Post Office latest: Inquiry hears executives changed language on Horizon 'bugs' - BBC News
Post Office latest: Former top Post Office lawyer to resume giving evidence - BBC News
(about 16 hours later)
The Post Office inquiry has adjourned for the day and we're about to pause our live coverage.
Susan Crichton, former general counsel for the Post Office, has taken her seat in the inquiry room, after her hearing was forced to run into a second day.
But before we go here's a recap of some key moments from today:
We'll be providing regular updates on what she says - and you can watch along live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page.
Giving evidence today was Susan Crichton - the former head lawyer at the Post Office before she resigned in 2013
She apologised to sub-postmasters and their families for their "suffering" and said she wished the scandal had been "resolved more quickly". Crichton said she hopes it "never happens again"
The inquiry heard ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells said in an email that she did not want to use the word "bugs" when referencing Horizon errors, something counsel to the inquiry Julian Blake called "absolutely Orwellian"
Crichton agreed with Blake's suggestion that changing language demonstrated "an element of smoke and mirrors"
She also described herself as being mentally "in a bad place" at the time as a result of the scandal and was shocked at not being invited to a board meeting
The Post Office inquiry will be continuing tomorrow from 09:45 BST.
We'll bring you the latest lines as Susan Crichton is asked further questions about the handling of Horizon IT problems.
Today's page was written by Ian Aikman, Seher Asaf, Andre Rhoden-Paul, Thomas Mackintosh and Imogen James. It was edited by Malu Cursino, Emily Atkinson, Jack Burgess and James Harness.
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