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Inquiry report Volume 1 to drop on 8 July
Hello The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has today announced that the first part of Sir Wyn Williams’ report will be published at high noon on Tuesday 8 July. Volume 1 of Sir Wyn’s report focuses on Compensation and Human Impact. Whilst I suspect it will not tell us anything new (we know the Post…
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Inquiry to report on compensation and human impact within the next three months
Plus: from the BAFTAs to BGT Hello! As I write (Sunday morning) the Hear Our Voice Subpostmasters choir are in rehearsal at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, preparing to sing live to the nation on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent, which starts at 7pm tonight on ITV1. There are eight acts to get through and the…
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Mr Bates wins a BAFTA and Central London Book Festival event this Friday
Sir Alan goes to the BAFTAs Hello! First of all congratulations to everyone involved in Mr Bates once more. The series won big at the BAFTAs last night, and it was quite a sight to see Sir Alan in his best bib and tucker doing the red carpet rounds. Alan also did a sit down…
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Dumfries this Saturday… a book (festival) special newsletter
Come to Dumfries, the water’s lovely… Hello everyone I am trying not to go out much, but there are a couple of events I felt I could not turn down, and the first is happening next weekend. If you know anyone in Ayrshire, Glasgow or the North West of England, please do let them know…
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New episode of BBC Radio 4’s The Great Post Office Trial broadcast today!
Hi everyone, After what feels like two months of hard work I am delighted to tell you that Episode 18 of The Great Post Office Trial goes out on BBC Radio 4 at 8pm today (Tuesday). It’s a 45 minute one-off episode. Once it has been broadcast it will go up on BBC Sounds here.…
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Post Office scandal festive round up
End of Times (Radio stint, for a bit) Hello everyone and Happy New Year! I hope you had a good one, whatever you got up to. I am mainly writing this newsletter as an exercise in procrastination. Whilst doing this I am not writing my book. This is probably not what you wanted to hear,…
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Inquiry hearings end, plus Post Office whistleblower alleges deletion of documents and keeping info from the Inquiry
Plus: more bonus madness Hi everyone Sorry – I know I said I’d try to get something out by Wednesday. I couldn’t for various reasons. I have, however written three blog posts this week, completed several interviews for the Episode 18 of The Great Post Office Trial and finally got to see The Damned in…
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New Post Office book on pre-sale now
The Great Post Office Cover-Up Hello! The news is out formally tomorrow, but I thought it was only right to tell you first: I am proud to announce I have signed a deal with Bath Publishing’s Cinto imprint to write another book about the Post Office scandal. This one is called The Great Post Office…
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No prosecutions of Post Office/Fujitsu staff until 2027 – possibly 2028
Hello! After covering the story on Times Radio on Thursday evening, I helped provide some information for a piece by Ali Mitib in the Times today about the likelihood of prosecutions of those responsible for the Post Office scandal. The bad news is that any prosecutions won’t start until 2027 and possibly not before 2028.…
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Issy Hogg
Good morning Some very sad news. Issy Hogg, the criminal defence solicitor for Subpostmasters Jo Hamilton and Seema Misra (amongst others), has sadly passed away. Like Lisa Busch, Issy was another unsung legal hero of this scandal. You can read more about Issy’s life and work here. If you have any tributes to Issy you…
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