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Exclusive: Paula Vennells was briefed about “covert operations team” that could alter subpostmaster accounts two years before parliamentary appearance
The bombshell new tapes obtained by Channel 4 News reveal Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells was aware of an allegation concerning the existence of the remote unit at Bracknell’s Fujitsu headquarters, two years before she appeared in Parliament.
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Debate: Should assisted dying be legalised in Scotland?
Earlier we spoke to Ally Thomson, who is Director for Scotland of the campaign group Dignity in Dying and Dr. Gordon Macdonald, the CEO of Care Not Killing.
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Hunting: Warwickshire Police accused of “cover up” by MP
An MP has accused Warwickshire Police of a ‘cover up’ over a secret deal they made with the Warwickshire Hunt.
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Former Scottish sub-postmaster has conviction quashed after two decade battle to clear his name
Two weeks ago, we spoke to a Scottish sub-postmaster who considered taking his own life after being wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal. Today after fighting to clear his name for almost two decades, Rab Thomson found out that his conviction has been overturned. He’s been celebrating in his home town of Alva.
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Post Office inquiry: Released Fujitsu emails accuse sub postmaster of being ‘nasty chap’
Alex Thomson explains developments at the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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COP28 ‘historic’ deal promises transition from fossil fuels
It’s just two words and they appear on just one page of an eleven thousand word document, but the inclusion of “fossil fuels” is historic. The final agreement of COP28 might be a compromise – but it has sent a clear signal that we need to stop burning the fuels which are so harmful to the planet.
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COP28 anger as pledge to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels removed from draft text
We will not go silent to our watery graves – that’s the warning from one of the small island nations most at risk from climate change – after a pledge to “phase out” fossil fuels was removed from the COP28 final agreement.
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Government rejects ‘Hillsborough Law’ called for by campaigners
The Government has promised that in future no-one will suffer the same injustices as the survivors and bereaved relatives of the Hillsborough Disaster.
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COP28: World leaders gather for climate summit
World leaders can’t save the planet with a fire hose of fossil fuels – that was the warning from the UN chief Antonio Gutteres to the COP28 summit in Dubai, after scientists said that 2023 was set to be the warmest year in history.
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Children ‘mercilessly’ killed by Hamas in Israel massacre – as Gaza is pummelled
Earlier, the Israeli military said it had secured the border with Gaza, which is now under the heaviest bombardment in its history
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Funerals held in Syria for 100 people killed in one of country’s deadliest attacks in years
Syria has begun three days of mourning as funerals are held for the 100 people killed in one of the country’s deadliest attacks in years.
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Activists call for England to join Scotland in right to roam laws
They want the right to roam to be enshrined in English law – and today activists gathered to mark 20 years since the Land Reform Act. It allowed people in Scotland to wander almost everywhere in the countryside and our chief correspondent Alex Thomson has been out with campaigners who want access to all areas…
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World’s longest ‘interconnector’ to supply green electricity to 1.4 million UK homes
Across southern Europe the heatwave continues with the mercury predicted to hit 45 degrees celsius in Greece this weekend. So stopping the burning of fossil fuels which are overheating the planet is ever more urgent.
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Dead and dying birds wash up on British beaches as avian flu sweeps Europe
Now, hundreds more sea birds thought to have been infected with avian flu have been found washed up on British beaches as the virus continues to sweep through Europe.
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526 incidents of suspected illegal fox hunting took place in the 2022-2023 hunting season, exclusive figures suggest
Hunting foxes was banned 18 years ago, but is it carrying on regardless? New figures from the League Against Cruel Sports, shared exclusively with this programme, suggest that in the last hunting season, there were over 500 incidents of what appears to be illegal hunting. Trail hunting – which is the following of an animal…
