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The Latest Breaking News from Horizon

Former Royal Mail chair apologises for ‘tragic’ Post Office prosecutions

Allan Leighton denies having received any warnings that the Horizon IT system was unreliable

The Guardian - UK

Post Office chief Nick Read cleared of misconduct in separate inquiry

Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office executive says he should not have said Horizon was robust

David Miller, then chief operating officer, tells inquiry he cannot recall 1999 meeting in which comment was made

The Guardian - UK

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The Post Office inquiry is finally exposing the part politicians played in the Horizon scandal

The government sold the service on the cheap to leaders whose principal focus was on its profits. This is the sorry result, says barrister Sam Fowles

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells ‘likely’ signed off on £300,000 trial bill over £25,000 shortfall

Former managing director Alan Cook said Ms Vennells was likely the ‘designated authority’ to give the go-ahead.

Evening Standard

Former Royal Mail chief exec says he ‘was not aware’ group’s lawyers were prosecuting post office operators – as it happened

Adam Crozier tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he was unaware lawyers within the group conducted prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Post office operator wrongly jailed while pregnant rejects executive’s apology

Managing director David Smith emailed team in 2010 to say Seema Misra’s conviction was ‘brilliant news’

The Guardian - UK

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Ex-Post Office manager apologises for celebrating after pregnant subpostmistress jailed

Seema Misra was handed a 15-month prison sentence in November 2010

Evening Standard

Alan Bates tells Post Office inquiry ministers tried to sabotage his claim

Campaigner at forefront of fight for justice over faulty Horizon system says government should have been involved far earlier

The Guardian - UK

Post Office minister says people responsible for Horizon scandal 'should go to jail'

Kevin Hollinrake joined dozens of sub-postmasters in the village where Alan Bates began his campaign for justice 15 years ago for a special BBC Breakfast broadcast

Evening Standard

Batteries to energise hottest, most remote communities

Novel batteries are being trialled in microgrids to make sure people living far from the national power network do not miss out on the benefits of clean energy.

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Ministers introduce bill to quash convictions of Horizon scandal victims

Unprecedented bill aimed to be passed in summer will exonerate hundreds of post office operators in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to quash convictions of hundreds of post office operators

Legislation will overturn convictions of theft, fraud and false accounting during Horizon scandal

The Guardian - UK

Many victims of Post Office scandal risk missing out on payouts, MPs warn

About 250 people in England and Wales and dozens in Scotland have yet to come forward

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It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet

Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles

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Sony lays off 900 people, with reductions at Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and Horizon studios

The latest in a destructive year for the industry

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Kevin Costner's New Project 'Horizon: An American Saga' Revealed

Kevin Costner's new project, Horizon: An American Saga, marks his directorial return with an epic cinematic experience set in the American West.

The Guardian - UK

How Ukraine’s largest private equity firm raised $350m during a war

CEO says doing business while at ‘the centre of a hurricane’ is crucial to keeping the country afloat

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Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared under new law

Subpostmasters will have wrongful convictions quashed under ‘clear and objective criteria’, the Government says

The Guardian - UK

Justin Welby: church should have asked more questions about ex-Post Office boss

Archbishop says C of E failed to challenge involvement of Paula Vennells’ in church bodies in light of Horizon scandal

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office: a symptom of chronic shallowness

Editorial: If the government had cared as much about Horizon victims as the business secretary claims, she would not be in a row about delayed compensation

Evening Standard

Fired Post Office chief escalates Horizon scandal compensation row as he hits back at Badenoch with ‘memo’

Henry Staunton’s note of a conversation with senior civil servant was reported to say he had been advised to ‘hobble’ into the election and not to ‘rip off the band aid’ in terms of Post Office finances

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch v Staunton: a public mudslinging over the Post Office

A look at the origins of the confrontation between the business secretary and the former Post Office chair, and what is at stake

Evening Standard

Harrowing video of suffering of sub-postmasters victim of Horizon IT scandal published by public inquiry

The move came as MPs are probing whether a top civil servant gave a ‘go-slow order’ on pay-outs

The Guardian - UK

MPs demand to see ex-Post Office chair’s note over Horizon payouts

Henry Staunton has accused government of wanting to stall compensation payments to victims until after election

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