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Post Office scandal: Rishi Sunak considers measures to clear all victimsMeasures are being considered by the government to clear the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters convicted in the Post Office Horizon scandal.More than 700 branch managers were convicted of false accounting, theft and fraud based on faulty software.Fewer than 100 people have had their convictions quashed.Watch the Panorama special that reveals damning evidence kept from those whose lives were devastated: Panorama - The Post Office Scandal
Failed asylum seeker had fake documents posted to Blackhall addressA failed Albanian asylum seeker arranged to have fake Greek identity documents sent to his home address in County Durham in an illicit attempt to obtain employment.Durham Crown Court heard that Julian Cela, an Albanian national, came to the UK in November 2021 and lodged an asylum application.Timothy Jacobs, prosecuting, said as he absconded from the address where he had been placed by immigration authorities while the asylum application was assessed, it was withdrawn.Mr Jacobs said Border Force officers intercepted a mail package, sent from the Greek capital Athens and addressed to "Niko Vasili" at an address with a Hartlepool postal code. Examination of that package revealed it contained a Greek driving licence and passport in the name of Niko Vasili, plus a further passport carrying another Greek name.The package was resealed and posted onwards, arriving at the address where Cela was living, in Fourth Street, Blackhall, County Durham, on November 27.Cela was immediately arrested and gave the name of "Niko Vasili" before his true identity came to light.Mr Jacobs said photographs on the fake documents purporting to be "Vasili" were those of the defendant.Following his arrest there was a search of the address and further fake Greek identity documents, also bearing his photographs, were found.
Winter sales to start on MondayWinter sales will start on January 8, 2024, and will last until the end of February. Stores will also remain open on Sundays, January 14 and January 21, 2024.
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Covid stages comeback, and has companyA simultaneous outbreak of three diseases affecting the respiratory system has never been seen before, medical experts say. But this is what has happened at the start of 2024, with cases of Covid, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affecting a significant percentage of the population.