The Latest Breaking News from Paula Vennells

UK Post Office Scandal May Have Caused 13 Suicides: Inquiry

Thirteen people caught up in a faulty accounting software scandal at British Post Office branches may have killed themselves and 59 more contemplated doing so, a public inquiry report published Tuesday said.

International Business Times · Jul 8, 2025

The Post Office Horizon Scandal: A timeline of what happened and the subsequent ramifications

The timeline of events involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal goes all the way back to 1999.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

First Post Office inquiry report stops short of attributing blame

Sir Wyn Williams decided his conclusions on the human impact of the scandal should be published as soon as possible.

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025

OPINION - I'm a court reporter who sat through horrific grooming gang trials – this is why I'm against a new inquiry

Public inquiries make for great spectacles these days – televised grillings of politicians, officials and experts being called to account for the sins of the past. The modern day equivalent of the stocks.

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

Our rarely apologise, never resign bishops don’t deserve comfortable lives in the Lords

Denying that sexually abusive priests are their responsibility makes them ripe for removal

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

Hit TV show, tick. Millions for lawyers, tick. Now could we manage some actual justice for the subpostmasters?

The ‘big people’ implicated in this disgraceful run of events need to pay their dues. Britain needs it – and demands it, says Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2024

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 · Dec 17, 2024

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 · Dec 17, 2024

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 · Dec 17, 2024

Watch live: Post Office inquiry hears Paula Vennells’ final closing statement after two years of evidence

Watch live as Paula Vennells' closing statement is heard in the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Tuesday, 17 December.

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024