Donald Trump spent Friday evening tweeting furiously to air a series of fraud conspiracies, while his rival Joe Biden addressed the nation to call for calm and reassure voters that their ballots would be counted. As the sun set on Friday, and as yet more results showed the race turning for Biden in Georgia, Nevada, … Read more
A North Carolina man who spent 44 years in prison for a rape he says he didn’t commit says that his new freedom is ‘breathtaking.’ Ronnie Long, 64, was freed last week after his 1976 first-degree rape and burglary convictions were vacated by the United States District Court after having already served 44 years of the … Read more
More than 1,800 Post Office employees may have been wrongfully accused of taking money from the till in IT scandal Hundreds of postmasters were sacked or wrongfully convicted due to IT flaws More than a thousand former members of staff apply for compensation scheme This is on top of 555 postmasters who fought for compensation in … Read more
The number of postmasters wrongfully convicted of theft could be as high as 1,000, the Post Office has admitted. The figure emerged as the appalling treatment of a former postmistress who developed depression after being dragged to court came to light. The Government-owned company said an additional 400 former postmasters may have been wrongfully convicted … Read more
A police officer filmed battering a teenage boy has been suspended after fresh CCTV shows him beating a black cyclist on a police car a day earlier. The emergency worker is seen dragging the 44-year-old man off his bicycle in the middle of the street. The officer, who was not wearing PPE, then yanked down the … Read more