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at the post office after the chairman of the organisation stood down yesterday. henry staunton left the role following the fall—out from the horizon it scandal. but theres confusion over whether it was by "mutual consent" as reported by the government, or whether he was asked to leave, as the post office says. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. it has been thrown out enough, that is it, i am free. it has been thrown out enough, that is it. i am free-— is it, i ...

that was never a problem. i realised that was never a problem. i realised that my resources are not endless. i prefer to pack absolutely everything into this season. and then have a break or whatever, to stop, because you realise yourself you are in a similar age, you realise yourself you are in a similarage, we do you realise yourself you are in a similar age, we do notjump as high as we did and all these kind of things. that is how it is. i did not think about it on purpose, lets hav...

out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through. look at the squeeze on the isobars — its going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again — possibly heavy at times — just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures — rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place...

leader to retreat. yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner mercenary group, has been pictured apparently leaving the russian city of rostov—on—don — along with his troops. only yesterday a heavily armed column of wagner troops was heading from rostov—on—don towards moscow, where defences were being prepared. those troops got to around 300 miles south of the russian capital. then, at around 6.30pm uk time, prigozhin announced that he had agreed to stop the advance, in a deal...

that catherine, the princess of wales, was admitted to the london clinic yesterday. that is a private hospital in central london, for planned abdominal surgery. we understand the surgery was successful. it is expected she will remain in hospitalfor ten to m days before returning home to windsor to continue her recovery. we are told by kensington palace that based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after easter. i will take you through some o...

morning, morning. and with me at the desk — actor and all—round superstar alan cumming, journalist isabel oakeshott, and the editor—in—chief of the independent, geordie grieg. good morning to all of you. lord cameron, have you got any tips for the opposition leader, sir keir? have you got any tips for him, lord cameron? — have you got any tips for him, lord cameron? , have you got any tips for him, lord cameron?- what _ have you got any tips for him, lord cameron?- what might...

theres growing international pressure on israel to reduce civilian casualties in the war in gaza. tonight at the un, the security council is due to vote on a demand for israel and hamas to allow aid into the territory. and here, the prime minister rishi sunak has again called this morning for a sustainable ceasefire, saying too many civilian lives have been lost. on the ground in gaza, fierce fighting continues — with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital — a...

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dies at age 96. welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan. in the last few hours, the government has urged british passport holders to had to an airfield to join a ventilation —— evacuation flights. the first plane has landed in cyprus, where onward flights will be organised to the uk. those trying to leave sudan are confronted with a series of possible routes out. those who reached the many living in the east of khartoum involves crossing the nile with at least some of the bridges re...

welcome to the programme. the first of the british transport planes has taken off from sudan and landed in cyprus. it is the beginning of a mammoth operation — its the beginning of what is a mammoth operation — as there are thought there may be up to 4,000 britons in sudan. also tonight — its round 2 forjoe biden. the us president has finally announced that he will run for re—election in 202a. well have all the reaction, and what that means for his biggest rival — donald trum...