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If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed,
but even now we still don't know for sure who did it.
It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.
I'm Helena Merriman and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Well, I'm just reading the letter.
What letter?
From Andy Burnham.
To whom?
The chair of the NEC, the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party.
I write to seek the permission of the NEC to enter the process for the selection of Labour's candidate for the forthcoming Gordon and Denton by-election.
Goodness me.
Now, that doesn't sound very interesting, but it is incredibly interesting.
And it is a letter and a decision that requires another decision that could Change the face of our politics.
And he could lose.