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authorised the armed forces to "neutralise" 22 gangs that are listed as terrorist organisations after masked gunmen stormed a tv studio during a live broadcast. a two—month state of emergency is now in force. will grant sent this from the city of guayaquil. viewers in ecuador watched in disbelief as masked and armed gang members entered a state tv channel and held staff hostage — all of it televised live. translation: they shot one of our cameramen in the leg. | broke the arm of an...

and even dialects plus, it is 70 years since this chap became the first on—screen tv weather presenter in the uk. i will look back at the archives and also bring news today of what will be a cloudy and cold day. good morning. its thursday, the 11th of january. our main story. the public inquiry into how hundreds of former sub—postmasters, resumes today. it follows the prime ministers announcement to overturn hundreds of convictions, after the itv drama raised the profile of the sca...

the government is preparing a new law to swiftly exonerate and compensate post office branch managers who were convicted over horizon it scandal. over a 15—year period until 2015, more than 700 people were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft or false accounting, because the it system had produced shortfalls in their accounts. so far, only 93 have had their convictions overturned. mr sunak said it was the biggest miscarriage in british history and government would quickly right the w...

and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. its wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub—postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but ...

16 years, after a faulty it system made it look like money was missing. some went to prison and many lives and livelihoods were ruined. our political editor chris mason has more on the days developments. four nights of drama on the telly after two decades of injustice. and, just one week later... we come to questions for the prime minister. the most high profile moment of the week at westminster. the start of prime ministers question time. and rishi sunak said... mr speaker this is one...

hello, im balvinder gill. i was a sub—postmaster until i was wrongly suspended by the post office and made bankrupt. what does the promise to clear and compensate victims of the post office scandal mean for me? balvinder gill is here along with four other subpostmasters. theyll give their reaction live tonight to todays news that they will finally be cleared — but will everyone be helped? the minister responsible tells us the budget for compensation is £1 billion. is he sorry its ...

roller coaster of talks and more talks and rumors. i think that most of the hostage families are just committed to the work of doing everything we can and speaking to whom ever will listen about the importance and the true urgency of getting all the hostages home. find getting all the hostages home. and ou have getting all the hostages home. and you have been in those meetings with very, very crucial players in all this. do you think this makes a real difference? my this. do you think...

dominated the headlines for the past week. the prime minister has announced that new legislation will be brought in to make sure that those convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen. who worked for the post office are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub postmasters received criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting, over a period of around 16 years, after it introduced a faulty it system. some went to prison and many were ma...

development on a story which has dominated the headlines for the past week thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has announced new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. more than 700 sub—postmasters were given criminal convictions for fraud and false accounting over a period of around 16 years after it introduced a faulty it system. s...

today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense ...