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Sub—postmaster compensation cases and it has been announced the government will fund that interim compensation for the sub—postmaster who have been wrongly convicted. i am sure you have been following the story of the past few months. this concerns the horizon it scandal, a system that was put into post offices. the government says it will fund up to hundred thousand pounds for each post sub—postmaster who has had their conviction overturned. just give you an idea of the figures we are talking about here. as of this week, total of 57 former sub—postmasters have had their convictions qu...

Hundred thousand pounds for each sub—postmaster who has had their conviction overturned in the horizon it scandal. health unions say they will consult their members to determine how to respond to the government's proposed 3% pay rise for nhs staff in england and wales. ministers say the rise is fair and recognises the efforts of health workers during the pandemic. but the royal college of nursing, which had called for a 12 and a half percent rise, said its members were angry and upset — and may consider industrial action. katharine da costa reports. what do we want? pay rise. when do we wa...

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Anjuna and baljit sethi owned this branch. in fact, anjuna's dad was a sub—postmaster, too. they are a post office family. but 20 years ago, they went from running a successful business to financial ruin. it was all because, in 2001, the post office computer system at their branch started showing big losses, which baljit was being asked to coverfrom his own pocket. so i said to the post office, sorry, i can't put in £17,000. i don't have that kind of money. the post office said if they wouldn't pay up, the branch would be closed. the sethis had no choice. they lost their business and were f...

Delighted that you got the i competition. it is all good. i'm l delighted that you got the result you wanted. it was good enough. enjoy the rest of the tournament steve and mike thomas, thank you very much for talking to us. the bbc has learned that the post office has made payouts to 400 former sub—postmasters and mistresses who were victims of the faulty horizon computer system. an it fault made it look as if money had gone missing from post office accounts. a number of staff were prosecuted, with their convictions later quashed, others suffered financial ruin or gave up their businesses. ...