For the Miscarriage Ofjustice of Sub Postmasters and she broke down in tears under questioning. The horizon it software wrongly said money was missing from branch accounts and more than 900 Sub Postmasters were convicted. Ms vennells was Chief Executive from 2012 to 2019 and today started giving evidence to the inquiry. Among the questions to answer what did she know about the ability of others to remotely access the accounts . For years the post office denied this was possible. The inquiry s seen a transcript of a call with a Senior Lawyer in 2013 which suggests that Paula Vennells had been briefed about a covert operations team. Also, did she mislead mps in 2015 when she appeared in front of a committee on the issue. And should she have done more to get to the bottom of it . Our Business Correspondent theo leggett has been listening to her evidence so far. His report contains Flash Photography from the start. Any word before you go in ms vennells. At the heart of a bitter scandal. An
and coming up on bbc news. keeley hodgkinson cruises into tomorrow night s 800m final in rome as she hopes to defend her european championship title. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has promised to scrap the main rate of national insurance for the self employed over five years, end stamp duty payments for most first time buyers, and recruit thousands more police officers if the conservatives are re elected to power next month. the prime minister launched the party s manifesto this morning at silverstone home of the british grand prix hoping to pull voters minds back to policies after recent setbacks on the campaign trail. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. he needs this to be the moment his campaign motored ahead. rishi sunak knows that after a series of missteps, he now needs to get on the front foot. today, his chance to set out what five further years of conservative government would bring. but amid the promises of the future, a nod
all eyes on tomorrow evening in the us open and raducanu s final, 9pm on saturday evening, bbc radio 5 live is the place to follow it. let s go back to the news that the uk economy grew byjust 0.1% injuly as the last covid restrictions were lifted in england. our economics correspondent andy verityjoins us now. take us through the figures and what it means. and we have lost andy verity. we will come back to that. 0.1% injuly, it was a growth, but slightly lower than expected. we will take a look into that figure when we get andy verity back with us on bbc news.
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was a private matter. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityjoins us now. david cameron has repeatedly refused to say how much money he made from greensill. what have you discovered, then? can you hear me, andy? i’m greensill. what have you discovered, then? can you hear me, andy? i m so sor , i then? can you hear me, andy? i m so sorry. i cannot then? can you hear me, andy? i m so sorry, i cannot hear then? can you hear me, andy? i m so sorry, i cannot hear the then? can you hear me, andy? i m so sorry, i cannot hear the audio - sorry, i cannot hear the audio coming from the studio. i can tell you that we got hold of a letter from greensill capital to david cameron which indicates he received $4.5 million after cashing in greensill shares in 2019. he was also paid a salary of $1 million per year as a part time adviser to the company. 0n year as a part time adviser to the company. on top of that, we understand he was paid a bonus of 700,000 in 2019. it looks like you made arou