at the post office after the chairman of the organisation stood down yesterday. henry staunton left the role following the fall out from the horizon it scandal. but there s confusion over whether it was by mutual consent as reported by the government, or whether he was asked to leave, as the post office says. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. it has been thrown out enough, that is it, i am free. it has been thrown out enough, that is it. i am free- is it, i am free. dismantled resisted is it, i am free. dismantled resisted his is it, i am free. dismantled resisted his 2006 - is it, i am free. dismantled| resisted his 2006 conviction is it, i am free. dismantled - resisted his 2006 conviction for embezzlement had been overturned, but many more former sub postmasters are waiting for their names to be cleared. the government is rushing registration through parliament to do so and now changing some of those at the top of the organisation. this weekend
the prime minister arrives injapan for a summit of g7 world leaders in hiroshima. how exactly do our bodies get older? the bbc s medical editorjoins volunteers being body scanned to reveal the secrets of ageing. # i ll send an 505 to the world and a special honour for sting at the ivor novello awards for songwriting. and coming up on bbc news, frosty conditions delay the start of the second golf major of the year, the us pga at oak hill in new york. good afternoon. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. last year there were 800 untreated discharges every day on average, which has caused mounting public anger. the water companies have promised to spend £10 billion to put it right by modernising sewers, although it will mean higher bills for customers. our environment correspondentjonah fisher. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways and that profi
by the government £162 million. and on bbc london. the row over ulez as new data suggests more car owners coming up on bbc news coming up on bbc news can manchester city follow west ham taking a 2 1 lead against such side az alkmaar. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. water companies in england have apologised for not acting quickly enough to stop this raw sewage flowing directly into our rivers and seas, something that happened on average more than 800 times a day last year. water uk, which represents england s nine water and sewage companies, also says it s ready to invest an additional £10 billion to address the problem and modernise sewers. but it has also admitted that customers will be hit with higher prices to pay for that. downing street says the companies should be putting consumers before profits. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. ash is a retired policeman and has for the last ten years dedicated himself to trying to hold water
just how long the cold air is set to last so do keep tuned to the forecast. now, lyons is happening? the area of high pressure is moving towards the west allowing for a northerly wind and some cold fronts to sink southwards. introducing that really cold, acted feeling air mostly on sunday night and into the start of next week. let s backtrack to now and there is a bit of sunshine out towards the south coast. this is gosport. it is the exception rather than the rule this afternoon because for most of us it is rather cloudy and really very dull. there will be some brighter spells developing, mostly for north eastern areas of scotland, aberdeenshire, angus and east anglia, some brighter spells here. for most of us, cloud and drizzle. some showers across the northern ireland. elsewhere, dry. temperatures around the seasonal average. it is the wind that keeps going overnight tonight. it is feeding in all of the cloud from the north sea so always cloudier towards eastern areas. tem
of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the