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 have finally found the courage to come forward. the post office has once again apologised for the effect this has caused. for viewers it has brought to attention the greatest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. justice delayed might be justice denied, but the hundreds of postmasters there is hope justice may finally be delivered. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. a little later on breakfast we will talk to a solicitor involved in that case for many years about the implications of that drama and many others who have come forward to say they were affected by that crisis at they were affected by that crisis at the post office. elsewhere, the rain may have stopped, but the work really begins on the clean up, doesn t it? a clean up operation for communities is under way across parts of england this morning after days of heavy rainfall led to more than 1,000
viewers. justice delayed may be justice denied, but the hundreds of postmasters there is hope justice may finally be delivered. the rains may be easing off but the flood continues. naga munchetty has the details. a clean up operation for communities is under way across parts of england this morning after days of heavy rainfall led to more than 1,000 homes and businesses being flooded. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place, mostly in the midlands, east anglia, and the south. will bachelor reports. water levels may have peaked, but as they recede they reveal a trail of destruction stop homes flooded, treasured possessions lost, gardens completely submerged. the treasured possessions lost, gardens completely submerged. completely submerged. the water actually started completely submerged. the water actually started coming completely submerged. the water actually started coming through i completely submerged. the water. actually started coming through the floor, not through the
stop trying. and i believe that we shall seek justice and the calls for full-scale investigation by the icc are very important sign that the world is seeing that and i very much hope justice will be done to those people, and we shall be fighting for that. we did have a statement from our foreign minister saying it s a mission of his life right now to complete this process. and i very much support him in that. and i believe that would be the mission for the whole ukraine to do justice to those who suffered. what else do you need on a military level, looking at these images, knowing the world is watching these atrocities play out in your country? what else do ukrainians need? the reality is that if we are doing this war ourselves alone, we need the instruments and the means to do it ourselves. we are in dire need of everything and anything.