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Fergus Hewison

Newcastle upon Tyne
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Courts boss apologises for not escalating IT bug to ministers sooner

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By Alys Harte, Fergus Hewison, Lorna Acquah
| Yahoo Verified
[Getty Images] The head of the courts service in England and Wales has apologised for failing to tell ministers and judges sooner about an IT bug that caused evidence to go missing, be overwritten or appear lost. Nick Goodwin, chief executive of HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), said he recognised the issue should have been escalated "sooner" in a letter sent to the chair of the Commons' Justice Committee.
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Bankrupt Birmingham: Why the council went bust Original

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By Fergus Hewison, Adrian GoldbergBbc File, Adrian Goldberg Verified
| BBC Verified
A deal that would have settled Birmingham's huge equal pay claims without "bankrupting" the council fell apart after trade unions found members were still suffering discrimination. Birmingham City Council is in financial crisis on multiple fronts. Equal pay claims of up to £760m are among the bills it cannot afford. But since the extent of the crisis was revealed last month, it has emerged the council thought it could originally settle the matter for just £120m.
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Firm linked to Crooked House owner was taken to court Original

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By Adrian Goldberg Verified, Fergus Hewison File, Fergus Hewison
| BBC Verified
Image source, Other/Facebook Image caption, Adam and Carly Taylor have links to The Crooked House and Himley Environmental landfill site By Adrian Goldberg & Fergus Hewison A company linked to the owner of the destroyed Crooked House was taken to court over a failure to comply with Environment Agency (EA) orders. The notice was issued to Himley Environmental Limited in 2021, which operates a landfill site and was at the time run by Adam Taylor, the husband of the wonky pub's owner Carly Taylor.
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