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Post office operator wrongly jailed while pregnant rejects executive’s apology

Managing director David Smith emailed team in 2010 to say Seema Misra’s conviction was ‘brilliant news’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office manager apologises for celebrating after pregnant subpostmistress jailed

Seema Misra was handed a 15-month prison sentence in November 2010

Evening Standard

Fake Royal Mail stamps: Ministers urged to probe claims Chinese counterfeiters behind huge scam

Victims of the fake stamp scam face having to pay £5 penalties to collect their post

Evening Standard

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Ex-MP tells inquiry Post Office ran a ‘behind-the-scenes deception process’

James Arbuthnot says concerns about reliability of faulty Horizon computer system were ‘brushed off’

The Guardian - UK

Early warnings of Post Office scandal dismissed by Government in 2009, inquiry hears

Lord Arbuthnot raised concerns that postmasters may have been accused of fraud in December 2009

Evening Standard

Post Office has run out of road thanks to an honest, stubborn man

Even the judge at the Horizon inquiry seemed impressed as the Alan Bates entered the room to recount his experience with the Post Office

The Guardian - UK

Alan Bates tells Post Office inquiry ministers tried to sabotage his claim

Campaigner at forefront of fight for justice over faulty Horizon system says government should have been involved far earlier

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Alan Bates: Post Office is 'atrocious dead duck' which should be sold to Amazon

Mr Bates said he first identified problems with the Horizon IT system in late 2000

Evening Standard

Tuesday briefing: What to expect from the next phase of the Post Office inquiry

In today’s newsletter: As Alan Bates prepares to speak on the devastating impact on thousands of former post office operators, we look at where the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal goes from here

The Guardian - UK

Man charged with Hounslow Post Office robbery as ‘£136,000 stolen at gunpoint’

Police said a suspect entered the building on April Fool’s Day making threats to two staff

Evening Standard

Post Office minister says people responsible for Horizon scandal 'should go to jail'

Kevin Hollinrake joined dozens of sub-postmasters in the village where Alan Bates began his campaign for justice 15 years ago for a special BBC Breakfast broadcast

Evening Standard

Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake has said in his view ‘people should be prosecuted’

The Guardian - UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office makes its US TV premiere tonight

The Toby Jones-led miniseries Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells the shockingly true story of the British Post Office scandal

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Fujitsu eyes UK digital ID scheme despite Post Office scandal fallout

The £1 million contract is for a system that makes age checks for voting and buying alcohol

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London Press Club holds media debate on whether traditional media still has clout

The panel spoke about whether traditional media still has some significance in the digital world

The Guardian - UK

How is this David Tennant’s first ever nomination? The rights and wrongs of the TV Baftas shortlist

From a long overdue nod for the Good Omens star to high praise for a Netflix show that deserves ‘bad content’ awards for its writing – here are the highs and lows of this year’s picks

The Guardian - UK

Frank Hester’s £10m donation to the Tories is a priceless gift to Labour

Rishi Sunak was already struggling to keep up a brave face over the Post Office IT scandal. Then Keir Starmer stood up

The Guardian - UK

What is the Post Office Horizon bill and why is it controversial?

Bill is unprecedented in its aim to exonerate post office operators in England and Wales en masse

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Ministers introduce bill to quash convictions of Horizon scandal victims

Unprecedented bill aimed to be passed in summer will exonerate hundreds of post office operators in England and Wales

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Wronged UK Postmasters To Have Convictions Quashed

Hundreds of UK subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for dishonesty due to a faulty software scandal will have their convictions automatically quashed, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to quash convictions of hundreds of post office operators

Legislation will overturn convictions of theft, fraud and false accounting during Horizon scandal

The Guardian - UK

Post Office ‘unfit’ to run compensation scheme for Horizon victims, MPs say

Just 20% of compensation has been paid, finds Commons committee, which says government should set legally binding timeframes

The Guardian - UK

Many victims of Post Office scandal risk missing out on payouts, MPs warn

About 250 people in England and Wales and dozens in Scotland have yet to come forward

The Guardian - UK

It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet

Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles

The Guardian - UK

Scrap plans to scan accounts of benefit claimants or risk new scandal, MPs told

Campaigners say ‘fully automated’ approach risks repeat of Post Office Horizon scandal

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