Paula Vennells: CBE Returned to Sender
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at why Paula Vennells, ex-boss of the Post Office, is handing back her CBE.
After the broadcast of ITV drama - Mr Bates vs The Post Office - pressure has mounted on Ms Vennells to return her honour following the IT scandal, with more than a million people signing a petition for it to be stripped. In a statement Ms Vennells says she has “listened” and is “truly sorry”.
James and Chris speak to West Midlands Mayor and former John Lewis boss Andy Street. They also talk devolution, council bankruptcies and Tory election hopes.
And 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, James is joined by climate editor Justin Rowlatt and climate scientist Dr Ella Gilbert. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The senior news editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | We were going to start today with the news about the rise in global temperature, |
| 0:08.8 | and we are still going to talk about that. |
| 0:10.6 | I mean, clearly, how couldn't we? |
| 0:12.1 | It's a huge issue issue it might be the most |
| 0:13.5 | important issue the world faces but we've had some breaking news this afternoon |
| 0:17.9 | and we're actually going to do that first and actually we have an email about the |
| 0:21.5 | breaking use which reads, |
| 0:23.5 | Hi team, it's Lou from Sunny Suffolk. |
| 0:26.0 | I absolutely love newscaster. |
| 0:27.6 | I listen generally when working out first thing in the morning. |
| 0:30.4 | Oh, Lou, honestly, how could you be bothered? I just had to contact you, first-timer, |
| 0:34.8 | about the breaking news this afternoon about Paula Venles, who you'll remember used to be in charge of the post office, |
| 0:40.2 | handing back her CBE with immediate effect. The fact says Lou that it's taken the |
| 0:45.2 | dramatization of a national scandal for this to happen is beyond words. |
| 0:50.0 | Well thanks very much for that Lou and that is what we're going to talk about on this episode of Newscast. |
| 0:55.0 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:58.0 | Why can't people buy a house? Look at their wages. |
| 1:01.0 | Do you have any questions on things that are not related to math? |
| 1:03.0 | People who say that we were partying simply do not know what they are talking about. |
| 1:07.3 | The era of global warming has ended. |
| 1:09.9 | The era of global boiling has arrived. |
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