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Your sermons on integrity are a bit rich, archbishop, given your faith in Paula Vennells

Justin Welby has urged politicians to behave nicely. Shame he didn’t say as much to the former Post Office boss

The Guardian - UK

Officials considered sacking Paula Vennells as Post Office boss in 2014

Horizon scandal inquiry is shown document saying board members and Whitehall had doubts about her suitability

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office chair says senior executives misled board over Horizon issues

Alice Perkins was in post when warnings of tech problems first emerged, but says she ‘missed’ their importance

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King Charles banknotes enter circulation today: Where can you get them in London?

The sovereign is being changed on the Bank of England’s notes for the first time

Evening Standard

Kafka 100: the Post Office scandal really was Kafkaesque – it’s right out of his novel The Trial

Somebody must have laid false information against [him], for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.

The Conversation

New lifeline for bank customers as ‘super-ATMs’ go on trial in England

Residents in areas without branches can withdraw and deposit cash with various high street banks using one machine

The Guardian - UK

Are we witnessing the death of ‘distinctive’ British TV?

ITV had a huge hit with the powerful real-life drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ back in January, but the broadcaster believes that it’s getting harder and harder to make ‘very distinctively British’ shows. Katie Rosseinsky explores why series like this might be a dying breed

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Toby Jones praises ‘extraordinary dignity’ of Post Office accused

Actor, who played campaigner Alan Bates in TV drama, calls Horizon scandal a ‘Hitchcockian nightmare’ at Hay festival

The Guardian - UK

MSPs pass law to exonorate wrongly convicted sub-postmasters in Horizon scandal

HOLYROOD has passed “unprecedented” legislation to exonerate subpostmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office…

The National (Scotland)

Why are organisational cover-ups so common?

The TV dramatisation of the UK Horizon Post Office scandal evoked outrage and disbelief. However, as another example of dysfunctional organisational behaviour, it was expected rather than exceptional.

The Conversation

OPINION - It’s vital that culture can continue shedding important light on undersung campaigns

A run of recent dramas based on real-life issues - including ITV’s galvanising show Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and James Graham’s new play Punch - remind us of the incredible power of culture

Evening Standard

Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal investigation into Post Office

Detectives are looking at potential offences including perjury and perverting the course of justice

The Independent UK

Met Police squad of 80 detectives to probe Post Office Horizon scandal

Former chief executive Paula Vennells was booed by wrongly convicted subpostmasters last week

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal: Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal inquiry

Exclusive: Investigation will dig into potential perjury offences and perverting the course of justice by senior leaders and Fujitsu

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The Post Office Horizon IT scandal is rooted in class prejudice

Letters: Readers respond to the testimony of Paula Vennells, former managing director of Post Office Limited, at the inquiry into the failings of its Horizon IT system

The Independent UK

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her

Former chief executive in 2014 dismissed stories of injustice but tells inquiry she regrets everything she said

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Paula Vennells: pride came before her fall

Editorial: The Post Office boss’s self-serving behaviour was plain to see. But she was not the only one

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Tearful testimony confirms for many how much Post Office’s Vennells knew

There were times during Horizon inquiry when victims of scandal struggled to keep composure as former chief executive pleaded ignorance

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Hundreds of Post Office Horizon victims to be exonerated by act of parliament

Royal assent to be given to law overturning convictions of branch operators accrued over 22 years in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells names five executives she blames over Post Office scandal

Former boss claims IT executives and legal counsels let her down and tells inquiry she ‘loved the Post Office’

Evening Standard

Paula Vennells told she was in 'la-la land' as ex-Post Office boss again breaks down in tears at Horizon inquiry

The former Post Office chief executive is giving evidence for a third day at the Horizon IT inquiry

The Independent UK

UK Parliament to break up ahead of election day with pomp, ceremony and hard-nosed politics

Britain’s lawmakers will leave Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks

The Independent UK

Watch again: Paula Vennells gave final day of evidence at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Watch again as Paula Vennells gave her final day of evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Friday (24 May).

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: tearful Vennells’ claim she worked as hard as she could dismissed as ‘absolute rubbish’ – as it happened

Victims’ lawyer responds to tearful monologue by former Post Office chief executive

The Guardian - UK

Lost laws: which legislation will slip through the net before the UK election?

While some bills will be dealt with swiftly in the ‘wash-up’ period in parliament, others could fall by the wayside

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