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Post Office bosses ‘maintained fiction’ Horizon was accurate, inquiry concludes

Chairman Sir Wyn Williams published the first tranche of his final report on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal drove 13 victims to suicide and dozens more considered taking their own lives, damning inquiry report reveals

Inquiry report delivers devastating assessment of the damage done by the scandal, which is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds

First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation

The Guardian - UK

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Which are the subpostmaster redress schemes and what criticism have they faced?

Many subpostmasters are still awaiting full compensation.

Evening Standard

Horizon inquiry ‘just another book’ unless change comes, says victim

Ravinder Naga falsely confessed to stealing £35,000 as a result of the Horizon IT faults in a bid to save his mother from prosecution.

Evening Standard

First tranche of final report from Horizon scandal inquiry to be published

The first volume is set to cover the devastating impact the scandal had on Post Office victims and the compensation process.

Evening Standard

Redress process for Post Office Horizon victims could go on for years – lawyers

The first tranche of the final report from the long-running public inquiry into the scandal is set to be published on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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‘He left us with nothing’: the British investors swindled by a German property firm

Investors in the Dolphin/GPG ponzi scheme run by Charles Smethurst are angry that more is not being done to recover the €1bn owed to them

The Guardian - UK

Criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal could wait until 2028

Commander Stephen Clayman, the police officer leading the investigation, said it is ‘making some real progress’.

Evening Standard

Police identify seven suspects in Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry

Commander Stephen Clayman, the police officer leading the investigation, said it is ‘making some real progress’

The Independent UK

Police identify seven as main suspects in Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry

More than 45 individuals being investigated in relation to widespread miscarriage of justice

The Guardian - UK

Subpostmistress ‘vindicated’ by OBE but vows to continue Horizon scandal fight

Jo Hamilton, 68, was falsely prosecuted for a shortfall of £36,000 at her Post Office branch in South Warnborough, Hampshire, in 2006.

Evening Standard

Government did not want to ‘harass’ Post Office victims by chasing up claims

At least £600,000 each relating to Horizon IT scandal remains unclaimed, with officials reluctant to recontact victims

The Guardian - UK

‘People think you come out … and live happily ever after. If only.’ The reality of life after wrongful conviction

Paddy Hill spent more than 16 years in prison for murders he did not commit. One of the so-called Birmingham Six who were wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974, he was proof that exoneration and financial compensation do not fix a miscarriage of justice.

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Evening Standard

More than £1 billion paid to those wronged by Horizon scandal, Government says

The announcement comes after lead campaigner Sir Alan Bates said redress schemes had ‘turned into quasi-kangaroo courts’.

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The Guardian - UK

Peter Goodchild obituary

Producer who worked on the BBC series Horizon and later became the corporation’s head of television plays

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Horizon and The Last of Us 2 star says there's a risk game devs will say "let's just have AI" do voices for NPCs and minor characters: "We're gonna be losing out on our next generation of great performers"

Aloy actor Ashly Burch says "I am afraid of some developers trying to use AI to replace performers in roles that I cut my teeth on coming up"

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The Independent UK

Stuntwoman sues Kevin Costner over alleged ‘violent rape scene’ she was forced to do without her consent

Stunt double Devyn LaBella claims she was the victim of a “violent, unscripted, unscheduled rape scene directed by Kevin Costner,” according to a new lawsuit filed Tuesday in California.

The Guardian - AU

Kevin Costner and Horizon producers sued by stunt performer over ‘violent unscripted’ rape scene

Devyn LaBella is suing the actor-director and the producers of his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 alleging breach of contract, with Costner denying all allegations

The Conversation

James Bradley’s thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

James Bradley is a brilliant writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His recent book Deep Water (2024) is an elegiac essay in response to the wonders of the planet’s oceans. It celebrates undersea mysteries and the marvels of the surface, denounces the slavery and oppression connected with trade routes, and…

The Guardian - UK

Post Office campaigner’s proposal for independent compensation body being ‘worked on’

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say model in early planning after criticism of schemes to redress victims of scandals

The Guardian - UK

Sir Alan Bates given ‘take it or leave it’ offer of less than half his Post Office Horizon claim

Campaigner calls compensation schemes ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’ after final offer made in response to his appeal

The Independent UK

Alan Bates hits out at ‘quasi kangaroo court’ Post Office payouts system

More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 and many are still awaiting compensation

Evening Standard

Bates says Post Office scandal compensation schemes are ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’

More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 and many are still awaiting compensation.

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