Siobhan Kennedy
BP faces ‘reset phase’ – also known as a serious problem
BP is by no means on the brink – but the fall in the price of oil, combined with profits down for the last quarter of 2014, confirm that the company has problems.
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Former Post Office boss says he didn’t know they were prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters
Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself.
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Post Office bosses should ‘beg for an apology’ – former subpostmistress’ husband
The husband of a former subpostmistress who was wrongfully jailed while pregnant has rejected an apology by the man in charge of the post office at the time.
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‘People deserve to go to prison’ over Post Office scandal says former subpostmaster
We are joined by Janet Skinner, a former sub-postmaster who was sent to prison over an alleged £59,000 discrepancy in her branch accounts.
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Exclusive: Paula Vennells was briefed about “covert operations team” that could alter subpostmaster accounts two years before parliamentary appearance
The bombshell new tapes obtained by Channel 4 News reveal Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells was aware of an allegation concerning the existence of the remote unit at Bracknell’s Fujitsu headquarters, two years before she appeared in Parliament.
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“How many years until we see justice served?” asks former subpostmaster
We spoke to former subpostmasters Chris Head and Chirag Sidhpura. Both lost everything after the Post Office accused them of stealing huge sums of money.
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We’re just an ‘irritant’ to the Post Office, says former subpostmistress Jo Hamilton
Former subpostmistress Jo Hamilton, who was falsely accused of stealing £36,000, made a surprise appearance at the Brit Awards last night.
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The Post Office is ‘still toxic and the culture hasn’t changed’, says a former subpostmaster
Chris Head was the youngest postmaster in the UK when he took over his local branch near Sunderland in 2006.
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BP triples profits after spike in oil and gas prices
Oil and gas giant, BP today said its profits have more than trebled thanks to surging energy prices. But – it’s a stark contrast – those same surging prices are set to push domestic energy bills to more than £3,600 per household this winter. Poverty campaigners say the dramatic increase in the energy price cap…
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White House subpoenaed by Congress as Trump impeachment inquiry intensifies
“After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction and cover-up.” That’s the conclusion of not one, but three, Democratic committee chairmen.
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Siobhan Kennedy
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Petrol ‘price-fixing’: inspectors raid BP and Shell offices
BP and Shell offices are raided by inspectors after allegations of collusion over price-fixing, which regulators say may have pushed up the price of petrol over the last ten years.
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BP ‘fears worst’ for four missing staff in Algeria
Work continues today to identify the British victims of the Algerian siege and to repatriate their bodies as BP confirm 14 of their 18 staff are now safe.
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BP gets $4.5bn fine over Deepwater oil spill
Oil giant BP agrees to pay a $4.5bn (£2.8bn) settlement to authorities over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast.
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BP to sell stake in Russian oil firm
Following ‘unsoliciated indications of interest’, BP announces plans to sell its 50 per cent stake in Russian oil company TNK-BP in a move which could net it £25bn.
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Hackers target abortion provider BPAS
Britain’s biggest abortion provider has been subject to 2,500 hacking attempts in the last five weeks, amid concerns about the politicisation of the abortion debate and hostile targeting of women.
