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Watch: Post Office inquiry hears Paula Vennells’ final closing statement after two years of evidence
6 days, 17 hours ago

Watch: Post Office inquiry hears Paula Vennells’ final closing statement after two years of evidence

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Paula Vennells' closing statement was heard in the …

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Nigel Farage and a rioter, Paula Vennells and Southern Water among Bonfire effigies at Lewes' famous fireworks display
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage and a rioter, Paula Vennells and Southern Water among Bonfire effigies at Lewes' famous fireworks display

Daily Mail  

An estimated 40,000 partygoers attended the famous Lewes Bonfire Night despite local authorities pleas not to travel to the East Sussex town. This year, effigies included depictions of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage alongside a rioter and former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells who resided over the infamous Horizon IT scandal. An effigy of Nigel Farage and a rioter makes …

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Paula Vennells has not been held to account, suggests Post Office successor
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Paula Vennells has not been held to account, suggests Post Office successor

The Telegraph  

Paula Vennells has not been held to account for her role in the Horizon IT scandal, her successor has suggested. Speaking at the Post Office inquiry, Nick Read appeared to take a thinly veiled swipe at Ms Vennells, claiming Post Office colleagues believed former leaders did not face consequences for their actions while in charge at the organisation. Mr Read …

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Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal investigation into Post Office
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Police to deploy 80 detectives for criminal investigation into Post Office

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The criminal investigation into the Post Office scandal will be …

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Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wrongly convicted subpostmasters booed former Post Office boss Paula Vennells …

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Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells
7 months ago

Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said: “They certainly are going to investigate, I’ve …

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Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing
7 months ago

Post Office scandal: Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 says her children were accused of stealing

The Independent  

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Former UK Post Office boss breaks down in inquiry over scandal that saw hundreds wrongly convicted
7 months ago

Former UK Post Office boss breaks down in inquiry over scandal that saw hundreds wrongly convicted

The Independent  

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Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records
7 months ago

Paula Vennells accused of asking team to ‘dig into’ dead man’s records

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I had heard, but have yet to see a formal report, that there were …

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Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry
7 months ago

Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She told the probe an email she sent to …

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Paula Vennells: How Post Office chief’s distinguished career fell apart
7 months ago

Paula Vennells: How Post Office chief’s distinguished career fell apart

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The distinguished business career of the former Post Office chief …

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Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’
7 months ago

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Vennells replied, telling Ms Greene: “No Moya, that isn’t the case.” But, in …

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The Post Office scandal – a timeline of key events
7 months ago

The Post Office scandal – a timeline of key events

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a timeline of key events from the scandal: – 1999 The Horizon …

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Trust in Post Office plummets following outrage over Horizon scandal
7 months ago

Trust in Post Office plummets following outrage over Horizon scandal

The Independent  

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‘I exposed the Post Office scandal years before the inquiry – so why is justice taking so long?’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I exposed the Post Office scandal years before the inquiry – so why is justice taking so long?’

The Independent  

It was after an article I’d written about the Post Office scandal was published in February 2020 that an email from a TV production company pinged into my inbox: “Having read your piece about the subpostmaster’s story, I know it’s crying out to be a drama.” Four years later, it is. They trusted the Post Office – which on its …

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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why Paula Vennells returning her CBE is worthless unless Rishi Sunak acts to annul the ex-Post Office boss's honour
11 months, 1 week ago

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why Paula Vennells returning her CBE is worthless unless Rishi Sunak acts to annul the ex-Post Office boss's honour

Daily Mail  

Rishi Sunak needs to act to ensure Paula Vennells' CBE is annulled. Paula Vennells has said she will return her CBE following the Post Office Scandal Rishi Sunak needs to act to ensure Paula Vennells' CBE is annulled. Simply returning the gong means nothing Some who returned medals still have their honour as they have never been rescinded, including Michael …

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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells urged to tell truth about Horizon scandal after returning CBE
11 months, 1 week ago

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells urged to tell truth about Horizon scandal after returning CBE

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Campaigners and MPs welcomed her decision to give up the award – but said Ms …

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British Indians fought for justice, now UK Post Office ex-CEO returns honour
11 months, 2 weeks ago

British Indians fought for justice, now UK Post Office ex-CEO returns honour

India Today  

Paula Vennells, the former chief executive officer of the government-owned Post Office Ltd, has decided to return her Commander of the British Empire honour amid a controversy surrounding wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office branch managers, including many British Indians. The controversy revolves around an IT glitch that wrongly accused post office branch managers, including several British Indians, leading …

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Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions

Associated Press  

LONDON — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office said Tuesday she will hand back a royal honor in response to mounting fury over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft because of a faulty computer system. “I have listened and I confirm that I return my CBE with immediate effect,” said Vennells, …

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Gwyneth Hughes: ‘My Post Office drama got people to sit up and notice – but that’s what TV should do’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Gwyneth Hughes: ‘My Post Office drama got people to sit up and notice – but that’s what TV should do’

The Telegraph  

“There’s been a lot of comment about how shameful it is that it’s taken a TV drama to get people to sit up and notice this scandal. But that’s what drama was invented to do,” says Gwyneth Hughes, writer of Mr Bates vs the Post Office. The scandal has dragged on for two decades, yet one ITV drama serial has …

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Sunak would ‘strongly’ back honours probe into ex-Post Office boss’s CBE
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunak would ‘strongly’ back honours probe into ex-Post Office boss’s CBE

The Independent  

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Why did it fall to TV execs to fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why did it fall to TV execs to fight for victims of the Post Office scandal?

The Independent  

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Who is Paula Vennells? Petition calling for stripping of CBE hits 1m signatures
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Paula Vennells? Petition calling for stripping of CBE hits 1m signatures

The Independent  

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Sunak declines to back calls for ex-Post Office boss to lose CBE
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sunak declines to back calls for ex-Post Office boss to lose CBE

The Independent  

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