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Calls are being made to re-examine the convictions of around 100 sub-postmasters due to concerns about flawed investigations. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used discredited information from the Post Office to support these cases. The DWP claims their cases did not solely rely on evidence from the faulty Horizon IT system. The Home Secretary aims to increase the imprisonment of sex offenders after thousands of police officers received specialized training in investigating rapes. A funeral will be held for a 14-year-old boy who was killed in a sword attack in East London. Scottish singer Katie Tunstall will receive the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. With the latest, I'm Kyle Fraser. There are calls for the previous convictions of around 100 sub-postmasters to be re-examined after a series of separate prosecutions, but not by the Post Office. Sir Robert Neill, Chair of the Justice Select Committee, fears the investigation by the Department for Work and Pensions may have been flawed because cases were supported by largely discredited information from the Post Office. The DWP says its cases didn't rely solely on evidence from the faulty Horizon IT system. What's troubling in the DWP case is this is a different lot of prosecutors. Does that mean it wasn't just a cultural and systemic failure within the Post Office and their prosecutions team? I think we'll need to keep looking at those. The Home Secretary's vowed to put more sex offenders behind bars after thousands of police officers were specially trained in investigating rapes. James Cleverley hailed the figure as a significant milestone in a bid to overhaul how rape and sexual offences are handled. According to the College of Policing, over 4,500 officers in England and Wales have completed the specialist training, but Labour has called the progress limited. A funeral will be held for the 14-year-old boy who died in a sword attack in East London two weeks ago. Daniel Anderon was killed as he walked to school in Hainault in an attack which left four others injured, including two police officers. A GoFundMe page set up in his honour has received more than £150,000. And in showbiz, Scottish singer Katie Tunstall is to receive the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. To commemorate the honour, a demo of her track Suddenly I See, which she recorded alone in her basement flat 20 years ago, will be released on Amazon Music. The 48-year-old will accept the trophy at the awards ceremony in London next week. There's more news online at gado.co.uk.