22 m. ago Emmanuel Macron to address parliament following meeting with king – UK politics live

The French president has spent time with King Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the first day of his state visit to the UKFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers is not “pleasant” but the right tactic, Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has said. Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker have the story.Boris Johnson, the former Tory PM, has issued this tribute to Norman Tebbit.Norman Tebbit was a hero of modern Conservatism. In the early 1980s he liberated the British workforce from the socialist tyranny of the closed shop. He tamed the union bosses, and in so doing he helped pave the way for this country’s revival in the 1980s and 1990s.At a time when the Labour government is now disastrously reversing those crucial reforms we need to remember what he did and why. In his single most famous phrase he once said that in the 1930s his unemployed father had got on his bike and looked for work. That wasn’t a heartless thing to say - as the Labour Party claimed. It...

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99 m. ago At least 13 may have killed themselves over UK's Post Office wrongful convictions scandal

A report says at least 13 people were thought to have taken their own lives as a result of Britain’s Post Office scandal

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1 hour ago Dozens contemplated suicide over the Post Office Horizon scandal

At least 13 postmasters may have taken their own lives after being accused of crimes based on evidence from the faulty IT system, a public inquiry found

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2 h. ago The Post Office Horizon Scandal: A timeline of what happened and the subsequent ramifications

The timeline of events involved in the Post Office Horizon scandal goes all the way back to 1999.

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2 h. ago Almost 60 people thought about suicide due to Post Office Horizon scandal, report finds

The inquiry also concluded that Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters

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3 h. ago 9 major findings from bombshell Post Office report as victims suffered 'disastrous' impact

A bombshell report by Sir Wyn Williams, found that the impact on Horizon scandal victims had been 'disastrous' and Post Office bosses should have known the faulty software could produce errors

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3 h. ago Post Office scandal report ‘shows full scale of horror unleashed on victims’

The report said 59 victims of the scandal contemplated suicide with 10 attempting to take their own lives.

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3 h. ago At least THIRTEEN people may have taken their own lives over the Post Office Horizon scandal with scale of victims' suffering 'hard to exaggerate', damning inquiry finds

More than a dozen people may have taken their own lives over the Horizon scandal and many more who were wrongly accused also contemplated suicide, an inquiry has found.

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4 h. ago The Post Office scandal in numbers: Inquiry report reveals devastating impact

The scale of the human impact of the scandal has been revealed in the first volume of the public inquiry’s final report

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4 h. ago Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, official inquiry finds

Post Office bosses ‘maintained the fiction’ the Horizon system was accurate but should have known it was faulty, the report found

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4 h. ago Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds

First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare human impact of wrongful convictions as 10,000 people seek compensationUK politics live – latest updatesMore than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide, according to the first findings from the public inquiry into what has been labelled the worst miscarriage of justice in UK history.The 162-page volume one report from Sir Wyn Williams, the retired judge who chaired the hearings, looks at the “human impact” on the more than 1,000 post office operators wrongly accused of taking money from their branches because faulty software showed a shortfall. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 13 people feared to have taken their own lives over Horizon Post Office scandal

On top of this a total of 59 victims of the Horizon scandal contemplated suicide with 10 attempting to take their own lives, the report by Sir Wyn Williams said.

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4 h. ago Post Office scandal drove 13 victims to suicide and dozens more considered taking their own lives, damning inquiry report reveals

Inquiry report delivers devastating assessment of the damage done by the scandal, which is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history

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4 h. ago Dozens thought about suicide due to Post Office Horizon scandal, report finds

The inquiry chairman said those caught up in the scandal will have ‘found the experience to be troubling at best and harrowing at worst’.

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6 h. ago Badenoch leads tributes to Norman Tebbit, ‘icon’ of Thatcherism, praising his ‘stoicism and courage’ – UK politics live

A former employment secretary and Conservative party chair, Tebbit was injured in the 1984 Brighton bombingHere are some more tribute to Norman Tebbit from politicians and political figures.From Priti Patel, the former Tory home secretaryLord Tebbit was a giant of the Conservative Party and British politics. He was a man devoted to promoting freedom and liberty and gave a lifetime of service to our country in the RAF and in Parliament. His formidable record in Government promoting trade, industry and job creation helped lift our country’s economic fortunes and is a legacy to be proud of. Norman spent his life promoting our values and through adversary and challenge, he always displayed great courage.It was a privilege to know Norman and receive his support and advice.Lord Tebbit, a giant of his generation, staunch ally of Northern Ireland who, with his beloved wife, survived an IRA terrorist attack & yet was undaunted in his facing down those faceless cowards. History will recor...

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7 h. ago Post Office Inquiry to deliver verdict on compensation for victims of one of UK's biggest scandals

Victims of the Post Office scandal have repeatedly criticised the compensation scheme

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13 h. ago First tranche of final report from Horizon scandal inquiry to be published

The first volume is set to cover the devastating impact the scandal had on victims and the compensation process.

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3 d. ago Inside London Fire Brigade's fight against wildfires amid fears hot summer will spark surge

Exclusive: Britain’s busiest fire and rescue service has warned of the ‘devastating’ impact blazes could have on the city’s parks and wildlife

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3 d. ago Aid cuts leave a million facing starvation in Nigeria – as food supplies run out

Exclusive: Huge cuts to international aid – alongside intensifying conflict and the devastating impact of climate change – are creating a humanitarian crisis across Nigeria and its neighbours. Now, the UN’s food charity has warned that supplies of food are set to run out next month. Nick Ferris reports

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3 d. ago Coleen Nolan reveals 'devastating' impact of Loose Women 'family' being ripped apart by ITV cuts

It comes after it was revealed back in May that the show and Lorraine, hosted by Lorraine Kelly, have been AXED for half the year, as the channel announced a big shake up to its daytime schedule.

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