'Net may be closing' on those responsible for Post Office IT scandal, expert hopes
Saturday, 6 January 2024 A consultant on ITV's hit drama about the Post Office scandal says "the net may be closing" on those responsible for the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters after the Metropolitan Police confirmed an investigation is under way.
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,...
In their first interview, the parents of a sixteen-year-old boy who took his own life just hours after he was blackmailed by a scammer have told ITV News their "whole world has been shattered". Murray Dowey, 16, from Dunblane was contacted on social media by someone claiming to be a young girl but was actually a scammer, who tricked him into sending an intimate image and then blackmailed him with it. Sextortion, is when intimate images and/or videos are recorded and used for financial exploitation and coercion. It is mostly committed by organised criminal gangs overseas. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A secret audio recording obtained by ITV News has revealed Post Office boss Paula Vennells was told directly about problems with the Horizon system and warned not to cover them up. In a meeting with independent investigators from Second Sight on July 2, 2013, Ms Vennells was made aware of allegations that sub-postmaster branch accounts could be accessed remotely. This is something the Post Office had denied for years. She was also told by investigators that the company’s position in denying Horizon faults was both “dangerous” and "stupid", according to the recording. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jeremy Hunt has denied making a “fat joke” about Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer during his Budget speech. Speaking to ITV’s Harry Horton, the chancellor said, “I was pulling his leg” but invites him to come “on a marathon run with me soon”.
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tells ITV’s Harry Horton there will be no need for public spending cuts after the election “if we take difficult decisions” and are “efficient in the way we run our public services”. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
"Hundreds of thousands" of people descended on London for a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday, as the Metropolitan Police warns months of protest have caused "fear and uncertainty" in Jewish communities.
The event, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), began at Parliament Square from 12pm and is expected to draw larger crowds as the day goes on.
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A Jewish campaign group has cancelled today's Walk Together demonstration amid safety concerns, as the Met Police says the risk of disorder from a.. Sky News
A Jewish campaign group has cancelled today's Walk Together demonstration amid safety concerns, as the Met Police says the risk of disorder from a.. Sky News
A Jewish campaign group has cancelled today's Walk Together demonstration amid safety concerns but the Met Police says the risk of disorder from a.. Sky News
In this episode, Dinesh comments on a Georga case in which a software expert revealed how machine votes could be tampered with and vote totals altered. Dinesh and Debbie discuss why the post office..
This Week's World News Report- The post office in the UK is something of a national treasure. It's not just a place to send letters but a hub for each town. That's why when..
Chancellor Jeremy Huny says it "appears there's an enormous cover-up" as the official inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal continues, adding he will go after "as much money as [he] can" from..
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