colder. i will have the details shortly. good morning. it s six o clock on 6 january. our main story: the metropolitan police has confirmed it s investigating potential fraud offences, in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub postmasters by the post office. around 700 people were blamed for accounting mistakes caused by faulty it software, which made it look like money was missing. some were wrongfully imprisoned, in a scandal which was dramatised on itv. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. mr bates vs the post office has brought to light a story for years those in power wouldn t believe. for the post office branch managers across the country over two decades, it s been a nightmare they couldn t escape. i haven t got that money. and i don t know where it s gone. noel tomas, a former sub postmaster in anglesey, was one of those wrongly sent to prison in 2006. this week has offered some catharsis after years of torment. the rest of the country knows how th
they re all gone, so why is she still here? cheers mr speaker. jeers mr speaker, lam a fighter, not a quitter. and in other news. harrowing and callous a damning report is published into maternity care at east kent hospital trust. the chief investigator says women weren t listened to. we had 202 families that came forward. in 97, deaths, injuries or other harm could have been different if care had been given to the standards accepted nationally. russian president vladimir putin declares martial law in the four regions of ukraine which it annexed last month. they ll be expected to work with russia to boost the war effort. and, how long do you sleep? researchers say that at least five hours sleep a night may cut the chances of multiple chronic health problems if you re over 50. hello and welcome to bbc news with me, joanna gosling, in sunderland and ben brown in westminster. we re here today to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s affecting you and your family. w
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a court of appeals decides donald trump wil not be given presidential immunity for his role in the january 6th capitol riots, and must face a civil lawsuit. welcome back. at the cop climate summit in dubai today, the brazilian president, lula da silva, addressed the elephant in the room. we have a collective problem, he said, a lack of ambition, our current targets, he added, don t go anywhere near far enough. the evidence suggests he is right. today, the world meteorological organisation told us, with a month to go in 2023, the average global temperature is on track to be 1.4 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. that is 2.5 fahrenheit. you might recall that the agreement in 2015, in paris, was to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius and to pursue efforts to keep warming within the much safer limit of 1.5. few believe that that can now be achieved. and so, a lot of the fo