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The Post Office awarded a £2.4m contract to a crisis PR company as it fights legal claims by victims of the Horizon IT scandal.

The initial report from the Horizon IT hearings exposes the ’disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people pursue compensation.

To date, approximately 100 individuals who experienced repercussions after being accused of stealing from their branch while using Capture may qualify for compensation.

A meeting has been held between senior Metropolitan Police officers and victims - with officers currently sifting through at least 1.5 million documents.

Ministers are exploring plans to hand ownership of the Post Office to thousands of sub-postmasters across the UK, sources have told the BBC.

The billionaire Virgin tycoon also officiated the wedding and gave a speech where he touched on Sir Alan’s long campaign for justice on behalf of hundreds of subpostmasters.

Amount paid to 15 firms and two barristers chambers since 2014 is almost equal to payouts for victims

Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells broke down at the Horizon IT inquiry as she was grilled over evidence she gave to MPs at a previous panel – and whether she misled them over the scandal.

Former senior Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh has denied that he knew about bugs in the Horizon system while sub-postmaster prosecutions continued for three years.

Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was wrongly convicted while pregnant, said she was ’angry’ listening to ex-Post Office investigator Jon Longman’s evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry

Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system

Fujitsu’s UK public sector chief said the promise it made was simply an ’extra gateway check’ for the firm

Ex-Post Office boss Alan Cook said his ’instincts’ told him cash-strapped subpostmasters were stealing from tills as they were struggling due to the recession in an email in 2009

Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was sentenced to 15 months in 2010, said she still has nightmares about her imprisonment and that she did not accept David Smith’s apology

Tory peer James Arbuthnot, who doggedly campaigned on the scandal, told the official inquiry that he believed the Post Office was ’stringing MPs along’ to defend the faulty Horizon IT system

If the post is deemed to have been sent with a "counterfeit" stamp, then Royal will put a yellow sticker on it, which warns the recipient they have to pay a fee of £5

Campaigner Alan Bates has demanded the Government changes its priority to pay victims of the Post Office scandal compensation as they have been "waiting years"

New legislation to finally clear the names of hundreds of wrongly-convicted postmasters will at last be introduced today after they had their lives ruined by the Horizon scandal

The Post Office has partnerships with banks, building societies and credit unions, meaning that 99% of UK bank customers can access their accounts at their Post Office branch

Amelia Barnham, 69, from Hammersmith, West London, spends £60 a week on tickets and has won a total of £23,600 - but after scooping £800 on a £1 HotPicks, ticket operator Allwyn launched an investigation

ITV has seen advertising revenues hit by a stalling UK economy, but programmes like Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Love Island have generated revenues after being screened in foreign countries