by three other victims. our business correspondent emma simpson went to meet them. the best of friends after the worst of times. maureen waited years before being cleared of theft. the stress caused her thyroid to rupture. deirdre connolly went bankrupt after losing her post office. katherine mcalerney was interviewed under caution 23 days after giving birth. heather earley lost her pension trying to make up for losses that weren t real. how important was it for you to come? has it brought it all back? yes, very much so. i felt very sick when i seen her on the screen. it took me back a lot of years, but i m relieved now that i ve done this, this is another step forward for me. because i ve carried this for years. and in the process you lost your business, your health, and your reputation. yes, i know we had a good reputation and a good name in the community and everybody respected us, and we lost that. and, deidre, they even accused you of stealing money for the paramilitarie
the marlin luanda was travelling in the red sea off the coast of yemen when it was struck. the uk government says it reserves the right to respond appropriately. it is the latest attack in and around the red sea, one of the world s busiest shipping lanes. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. this is the marlin luanda carrying russian oil from greece to singapore. the latest houthi target. the houthis were quick to take credit. their spokesman saying once again that this was being done to support the palestinians in gaza and in response to what he described as american british aggression. it s been two weeks since britain and the us first hit back, striking military targets inside yemen, aiming to deter the houthis. so far, the strategy doesn t appear to be working. so the attack on the marlin luanda in the gulf of aden signifies a great extension and escalation from the red sea to the gulf of aden so geographical extension and also with the type of weapons as