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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

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

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.

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The key events leading up to Post Office inquiry report publication

The Post Office Horizon IT inquiry is due to publish a final report – here we look at the key events in the scandal

The Independent UK

Post Office bosses ‘maintained fiction’ Horizon was accurate, inquiry concludes

Chairman Sir Wyn Williams published the first tranche of his final report on Tuesday.

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‘Oh my God, she’s been buried!’: Mr Bates star Monica Dolan on Paula Vennells, playing heroes and villains, and why TV is getting more generic

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks about the making of the Post Office scandal drama, the struggle to make new shows, and portraying Rosemary West

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Malkinson says miscarriage of justice watchdog should be ‘dissolved’

Exclusive: Man jailed for 17 years for rape he did not commit says CCRC is ‘infected with a culture of denial’

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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

Evening Standard

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Lewes Bonfire Night parade included effigies of Nigel Farage and Paula Vennells

The tradition hasn’t stopped since its introduction in 1795

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The Independent UK

Post Office scandal hero Sir Alan Bates awarded knighthood at Windsor Castle

Sir Alan Bates said he was ‘honoured’ to receive a knighthood

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Britain's CEO of scandal-ridden Post Office will step down next year

The chief executive of Britain’s scandal-ridden Post Office will step down next year

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How to watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact online, ready for when it airs on Monday, September 9.

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Revealed: Rachel Reeves’s huge £47bn compensation bill for historical injustice, cover-up and negligence

Exclusive: Attempts by the chancellor to get a grip on Britain’s finances have been made more difficult by an outstanding bill of £47bn for past mistakes by the British state

The Guardian - UK

Toxic culture, poor leadership: what Horizon inquiry has told us so far

As latest phase of inquiry concludes – with final stage set to begin in September – we itemise the key takeaways

The Guardian - UK

Vennells knew prosecution of post office operators was wrong, inquiry told

Former Royal Mail boss Moya Greene says Paula Vennells and top team ‘grossly understated’ Horizon scandal

The Guardian - UK

Jo Swinson criticises ‘duplicitous’ civil servants at Post Office inquiry

Former postal affairs minister says conduct of some civil servants was ‘Orwellian’ and raises questions of objectivity

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