104 caps for west germany, he was convicted and sent to prison for 16 months and it makes me sick in my stomach to think that there was that innocent man in prison for all that time. and my heart goes out to all those people. we need to make sure their convictions are overturned and we need to make sure they are fairly compensated and quickly. should paula vennells have her cbe stripped because of this? i was surprised that the conservatives gave her the cbe in the first place, and they can answer for that. do you think it should be taken away? i mean, regardless of whether she was given it in the first place, she s got it now. more than i think roughly a million people have signed a petition saying that it should go. do you think it should be taken off? of course. it shouldn t be given in the first place. and the committee needs to meet to to make that decision. this story is of course about the sub postmasters who were affected. live now to tim brentnall, a former sub
of post office sub postmasters who have been wrongly convicted of fraud because of a faulty computer system. 700 branch managers were convicted between 1999 and 2015 after the computer system horizon mistakenly showed money was missing from their post offices. a new itv drama has put the scandal firmly back in the spotlight today the prime minister said he would strongly support the honours committee if it chose to look into revoking ucb awarded to the former post office boss oliver reynolds. paula venables. they said they would do all they can to right wrongs of the past. today two government ministers met with government lawyers to try to work out how they could speed up the delivery of compensation and exoneration, clearing names. and in the next 15 or 20 minutes one of those ministers will be here in parliament answering questions, all of this after a holiday season tv series. this is alan bates. 2a years ago he raised an issue with the computer system at the post offi
Fitting prepayment meters almost a year after the practice was suspended. one of the greatest footballers of all time, germany s franz beckenbauer, has died. the first american moon mission for more than 50 years blasts off, into trouble. and how hidden cameras have solved the mystery of a nightime tidy upper. and coming up on the sport on bbc news, can manchester united avoid an fa cup upset? we ll be at wigan athletic as both sides look to reach the fourth round. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is under growing pressure to exonerate hundreds
Also on the programme. three energy companies are given the go ahead to resume forcibly fitting prepayment meters almost a year after the practice was suspended. one of the greatest footballers of all time, germany s franz beckenbauer, has died. the first american moon mission for more than 50 years blasts off, into trouble. and how hidden cameras have solved the mystery of a nightime tidy upper. and coming up on the sport on bbc news, can manchester united avoid an fa cup upset? we ll be at wigan athletic as both sides look to reach the fourth round. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government is under growing pressure to exonerate hundreds