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The mental, physical and financial toll of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice has been revealed in a report on the years-long UK Post Office IT scandal. From 1999 to 2015, nearly 1,000 postal employees were wrongly prosecuted or convicted of criminal wrongdoing because of a faulty computer system. The inquiry has found at least 13 people may have taken their own lives as a result of the scandal.

The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has surpassed 100 as the massive search continues for missing people. As that operation continues, questions are already being asked about weather warnings, and why some summer camps did not evacuate ahead of the catastrophic flooding.

The first of January, 2025. Delighted parents welcomed new babies into the world. Not only were their children the firstborn of the year, they were also the first of a new generation. But why do generations even exist? And are they helpful? I’m Sophie Bennett and this is the Beta Blueprint. In this episode, I’ll be speaking with social researcher Mark McCrindle to answer those questions. He coined the terms for the newest generations Alpha and Beta.