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Stephen Fry, Gareth Southgate and Sadiq Khan knighted in New Year Honours

They are among more than 1,000 people from across the UK who received honours in Monday’s list.

The Independent UK

Subpostmaster campaigners hope OBEs will help fight for full and fair redress

Lee Castleton, Seema Misra, Chris Head and Jo Hamilton were all recognised for their services to justice.

Evening Standard

The Post Office: an emblem of the UK’s relationship with the state, sliding into dystopia

The Horizon scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters, has severely dented the public’s perception of the Post Office as an institution. Against this backdrop, branch closures are planned across the Post Office network.

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Minister ‘surprised’ Fujitsu hasn’t done more to help victims of Post Office scandal

Exclusive: Gareth Thomas suggests company should have shown more ‘remorse’ since failings of Horizon IT system emerged

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a pain in the backside ... an awkward sod’: Alan Bates on love, justice and the Post Office scandal

He became a household name after ITV turned Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice into a drama. He reflects on his fight for compensation, turning down an OBE – and getting married on Richard Branson’s island

The Guardian - UK

Post Office spent at least £130m of taxpayers’ money defending itself in Horizon inquiry

Company’s annual report shows costs of £132m up to March 2024 in inquiry that ended this week

The Guardian - UK

EU research funds flow to Israel despite outrage over Gaza war

Israeli organisations, some linked to the military, have received more than $250m since the war on Gaza began.

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Inquiry told nothing that showed Paula Vennells acted in bad faith, lawyer says

The Horizon IT inquiry had its final hearing day on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Victims of second faulty Post Office software system Capture promised ‘redress and justice’

The business secretary said Capture, the system which came before Horizon, could have also created accounting shortfalls for sub-postmasters who used it

The Independent UK

UK government blames ‘weak and arrogant’ Post Office bosses for Horizon IT scandal

Closing statements at inquiry from department lawyers claim scandal rooted in ‘institutional and individual incompetence, dishonesty and cover-up’

The Guardian - UK

Postmasters 'victim of new Post Office Capture software scandal' fight to quash convictions

Ministers admit that Capture software, introduced in branches in 1992, may have had errors which left postmasters and postmistresses suffering financial losses

Evening Standard

Paula Vennells ‘devastated’ over missing information about faulty Horizon system

Former Post Office CEO has maintained her innocence in a closing submission to the inquiry, saying executives did not share crucial information with her

The Guardian - UK

Post Office’s ‘malignant culture’ destroyed Horizon victims’ lives, inquiry told

The inquiry has heard oral evidence from 298 witnesses since hearings began in 2022.

Evening Standard

1,000 days of tears and buck-passing: the evidence from the Post Office inquiry’s key witnesses

As the long-running inquiry into one the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history wraps up, we review the evidence from key players

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Evening Standard

'Dozens of people' being investigated over Horizon Post Office scandal, police chief reveals

Met Commander Stephen Clayman said investigators had identified "dozens" of people of interest over the scandal

The Independent UK

Dozens of Post Office and Fujitsu staff investigated for perjury and perverting course of justice over Horizon scandal

A 100-strong national taskforce is probing staff at Fujitsu, the Post Office and legal professionals over crimes but no charging decisions will be made until after the public inquiry report

The Guardian - UK

Police criminal inquiry into Post Office has identified dozens of persons of interest

Investigation is examining potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice among others

The Independent UK

Any criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal will not be until 2027

Police and prosecutors will make decisions on criminal charges after the final report from the public inquiry into what happened.

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AAP

Eyes of the energy world on local vanadium battery tech

Australia's vanadium deposits could displace world supplies and solve the challenge of off-grid energy needs as a remote community trials homegrown technology.

GamesRadar

New open-world survival game called "shameless" amid comparisons to Horizon Zero Dawn, although it'll play more like Palworld with robot creatures

Light of Motiram is set in a "world overrun by colossal machines"

Evening Standard

Government targets reform of private prosecutions after Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

The government is drawing up plans for private prosecution reform after the Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals

The Guardian - UK

Post Office inquiry: hopes for delivery of good news dwindles

With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hoped

Evening Standard

Threat of Post Office branch closures in London triggers growing backlash

MPs raise concerns in the Commons over the plans for dozens of branches in the capital

The Guardian - UK

Post Office plan to close 115 branches and cut jobs condemned as ‘immoral’

Unions criticise decision that puts up to 2,000 jobs at risk and comes amid inquiry into Horizon IT scandal

The National (Scotland)

More than 100 branches and 1000 jobs at risk amid huge Post Office overhaul

MORE than 100 Post Office branches and some 1000 jobs are at risk under a sweeping overhaul as the group looks to boost postmaster pay by £250…

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