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Mr Bates vs the Post Office is ITV’s biggest drama in three years

Show has prompted public debate and political change regarding handling of the 1999 Post Office Horizon scandal

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak accuses SNP of 'politicising' Post Office Horizon scandal

RISHI Sunak has accused the SNP of “politicising” the Post Office Horizon scandal.

The National (Scotland)

‘Wrecked my life’: Horizon victims tell of suffering caused by Post Office scandal

One former operator says he missed seeing dying father, as others describe horrors of prison and the stigma they suffered

The Guardian - UK

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SNP call on Ed Davey to hand back knighthood over role in Post Office scandal

THE leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey is being urged to hand back his knighthood due to his connection to the Post Office Horizon scandal.

The National (Scotland)

Mr Bates vs. The Post Office is ITV's biggest drama in 3 years

Mr Bates vs. The Post Office has had the whole nation talking, and it's been a huge success for the broadcaster.

WhatToWatch

Who is Alan Bates? Campaigner says Post Office is 'atrocious dead duck'

“The whole of the postal service nowadays – it’s a dead duck. It’s beyond saving,” Mr Bates said.

Evening Standard

Horizon scandal: hundreds of post office operators to have convictions quashed

Move is designed to draw line under scandal but legal experts say it ‘must never be seen as a precedent’

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office Horizon: Victims who had lives 'wrecked' by scandal clash with postal services minister

'This is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has seen', said one former sub-postmistress who lost £50,000 in the scandal

Evening Standard

'When they led me to my prison cell I thought I'd died' — ordeal of Hampstead postmaster jailed in scandal

Kamran Ashraf, 46, had just become a father to his second child when he was sent to jail for a £25,000 theft he didn't commit. After decades spent living in shame and silence, ITV's drama has helped him speak out for the first time. He shares his moving story with…

Evening Standard

Horizon inquiry has shown evidence of ‘incompetence and malevolence’ by Post Office, says minister – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake, responding to urgent question about Post Office scandal, says evidence was not available at time of prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells: Ex-Post Office chief ‘nearly became Bishop of London’

She was reportedly shortlisted for a final selection of three candidates

Evening Standard

Where is Paula Vennells now? Former Post Office boss hands back CBE after more than 1 million sign petition

The former chief executive hands back the title with 'immediate effect'

Woman & Home

Former Post Office boss hands back CBE – as she’s urged to give answers over Horizon scandal

Disgraced former chief executive apologises for ‘devastation’ caused – as Rishi Sunak eyes emergency bill to quash all 800 convictions at once

The Independent UK

How Horizon IT scandal brought down former Post Office boss Paula Vennells

Return of CBE marks ignominious end to career of chief executive during company’s pursuit of wrongful prosecutions

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‘I’m tortured’: widow of Post Office victim anguished he died before clearing name

Exclusive: Vivienne Hammond says she learned what her husband had suffered in secret for 20 years by watching ITV drama

Al Jazeera

The Great British Post Office scandal explained

How did UK postal workers end up wrongly imprisoned for fraud?

The Guardian - UK

How the Post Office’s Horizon system failed: a technical breakdown

From bugs to unqualified staff, the Post Office’s point-of-sale system was inadequate on many levels

The Guardian - UK

From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

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The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu bosses to be questioned by MPs over Post Office scandal

Firm created Horizon IT software, which gave false impression post office operators had stolen cash

The Independent UK

Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over her role in wrongful convictions

The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to fury over her role in a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft

Evening Standard

Who owns the Post Office? Postmasters could be exonerated in Horizon IT scandal

More than 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted during the scandal, which is the subject of a hit ITV drama

The Independent UK

Minister hints at new law to quash all 800 Horizon scandal convictions at once

Emergency legislation to exonerate all victims under ‘active consideration’, says justice secretary

The Guardian - UK

We have seen heroes emerge from the Post Office scandal. Now focus on the villains

Ministers feigned shock while executives pointed fingers at others, but gradually the truth is coming out. The public anger is working, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Around 1,000 people affected by Post Office scandal face looming tax deadline

Postmasters struggling to meet the tax deadline due to late top-up payments will have any penalties or associated interest cancelled, HMRC said.

The Independent UK

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells hands back CBE after Horizon scandal uproar

Under-fire ex-chief executive forced to hand back top honour after 1.2 million people sign petition

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