2 hours ago About sharing By Tom Espiner, Ben King & Faarea Masud Business reporters, BBC News Former Post Office managing director Alan Cook has said he will “regret for the rest of my life” an email in which he wrote that subpostmasters had their “hands in the till”. “What I wrote in that email…
8 minutes ago About sharing Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be meeting with top officials over a possible Iran attack By Kathryn Armstrong & Hugo Bachega, Middle East correspondent in London & Jerusalem Israel’s prime minister is to meet top officials to prepare for a possible attack by Iran, local media say….
7 hours ago About sharing McKellen was praised by critics who said he was “magnetic” as Falstaff By Yasmin Rufo BBC News Over the past six decades, Sir Ian McKellen has taken on the role of almost all of William Shakespeare’s male protagonists, but there was one particular character he was “never attracted to” and…
29 minutes ago About sharing Dr Victoria Rose and a colleague were in the European Gaza hospital near Khan Younis in late March A British surgeon who recently returned from Gaza has told the BBC how she was struck by the high number of wounded children she operated on. Dr Victoria Rose said a “huge…
1 hour ago About sharing By Andy Verity BBC economics correspondent The Bank of England’s economic forecasting system has “serious deficiencies” that need to be modernised, according to a review. The independent report by Dr Ben Bernanke, former head of the US central bank, found staff used outdated systems that should be overhauled or replaced….
30 minutes ago About sharing By Ian Casey and Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent BBC News A UK high-power laser weapon could be sent to Ukraine to take down Russian drones, the defence secretary says. According to Grant Shapps, the weapon could have “huge ramifications” for the conflict in Europe. The DragonFire weapon is expected to…
Renovation work continues after 2019’s devastating fire at the iconic cathedral in Paris.
Labour’s deputy leader is accused of failing to properly disclose her main residence in official documents.
33 minutes ago About sharing Artwork of the brightest cosmic explosion of all time By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent Researchers have discovered the cause of the brightest burst of light ever recorded. But in doing so they have run up against two bigger mysteries, including one that casts doubt on where our heavy elements –…
We’ll be hearing from Alan Cook first this morning. He was managing director of the Post Office from 2006 to 2010, a fairly long period which covers some of the key years when the Horizon scandal was unfolding. Former Post Office chairman Sir Michael Hodgkinson said Cook was recruited for the role for his “substantial…