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For the post office has come face to face with some of the sub—postmasters he investigated. at the public inquiry, which resumed this morning, stephen bradshaw denied claims that he and others "behaved like mafia gangsters" when looking into losses at branches. the post office carried out its own investigations and private prosecutions, without the need to involve the police or the crime prosecution service. our business correspondent emma simpson is here with more. stephen bradshaw is just the latest post office investigator to appear before this long—running inquiry. there are another 13...

Hull solicitors say they have dealt with "difficult, emotional calls".

The itv drama last week. this morning, the minister responsible for the post office, kevin hollinrake, said the government was "very, very close" to announcing its plans to clear hundreds of sub postmasters who were wrongly convicted because of the faulty horizon it system. of course, it makes my life easier as postal minister to convince other parts of government and the opposition and others to do something very, very significant. i welcome that. to say nothing has been happening is just absolutely not the truth. both myself and my predecessors, they have been absolutely determined to deal w...

Overturned and claim compensation, mr sunak also said that 555 former postmasters who brought a group lawsuit will be offered an upfront payment of £75,000. more than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions — only 93 of these convictions have been overturned. the government has previously said it will pursue the it firm fujitsu — which designed the horizon software — for compensation, if it is found to be at fault. let's hear now from some of the sub—postmasters whose lives were ruined by this scandal. bbc breakfast spoke to a group of them this morning — here's a little...

Over the next decade and beyond, hundreds of branch managers are prosecuted , dozens convicted, with many sent to prison, declaring bankruptcy, losing their homes and in some case taking their own lives. campaigners then began an officialfightback — getting support from local mps. that was in 2009. in 2013 support grows, and an independent firm is appointed and paid by the post office to review the software. it finds defects but insists the system is largely robust. again the post office states "there are no wide scale problems with our computer system". in 2019 a landmark ruling finds there...