scandal later today. between 1999 and 2015 hundreds of sub postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. it s the first time she ll publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. it s 2012, and paula vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. she s already spent half a decade with the business. and here she s on a visit to the shop floor. retail is detail. i don t know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. and you come to places like this and you find out the little things that make the operation much more efficient. back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. the pressure is on to turn things around. but did she put profits before people? there s a sack full of questions waiting for her now. lee bought the bridlington branch in 2003. the losses soon began. here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursued him
as part of the wikileaks organisation in 2010, leaked us military secrets, he did so to expose war crimes and therefore he had a right to free speech in doing that under the us constitution and therefore cannot be prosecuted for doing so. now, the us says it s given assurances that this is not the type of case where free speech comes into play, but this is not satisfied thejudges here in london and they ve said, well, we want to have a full appeal on this point and actually really try to unpick this. the other points of assurances from the us thatjulian assange will not face the death penalty that has been accepted by his team. now that that is no longer an issue, it fundamentally concerns this question of whether or not he, if he went on trial in the united states, can say, i have a defence of speaking out freely in order to expose war crimes, and that should be heard in my trial. the hush money trial of former us president donald trump has resumed in new york with the
good evening. just some of the faces of the victims of 50 years of the infected blood scandal. the wholly damning conclusion of today s inquiry into that scandal describes years of deception and cover up in which doctors, the blood services and successive governments did not put patient safety first. it found that the biggest treatment disaster in the history of the nhs could and should have been avoided. over the two decades the 19705 to the 19905 more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c. 3,000 have died already, many are living with ongoing side effects. the prime minister described today as a day of shame for the british state and will announce plans for compensation for the victims of the scandal tomorrow. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. on day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. there is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and. he didn t survive long enough to see today s report. he was in
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