The mistakes represented one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. The failures were blamed on a defective computer accounting system called Horizon that was installed in local Post Office branches in 1999.... The system was supplied by the Japanese technology firm Fujitsu.... The Post Office maintained for years that data from Horizon was reliable and accused branch managers of dishonesty when the system showed money was missing.In April, the Court of Appeal overtur

Post Office sub-postmasters, who exposed the Horizon IT scandal that wrongfully convicted hundreds of workers for theft, should be “ fully compensated ” by the government, MPs have said.... The 555 workers took the Post Office to the High Court in 2018, and in doing so helped to expose a scandal that affected hundreds of other people.... The 555 group reached a settlement with the Post Office, which included a commitment from the company to set up a compensation scheme for anyone else affected

A subpostmaster’s wrongful conviction over missing funds “ massively contributed ” to his early death aged 67, his widow has said. Julian Wilson, who ran a post office in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, took a plea deal in 2008 after auditors found more than ￡27, 000 missing in the branch accounts.He was among some 700 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses( SPMs) prosecuted between 2000 and 2014, based on information from the Horizon IT system, installed and maintained by Fujitsu.In December 2019,

“ During negotiations, and on the path to a comprehensive agreement, both Governments will consider the option of an Interim Agreement that generates early benefits for both countries.... It will include tariff liberalisation in 60-65 per cent of traded goods while the final deal will include more than 90 per cent of items.... Among 160 service lines, 50-60 will be included in the interim agreement while the final agreement will have much larger scope....

How intrusively have their resilience plans been tested?... They added: “ Mac and Linux hosts are not impacted.... This is not a security incident or cyberattack....

It began as a ragtag team of Canadian truckers shouting about their disdain for vaccine mandates and the politicians upholding them.... “ An initial reluctance to enforce the law against these far-right protesters has the potential to lead to disaster, ” said Mark Potok, a former senior leader at the Southern Poverty Law Center.... He also runs The Disrespected Trucker, a Facebook group where truckers have been complaining about vaccine mandates and praising the Canadian convoy....

NEW DELHI — Under a rain-slick tarpaulin, half a dozen elderly women bake roti on a wood-fired griddle — flattening dough, flipping browned bread from dawn until the sun retreats into Delhi’s evening smoke.... “ You can even smell it from a helicopter!... ” Music, games and free stuff, from fried snacks to thermal underwear to bottles of almond hair oil, can be found at every corner....