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‘Despicable’: Viewers react to ‘blood-boiling’ ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Four-part series on a brutal British legal injustice features ensemble cast including Toby Jones, Will Mellor and Julie Hesmondhalgh

The Independent UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 1 recap: who is Alan Bates?

In our Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 1 recap, we go over all the major events in the series premiere of the ITV1 and ITVX drama.

WhatToWatch

Mr Bates vs the Post Office review – Toby Jones is perfect in a devastating tale of a national scandal

A starry cast takes on one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history. They’re the ideal way in to skulduggery so terrifying it could be a Black Mirror episode

The Guardian - UK

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Mr Bates vs the Post Office review: ITV drama focuses too much on the story and too little on the telling

Jones and a fine assembly of British television actors bring the Post Office scandal to life

The Independent UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office on ITV review: damning retelling of the real-life scandal is essential viewing

This damning four-parter shows how trusted systems of power can operate with callous disregard for people – and how collective action can make a difference

Evening Standard

How to watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office in full online — Toby Jones stars in this tale of a devastating miscarriage of justice.

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How to watch Toby Jones in 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' online

Toby Jones stars in this true-life drama about a shocking U.K. scandal. Read our guide for how to watch "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" in full online and from anywhere now.

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‘We all secretly think they’re spinning it out so everyone dies before they get their money’: Inside Mr Bates vs the Post Office

The series stars Toby Jones as subpostmaster Alan Bates, the man who led the fight to bring the Post Office to justice after one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Ellie Harrison hears from the cast and crew about how it was made

The Independent UK

Post Office Horizon inquiry: ‘enough evidence for police investigation’

Lawyers say enough evidence has emerged for police to consider prosecuting former Post Office executives

The Guardian - UK

Post Office breaks daily cash withdrawal record amid cost of living crisis

The £62m dispensed on last Friday before Christmas beat £51m record set in 2022 to reflect sharp annual rise in inflation

The Guardian - UK

Cash withdrawals hit all-time high on last Friday before Christmas – Post Office

More than £62 million was withdrawn by personal customers on Friday December 22, the highest amount ever taken out on a single day.

The Independent UK

UK dealmaking shrinks in 2023, but economy predicted to ‘turn corner’ in 2024 – as it happened

PwC predicts inflation will fall near ‘normal levels’ in 2024, but corporate insolvencies are forecast to jump

The Guardian - UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: who plays who, from Toby Jones to Monica Dolan

ITV is dramatising the heartbreaking and appalling true story of the British subpostmasters wrongly accused of fraud and theft

Evening Standard

Mr Bates vs the Post Office: what’s the real story of the Post Office scandal?

It was called one of the 'worst miscarriages of justice in British history'. Here's what you need to know

Evening Standard

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Ed Burke ‘had his hand out for money.’ Powerful politician convicted of extortion, bribery in historic verdict

A jury of nine women and three men heard from 38 witnesses over 16 days of testimony as prosecutors made their case that Burke was “a bribe taker” and “an extortionist.”

The Guardian - UK

Post Office almost halves amount set aside for Horizon IT scandal compensation

Annual results show it holds only £244m for payments to wrongly convicted branch managers, after fewer appeals than expected

The Guardian - UK

Britain is a country that looks to its parliament. And the truth is, parliament is failing us

Of course faith in MPs is in decline: crises abound, and yet too many are incompetent, badly behaved and have the wrong priorities, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Evening Standard

Mr Bates and the Post Office: the true stories behind the show's real-life characters

We uncover the real people behind the drama that reveals the awful Post Office scandal

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The Guardian - UK

Post Office PR boss helped write ‘story’ that was used in prosecution of operators, inquiry hears

Wording defended faulty Horizon IT system when post office operators were wrongly accused of stealing

Chicago Sun-Times

100 secret recordings, 36 witnesses later, feds winding up case against Burke — but will defense call Solis as ‘hostile’ witness?

Burke’s defense team has promised to summon former Ald. Danny Solis to the witness stand — finally giving Burke the chance to confront the man who famously turned on him while wearing an FBI wire.

The Guardian - UK

From the contaminated blood scandal to Hillsborough, we need whistleblowers now more than ever

Those who stand up to injustice for the rest of us risk financial ruin and worse. The law must protect them

The Independent UK

New rules to help maintain cash access set out by FCA

The FCA said its powers will not prevent bank branches from closing, but the rules will have an impact where branches are a key local source of cash.

TechRadar

Trial by AI – how far will artificial intelligence reshape our legal systems?

Partner Charles Kuhn and Trainee Neidi Lemos explore if one day AI could take over our courtrooms.

The Independent UK

Two dead Post Office workers’ convictions sent for possible crown court appeals

Criminal Cases Review Commission chairman Helen Pitcher said ‘it is important’ for the issue to be considered by the crown court.

The Independent UK

Riga ranked top spot for a bargain Christmas market trip

The Latvian capital was found to have the lowest price for a two-night trip out of 12 European destinations analysed by Post Office Travel Money.

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