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Paula Vennells to return CBE following Mr Bates vs The Post Office response. A petition calling for the honour to be revoked attracted over 1 million signatures.

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has agreed to hand back her CBE with immediate effect over her handling of the Horizon IT scandal.

The actor plays Lee Castleton, who was bankrupted after his legal fight, in the ITV drama.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office has confirmed record-breaking viewing figures for ITV.

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Today, it was all very different for paula vennells as she caved to mounting public pressure to hand back the honour. she had been chief executive of the post office from 2012—2019, a period when serious issues emerged about the horizon software. in her statement today, she said... it must be a bug. it must be...it must be a computer bug... lee castletons story was one of those featured in the drama series. he went bankrupt after being falsely accused of stealing £25,000. so what does he make...

Sir robert buckland and lord falconer are both calling for an act of parliament that would simply declare all of the outstanding convictions void. say that all of those sub—postmasters were innocent. obviously that would be an extraordinary move, but i think if it were introduced to parliament it would be hired to find any mps who would be hired to find any mps who would oppose it. other options that stopped short of that in radicalism, making mass appeal is a bit easier. we also have the sugg...

Its been called the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in uk history — a faulty it system that led to hundreds of sub—postmasters being wrongfully convicted after being accused of stealing money. the government is now looking at ways to fast track the appeals process, after an itv drama took another look at the story last week. will mellor, who plays lee castleton in the show, hopes the series will push even more support towards those affected. theres people whove killed themselves, peopl...

Back the honour. in a statement she said... it must be a bug. it must be...it must be a computer bug... lee castleton�*s story was one of those featured in the drama series. he went bankrupt after being falsely accused of stealing £25,000. so what does he make of paula vennells�* decision? it kind of was a kick in the teeth back then. now its full circle, i suppose, and weve got to a point where now its acceptable that the moral decision to hand it back is the right decision. i personally h...