Alan Turing given Royal pardon
The family of Wilmslow codebreaker Alan Turing are demanding the Government pardons 49,000 other men persecuted like him for their homosexuality. Turing was given a posthumous royal pardon in 2013
Wilmslow WW2 code-breaker Turing receives pardon
Second World War code-breaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon.
The mathematician from Wilmslow was convicted under homophobic laws in the 1950s.
Turing saved thousands of lives through his code breaking work in the Second World War.
Dr Turing, who died aged 41 in 1954 and is often described as the father of modern computing, has been granted a pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy by the Queen following a request from Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
For more, read: Centenary of the local inventor of the modern computer
More top news
-
Here's Emma with Sunday evening's weather
Wet and windy for the next 24 hours... or longer!
-
Murder investigation launched after 26 year old man stabbed to death
Merseyside Police want to speak to teenager described as "significant witness" after stabbing on Friday morning
-
Here's Emma with Sunday's pollen report for the start of the new week
Moderate counts for the next few days, rising in any brighter spells