Emily Anderson

Nottingham

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Gladiator Hammer visits former primary school in Ruddington

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Greig Watson |Emily Anderson

Image caption, Tom Wilson - Hammer - said the children's reaction reminded him of the Gladiators arenaA star of the TV show Gladiators has visited his former school in Nottinghamshire. Tom Wilson, better known to millions of viewers as Hammer, surprised the children at St Peter's Church of England Junior School on Thursday. The 6ft 6in (1.98m) athlete, who weighs 19 stone (120kg) met some members of staff who remembered him as being "really quiet".
Victims of Post Office and blood scandals united by shared trauma

Jul 16, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Emily Anderson

Former sub-postmaster Michael Rudkin has also spent years campaigning, but for a different cause. More than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 for stealing because of incorrect information from a computer system called Horizon. The faulty software wrongly made it look like money was missing. Mr Rudkin lost his job as a sub-postmaster in Ibstock, Leicestershire, and his union position, when his wife Susan Rudkin was wrongly convicted of stealing money from the Post Office.