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Alan Bates rejects ‘ridiculous’ invite to royal garden partyFellow Horizon campaigner Jo Hamilton also snubbed offer as victims await redressAlan Bates and Jo Hamilton snubbed government invitations to a royal garden party, while hundreds of postmasters are still waiting for compensation.Mr Bates, whose battle for justice against the Post Office in the Horizon software scandal inspired the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, branded the invite to Buckingham Palace “ridiculous”.He said the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) had “shot itself in the foot” with an “attempt at a PR job”.
'He didn't understand, he was terrified': Disabled Palestinian man shot dead by IDF in Gaza hospitalA disabled Palestinian man was killed with a "direct shot to the neck" while being held in a hospital by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza Strip, ITV News understands.The shooting of Najeeb Salem Sadeq occurred just hours before ITV News captured footage of an unarmed civilian being shot dead while walking in a group waving a white flag, in the same area of Khan Younis.
Divers Can Now Explore Four Ancient Shipwrecks in GreeceFour stunning ancient shipwrecks off central Greece can now be explored by amateur divers, the Ministry of Culture announced this week.The shipwrecks at the sites at the region of Magnesia in the Pagasetic Gulf are filled with artifacts from antiquity and the Roman and Byzantine eras, officials have announced.Licensed local crews will accompany the divers and monitor them as they check out the treasures. Past shipwrecks have yielded bronze armor, marble statues, ceramics, gold jewelry and silver coins.Up until now, only trained archaeologists and other experts were allowed to visit the three subterranean museums and even they needed special permission.But the Greek Culture Ministry’s announcement comes after the authorities set up a supervised test project near the island of Alonissos, which has been running smoothly since 2019, the ministry says.The 4 ancient shipwrecks in Greece open to diversShipwreck of AlonissosTelegrafos WreckKikynthos IslandCape Glaros