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The Latest Breaking News from the Post Office

Your options if your bank including Lloyds, Halifax, NatWest and HSBC is shutting its doors in the North East

Seventeen North East communities so far are losing their branches in 2023 as more people opt to use online services

Chronicle Live

Postmistress who has served her community for half a century retires aged 73

'I’ve really enjoyed getting to know my customers. You see them as young children, grow up, then many have had children of their own'

Wales Online

Post Office to close several branches within weeks - see list of locations

The Post office will close its Rosehearty branch in Aberdeenshire on July 22, while its Eaton site near Norwich will also pull down the shutters, although a date has not been announced yet

Daily Mirror

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Postman's 'sweet' note to family who sent letter 'without address' has people in tears

The grieving family received a note from the United States Postal Service confirming their letter made it to 'Grandpa in Heaven' - and how 'excited' he would be to receive it

Daily Mirror

Post Office should be ‘ended in current form’ after Horizon scandal – tax expert

Dan Neidle described the Post Office Horizon scandal as ‘the single greatest challenge to the rule of law’.

The Independent UK

Money warning issued to anyone with old UK banknotes - here's how to swap them

Around £9billion in old paper notes are still circulating the UK, with residents urged to swap them for the new-style plastic notes so they can be spent

Chronicle Live

The Week Unwrapped: Streaming, postal prejudice and inside animals’ minds

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Guy Anker, Leaf Arbuthnot and Arion McNicoll.

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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to shut 53 more branches - see full list

The latest announcement means 21 Lloyds Bank, 15 Halifax and 17 Bank of Scotland sites will close for good between September this year and May 2024

Daily Mirror

Woman's joy after winning EuroMillions 'for 10 minutes' before her dreams were crushed

It was the most agonising and dramatic 10-minute spell of Margaret De Micheli's life - the pensioner experienced anticipation, jubilation and dismay in quick succession after checking her EuroMillions ticket

Daily Mirror

Post Office used racist term for Black people, documents show

Investigators in Horizon IT scandal were asked to group suspects by racial features, including ‘negroid types’

The Guardian - UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: full series guide, cast, plot, trailer, interviews, episodes, release date and everything you need to know

Mr Bates vs The Post Office is an ITV and PBS Masterpiece drama based on a true story of injustice starring Toby Jones, Julie Hesmondhalgh, WIll Mellor and Monica Dolan.

WhatToWatch

Subpostmaster issues ‘see you in court’ promise as wife dies after bankruptcy

Veronica Maye’s death was announced to the Horizon IT inquiry on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

High Street banking facilities make welcome return to Ayrshire town as new hub prepares to open its doors

The need for a new banking hub grew when Troon’s last remaining bank, The Bank of Scotland branch in Templehill, closed in September 2022.

Daily Record

Lisbon revealed as best-value location for a European city break

The Portuguese capital wins top spot ahead of budget-friendly eastern European destinations, according to new poll

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UK government to investigate Post Office over wrongly paid bonuses

CEO Nick Read and other top bosses given thousands of pounds for cooperating with IT scandal inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Lessons must be learned from the Post Office scandal

Letters: Readers respond to Marina Hyde’s article about the silence that surrounds a widespread miscarriage of justice

Manchester Evening News

The idyllic village whose name visitors can't pronounce with a leaning tower

Wybunbury is home to the 'Leaning Tower of South Cheshire'

The Independent UK

Post Office chief executive apologises over unapproved bonuses linked to Horizon

The Post Office authorised the payments based on a target executives had set themselves.

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The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of lives ruined. Not a single person held to account. And still: silence on the Post Office scandal

Horrific detail piles on horrific detail as the inquiry rumbles on, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Nottingham Post

Wrongly convicted Nottinghamshire Postmaster dies before being fully compensated

On Thursday, April 27 the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’s chairman Sir Wyn Williams announced that Robert Boyle died suddenly earlier in April

Wales Online

Another Post Office subpostmaster wrongly convicted in Horizon IT scandal dies

A public inquiry heard the former Post Office worker died without being fully compensated

Nottingham Post

Government says people can still get £400 off energy bills - with £160 million unclaimed

People have until just the end of June 2023 to claim or they could miss out

Daily Record

People using prepayment meters urged to claim £160m in energy bill support

Households can still claim savings of up to £400 off their energy bills under the UK Government-funded scheme.

The Independent UK

Measures to reduce risk of money laundering via Post Office set out

It is estimated that hundreds of millions of pounds is laundered each year through the cash deposit channel at the Post Office.

Belfast Live

Police investigating 171 reports that £600 energy vouchers were stolen in Northern Ireland

The vouchers were stolen and redeemed at the Post Office without the knowledge of the household

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