Post Office campaigner Alan Bates, former prime minister Gordon Brown and artist Tracey Emin are among the famous faces recognised for their outstanding contribution to society in the King’s birthday honours list. The highest award went to Mr Brown, who was made a Companion of Honour, while Mr Bates was knighted in recognition of his … Read more
Rishi Sunak is facing backlash after he admitted to skipping out early on a poignant D-Day 70th Anniversary memorial to fly back to the UK for an interview with ITV. The prime minister has made a string of gaffes since he announced the general election in the pouring rain without an umbrella last month and … Read more
Veteran actor and sci-fi artist Alan Scharf dies at 77 Famous British-Canadian actor Alan scarf is known for his villainous roles double Impact And Lethal Weapon IIIas well as his portrayal of Dr. Bradley Talmadge in the sci-fi series Seven DaysHas died at the age of 77. Scharf surrendered to colon cancer on April 28, … Read more
JK Rowling opens up about sharing Snape’s secret with Alan Rickman in Harry Potter JK Rowling recently opened up about sharing details of Snape’s character harry potter To the late actor Alan Rickman. In a new interview with Times of LondonRowling confessed that she told Rickman the secret about the Snape character because he was … Read more
Daniel Radcliffe on ‘Harry Potter’ co-star Alan Rickman’s ‘intimacy’ Daniel Radcliffe recently revealed that not only was he intimidated by Professor Severus Snape on screen as Harry Potter, but he himself was “scared” by late actor Alan Rickman “. in a recent interview happy sad confusedglobal star harry potter Franchise shared his initial take on … Read more
Former Deputy Postmaster General Alan Bates told the Horizon Public Inquiry on Wednesday (April 10) that the post office was “dead and beyond saving”. Mr Bates said the organization needed to be completely rebuilt. Mr Bates also claimed the Post Office needed to be sold to a company like Amazon, which could inject money into … Read more
Alan Bates said the Post Office “came after me in some way” as he admitted he was “annoyed” when his employment contract was terminated. The activist and former deputy postmaster general also told Horizon IT Investigations on Tuesday, April 9, that the company had spent 23 years “trying to discredit me and silence me.” Asked … Read more
Get our free ‘Westminster Views’ email Former Deputy Postmaster General Alan Bates said the post office was run by “thugs in suits” who were willing to do “anything” to cover up Horizon’s failures. Giving evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry today, the chief campaigner for the Justice for Deputy Postmasters Alliance (JFSA) made … Read more
Sign up for our free breaking news emails Watch live coverage of Alan Bates giving evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Tuesday 9 April. The activist was recently the subject of an ITV drama Mr Bates vs Post Officeformed the League of Deputy Postmasters for Justice. A glitch in the Horizon IT … Read more
Post Office victims campaigner Alan Bates told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry it was “very clear” the group was “after me in some way”. A former senior official at the organization also described Mr Bates as “difficult to manage”, documents revealed in the Horizon IT scandal inquiry show. Bates told the inquiry today that the … Read more
Alan Bates says ‘everyone would be surprised how much the Post Office and the government know about Horizon’ Get your free Morning Headlines email with news from journalists around the world Sign up for our free morning headlines email Hero campaigner Alan Bates has accused the Post Office of spending 23 years trying to “discredit … Read more
The UK Post Office Horizon public inquiry resumes this week, almost four years after it was launched. A TV series has transformed public and political interest in the industrial-scale miscarriage of justice suffered by the deputy postmaster general. Since 2020, retired judge Sir Wyn Williams has been investigating the incident that led to the Post … Read more