Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ignored calls from the organisation’s top management team to halt sub-postmaster prosecutions, the Horizon IT inquiry has heard. Former top in-house lawyer Chris Aujard said that in 2013 the executive committee “were in favour of ceasing prosecutions entirely”, but Ms Vennells said “limited” prosecutions should continue. The inquiry is […]
Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks during a forum on Nov. 14, 2022. Meadows has been indicted in Arizona for his alleged efforts to keep former President Donald Trump in power. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Tesla stock (NYSE: TSLA) is trading sharply higher in early US price action today as markets give a thumbs up to its Q1 2024 earnings. Here are the key takeaways from the Elon […]
The Federal Communications Commission will vote to put the internet back under “net neutrality” regulation on Thursday, reprising Obama-era rules that prohibit internet service providers from discriminating against certain websites by throttling or blocking them. But the FCC has run into a hitch: how to define the “internet” in the year 2024. The internet has […]
According to the myth, Catherine II’s courtier Grigory Potemkin recruited peasants to populate fake villages erected along the Dnipro River, so the Russian empress, passing in her barge, might get a favourable impression of conditions in newly conquered Crimea. Historians doubt that it happened, but the idea of counterfeiting progress to appease the boss was […]
British pair Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart lost in straight sets in the first round of the Madrid Open. Raducanu, 21, was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle. Dart, who won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, held a 4-0 lead in her second set against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa but […]
Post Office latest: Lawyer deeply sorry for sub-postmasters’ ‘suffering’, inquiry hears – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Former top Post Office lawyer Chris Aujard is giving evidence to the Horizon inquiry into how IT failings led to hundreds of prosecutions Aujard was involved in the collapse of the mediation scheme for sub-postmasters […]
Sogavare vies with opposition parties to form governing coalition after inconclusive election. The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation. Solomon Islanders voted a week ago in a closely fought campaign […]
Their friendship began a dozen years ago while riding a team bus to U.S. youth national soccer training near Los Angeles. “I used to sit behind him and squirt air and a little bit of water into his ear,” said the mischievous midfielder, Weston McKennie. McKennie was scared of elevators, so after practice, his new […]
Fe wnaeth pwyllgor newid hinsawdd y Senedd wahodd y cwmni, y cyngor lleol, yr Awdurdod Glo ac ymgyrchwyr amgylcheddol i fod yn rhan o “ymchwiliad byr”. Yn eu llythyr yn ymateb, fe ddywedodd Cyngor Merthyr Tudful bod gallu eu swyddogion i ddarparu tystiolaeth yn “gyfyngedig”. Roedd staff oedd wedi delio â’r ceisiadau cynllunio gwreiddiol, a’r […]