BP faces ‘reset phase’ – also known as a serious problem
BP is by no means on the brink – but the fall in the price of oil, combined with profits down for the last quarter of 2014, confirm that the company has problems.
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A joint investigation from Channel 4 News and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has found that the UK bank NatWest is continuing to lend to the oil and gas company BP.
The embattled Chief Executive of the Post Office is stepping down after five years in the role.
We are joined by former subpostmaster Lee Castleton who tried to defend himself against false accusations by the Post Office that he had stolen money, and was subsequently bankrupted.
Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself.
The husband of a former subpostmistress who was wrongfully jailed while pregnant has rejected an apology by the man in charge of the post office at the time.
We are joined by Janet Skinner, a former sub-postmaster who was sent to prison over an alleged £59,000 discrepancy in her branch accounts.
The bombshell new tapes obtained by Channel 4 News reveal Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells was aware of an allegation concerning the existence of the remote unit at Bracknell’s Fujitsu headquarters, two years before she appeared in Parliament.
We spoke to former subpostmasters Chris Head and Chirag Sidhpura. Both lost everything after the Post Office accused them of stealing huge sums of money.
Former subpostmistress Jo Hamilton, who was falsely accused of stealing £36,000, made a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards last night.
Chris Head was the youngest postmaster in the UK when he took over his local branch near Sunderland in 2006.
Oil and gas giant, BP today said its profits have more than trebled thanks to surging energy prices. But – it’s a stark contrast – those same surging prices are set to push domestic energy bills to more than £3,600 per household this winter. Poverty campaigners say the dramatic increase in the energy price cap…
“After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction and cover-up.” That’s the conclusion of not one, but three, Democratic committee chairmen.
BP is by no means on the brink – but the fall in the price of oil, combined with profits down for the last quarter of 2014, confirm that the company has problems.
BP and Shell offices are raided by inspectors after allegations of collusion over price-fixing, which regulators say may have pushed up the price of petrol over the last ten years.
Work continues today to identify the British victims of the Algerian siege and to repatriate their bodies as BP confirm 14 of their 18 staff are now safe.