If the Conservatives win the general election, teenagers will be expected to take part in national service when they turn 18. Exactly how the scheme would work has not yet been hammered out. The Tories have said they would set up a royal commission – a type of public inquiry …
Read More »Refusing mandatory National Service won’t lead to prison, home secretary says after Tory policy launch
Nobody would go to jail for refusing to comply with National Service under a Conservative government, the home secretary has said. In the Conservatives’ first policy announcement of the general election campaign, Rishi Sunak said on Saturday he would introduce a new form of mandatory National Service for 18-year-olds if …
Read More »Prince Andrew is seen riding his horse at Windsor – after King Charles revealed plans to cancel royal events that could ‘distract’ from the general election
Prince Andrew was spotted on a horse ride around the Windsor Castle estate, a day after his elder brother, King Charles III, announced he will postpone engagements ‘which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign’. The Duke of York, 64, looked contemplative as he rode around the …
Read More »Rishi Sunak says he will bring back National Service if Tories win general election
Rishi Sunak has said he will introduce a new form of mandatory National Service for young people if the Conservatives win the general election. In the first new policy announcement of the campaign, the prime minister has unveiled a plan that would see 18-year-olds given the choice of a full-time …
Read More »Royal Caribbean passenger reveals the huge bill he received after suffering a seizure on board cruise ship
What was meant to be a relaxing first time cruise trip for a Michigan couple soon turned into a nightmare after they were hit with an enormous medical bill. Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, were enjoying their gifted Royal Caribbean cruise in December 2022 and had just reached CocoCay when Wasney …
Read More »Royal Mail delays full-year results
Profit guidance unchanged New date to be released “as soon as reasonably practicable” The parent company of Royal Mail, International Distributions Services (IDS), has postponed its full-year results due to auditing delays. The courier was due to publish figures for the year ended 31 March at 7am on 23 May. …
Read More »Ex-Royal Mail head Moya Greene told disgraced Post Office chief Paula Vennells: ‘I think you knew’
Ms Vennells joined the Post Office in 2007 as group network director before later progressing to managing director and eventually chief executive in 2012, a role she left in 2019 after handing in her resignation in the latter months of 2018. However, she told the inquiry that she did not …
Read More »Key points from day one of Paula Vennells at Horizon inquiry as sub-postmaster victims and Royal Mail’s Dame Moya Greene alike don’t believe her account – MKFM 106.3FM
The account of the Post Office’s former chief executive about what she knew during key years of the firm’s scandal is not believed by the former CEO of Royal Mail, the inquiry into the injustice has heard. Paula Vennells has been giving evidence as part of a three-day appearance at …
Read More »Ex-Post Office boss apologizes after widespread miscarriage of justice in Britain – NBC New York
The former chief executive of Britain’s Post Office, Paula Vennells, has apologized for the huge scandal that led to hundreds of sub-postmasters who ran the institution’s local branches wrongly prosecuted for theft. Questions linger over what Vennells and other executives knew while continuing to push for sub-postmaster prosecutions. Vennells on …
Read More »Post Office Inquiry LIVE: Former Royal Mail chief told Paula Vennells ‘I can’t support you now’ in brutal text exchange as shamed ex-CEO repeatedly apologises and cries TWICE during her evidence
By Milo Pope Published: 03:30 EDT, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 09:44 EDT, 22 May 2024 Advertisement Paula Vennells, the disgraced former CEO of the Post Office, will today give evidence to the Horizon IT scandal in what will be her first public remarks on the controversy in almost a …
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