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
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Paid tribute to Thejohn Hurt The Actor who died at the age of 77. Now on bbc news it is time for sports day. Hello and welcome to Sportsday Withjess Crighton and me Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Liverpool are knocked out of their second cup competition in a week. This time by wolves in the 4th round of the fa cup. Non League Lincolns cup dream continues. As they put out The Championship high fliers brighton. And its game, set and a record breaking 23rd grand slam title for Serena Williams. Also coming up in the programme. A tragic day at cheltenham as the 2015 grand National Winner many clouds dies after Beating Thislecrack to win the big race. Lots of sport to get to, and we start with the fa cup. Including more misery for liverpool at anfield. Theyve been knocked out by The Championship side wolves who took the lead within a minute and went on to win 2 1. Inflicting liverpools third home defeat in the space of a week. Jim lumsden watched the action. January is
Paid tribute to Thejohn Hurt The Actor who died at the age of 77. Now on bbc news it is time for sports day. Hello and welcome to Sportsday Withjess Crighton and me Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Liverpool are knocked out of their second cup competition in a week. This time by wolves in the 4th round of the fa cup. Non League Lincolns cup dream continues. As they put out The Championship high fliers brighton. And its game, set and a record breaking 23rd grand slam title for Serena Williams. Also coming up in the programme. A tragic day at cheltenham as the 2015 grand National Winner many clouds dies after Beating Thislecrack to win the big race. Lots of sport to get to, and we start with the fa cup. Including more misery for liverpool at anfield. Theyve been knocked out by The Championship side wolves who took the lead within a minute and went on to win 2 1. Inflicting liverpools third home defeat in the space of a week. Jim lumsden watched the action. January is
Lets take a look at the weather. Good evening. A little bit of snow across the hills of wales, and some icy patches tonight as well. That mix of weather continues into tomorrow. Some of us will have sunshine, of us will have rain. In the short term it is very hit and miss and it is unclear whether around as well but it is the northern half of the uk with the temperatures will dip away a bit tonight, perhaps one or two degrees above freezing in towns. The forsyth staying frost free for sure, so no ice for the south the far south staying. If you live in the north east, newcastle and the lowla nds north east, newcastle and the lowlands of scotland, and northwards, it should be a sunny crisp day for you. Down south, it should be grisly and unpleasant and that will continue into sunday and even monday to be honest is looking pretty great as well across most of the uk. The week ahead will be a mishmash of weather. From sunny too rainy or the other way around. That is it for now. Hello, this