Greater Manchester man who started petition to strip Post Office boss Paula Vennells of CBE speaks out

EXCLUSIVE: James Vanderbilt has rounded out the cast for his historical drama Nuremberg, toplined by Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon. New additions to the pic, commencing production in Hungary in February, include Richard E. Grant (Saltburn), Leo Woodall (The White Lotus), John Slattery (Mad Men), Lydia Peckham (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind), Lotte Verbeek (Outlander) and Andreas Pietschmann (Dark).

A teenager’s life could have been saved if he had been given “basic” instructions by Scout leaders, an inquest heard.

Andy Burnham has shed more light on the agreement he signed with scandal-hit software firm Fujitsu. Japanese company Fujitsu has been at the centre of the Post Office scandal, with its faulty Horizon accounting software being used to convict more than 900 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses for years.

Scotland's Covid bereaved are demanding First Minister Humza Yousaf answers key questions as he faces the UK Covid Inquiry today.

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The family of a 16-year-old boy who died after falling 200ft off a cliff edge were lied to as the Scout Association was worried about “reputational damage”, an inquest has heard.

Seven men have been arrested after a woman was raped at a house in south Manchester. The property in Fairholme Road, Withington, was raided by police last Sunday and arrests made.

This is the first photograph of Gumma, the American XL bully dog who mauled two pensioners, leaving one needing surgery.

A victim of the IRA bombing in Manchester can continue legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, a high court judge has ruled.

The ITV drama Mr Bates vs. the Post Office has become the British broadcaster’s biggest new drama in over a decade, beating even the launch of Downton Abbey back in 2010.

Sir Ed Davey has refused to apologise to victims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester.

A fraudster who made thousands of pounds selling dodgy TV boxes faced justice at Manchester Airport as he came back from his holidays. Jordan Longbottom, 42, ran a 'successful' online business from his static caravan home, which advertised access to premium TV including Sky and Virgin Media for a fraction of the price advertised by such broadcasters.

Despite starring in the ITV series that has gripped the nation and caused the PM to agree to a new law, Mr Bates actor Toby Jones was spotted looking like any regular commuter, as he caught the London Tube.Toby, 57, plays Alan Bates in ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office, a series based on the real-life story of the Post Office Horizon scandal, which has been described as “the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history”. It focuses on the huge scandal that occurred between 1999 and 2015, in which 700 Post Office branch managers were wrongly accused of theft, after faulty software made it appear money was missing from their outlets.

A vodka and cocaine fuelled killer driver crashed into a cyclist before fleeing and leaving him to die. After police traced Sam Hughes, he gave officers false names and pretended to be someone else.

Everyone in Scotland convicted as part of the Horizon Post Office scandal will be cleared, Humza Yousaf has said.

ITV's new drama series, Mr Bates vs The Post Office has sparked fury across the country as the post office scandal which saw hundreds of postmasters being wrongfully accused of fraud has been brought to light.

Victims of the Post Office scandal from Greater Manchester have powerfully spoken out to reveal how false charges wrecked their lives.

A move to consider automatic pardons for Scots victims of the Horizon scandal was celebrated last night by wrongly-convicted post masters.

Actors and staff behind an ITV drama about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have been left “proud and overwhelmed by the power our drama has had”.

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has confirmed that she will hand back her CBE following the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal, which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters.