53 minutes ago ‘I’m a pain in the backside ... an awkward sod’: Alan Bates on love, justice and the Post Office scandal

He became a household name after ITV turned Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice into a drama. He reflects on his fight for compensation, turning down an OBE – and getting married on Richard Branson’s island Sir Alan Bates is at home in Llandudno with his wife Suzanne. Or, as he puts it, Lady Suzanne. You might know him better as Mr Bates from the Post Office scandal. He is the man who refused to give up when the Post Office told thousands of subpostmasters that they were inept or corrupt rather than acknowledging they were victims of flawed Horizon computer technology and managerial mendacity. It resulted in the biggest miscarriage of justice Britain has known – more than 900 people convicted of theft or false accounting, 236 jailed, numerous family breakdowns and at least four suicides.For 20 years, few of us knew about the scandal. But gradually his campaign built up steam, thanks largely to his tireless work. In January, ITV turned it into a gripping docudrama, Mr Bates vs t...

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53 minutes ago Hilarious moment Princess Anne gifted King Charles a toilet seat for Christmas

The Princess Royal found the perfect tongue-in-cheek Christmas present for her older brother Charles when she presented him with his very own leather toilet seat

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4 hours ago Roman Kemp replaces Jay Blades as host of The Repair Shop for Christmas Special

Jay, 54, was axed from the series which he has presented since it's very first episode in 2017, after he was charged in September with controlling and coercive of his estranged wife Lisa Zboze.

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4 hours ago Claudia Winkleman teases shocking moment from The Traitors' new series that left her 'shaking'

The 52-year-old won her first BAFTA in 2023 for hosting the smash hit BBC gameshow and said the third series left her and the crew 'shaking'.

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4 hours ago Christmas crime wave as almost 700 shoplifting offences go unsolved every DAY, figures reveal

Nearly 700 shoplifting offences go unsolved every day, figures show, as shop staff face a Christmas crimewave.

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4 hours ago Luke Littler reveals the moment his 'bottom fell out' seconds before his emotional clash with Ryan Meikle

INTERVIEW BY KIERAN GILL AT ALEXANDRA PALACE: Thousands of youngsters will find themselves opening dartboards on Christmas, all down to the Littler surge.

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5 hours ago Roman Kemp says visiting The Repair Shop for Christmas show ‘really special’

In the episode the team repairs a One Show viewer’s teddy bear.

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5 hours ago Alternative routes to get people home for Christmas after Holyhead port closure

Holyhead port in Anglesey, North Wales, was forced to close following damage during Storm Darragh.

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5 hours ago Hear'Say singer Noel Sullivan issues desperate plea as he says 'we're running out of time'

Cardiff-born Noel Sullivan found fame when he won a place in Hear'Say on Popstars, but more than 20 years later his priorities have clearly changes as he issues a desperate plea for help

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5 hours ago Shop staff ‘facing Christmas crime wave’ with more shoplifting cases unsolved

An average of 672 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the year to March 2024, according to analysis from the House of Commons Library.

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