The British government has announced that thousands of gay men convicted of historic sex offences that are no longer a crime today will receive posthumous pardons.
It comes after a government commitment after celebrated World War Two code-breaker Alan Turing was pardoned a few years ago. From London, Catherine Drew reports.
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