4 d. ago David Hockney slams plans to bring Bayeux Tapestry to UK as ‘madness’ in major intervention

Exclusive: Artist condemns British Museum plans as a ‘vanity project’ that could cause ‘irreversible damage’ to priceless artefact

Politics

8 d. ago Britain’s former top judge tells Starmer: Make things right on cruel indefinite jail terms

Lord Thomas compares scandal to Post Office and infected blood sagas – as he calls on PM to scrap 'unjust' indefinite jail terms highlighted by The Independent

Events

1 week ago Post Office Horizon scandal victim's fight after husband's same conviction quashed

Wife of Post Office IT scandal victim forced to endure longer wait to have conviction quashed - as software giant blamed admits it hasn't set a penny aside for compensation

Events

1 week ago Fujitsu refuses to say how much money it will pay towards £1.8bn Post Office scandal compensation bill

Former prime minister Rishi Sunak described the Horizon scandal as ‘one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history’

Economics

1 week ago Artists decry dismantling of Belgium’s oldest contemporary art museum

Cost-saving plan to transfer Antwerp museum’s entire collection to another city described as ‘simply insane’Prominent artists have spoken out against an “arbitrary reshaping” of Belgium’s museum landscape, as the Flanders region seeks to cut public spending by dismantling the country’s oldest contemporary art gallery and transplanting its entire collection to another city.At a press conference in Antwerp on Tuesday, the directors of the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art (M HKA), which was founded in 1985, decried what they called the “flagrant illegalities” of the museum sector shake-up, which is due to be debated in Belgium’s parliament on Friday. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago 'Killer' postmaster 'may be worst victim of Horizon scandal' after Post Office murder

Robin Garbutt, 60, has served 15 years for the murder of his wife Diana. He says that she was killed by a robber at their post office in Melsonby, N. Yorks in 2010. A new documentary raises serious questions about the safety of his conviction

Events

3 w. ago ‘A PR stunt’: Post Office scandal victims dismiss plans for museum exhibition

Many victims and families advising inquiry’s legacy project are highly suspicious of idea of Postal Museum exhibitionVictims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have dismissed a planned exhibition on the affair at the Postal Museum as a PR stunt that they are refusing to endorse.The inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of post office operators announced in September that it was working with the Postal Museum as part of a legacy project to commemorate the devastating impact of the scandal. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Families lose thousands and cannot sell their homes in scandal 'that is going to be the next Post Office Horizon nightmare'

Scottish law firm WW&J McClure Limited (McClure) sold family protection trusts to couples across the country, usually offered as an add-on to a free will writing service.

Society

3 w. ago Post Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon mistakes, document shows

The 2006 agreement suggests both companies were aware of bugs in the Horizon IT system, with Fujitsu liable for a £100-£150 "liquidated damages" penalty per faulty transaction

Economics