for the Labour Government Involved, and for the coalition in government evolved, This business was doing 0k. As a result, they did not care, did they . They did not want to look under the hood because on the Surface Everything was going swimmingly. As a result, hundreds of lives have been destroyed. Destroyed. Now, This is a failure of government, as well as governance, isnt it . I is a failure of government, as well as governance, isnt it . As governance, isnt it . Ithink there is a as governance, isnt it . Ithink there is a gap as governance, isnt it . Ithink there is a Gap Argument i as governance, isnt it . Ithink there is a Gap Argument that i there is a Gap Argument that governments of every persuasion where culpable to some extent. I would argue that the Post Office was, at the time, a trusted brand. If the Post Office is telling you or telling your civil servants that there is nothing to see here, these people stole money from the taxpayer, they must be punished, it is quite difficult for anyone to take seriously. I is quite difficult for anyone to take seriously. Is quite difficult for anyone to take seriously. I am sorry to interrupt take seriously. I am sorry to interrupt is take seriously. I am sorry to interrupt. 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They Withheld that information that it was happening on a industrial scale, lets be honest, youre absolutely right. It is a question of that they actually inform anybody it was happening on that scale or did they keep it quiet . That scale or did they keep it luiet . ,. , that scale or did they keep it i uiet . ,. ,. , that scale or did they keep it luiet . ,. ,. ,. ,. ,. ,~ quiet . No one cared enough to ask the Rilht Quiet . No one cared enough to ask the right questions, quiet . No one cared enough to ask the right questions, no quiet . No one cared enough to ask the right questions, no One Quiet . No one cared enough to ask the right questions, no one cared l the right questions, no one cared enough to probe while peoples lives were ruined. Enough to probe while peoples lives were ruined were ruined. Absolutely right when it comes to were ruined. Absolutely right when it comes to the were ruined. Absolutely right when it comes to the post were ruined. Absolutely right when it comes to the Post Office. Were ruined. Absolutely right when it comes to the Post Office. The i it comes to the Post Office. The Post Office did not care about these peoples lives. I do want to know what information the civil servants had, what information ministers of every political party had, and whether or not they simply refuse to act or whether they were not being given the information they needed in order to do so. Luca; given the information they needed in order to do so order to do so. Lucy allen from the all party parliamentary order to do so. Lucy allen from the all party parliamentary group i order to do so. Lucy allen from the all party parliamentary group on i all party parliamentary group on Post Offices, thank you very much indeed. We can speak now to Bryan Glick from Computer Weekly who has been covering the story from the start. Bryan, it is good to see you. You experts, you guys knew that the system was a mess, didnt you . Yes. We were the system was a mess, didnt you . Yes. We were the Computer System was a mess, didnt you . Is; we were the Computer Weekly was the first publication to write about This as long ago as 2009. 12 first publication to write about This as long ago as 2009. 12 years ago we have been writing about This. It always struck us as. At best foolhardy of the Post Office to try to pursue This line that the horizon it system was utterly full proof, there was no chance that it could possibly do anything wrong. It is an argument that defies logic. Ask any Technology Expert who knows about, especially about big complex Computer Systems, like This, there is no such thing as perfect software. Everything has a small bug. Even if you have a system, lets say, that is 99. 99 perfect, that still means that one in every 100,000 times, it is going to go wrong. This is a system that was processing millions of transactions a day. The likelihood of little things going wrong that might build, that might not be noticed, that might actually be quite significant, that was pretty high. The Post Office refused to accept that at 0ffice refused to accept that at every stage. Office refused to accept that at every Stage Office refused to accept that at eve stae. , every stage. So, you made, i say, ou, the every stage. So, you made, i say, you, the industry, every stage. So, you made, i say, you, the industry, did every stage. So, you made, i say, you, the industry, did you every stage. So, you made, i say, you, the industry, did you make i you, the industry, did you make representations to the Post Office in This Regard Question Mark in the microwave been writing about it, we been asking questions of the Post Office. At times they bullied us and 0ffice. At times they bullied us and otherjournalists 0ffice. At times they bullied us and other journalists as 0ffice. At times they bullied us and otherjournalists as much as they believed the sub pastors. There was. Their attitude was they had to protect the Post Office. If there is any question about horizon not working properly, the impression we got was that could be potentially catastrophic, and our impression was that the management of the Post Office were determined to do office were determined to do whatever it took to prevent there being any . About there being a problem With horizon. Being any . About there being a problem With horizon. When you say they bullied problem With horizon. When you say they bullied you. Problem With horizon. When you say they bullied you, what problem With horizon. When you say they bullied you, what you problem With horizon. When you say they bullied you, what you mean . I they bullied you, what you mean . They said you do not know what youre talking about, go away . Questioning the stories that we were writing, making vague threats of potential legal action about stories. ,. ,. ,. , stories. They threatened you for our stories. They threatened you for your reporting . Stories. They threatened you for your reporting . Yes. Stories. They threatened you for your reporting . Yes. We stories. They threatened you for your reporting . Yes. We were i stories. They threatened you for i your reporting . Yes. We were not the onl ones. Your reporting . Yes. We were not the only ones they your reporting . Yes. We were not the only ones. They wanted your reporting . Yes. We were not the only ones. They wanted This your reporting . Yes. We were not the only ones. They wanted This to your reporting . Yes. We were not the only ones. They wanted This to go i only ones. They wanted This to go away. They simply wanted This to go away. They simply wanted This to go away. Thanks to the determination of the supposed masters who were affected here, and the campaigners that supported that, they simply would not be shut up. Just that supported that, they simply would not be shut up. Would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office hat would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office hat on would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office hat on for would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office hat on for a would not be shut up. Just put a Post Office hat on for a second, | Post Office hat on for a second, obviously reputational damage and so on, they do not want to have to change This Computer System, they have put it in, is it cost, potentially, might that have been an issue . Would it have cost millions to change the System And Deal With the bugs and all that kind of stuff . The Computer System was probably running about as well as you would expect a big complex Computer System to run. It will have bugs. You know, it will have problems. The Post Office denied there were bugs, they 0ffice denied there were bugs, they said expressly there are no faults With This Computer System. We know now that there were logs of thousands of bugs, of faults, Within This Computer System. But that is quite normal. It seems that the major motivation was the potential reputational cost to the Post Office of admitting that the Computer System was at fault. And it is one of these. It feels like one of the situations where, after a few years, they had gone so far down This road of prosecuting supposed masters on the basis that the computer said they had taken money, that they almost could not go back. At some Point Somebody in the Post Office had to look at the evidence, say that there were problems, and someday had to make a decision to say, we are going to cover This up, we are going to continue doing This. According to the high court, that is exactly what happened. Thank you very much indeed forjoining us. Bryan glick from Computer Weekly. Much more on This in the next couple of hours or so. We have a couple of pieces of breaking news for you. In the past few minutes the latest Uk Coronavirus statistics have been published. A further 2,678 people have tested positive for covid in the past 24 hours. And the deaths of 40 more people have been confirmed thats people who had tested positive in the last 28 days. And some more breaking news the cps has announced that the former footballer Ryan Giggs has been charged With assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour. It comes after police were called to reports of a disturbance in the Worsley Area of greater manchester in november 2020. Ryan giggs will appear in court on wednesday. Soaring Covid Infection rates in india has seen the country move onto the governments Travel Red List overnight. It means british and irish nationals arriving in the uk from india must now quarantine in a government approved hotel, at their own cost, for ten days. Well have more from india in a moment, but first our Transport Correspondent Caroline davies reports on the travel ban. Amongst yesterdays arrivals, the last few flights from india to the uk before the Red List deadline. There was joy for those who made it back. It is amazing, i feel like kissing the ground hi, mum. Other are still separated. Ranjans daughter lives just outside delhi With her two children and husband. Im like paranoid and keep phoning them and saying, | dont leave the house, dont do This. But you know, fair enough they may not do it, but there is other family out there as well, you know in gujarat and others, cousins and things, theyre in villages and stuff. They also need, theyre not in the same environments. | every environment in indias different isnt it . Her daughter feels scared and lonely. We are doing everything we can to protect ourselves and build our immunity against it, i suppose. It is very isolated. I do miss my family heaps. And vice versa. Theyre missing us. Todays new restrictions mean anyone arriving from india from 4am This morning must quarantine in a hotel for ten days at their own expense. Quarantine hotels like This have been running for more than two months. The management told the bbc its Sister Hotel in gatwick has just opened, employing extra staff, expecting demand to go up. The so called indian variant of the virus is still being investigated. It is four months since India Banned Flights from the uk to stop the spread of the uk variant. Countries fortunes can change quickly and some are warning that until more have had both shots of their vaccine in the uk, International Travel should not re open. We are seeing as the cases are at the lowest in our part of the world, the proportion of cases associated With travel is on the rise and This must be a Warning Sign for plans to lift the restrictions for the next steps ahead. The Red List continues to get longer as countries confront new waves of the virus. Caroline davies, Bbc News. There were more than 330,000 new Coronavirus Cases in India Yesterday the highest figure recorded anywhere in the world since the beginning of the pandemic. More than a third of the worlds new cases are now in the country. Hospitals are being overwhelmed With patients, while suffering acute shortages of oxygen. 0ur Correspondent Nikhil Inamdar sent This report. Mass cremations after a deluge of Covid Deaths in indias capital new delhi. More than 2,200 people dead in the last 24 hours, according to official count. The real numbers could be much higher. India recorded more than 332,000 infections in the last 24 hours, a global record since the pandemic began, crushing the countrys already weak health infrastructure. Translation i have been waiting for a bed since the 21st and done the rounds of half the hospitals in delhi. Theres not single vacant bed. Meanwhile, hospitals continue to put out sos calls on Social Media saying they have just a few hours of oxygen supplies left. Some even saying that supplies have run out entirely. Patients meanwhile across the Country Scramble for beds and ventilators. There is also a shortage of Essential Drugs for the treatment of covid, such as remdesivir. Following desperate pleas from state government, the railways and the Air Force now deployed to transport oxygen. But criticism against the governments handling of the crisis is now mounting. It is definitely lapse of covid appropriate behaviour as soon as the country re opened weddings were happening, massive election rallies were going on, religious gatherings were happening, Cricket Matches were being played, malls and restaurants re opened, kids started going back to school. A Ramp Up of Indias Inoculation Programme is the only defence against This deadly Second Wave Say Experts but a country that once boasted of being the pharmacy of the world is now crippled by a shortage of crucial vaccines. And With the Infection Peak nowhere in sight, there is more suffering to endure. Much more coming up, stay With us. Now it is time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. Very little change in the weather throughout the remainder of the day, high levels of pollen, strong sunshine coming through, a little bit more cloud in the North East of scotland, even the Odd Shower, but still plenty of sunshine. There is a bit more breeze in South Western areas, the Channel Islands, today, so we will feel the effect of that, a little Bit Cooler. But for most possibly the warmest day of the week. We could see 19 20, the likes of North East wales and the North West of england. 0vernight, we will see a little bit of cloud returning through parts of scotland, Eastern Areas. But, again, With Clear Skies for much of the night, temperatures will fall to Within Frost Levels in a few areas. Not as widely as This morning, but still a chilly start on saturday, With some low cloud and some fog to clear ourselves of. Once that clears away, it is very similar to today, actually, we have still got that brisk breeze across the south and west, perhaps more generally along the south coast, just starting to take the edge off the temperatures as well for the North Sea as we pick up an onshore breeze here. But, again, 17 18 inland. Sunday looking like another fine day for many, too. Hello This is Bbc News. The headlines. The Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting, after one of the uks most widespread Miscarriages Ofjustice. It was all about clearing my name. Im not a thief, im not a fraudster. Im an honest person. And that. Thats it. That everything i want. India joins the Travel Red List, as some left it late to beat the change, arriving just hours before quarantine becomes compulsory. India has reported its highest number of new daily infection, more than 330,000 cases. Iindustrial oxygen is now having to be used in hospitals, as stocks run out. A new Malaria Vaccine developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Jab, has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. Sport and for a full Round Up, from the bbc sport centre, heres sarah. Good afternoon. Lets start With some breaking news in the last few minutes, as the Wales Manager Ryan Giggs has been charged With three offences after an incident last november where police were called to a disturbance in worsley. The former manchester united player has been charged With causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a woman in her 20s. He has also been charged With one count of coercive and controlling behaviour between December 2017 and november 2020. He has been bailed and is due to appear before the courts next wednesday. Wembley stadium will host an extra match at This summers european championship, after the venues were finalised by uefa. Dublin has lost out on its four matches, With wembley taking their last 16 tie. The other three have gone to St Petersburg. Bilbaos 4 matches have been moved to seville. While munich has kept its fixtures. 0ur Sports Correspondent Natalie pirks was at wembley for us. U Efa Wa nted uEfa Wanted every ground to confirm that it could host at least 25 of the capacity of fans. Unfortunately, dublin just could not give those assurances. There three Group Matches are being moved to St Petersburg in Russia And Theirfinal last 16 match has been moved right here in wembley. Spare a thought, thoughtful sweden spirit thoughtful sweden spirit thoughtful sweden spirit thoughtful sweden because they have based themselves therefore the entirety of their games. They are heading right over to russia now, so thats bad news for them. I think Todays Announcement is really good for fans, Todays Announcement is really good forfans, generally. This Cross Continent euros that uefa had been so desperate to provide is actually going to happen. After a tumultuous week, it is finally some productive news for fans. If fans had Tickets for those matches in dublin, they are being refunded fully but they then get pirated access for the rescheduled matches. Prioritised access. Some Gymnastics News for you now and Jessica Gadirova has won bronze in the all around final at the European Championships in basel. In her senior international Debut Gadirova came third With an impressive score in the vault to claim her place on the podium behind 15 year old Viktoriia Listunova of russia. Fellow Brit Amelie Morgan finished 4th. Simon yates is in fine form ahead of next Months Giro Ditalia winning the tour of the Alps Today after finishing safely in the pack on the fifth and final stage into riva del garda. Yates came home in the green jersey winning the race by 58 seconds, finishing ahead of Pello Bilbao and Alexander Vlasov in the general classification. Jofra archer will sit out the rest of the indian Premier League, as he continues his recovery from surgery on his hand. The ecb have confirmed that the fast bowler returned to training This week, and his progress will be monitored ahead of Englands Test Series With new zealand injune, and is on course to be fit for it. Its a huge blow for the Rajasthan Royals as archer was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player last year. Defending Champion Ronnie 0sullivan is in danger of being knocked out in the second round of the World Snooker Championship in sheffield. He went into todays opening Session Level at four frames all With Anthony Mcgill but the scot played near flawless snooker, winning six frames to 0sullivans two, to take a 10 6 lead. They play to a finish This evening first to 13 wins. And we can dip into the live coverage of the Afternoon Session. This is the match between Neil Robertson and Jack Lisowski. Robertson currently 8 frames to 6 up live on Bbc Two. The other Table Hasjohn higgins up against mark williams. Higgins is 3 frames to 2 up. And just a quick update in the tennis britains Cameron Norrie is currently a set down against Rafael Nadal in their quarter final at the barcelona 0pen. So, im sure it will have news of that in the next hour. So, im sure it will have news of that in the next hour. Thats all the sport for now. A new Malaria Vaccine has proved to be 77 effective in early trials. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people a year in sub saharan africa, many of them children. The vaccine has been developed by the team behind the Oxford Astrazeneca Jab and the effectiveness is far higherfigure than for any existing treatment. There will be larger scale testing. Prof Adrian Hill of the University Of Oxford said he believed the vaccine had the potential to cut the Death Toll dramatically. This is very exciting. Its a very difficult disease to vaccinate against. Its caused by a parasite. We have no vaccines at all against any parasitic diseases. Technically, This has been a long time coming. People have been trying to make Malaria Vaccines for many decades. So, This one really is part of a major collaboration between ourselves at the university and oxford. A fantastic manufacturer, the Serum Institute of india. The worlds largest supplier of vaccines to the world. And a company in america making a key ingredient in the vaccine. Dr David Schellenberg is the scientific advisor to the World Health organisations global malaria programme. Hello. Thank you for being With us. How exciting is This news . It is tremendously how exciting is This news . It 3 tremendously exciting. As Professor Hilljust said, we have been working on Malaria Vaccine development for decades and there is another vaccine which was first discovered about 30 years ago and only now is being piloted in several countries in africa. So, to have another vaccine which is showing really encouraging signs of high levels of efficacy in one particular type of Malaria Transmission Setting is terrifically encouraging. Wejust Transmission Setting is terrifically encouraging. We just have to hope that the good signs that we are seeing in these early clinical trials will be maintained in subsequent evaluations. Its subsequent evaluations. Its important subsequent evaluations. Its important to subsequent evaluations. Its important to stress that these are early stages in the development of This vaccine and also its for a particular kind of malaria. Yes, visa vaccines particular kind of malaria. Yes, visa vaccines targets particular kind of malaria. Yes, visa vaccines targets the i particular kind of malaria. Yes, visa vaccines targets the worst | particular kind of malaria. Isis visa vaccines targets the worst kind of malaria and that is caused. Its the type of malaria which is responsible for the vast majority of deaths from malaria and as you said in the introduction, it particularly affects young children in sub saharan africa. This is the group that we need to target and This is the parasite that we need to target as well. We This is the parasite that we need to target as well target as well. We forget, i think, particularly target as well. We forget, i think, particularly in target as well. We forget, i think, particularly in the target as well. We forget, i think, particularly in the developed i target as well. We forget, i think, | particularly in the developed world how much malaria affects, notjust obviously the health and Well Being of those countries that are particularly prone to This but also the economic development and so much more beyond that in these countries. Absolutely. As you have already said, it causes over 400,000 deaths every year. Every death is a personal tragedy, of course. Every year. Every death is a personaltragedy, of course. But there are hundreds of millions of cases of malaria and each of these cases of malaria and each of these cases needs people to seek treatment from their health services and takes the people away from whatever they might be doing, takes the Mother And Father away from their rural livelihood activities and it does have a significant impact on the economic growth, not only on individual households but as communities and countries. 50. Individual households but as communities and countries. So, when are we going communities and countries. So, when are we going to communities and countries. So, when are we going to see communities and countries. So, when are we going to see widescale communities and countries. So, when are we going to see widescale trials i are we going to see widescale trials to get a sense of the efficacy of This . , ~. ,. ,. , This . Yes, i know professor hill, who collaborates This . Yes, i know professor hill, who collaborates in This . Yes, i know professor hill, who collaborates in india This . Yes, i know professor hill, who collaborates in india are who collaborates in india are actively planning more in larger studies, which will importantly evaluate the safety and efficacy. Some With seasonal malaria, when Malaria Isjust some With seasonal malaria, when malaria is just concentrated some With seasonal malaria, when Malaria Isjust concentrated in some With seasonal malaria, when malaria is just concentrated in a few months of the year but other places, where malaria continues to be a problem year round. We need vaccines that a staying power and have a high level of protection. Thats really what we are looking to see in the next phase of the evaluation. See in the next phase of the evaluation. ,. , ~. , evaluation. Good to talk to you. Thank you evaluation. Good to talk to you. Thank you for evaluation. Good to talk to you. Thank you forjoining evaluation. Good to talk to you. Thank you forjoining us. Drjames tibenderana is from the malaria consortium, which is an international non Profit Organisation specialising in the control of malaria and other communicable diseases 7 particularly those affecting children under five. He joins us from the ugandan capital, kampala. Hello. Thank you very much indeed for being With us. Just tell us just how devastating malaria is for your country. How devastating malaria is for your count. ,. ,. , how devastating malaria is for your count. ,. ,. , country. Malaria is a devastating disease. There country. Malaria is a devastating disease. There are country. Malaria is a devastating disease. There are about country. Malaria is a devastating i disease. There are about 400,000 cases of malaria deaths and about 229 Million cases of illness. I was at a scientific Conference Today and is one of the numbers that hit me is that in one of the areas in uganda, a child experiences 218 infected bytes per year. That translates into an average one infective bite every other day. I think we need to look at it from an individual perspective. A child experiences at least one to three episodes of Malaria Illness in sub saharan africa. The translation of that number into an individual child, who could either survive a Malaria Illness or die from it, i think its devastating. Illness or die from it, i think its devastating illness or die from it, i think its devastating. Illness or die from it, i think its devastatina. � ,. , devastating. And the suggestion then that a vaccine devastating. And the suggestion then that a vaccine that devastating. And the suggestion then that a vaccine that is devastating. And the suggestion then that a vaccine that is effective that a vaccine that is effective could be on the horizon, potentially, what does that mean for parts of sub saharan africa . Its parts of subsaharan africa . Its ve parts of sub saharan africa . It� s very exciting. The fact that, yes, it is still early stages, but the fact that we have a potential light in the dark tunnel out there, whereby the current efficacy in early stages is quite high and anything could happen, it could be lower in other studies. The mere fact that we have a new vaccine and new technology that potentially will be able to reduce the number of episodes a child experiences every year by about 77 , i think, is very exciting. The people, who will be receiving This news, will know that there is a lot of work still to be done but that we have hope at The End of all of This. I done but that we have hope at The End of all of This. End of all of This. I mean there is obviously The End of all of This. I mean there is obviously the immediate end of all of This. I mean there is obviously the immediate effect i end of all of This. I mean there is | obviously the immediate effect of the Well Being of everyone in terms of taking the vaccine but there is also the wider ramifications, isnt there . Economic development. Those areas that cannot be populated, a workforce that cannot be fully engaged in society because of mosquitoes. In order to deal With This vaccine, that would have a wider application, wouldnt it . On a mac yes, it will. If wider application, wouldnt it . On a mac yes, it will. Mac yes, it will. If you can get rid of Malaria Mac yes, it will. If you can get rid of Malaria And Mac yes, it will. If you can get rid of malaria and Countries Mac yes, it will. If you can get rid of malaria and countries in mac yes, it will. If you can get rid| of malaria and countries in africa, you increase gdp by li . It opens up areas for economic development, it increases tourism for areas of the world, where tourist may not be able to reach. The current out of Pocket Expenditure on Malaria Illness as well as the loss of productivity for parents, who have to look after sick children, i think that has huge ramifications and i think we have to think of the trade off in that if we can invest upfront in better tools, we will be able to receive the dividends later on. And as youve mentioned, its households, its economies and its also the opportunity to really, i would say, increase the potential for countries to benefit from tourism but countries also take control of their economic destinies. It countries also take control of their economic destinies. Countries also take control of their economic destinies. It has potential to help countries economic destinies. It has potential to help countries fulfil economic destinies. It has potential to help countries fulfil their to help countries fulfil their potential but also in your specific field, dealing With children under five, allow them to grow and prosper. Five, allow them to grow and roser. , five, allow them to grow and roser. , � five, allow them to grow and roser. , ~ ,. , five, allow them to grow and nroser, � ,. ,. ,. , prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obliuation prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obligation that prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obligation that we prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obligation that we have. Prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obligation that we have. Its prosper. Exactly. And it is a moral obligation that we have. Its also i obligation that we have. Its also the economic dividends because children grow up to be economically viable but then malaria itself does hinder Child Development as well as mental. I would say the mental efficiency is that we can derive from children as they grow up. And so, by reducing the burden that malaria has on children as they develop, i think has huge potentials on economics, on the fact that we do need a population that is able to be scaled and contributes to the global economy. Scaled and contributes to the global econom. ~ � , scaled and contributes to the global econom. ~ � ,. ,. , economy. Well, lets hope that the widesoread economy. Well, lets hope that the widespread bigger economy. Well, lets hope that the widespread bigger trials economy. Well, lets hope that the widespread bigger trials will economy. Well, lets hope that the widespread bigger trials will be economy. Well, lets hope that the widespread bigger trials will be as | widespread bigger trials will be as successful. Speaking to us from uganda. Thank you forjoining us. Theres growing evidence that the Pfizer And Astrazeneca covid vaccines are highly effective in reducing infection. Researchers at the Office For National Statistics and University Of Oxford analysed Test Results from more than 370,000 people and found that infections fell by 65 percent after a first dose. Its still early days, but its an improving picture in the uk, With latest estimates suggesting infections are continuing to fall in england and scotland. And theres more good news in the fight against covid. Further evidence both the Pfizer And Astrazeneca vaccines offer good protection against the Dominant Uk variant, and crucially protects the over 75s and people With underlying health conditions. In a major study of more than 370,000 volunteers, researchers found there was 65 overall protection from infection after one dose, and 90 protection after two doses of the pfizer vaccine similar to levels after natural infection. But the researchers say the vaccine only cut asymptomatic infection by around 50 , meaning people could still pass on the virus Without realising. Its so important, actually, we still wear face coverings, do other things to reduce risk. The virus is always out there and every person it infects, it just gives it a chance to mutate and potentially turn into something more dangerous again. So, its good news, but theres also a knife edge. Were walking a very Fine Line here. The surge in new infections ripping through countries like Brazil And India are a stark reminder the pandemic� s farfrom over. While the uks donated half A Billion pounds towards a global vaccine fund, Health Experts warn rich nations need to go further, faster. Now is the time to donate the vaccines that we have available now. Yes, it will delay the Vaccine Roll out in This country by a little bit, but Vaccine Transmission is so low now in the uk, we are in a position to do that. And we would be better advised to prevent new variants are rising and the rest of the world, which will come back to haunt us if we dont drive down transmission everywhere. In the uk, the researchers say their findings also back up the decision to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible, by delaying the second dose, but more work is needed to determine how long the protection lasts and how well current vaccines protect against other new variants. Katharine da costa, Bbc News. Lets speak to the Virologist Professor Lawrence young from the warwick medical school. Its good to see you. Thank you for being With us. The decision by the government to delay offering the second dose in order to give more people the first dose, that was judged in some corners. The americans didnt go for it. We have been proved right, havent we . Yes. Been proved right, havent we . Yes, we have, actually. Been proved right, havent we . Yes, we have, actually. It been proved right, havent we . Yes we have, actually. It demonstrates that. It is difficult to extrapolate sometimes from clinical trials into the real world but This latest data, which is the biggest examination of real world Uk Vaccination data, demonstrates that we did make the right decision in terms of that 12 Week Gap and that has had in amazing impact on slashing the number of infections in the country. Why, given that things have gone so well here, even if we slow down the Vaccine Roll out a little bit, levels are so low of infection, that we need to get whatever stocks that we can out of those countries that are not doing so well because the longer This thing is out there, the more chance it can mutate and the more chance it can get back here. Yes, i think we have a decision on our hands. We need to keep the pace of This vaccination up in This country. And what This highlights is how important it is not only to make sure that we are manufacturing enough of these vaccines around the world but we have a multiplicity of different vaccine platforms. We have a dharna and we have moderna. One or two vaccines arent going to be enough and we need as many different vaccines as possible to provide as much support for the manufacturers around the globe as well. This much support for the manufacturers around the globe as well. Around the globe as well. This is all ureat around the globe as well. This is all great news, around the globe as well. This is all great news, obviously. Around the globe as well. This is all great news, obviously. The. Around the globe as well. This is l all great news, obviously. The fact is, i have had my first dose in my second oath is in a month and a half ago, i can still covid i can still give covid to someone. We still give covid to someone. We still have to do all of the social distancing. Still have to do all of the social distancing still have to do all of the social distancinu. ,. ,. ,. , distancing. Yes, there is no room for complacency distancing. Yes, there is no room for complacency. Indoor distancing. Yes, there is no room for complacency. Indoor events i distancing. Yes, there is no room i for complacency. Indoor events like the brit awards coming up shortly, we have got to recognise that the virus has not gone anywhere. It is still there and there are still vulnerable people and it can still spread and we have uncertainties. There is a big uncertainty about how long the immune protection that we get from a vaccine eventually lasts and we have got the confusion over what these variants are going to do. We have to keep levels of infection down and stop the variance from coming into the country. [30 down and stop the variance from coming into the country. Coming into the country. Do you believe that coming into the country. Do you believe that potentially coming into the country. Do you believe that potentially we coming into the country. Do you| believe that potentially we could coming into the country. Do you believe that potentially we could be getting vaccines every year . I believe that potentially we could be getting vaccines every year . Getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking that getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking that way. Getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking that way. I getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking that way. I think getting vaccines every year . I think it is looking that way. I think one i it is looking that way. I think one of the issues as how were going to protect against variance. I think for the next few years, i think we are going to have to get used to having boosterjabs against coronavirus to protect ourselves and perhaps even have it at the same time as the flu vaccine, particularly for the most vulnerable in our society. Particularly for the most vulnerable in our society particularly for the most vulnerable in our society. Thank you very much for oinin in our society. Thank you very much forjoining us. In our society. Thank you very much forjoining us, professor. Some breaking news from the white house in the past few minutes officials have confirmed that president biden will travel to the uk and belgium injune. Hell attend the G7 Summit in cornwall. Itll be his first overseas visit as president. The Prime Minsiter has defended Text Messages he had With the Business Man Sirjames Dyson about providing ventilators at the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Labour has been critical of the contact saying it amounted to cronyism. Our political correspondent Greg Dawson is at wetsminster. Now, earlier in the week, the bbc revealed a series of Text Messages between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson, the billionaire businessman, whose company of course, is now based in singapore. The substance of that exchange was Mr Dyson saying to mrjohnson that if he wants his employees to make ventilators in the uk, he was seeking guarantees that his employers wouldnt be taxed Within the uk. Now, the issues regarding that is who leaked that information . There were several reports This morning pointing the finger at the Prime Ministers former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, and there is no evidence being presented to suggest that it was indeed mr cummins. He hasnt responded to these claims. The Prime Minister was asked about it This morning. He didnt give a response but what he did do was staunchly defined the nature of his exchanges With Sirjames Dyson, staunchly defend the nature of his exchanges With Sirjames Dyson, staunchly defend the nature of his exchanges With sirjames With Sirjames Dyson, saying that it was at the height of a pandemic and This was a country that needed those ventilators. If you think that there is anything remotely dodgy or weird or sleazy about trying to secure more ventilators at a time of a national pandemic and doing everything in your power to do that, then i think you are out of your mind. Labour, however, are focused not just on the substance of the correspondence but the method. They are saying that if you can do things by Mobile Phone, it could allow you to potentially bypass the conventional channels when it comes to things like government procurements. So Keir Starmer is campaigning ahead of the local elections and he is trying to paint This wider picture of the conservatives being a party that is interested in serving its friends rather than the wider public. Boris johnson is desperate to try to put This at Arms Length but it is obvious that he cant. This is government by whatsapp. They are all at it. Whether it is access i to the Prime Minister, whether its the former. Prime minister accessing ministers and officials, whether its the Health Secretary having shares in companiesl and contracts With the nhs, the listjust grows and grows. Im afraid, This sleaze is back and its bigger than it was before. Now, borisjohnson was asked earlier today if he would be prepared to give up his Mobile Phone to avoid these kinds of stories and he said absolutely not. He needs to be contactable as the Prime Minister and he says that he has done absolutely nothing wrong and Downing Street will seek to reinforce that message later. They say that they are going to publish the full list of contact between borisjohnson and Sirjames Dyson. Most of us are in for some glorious Spring Weather This weekend so you may be thinking of venturing into The Great Outdoors fora hike ora ramble. If so, youre being asked to stick to proper footpaths. Adam mcclean reports from scafell pike. This path is one of hundreds across the Lake Districts fells routes that Help Hikers reach the top of englands highest peaks. Were always repairing the paths in the Lake District, and were repairing them for the benefit of the environment, so were stopping the damage to the vegetation and the wildlife here. And thats our main reason for the work that were doing, to protect This wonderful scenery and This precious environment. This routes one of the most popular in the Lake District from those completing the three Peaks Challenge to others ticking off the highest point in england. I think the pandemic has made people realise how important the countryside is for their physical and mental Well Being and health. And so, theyre getting out into the countryside more and thats absolutely great to see but, of course, it has an impact, and whats happening is This mountain is literally being worn away. Repairing the Paths Needs Heavy Machinery a challenge for the team fixing the fells. We realised that access for The Machine to do the Machine Restoration was particularly tricky well, impossible, to be honest and that the only way to get The Machine up would be to take it apart, bring it here, fly it up to the summit and then rebuild it the work will repair five damaged sections of the path, With equipment flown up by helicopter. Ok, terry, ready to lift. And lifting, terry. After a short four minute flight, the equipment arrives here, On The Path to the top of scafell pike. Piece by piece, therell soon be a digger near the top of englands highest mountain. Certainly, around these hills, wind can play a big part of the aviation turbulence. Wind shear, downdrafts, weve always got to be aware of that. This helicopter is capable of lifting 1. 2 tonnes, and thats right at its maximum weight. So, if we have any outside influences which may affect our performance, weve got to be extremely careful. And certainly, when were working around people on the ground as well. And for those enjoying a walk, the hard work didnt go unnoticed. Er, i think the work to maintain and restore the paths is fantastic because it makes it much more accessible for people to get up the mountain. And its a beautiful view. You can see the isle of man, you can see all around. Ive made good use of the panoramic feature on my phones camera. Itjust makes you feel so much safer going up This sort of path, especially compared to, like, the other other Mountain Paths ive been on, is you feel looked after. High visitoR Numbers and extreme weather are eroding englands highest mountains. Its hoped This work will help preserve them for the future. Adam mcclean, Bbc News. Now its time for a look at the weather. The settled spell of weather will continue Notjust Today but into the weekend as well. We continue Notjust Today but into the weekend as well. Weekend as well. We are going to still have some weekend as well. We are going to still have some rather weekend as well. We are going to still have some rather chilly still have some rather chilly mornings. It still have some rather chilly mornings still have some rather chilly morninus. , ,. , mornings. It stays dry because of the hiuh mornings. It stays dry because of the High Pressure. Mornings. It stays dry because of the High Pressure. It mornings. It stays dry because of the High Pressure. It is mornings. It stays dry because of the High Pressure. It is centred i the High Pressure. It is centred towards the east and a slipping little bit for the northwoods, allowing some more isobars into the uk. Across the Channel Islands and the South West, the breeze is quite strong actually. It is tempering the field here With temperatures not quite as high as they were yesterday. This is the Satellite Picture earlier but there will be very little change throughout the rest of daylight. A little bit of cloud and perhaps the Odd Shower for the Northern Isles With temperatures between. For many areas, perhaps the highest temperatures they have had This week With 18 or 19 degrees. 20 degrees in north wales. Because we have attained slightly higher temperatures by day, they wont be as low, by a degree or two overnight. It will still be cold With A Touch Of Frost in a few localities. That will continue to be a risk as we go into the weekend but otherwise, it will stay fine and feel warm for most of us by day With a few subtle changes. Clouds will clear in the morning With some fog which will melt away. There will be some more high clouds around and a breeze picking up in Eastern Areas as well. Relatively high levels of pollen for many, just coming a little bit down in the North East as we get a breeze from the North Sea, which will also take our temperatures here down a little bit between 11 and 13 degrees. Temperatures not quite as high for tomorrow as they are today. As they go through Saturday Nights, more cloud coming in so again just patchy frost really but still it is a risk and a concern for farmers and growers. That clouds Mayjust Hang around is a bit more across parts of scotland and central and Eastern England on sunday. It wont spoil the day but it will bring the temperatures down, making things feel a Bit Cooler of course, and some sunshine to enjoy as well. This is Bbc News. Im clive myrie. The Court Of Appeal clears 39 former subpostmasters of fraud and False Accounting, after one of the uks most widespread Miscarriages Ofjustice. It was all about clearing my name. Im not a thief, im not a fraudster. Im an honest person and that. Thats it. Thats everything i want. There are now calls for a full judge led public inquiry. Also This hour. India joins the Travel Red List, as some left it late to beat the change, arriving just hours before quarantine becomes compulsory. 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