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after years of keeping a low profile paula venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. she started with an apology. i would just like to say, and i m gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. there were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. and i mentioned that. i m sorry. i imagine that i was probably. just pause. try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. she defended her role. she may have been the boss, she said, but she wasn t responsible for everything. and she wasn t told everything either. you are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. you have to rely on the a ....
but he says he s now concluded, there comes a moment when you know it s time to leave, that a new generation should lead. rishi has the plan our country needs, he added, i will do everything i can to support him. but as rishi sunak toured the titanic quarter in belfast, the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s cross to the newsroom ....
from the air every single day when we do not know where my cousin is, when we do not know where over 200 hostages are and we don t know if any of our bombs have killed them. here in london, thousandsjoin pro palestinian demonstrations. similar protests take place around the world, calling for a ceasefire. fresh aid enters gaza, and the un tells the bbc they ve managed to re establish some contact with their teams on the ground. welcome to the programme. ijust want to start of some breaking news brought to us by our correspondent paul adams. we have seen some comments on social media for the first time, seemingly, from hamas leader in the gaza strip. he has offered to release all hostages in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement on hamas official website, it says this, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisoners prisons the zionist enemy in exchange for the zionist enem ....
the list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. among more than 100 other mps standing down, the former prime minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of commons andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. while the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labour s losses are less substantial. keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. after mps lined up to mark the close of parliament last night, the campaign is well and truly under way, with both potential prime ministers constructing their arguments to the country as they try to build up support to win. hannah miller, bbc news. let s speak to our political correspondent harry farley who is in the west midlands now. with keir starmer, i imagine. what is he up to and what will be the focus? , , ., ., focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat focus? i m in the bellwether seat of stafford, a seat at focus? i m in ....
league football grounds. we are here at staff at rangers, sir keir starmer wrapping up his visit behind me stafford rangers. he was talking to a handful of voters who said they voted conservative last time and were considering voting labour at this one. there are a number of labour campaigners here as well. the focus for him today was the economy, he is making the accusation that under the conservatives, britain has got poor. rishi sunak also focusing on the economy, he is making the case is planned for the economy is working keir starmer alleges that under the conservatives, britain has become poorer. conservative mps in particular are stepping down, among them michael gove. i asked keir starmerfor his reaction them michael gove. i asked keir starmer for his reaction to that decision. michael gove is stepping down and i obviously michael gove is stepping down and i obviously wish him well but i think it s significant he is stepping down because it s signi ....