tonight, we speak live to the real alan bates, the man who dedicated years to bringing the post office scandal to light, and to the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen got a very big reaction. and to gwyneth hughes, the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen has had a very big reaction. wrongful convictions, more than 700 of them prison sentences, reputations trashed, bankruptcy, and now new cases. the post office scandal is only deepening. as we go on air, the petition to strip the former post office boss paula vennells of her cbe is well over a million and the prime minister has said he would support a review of it. it doesn t help the hundreds upon hundreds whose lives were all but destroyed and, in some cases, actually destroyed who will pay their compensation and when? we speak to the subpostmaster at the heart of itv s drama and the writer who s reignited an issue that had slipped from the public consciousness. and we ll be joined by the former
Both domestically in getting chinas economy on track as well as internationally as the country tries to navigate a tense geopolitical environment. We are also going to see and he is back with us here on a show business report. Thank you for coming back again for us as we continue to track the story as the World Leaders gather there. We are still waiting for xi jinping to speak but in your expectation and estimation what are you seeing will be a thrust of the speech there. This are you seeing will be a thrust of the speech there. Of the speech there. This is a time of stocktaking of the speech there. This is a time of stocktaking on of the speech there. This is a time of stocktaking on both| time of stock taking on both side. Chinas reassessment of the initiative and countries on the initiative and countries on the Receiving End are getting a little concerned about the strings that seem to come attached with it in the form of the slightly odorous terms of some of the debt and the fact t
pressure pulls away. temperatures inland probably down to “4, minus five celsius, even lower in more rural spots. five celsius, even lower in more ruralspots. so five celsius, even lower in more rural spots. so a hard frost, a cold, crisp start to friday but lots of sunshine coming through. something just smidge less cold into the weekend. but we could see the chance of some rain and some snow into sunday. louise, thanks very much. that s it from the bbc news at ten. newsnight is getting under allegations of a toxic culture at a hospital that whistle blowers claim led to numerous unnecessary deaths. police are investigating more than 100 complaints of wrongdoing. how could the system get it so wrong? a newsnight investigation reveals the failures at a big british hospital. it s a story of warnings going unheeded with dire consequences for patients. when you know you have an environment when you have deaths that you knew could happen and have happened, then i don t see why t
coastal communities are among the worst hit, as this image from christchurch in dorset shows. lots of trees blocking roads. our reporter danjohnson is in st helier injersey and a short time ago sent us this update. it is absolutely battering these silence relentlessly overnight. some people have had a really rough night. i have been said one of the hotels where people have been evacuated. around a0 people have had to be moved from their homes. windows have been smashed, roofs have been ripped off, there were hailstones at one point in the early hours of the morning. rows have been blocked across jersey. hours of the morning. rows have been blocked acrossjersey. my hours of the morning. rows have been blocked across jersey. my roads. there are no flights whatsoever. commercial flights at least. and there are no flights whatsoever. commercialflights at least. and no boat services out there. that has caused some concern. authorities have said to people there will be abl
and coming up a british classic 60 years since the iconic e type jaguar was unveiled, we get behind the wheel of the first one ever sold. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world i m kasia madera. a third wave of coronavirus is starting to sweep across the european union much of it driven by the uk variant of the virus. within the past few moments, a new lockdown has begun across large parts of france. switzerland is extending its restrictions and poland is closing most public venues from saturday. infections have surged, as europe s vaccine roll out has continued to lag behind the pace ofjabs in the us and the uk. but it may begin to pick up again, as several political leaders have gone out of their way to demonstrate their support for the astrazenica vaccine, after fears that it might cause blood clots. our correspondent lucy williamson hs more from paris. never mind the prime minister. in france, it was the astrazeneca jab that needed a sh