Post Office spent £132m defending itself at inquiry

The money relates to legal costs for the inquiry into the wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters.

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Met Office defends Storm Bert weather warning

The agency says assessments before last month's storm did not suggest the severe floods coming.
BBC News - 1d
Paula Vennells laughed at on final day of Post Office inquiry

Ex-Post Office boss claims colleagues did not give her information but says she isn't pointing fingers.
BBC News - 2d
Post Office scandal spreads as faults suspected in older accounting software

Capture IT system was used in branches before being replaced by Horizon in 1999
Financial Times - 2d
Militants attack police post in northwest Pakistan, killing 2 officers and wounding 3

Pakistani officials say militants on a motorcycle opened fire at a police post in the country's restive northwest, killing at least two officers and wounding three others before fleeing the scene
ABC News - 3d
Bates hopes 'real baddies' will be named as Post Office inquiry draws to close

Bates hopes sub-postmasters can get closure as the inquiry's evidence hearings come to an end.
BBC News - 3d
South Korean Police Raid President Yoon’s Office in Martial Law Inquiry

President Yoon Suk Yeol shows no sign of stepping down, as investigators raided his office and more members of his own party turned against him.
The New York Times - Dec. 11
'Dozens' being investigated over Post Office scandal

Criminal trials aren't expected to begin until 2027, almost 30 years after concerns were first raised.
BBC News - Dec. 11
Olympic cycling champ Evenepoel and Belgian Post Office send door safety message to drivers

After suffering multiple fractures when he crashed into one of their vehicles, two-time Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is teaming up with the Belgian Post Office to raise awareness of road safety ...
ABC News - Dec. 11
NATO's chief avoids talk of Ukraine's membership. He says the priority is helping Kyiv defend itself

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership in the military alliance
ABC News - Dec. 3