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Like money was missing from their branches — 81 people have now had their convictions quashed. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports delight at the court of appeal as the record is set straight. after all this time, now the weight has been lifted. but this court victory isn't the end of the road. the post office took hundreds of thousands of pounds from sub—postmasters like richard to cover what looked like shortfalls at branches, leaving people financially ruined. imprisoned while pregnant, seema lost her home too. she has been cleared for a year but hasn't got a settl...

Vowing to unite a divided country. coming up, nearly a quarter of adults reported difficulty paying household bills last month, as the cost of living crisis bites. coming up on the bbc news channel, the favourite for the world snooker title, neil robertson, trails jack lisowski going into the final session of their second round match at the crucible. the widow of a sub—postmaster who took his own life, after being wrongly accused over money going missing from his till, has been speaking for the first time, about the effect the allegations had on him. martin griffiths died in 2013. he was one...

The widow of a sub—postmaster who took his own life after being wrongly accused over money going missing from his till has been speaking for the first time about the effect the allegations had on him. martin griffiths died in 2013. he was one of hundreds of post office workers wrongly accused, with some going to jail. here's coletta smith. martin and i married in 1982. we had two children. we decided to look into buying a post office. and hope farm road came on the market and we decided to go for it. for 1a happy years, martin ran this cheshire branch of the post office, while gina ran the s...

Office in the country which was running all seven days. the post office has said sorry to victims, but many people want more than an apology. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. tom hedges was sub—postmaster at a post office near skegness from 1994—2010, but was sacked after being accused of false accounting. hello to you, thanks very much indeed for being with us. just tell us about what happened to you, the specific circumstances in which you were accused of theft?— specific circumstances in which you were accused of theft? hello, clive sto es, were accused of theft? hello, clive step yes. ...

Issue was responsible. ahead of the inquiry the sub—postmaster thought to have been given the longest prison sentence, has been talking to our business correspondent colletta smith. harjinder butoy ran a post office with his wife in nottinghamshire, but he's spent the last 1a years fighting to clear his name. charged with stealing £208,000, he was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for a crime he didn't commit. they found me guilty on ten counts out of the 11. that's when everything just... like you're hearing voices in the background while the charges are being read. it wa...