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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

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

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'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'

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

The Guardian - UK

The Great British Post Office scandal explained

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

Al Jazeera

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?

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

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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

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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

The Independent UK

Ministers in crunch talks with judges to overturn Horizon convictions

Rishi Sunak government’s considering legislation to exonerate staff and moves to strip Post Office of prosecution role

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 people contact lawyers after broadcast of Post Office drama

ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office has led to a flurry of potential victims seeking legal counsel

Evening Standard

OPINION - Strip Paula Vennells of her CBE, hold Ed Davey to account and give sub-postmasters justice

ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office dramatises over four one-hour episodes one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history. But this appalling story also features the best in grassroots activism and British journalism.

Evening Standard

What's the difference between a CBE, OBE, MBE and a knighthood? GBBO judge Paul Hollywood made an MBE

The royal residence on Wednesday saw Hollywood get MBE for services in baking and broadcasting

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal: from suicides to jail time with child killers — the heartbreaking stories of the postmasters

ITV's bombshell new drama has finally offered hope for the 700 Post Office victims still awaiting justice — but it's the individual, human tales that tell the true cost of the Horizon IT scandal. Katie Strick tells some of the most powerful

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