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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells ignored calls from the organisation’s top management team to halt sub-postmaster prosecutions, the Horizon IT inquiry has heard.Former top in-house lawyer Chris Aujard said that in 2013 the executive committee “were in favour of ceasing prosecutions entirely”, but Ms Vennells said “limited” prosecutions should continue.The inquiry is investigating the wrongful conviction of hundreds of sub-postmasters on the basis of evidence from the faulty Horizon software.Ms Vennells said she is “truly sorry for the devastation caused to the Sub-Postmasters and their families”.She added that she is co-operating with the inquiry and “will not make any…

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Eurovision hopeful Olly Alexander has been taught how to impersonate a seagull, by a boy who went viral for his uncanny impression of the bird.Nine-year-old Cooper – also known as “Seagull Boy” – won a European championship in Belgium with his impersonation of the animal.The pair met after they both made an appearance on the BBC Breakfast sofa on Wednesday, with Cooper saying he thought Alexander’s impression of the bird was “pretty good”. Source link

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