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Alan Bates Wins Big: Post Office Scandal Whistleblower Gets Multi-Million-Pound Settlement

Sir Alan Bates, the whistleblower behind the Post Office Horizon scandal, secures a multi-million-pound settlement after years of campaigning for justice.

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Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates agrees multimillion-pound compensation deal

The deal reached by the government with Sir Alan Bates could be between £4m and £5m, reports suggest

The Independent UK

Sir Alan Bates agrees multi-million pound settlement over Post Office Horizon scandal

Sir Alan Bates is believed to have agreed a deal with the Government worth between £4million and £5million, according to reports

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Compensation scheme opens for victims of Post Office Capture IT scandal

The Capture system pre-dated the now infamous Horizon software, which has been responsible for around 1,000 wrongful convictions.

Evening Standard

Polish woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann ‘fears for her safety’

Julia Wandelt, 24, denies stalking Kate and Gerry McCann while claiming to be their missing daughter.

Evening Standard

First convictions linked to Post Office scandal referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July

The Independent UK

First convictions linked to Post Office Capture software referred for appeal

The case of Patricia Owen was lined up to be referred to the Court of Appeal in July.

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Holiday shipping is going to cost more this year as Post Office rolls out new ‘temporary’ costs

The price hikes took effect earlier this month and will remain until January 18

The Independent UK

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper defends children as young as 13 needing digital ID – as it happened

Foreign secretary says it is ‘right way forward’ for young teenagers to have digital ID

The Guardian - UK

Mr Hull KR: real-life hero of Post Office IT scandal bankrolls club to verge of treble glory

Owner Neil Hudgell is as proud of his players’ connection to the community as he is of the club’s success as they face Wigan in Saturday’s Grand Final

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal victims set to get free legal advice for appeals

Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal victims to get funded legal advice for appeals

Ministers are accepting all but one of the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal’s recommendations.

Evening Standard

Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims get new appeals process and funded advice

Government response to two-year inquiry’s initial findings describes steps such as funding claimants’ legal advice as ‘crucial’ to bring justice

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Royal Mail owner to rebrand thousands of Collect+ stores as it buys stake

International Distribution Services to create Royal Mail Shops for collecting, sending and returning parcels

Evening Standard

Post Office proposes to offer digital ID and pharmacy prescriptions in reforms

It also called on the Government to look at tailored tax relief for Post Offices.

The Independent UK

United Nations to investigate ‘national scandal’ of prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms

Exclusive: A complaint being lodged with the UN claims IPP prisoners are being arbitrarily detained, as a bombshell letter proves David Lammy agrees the jail terms are a ‘grave injustice’

The Independent UK

DWP launches independent review into Post Office staff prosecutions

There were around 100 prosecutions against Post Office staff by the DWP between 2001 and 2006

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Evening Standard

Ex-Justice Secretary kept in the dark about 'unbelievably serious' courts IT bug issue

Alex Chalk said the IT issue could be compared to the Post Office Horizon scandal

Evening Standard

‘Troubling’ courts service IT bug ‘extremely serious’ – former lord chancellor

The Social Security and Child Support Tribunal, which handles benefit appeals, is thought to have been most affected, according to the BBC.

Evening Standard

Actress Monica Dolan ‘immensely proud’ of Post Office campaigners

The actress, who won an Olivier award for her role in All About Eve and a Bafta for Appropriate Adult, was the guest on Desert Island Discs.

The Independent UK

Mr Bates Vs the Post Office star Monica Dolan ‘immensely proud’ of campaigners

Monica Dolan was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs

Evening Standard

Turkey’s Marmaris tops ranking of cheapest family holiday destinations

The port city has the lowest prices out of 16 popular locations for a basket of 10 tourist items, Post Office Travel Money said.

Evening Standard

First criminal conviction linked to Capture referred to Court of Appeal

An application was made on behalf of Patricia Owen to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

The Independent UK

Thousands of Post Office branches hit by ‘major IT outage’

The postal company said the ‘major outage’ was not cyber related but did not specify what had caused it

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