After years of keeping a low profile Paula Venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. She started with an apology. I would just like to say, and im gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. There were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. And i mentioned that. Im sorry. I imagine that i was probably. Just pause. Try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. She defended her role. She may have been the boss, she said, but she wasnt responsible for everything. And she wasnt told everything either. You are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. You have to rely on the advice of internal an
Years in parliament. But he says hes now concluded, there comes a moment when you know its time to leave, that a new generation should lead. Rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. But as rishi sunak toured the Titanic Quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mp5 Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mp5 walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential Prime Ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. Hannah miller, bbc news. Joining me now is lizzy buchan,
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Security. We will have more on that later myanmar is a country in the grip of a war largely forgotten, by the outside world. And today we have a Special Report from the frontline. Rebel forces there are fighting an intense battle against the military regime. In the past seven months, a country wide insurgency has made gains conquering large swathes of territory. The fighters, among them a group known as kndf, are now presenting the Myanmar Military with the biggest threat to its rule in years. Press freedom in the country is restricted, hundreds ofjournalists have beenjailed, and getting into myanmar to report first hand is tough. But a bbc team has managed. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville spent a month with the rebels at theirjungle bases and on the frontline. A revolution is rising across myanmar. Hidden from the world by its remoteness. Few countries are more isolated, few conflicts more unseen. We spent a month with the insurgents on back roads and Jungle Tracks in karenni st
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