Post Office scandal: New TV drama tells story of ‘historic miscarriage of justice’
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Post Office scandal: New TV drama tells story of ‘historic miscarriage of justice’
The Post Office Horizon scandal has been dubbed the most "widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history".
Now it has been made into a TV drama.
ITV's ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ tells the story of how hundreds of local post office branch managers were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting over a 15 year period.
Many were sent to prison, left financially ruined and dealing with the long-term impacts of having a criminal record.
Report by Brooksl.
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At least eight convictions predating the Horizon Post Office scandal are being looked at by the body investigating potential miscarriages of justice, Sky News.. Sky News
The Post Office has announced that 115 larger crown branches - those owned by the company directly - could close with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs. Sky News
Alan Bates says he wrote to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer twice last month to set a deadline for compensation for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal. But the former subpostmaster says he has "never received a response". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Secret filming by ITV News has given a rare insight into dangerous cosmetic practices being carried out in some of Britain’s high-street salons by 'wild west operators'. In a new ITV documentary - 'Britain's Backstreet Surgery Scandal' - Health Secretary Wes Streeting commits to taking action against those carrying out these procedures. ITV News put these criticisms to Luxury Medical Aesthetics who chose not to respond to the safety concerns raised. When reporter Cree-Summer Haughton approached the owner outside her salon, she didn’t want to answer her questions. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Angela Rayner has paid tribute to former deputy prime minister John Prescott following his death aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. The deputy prime minister described Mr Prescott as "an incredible figure in politics" and revealed he would often ring her after PMQs to offer words of encouragement.
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Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the President of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto to 10 Downing Street on Thursday. Mr Subianto, who was inaugurated last month, met the prime minister earlier this week at the G20 leaders’ summit in Brazil.
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Gordon Brown has paid tribute to former deputy prime minister John Prescott following his death aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. The former prime minister credited Mr Prescott with transforming "our view of climate change" and being the "pioneer of levelling up."
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Sir Keir Starmer said the UK must "double down" it's support for Ukraine after returning from the G20 summit in Brazil. Addressing the House of Commons on Thursday, the prime minister said it "could not be more clear" that "this is a man that wants destruction, not peace".
"After 1,000 days of war, I am clear that we must double down in our support. We will not be deterred or distracted by reckless threats," he added.
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Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge has responded to speculation that Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time. Mr Cartlidge said: "We do support giving Ukraine maximum autonomy because ultimately they're trying to fight for their lives - this is an act of self defence." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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