EU research funds flow to Israel despite outrage over Gaza war Israeli organisations, some linked to the military, have received more than $250m since the war on Gaza began. Al Jazeera · Dec 18, 2024
Inquiry told nothing that showed Paula Vennells acted in bad faith, lawyer says The Horizon IT inquiry had its final hearing day on Tuesday. The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024
Victims of second faulty Post Office software system Capture promised ‘redress and justice’ The business secretary said Capture, the system which came before Horizon, could have also created accounting shortfalls for sub-postmasters who used it The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2024
UK government blames ‘weak and arrogant’ Post Office bosses for Horizon IT scandal Closing statements at inquiry from department lawyers claim scandal rooted in ‘institutional and individual incompetence, dishonesty and cover-up’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024
Postmasters 'victim of new Post Office Capture software scandal' fight to quash convictions Ministers admit that Capture software, introduced in branches in 1992, may have had errors which left postmasters and postmistresses suffering financial losses Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024
Paula Vennells ‘devastated’ over missing information about faulty Horizon system Former Post Office CEO has maintained her innocence in a closing submission to the inquiry, saying executives did not share crucial information with her The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024
Post Office’s ‘malignant culture’ destroyed Horizon victims’ lives, inquiry told The inquiry has heard oral evidence from 298 witnesses since hearings began in 2022. Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2024
1,000 days of tears and buck-passing: the evidence from the Post Office inquiry’s key witnesses As the long-running inquiry into one the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history wraps up, we review the evidence from key players The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2024
'Dozens of people' being investigated over Horizon Post Office scandal, police chief reveals Met Commander Stephen Clayman said investigators had identified "dozens" of people of interest over the scandal Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024
Dozens of Post Office and Fujitsu staff investigated for perjury and perverting course of justice over Horizon scandal A 100-strong national taskforce is probing staff at Fujitsu, the Post Office and legal professionals over crimes but no charging decisions will be made until after the public inquiry report The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024
Police criminal inquiry into Post Office has identified dozens of persons of interest Investigation is examining potential offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice among others The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024
Any criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal will not be until 2027 Police and prosecutors will make decisions on criminal charges after the final report from the public inquiry into what happened. The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024
Eyes of the energy world on local vanadium battery tech Australia's vanadium deposits could displace world supplies and solve the challenge of off-grid energy needs as a remote community trials homegrown technology. AAP · Nov 30, 2024
New open-world survival game called "shameless" amid comparisons to Horizon Zero Dawn, although it'll play more like Palworld with robot creatures Light of Motiram is set in a "world overrun by colossal machines" GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2024
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024 Government targets reform of private prosecutions after Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals The government is drawing up plans for private prosecution reform after the Post Office and Single Justice Procedure scandals
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024 Post Office inquiry: hopes for delivery of good news dwindles With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hoped
Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2024 Threat of Post Office branch closures in London triggers growing backlash MPs raise concerns in the Commons over the plans for dozens of branches in the capital
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024 Post Office plan to close 115 branches and cut jobs condemned as ‘immoral’ Unions criticise decision that puts up to 2,000 jobs at risk and comes amid inquiry into Horizon IT scandal
The National (Scotland) · Nov 13, 2024 More than 100 branches and 1000 jobs at risk amid huge Post Office overhaul MORE than 100 Post Office branches and some 1000 jobs are at risk under a sweeping overhaul as the group looks to boost postmaster pay by £250…
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024 Post Office announce more than 100 branches and around 1,000 jobs at risk in major shake-up Post Office has revealed it is looking to offload 115 directly-owned branches across the UK
Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024 Post Office cuts: Full list of London branches at risk of closure The Post Office is looking to offload 115 branches, putting around 1,000 workers at risk, with hundreds of head office roles also under threat
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024 Post Office jobs and branches under threat amid overhaul The Post Office is looking to offload 115 branches, putting around 1,000 workers at risk, with hundreds of head office roles also under threat.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024 Post Office to announce branch closures and job cuts in cost-cutting drive Company seeking to shut or refranchise most of its crown post offices and cut up to 1,000 head office positions
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024 Post Office inquiry is treated to KemiKaze at her brittle, narcissistic worst Where others began by expressing regret over the Horizon scandal, Kemi said nothing. Because she feels nothing
The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024 Kemi Badenoch says ministers let bureaucracy hold up payments to wronged subpostmasters Tory leader blamed ‘too much bureaucracy’ for lenghty waits in payouts for wronged subpostmaster