12 h. ago 'I agreed to help out at the local Post Office in my retirement and it ruined my life'

Alun Lloyd Jones decided it was his duty to help keep the Post Office going. It was a decision which would go on to ruin his retirement.

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22 h. ago Mr Bates vs the Post Office writer 'apologising' over TV series and 'monster' scene

Gwyneth Hughes, who penned Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, has been "apologising ever since" to all the people she was unable to include in the show but admitted they "still felt represented"

Culture

32 h. ago Post Office chiefs to fork out thousands in extra compo to postmasters over personal data leak

Lawyers confirmed they had won settlements for around eight Scottish postmasters and many more across the UK who were affected by a major data breach amid the Horizon scandal.

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2 d. ago How London's shoplifting epidemic has accelerated with offences soaring 54% in a year

Data also reveals that ‘theft from the person’ offences rose 41 per cent in the capital, despite falling 14 per cent across the rest of England

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3 d. ago Irish postal service offers to send cards to the Vatican for free

Post offices in Ireland had received queries from the public on what was the correct address and stamp to use.

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3 d. ago The EU fined Apple and Meta – but failed to really hold them to account. Was that to appease Trump? | Alexander Hurst

Instead of bazooka-level fines on global turnover, this €700m was no more than a slap on the wrist. It’s a missed opportunityThe European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, had some tough words for big tech this week, but it seems that at the last minute, the EU lost its nerve. Under the Digital Markets Act, companies that the EU has designated as “gatekeepers” – that is, digital platforms that provide core services such as search engines, app stores and messenger services – have special obligations and constraints that are meant to ensure a fair playing field for other companies.Apple, which takes a significant cut of purchases (including subscriptions) made through its App Store, violated the act by preventing developers from directing customers to their own websites to get around the “Apple tax”. In Meta’s case, the company was fined for forcing Facebook and Instagram users to either consent to letting Meta use their personal data, or pay a monthly fee to remove ads.Alex...

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3 d. ago Trump envoy says there were positive talks in London with Ukraine official

Trump envoy says there were positive talks in London with Ukraine official  The Jerusalem Post

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5 d. ago Older workers: would you be able and willing to stay in work until you’re 70?

As the IMF recommends that fit and sharp older workers delay retirement to offset ageing population trends, we’d like to hear what people make of such proposalsPeople from the baby boomer generation are being encouraged to stay in the workforce for longer and delay retirement as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said governments needed to make more use of fit, older workers to balance public finances amid fiscal pressures caused by an ageing global population.The financial agency declared that “the 70s are the new 50s”, and released data findings suggesting that a person aged 70 in 2022 had the same cognitive function as the average 53-year-old in 2000. Physical health had also significantly improved, the IMF found, as 70-year-olds displayed the same fitness as 56-year-olds did 25 years ago based on grip strength and lung functionality tests. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Millions at risk of being left without student loans and having personal data exposed to hackers as minister orders urgent review

IT systems at the Student Loans Company are said to be at risk of 'critical collapse' due to out-of-date technology, according to government sources.

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7 d. ago 'I tried the kebab served at a Manchester Post Office and discovered something quite special'

It wasn't my first choice for lunch - until now

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8 d. ago Wife of Kilmar Ábrego García speaks as White House defiant over US return

Jennifer Vasquez Sura relieved husband is alive but Trump officials say in mocking X post he is ‘never coming back’US politics live – latest updatesJennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Ábrego García, the man the Trump administration has admitted it mistakenly deported, expressed relief to learn he is alive after a Democratic US senator managed to meet with him in El Salvador – as the White House posted on social media that he is “never coming back” to the US.“It was very overwhelming – the most important thing for me, my children, his mom, brothers was to see him alive, and we saw him alive,” Vasquez Sura told ABC in an interview. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

A federal judge has imposed new restrictions on the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security systems that hold personal data on millions of Americans

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1 week ago Buffy and Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death revealed

The US star’s family objected to a post-mortem examination but the medical examiner's office has released a statement following new laboratory test results

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1 week ago Post Office scandal victim forced to give birth wearing tag after being wrongly convicted — now she has OBE

Former sub-postmistress Seema Misra was among campaigners recognised at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Wednesday and was presented with a gong by Princess Anne

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1 week ago Subpostmasters say their fight is still on as they are made OBEs

Seema Misra was eight weeks pregnant with her second child when she was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment in 2010.

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1 week ago Post Office opening hours for Easter Weekend in Scotland as timetable gets shake

As the chaos of Easter weekend approaches, it can be difficult to know what shops will be shut and when.

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1 week ago EY investigated by watchdog over audit of Post Office’s Horizon system

The Financial Reporting Council said it had started looking at the audits conducted between March 2015 and March 2018.

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1 week ago Hong Kong post office to stop shipping parcels to the US after Trump’s tariffs

Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping parcels to the United States

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1 week ago Hong Kong post office will stop shipping parcels to the US over tariffs

Hong Kong’s post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city

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1 week ago 'I'm on my way to get an OBE but the Post Office scandal fight isn't over'

Christopher Head, who will receive an OBE for his campaigning, said the celebration will likely be 'overshadowed' by the fact justice hasn’t been served for the Post Office scandal

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