throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs
i am here in dorset where the school of your 150 million year old sea monster is going on public display. new tax rules mean leading online platforms will have to hand over details of people who make money from so called side hustles on top of their regular income. i ll explain who s affected and how. in sport, ready, set, and taking aim 16 year old luke littler becomes the youngest ever player to reach the semi finals of the world darts championship, and has his sights set on a spot in the final later. and we have a drier week this week. for the time being today we could see more disruptive rain and strong winds across the country. good morning. it s tuesday, the 2nd of january. routine school inspections won t take place for the next couple of weeks, while more training is given to 0fsted assessors to protect the wellbeing of school staff in england. in his first interview, sir martyn 0liver told the bbc that the organisation could also be far more empathetic, following t
hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start injapan, where at least 13 people have died in the powerful earthquake which struck the centre of the country on new years day. other people are feared to be trapped in rubble. the prime minister, fumio kishida, says the quake has caused numerous casualties and extensive damage. hundreds of buildings have collapsed or burnt down, many of them in wajima city. some roads are blocked, hampering rescue efforts. mr kishida said he d ordered army personnel to get to the disaster hit areas by any means possible. sura njana tewari reports. this footage from inside someone s home captures the moment the powerful earthquake struck. some staff at this news network took cover, while others wanted to cover the story. the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struckjust after 4:00 in the afternoon, local time. it was caught on camera in this supermarket. there was chaos and confusion. tsunami warnings were issued, then downgrad
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
is terminally ill his parents lose their final legal battle to give him experimental maxing out our credit cards a warning from the bank of england about forgetting the lessons of the past. google faces a record fine from the eu competition watchdog, over £2 billion, for being unfair to other companies. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, england s women post a record breaking total of 377 in their world cup match against pakistan. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has had to backtrack on her plans to push for a second independence referendum as early as next year. today s decision follows the general election in which her snp lost 21 seats. ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said ms sturgeon was as she put it leaking credibility and confidence . here s our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. but she cannot now march ahead with her plans fo