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in the post office horizon it scandal, which saw hundreds of sub postmasters falsely accused of theft and fraud. it is the first time a senior representative from the japanese firm will be directly questioned at both the horizon inquiry and by a committee of mps in parliament. business correspondent emma simpson has the details. i was given a nine month custodial sentence. i was suspended in 2009, convicted in 2010. until my conviction . was quashed in 2001, my life was left in tatters, - and my customers and villagers thought i was a fraud. just some of the stories from the breakfast sofa last week. and at the heart of this scandal was the horizon computer system installed and operated by fujitsu. it had problems right from the start. the errors made it look as if money had gone missing in branch accounts. all these years on, the pressure on fujitsu is growing and for the government to act. i want some answers, please, from ministers, including you, about what you are goin ....
contempt of parliament over his own lockdown behaviour, and says he should recuse himself. we ll be asking the political writer and johnson biographer andrew gimson and the shadow leader of the house thangam debbonaire how they think this sorry tale will end. also tonight. with gilt rates throught the roof and inflation refusing to plunge, will interest rates have to rise and result in more mortgage misery? we ll be asking an economic adviser to chancellorjeremy hunt and a former bank of england insider. we have a report from the palestinian territories on how young people see the political situation there. what do you hope for? we all hope for the same thing, to liberate palestine. but what does that really mean? and what does the question really mean, what do you hope for? i can hope for many things. and whatjust happened in california? it s a new world record. tonight we ll bejoined by a record holding super cuber who s going to show us how its done. good evening. in ....
long weekend, both sunday and monday looking fine as well. what you will notice is the air will get cooler, so temperature coming down a few degrees but that said, we are talking about may sunshine and in the sunshine it will feel pleasantly warm. enjoy the long weekend if you have it. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. institutionally racist, sexist, misogynistic and discriminatory. that s the verdict on the uk s second biggest police force from it s own chief constable. what needs to change? less than a month after four former police scotland officers came on newsnight to expose sexism in the force the boss admits there is a problem. the longer i was there i sta ....
amounts, with stronger winds there are chances of seeing sunshine, the east of the pennines, midlands and eastern wales as well. the rain becomes more extensive on sunday, in northern areas, in the south largely dry, and there is a chance we should start to see some breaks in the cloud coming up from north france, it might be across to the south of wales and southern england we have the best of the day s sunshine on sunday, very mild, temperatures 11 to 14, but then it is set to get colder into next week, to the end of the week it could be cold enough for some of the showers to start to turn wintry. that that is the latest. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with kirsty. on bbc one, its time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are, goodnight. this programme contains some strong language. i never hacked a phone or told anybody else to hack a phone, and nobody has produced any actual evidence to prove that i did. ....
i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as ....