anna foster is there for us now. anna, personal statements will be made to the judge during sentencing, but lucy letby won't be there to hear them? that is correct. lucy letby�*s legal team at the suggestion that while she is in court here, she would not return to the dock in the courtroom for what will be a lengthy sentencing process today. she was convicted over a period of several hearings of seven counts of murder, attempting to murder another six babies in her care. that is why this will be a long process today, because as you say, one of the key features of sentencing in the uk now is victim impact statements. this is where the families of those babies have been able to put in words what an ordeal this has been for them, and that will be reflected in the judge's sentencing. it is something he considers along with things like sentencing guidelines and the framework by which he can choose the sentence he gives to lucy letby. so the process is beginning now in court. the court is full. the families of the babies in

anna foster is there for us now.are slowly but surely hearing these very difficult personal statements being made to the judge during sentencing. lucy letby is not there. she will not hear them, will seek? ,, , ., . , seek? she is here at manchester crown court. _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was _ seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was brought i seek? she is here at manchester crown court, she was brought to j crown court, she was brought to court from prison this morning as she has been for every stage of this process, but last week as the final verdicts were delivered it is worth reminding you as well those verdicts were delivered over a series of hearings. there were none for different hearings on the court where the jury returned and delivered a partial number of verdicts. lucy letby was presence for the first ones, the first counts of murder which she was convicted of, she sobbed in the dock as those verdicts were read out but

anna foster is there for us now.nal statements being made to the judge during sentencing. lucy letby is not there. she will not hear them, will seek?

i'm anna foster live outside manchester crown court. the headlines: nurse lucy letby is sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. letby is driven away from manchester crown court to begin life behind bars after refusing to appear in the dock. i'm nancy kacungira in london. our other main headlines: saudi arabia says a report detailing the systematic killing of ethiopian migrants by its border guards is unfounded. the guards is unfounded. dramatic aftermath of storm hilary the dramatic aftermath of storm hilary after southern california is hit by its first tropical storm in 80 years. and a wind—assisted cargo ship embarks on its maiden voyage in a new approach to reducing carbon emissions. hello, iam nancy hello, i am nancy kacungira, hello, iam nancy kacungira, welcome to the daily global. we will start with the sentencing of lucy letby and go to m

anna foster is there for us now. as you say, lucy letby has not appeared in the dock this morning.ry day throughout this long—running trial, almost ten months, believed to be the longest—running murder trial in uk history, but once again she will remain in the holding cells and she has not been

i spoke to anna foster in manchester crown court about the case.ed how lucy carried out these crimes. >> extraordinary and shocking trial. one that we are following closely. this is a nurse that was working on the neonatal unit. she was dealing with premature babies. some of the sickest and most vulnerable children you can imagine. at a time she was supposed to care for them, nurture them, and ensure their survival. she was instead actively trying to murder them. in some cases, she was succeeding. she used in oculus methods. it was described by the prosecution as her favorite method of trying to kill children. that was injecting air into their bloodstream. she injected overdoses of insulin into their small bodies. at times she would overfeed them with milk, liquids, and it took a while for the pattern to be recognized. occasions where the babies who seem to be doing quite well were suddenly and inexplicably go into a collapse in medical staff for a time could not work out why it was happening. why more babies were losing their lives until the patte

anna foster in turkey and james clayton in san francisco have more.odern times. february's quake happened in the middle of the night. many people died where they were sleeping, in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone — that's about 80% of all of the phones in turkey — and this is google's explainer on how it works. android phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them which can sense earthquakes. people will now be able to have their phones become part of this network of mini seismometers looking for earthquakes around the world. we call this the... when the phone detects an earthquake, it sends a message back to google's servers. when enough phones do this, google can pinpoint the epicentre and send out an earthquake warning. and so you'll hear it go... phone chimes. it looks like this, and it says, "drop, coverand hold." so it's pretty loud. it's pretty loud.

the bbc�*s anna foster joined my colleague carl nasman earlier to discuss the case. w did lucy letby do this? how did she go about carrying out these crimes? well, this has been an extraordinary and shocking trial, one which has lasted nearly ten months and one which has been followed very closely, as you would expect here in the uk. this is a nurse who was working on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. she was dealing with premature babies, with some of the sickest and most vulnerable children you can imagine. and at a time when she was supposed to be caring for them, when she was supposed to be nurturing them and ensuring their survival, she was instead actively trying to murder them. and in some cases, as we now know, she was succeeding, and she used innocuous methods. it was described by the prosecution, one of them as her favourite method of trying to kill children, and that was injecting air into their bloodstream. she did things like injecting overdoses of insulin into their small bodies. at times, she would overfeed them with milk or with li

i am anna foster at manchester crown court.verage here on bbc of the sentencing hearing of lucy letby. the 32—year—old nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care and attempting to murder six more as she worked as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. covering up a period of time ofjust 12 months, only a short part of her nursing career, on this particular trial. but of course now her full life as a nurse will be looked at. we know it is being investigated by cheshire police have led the whole inquiry into lucy letby�*s offending. and itjust in last hour thejudge mrjustice goss who presided over this trial made his sentencing remarks, he talked about the victims in this case, the babies that lucy letby murdered or attempted to murder, also their families as well. at past down that whole life sentence that she will spend the rest of her life in prison. this is what thejudge mrjustice rest of her life in prison. this is what the judge mrjustice goss had to say. what the 'udge mrjus

anna foster, bbc news.the amazon in a world record attempt. john bathgate from edinburgh and ian roberts from exeter set out to travel more than 3,000 miles, from ecuador across brazil. but they were attacked in peru, close to the colombian border. john bathgate was shot twice, but they managed to fend off the attackers with a rowing oar, before paddling to safety in a peruvian village. he's been reflecting on that experience. what i would like to get through to people is that this does not define peru. these were two individuals who, probably due to lack of options, not having much and seeing, you know, us rich westerners going by with all this equipment, it does not excuse what they did but, you know, their actions don't define the people of peru. they're both now safely back in the uk, but hope to return to peru within a year to finish the expedition. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. we do seem to be having a summer, finally! fist we do seem to be having a summer, finall ! �* ., .,, , we d

anna foster is there for us now. a very difficult day for the families of those babies.y spoke at the sentencing hearing?- families as they spoke at the sentencing hearing? well, each of them were able _ sentencing hearing? well, each of them were able to _ sentencing hearing? well, each of them were able to make - sentencing hearing? well, each of them were able to make what i sentencing hearing? well, each of them were able to make what is i them were able to make what is called a victim impact statement. so this is a really important part of the whole legal process. if you think about the child that has been going on for almost ten months, the points at which those parents got to actually address the court were during sessions of evidence. so they would be asked questions by the prosecution and the defence and really, they were only able to reply actually in relation to those questions. but what the parents could do today was actually really say everything that they wanted to say. they were able to talk about the extraordinary emotional toll that this talk on them. be

our correspondent, anna foster, has more. >> she's beginning a whole life sentence, very rare in thebut in the case of this nurse, this 33-year-old nurse who murdered sev babies in her care and attempted to murder six more at the camp chester hospital, the judge said that was the only sentence appropriate because of the severity of the crimes. these were the sickest and most premature babies and she presented on the outside someone passionate and caring, medically qualified. these are some of those difficult moments in their lives. she was attempting to murder the babies in her care. it shocked the u.k. and the fact that the who life sentence was handed down really shows the severity of the case. the judge talked about malevolence bordering on sadism and the premeditated nature of these crimes. the way that she had tried to cover up what she did. there have only been very few criminals given these whole life sentences and been told that they will never be released from prison. in the case of lucy let be, the judge said it was an appropriate sentence to be given. she is now the most p

i'm anna foster. trial came to its conclusion. she has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care when she was a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital and attempting to

we are joined by our correspondent anna foster who pace outside manchester crown court.background there. what has been happening in there. what has been happening in the last few moments. it there. what has been happening in the last few moments.— the last few moments. it gives you the last few moments. it gives you the context — the last few moments. it gives you the context behind _ the last few moments. it gives you the context behind this _ the last few moments. it gives you the context behind this very - the context behind this very long—running case. the first case goes back to june long—running case. the first case goes back tojune 2015, so a long process for the families involved here. the families were thanked by thejudge for their service here. the families were thanked by the judge for their service and what he described as the most upsetting and distressing case. some of the families were in the courtroom to see this case come to its conclusion. some of them had already heard verdicts on their children be delivered. 0ne heard verdicts on their children be del

you're watching bbc news i am anna foster live at manchester crown court the date lucy letby is was founduilty of murdering seven babies in her care and attempting to murder six more, babies in her care and attempting to murdersix more, it babies in her care and attempting to murder six more, it makes her the most notorious and prolific shows are killer of children in recent uk history. it is a shocking case that has shocked the book not only who have been here through the trial listening to the evidence but also with the families at the heart of it and the medical profession. it is such a rare thing that someone working in hospital moves from being a carer, saving lives, to someone taking them. that is what lucy letby was doing after time in the neonatal unit at the countess chester hospital. the court heard about the way she killed these berries or try to kill their babies in her care using innocuous subsidies like milk or insulin orair, using innocuous subsidies like milk or insulin or air, the things that should've brought life, lucy letby was to it to take life away. she will be sent

attempted murder charges and the jury were undecided on six attempted murder charges. 0r correspondent anna fostertencing is going to take place on monday, 21st of august at 10am. ~ . ., ., ,, ., 10am. what more do we know? of course, 10am. what more do we know? of course. in — 10am. what more do we know? of course. in this— 10am. what more do we know? of course, in this case _ 10am. what more do we know? of course, in this case we _ 10am. what more do we know? of course, in this case we would - 10am. what more do we know? of. course, in this case we would expect a significant custodial sentence. we will also hear victim impact statements from the families of those babies who lucy letby either murdered or attempted to murder. interesting hearing that statement that you just read from the former chief executive of the countess of chester hospital. the trust that looks after that hospital. we are expecting to hear quite a few statements over the next two hours and you will hear them here on bbc news as they happen. some of them will happen here at manchester crown court, where we will hear from the

at salford university and the co—host of the trial of lucy letby podcast talking to my colleague anna foster arejustjoining us on bbc news a reminder of the main news today. nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to kill six others, who were being looked after on a neonatal ward at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. the verdicts mean that 33—year—old letby is the uk's most prolific killer of children in modern times. she was described in court in manchester as cold, calculating and relentless. prosecutors said that in letby�*s hands, air, milk and medication, such as insulin, became lethal. thejury was undecided on the attempted murder of a further four babies. she was found not guilty of two counts of attempted murder, and will be sentenced on monday. the government has ordered an independent inquiry. police are reviewing the admissions of 4,000 babies to hospitals where letby worked — but they do stress they are not investigating all 4,000. the families of lucy letby�*s victims — in a statement read out by the family l

the bbc�*s anna foster outside manchester crown court, tthank you very much.et's look at some other news. the bbc has been told that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in ethiopia's northern region of tigray, since food aid was suspended in april. it comes after humanitarian aid to the region by the world food programme and its key donor, the us government, was terminated due to corruption in the distribution system. twitter — or 'x", as it's now known — is removing the blocking features from its services. 0wner elon musk says "makes no sense". musk said users will still be able to block people from directly messaging them. but many people on social media said it will make it hard for people to remove abusive posts from their timeline. russia has banned 54 british nationals and people working for uk organisations from entering the country. the country's foreign minister says it's retaliation for uk sanctions on its citizens. a number ofjournalists from the bbc, the daily telegraph, and the guardian are also on the list. the bbc said it would "continue

our correspondent anna foster has been following this trial.l a whole life sentence. they are very rare in the uk, but in the case of this 33—year—old nurse who murdered seven babies in her care and attempted to murder six more at the countess of chester hospital, thejudge the countess of chester hospital, the judge said that was the only sentence is appropriate because of the severity of the crimes. this was a nurse looking after the sickest and most premature babies, who presented on the outside a vision or somebody compassionate and caring. medically qualified. somebody who was helping those parents through the most difficult moments in their lives. and who we now know was murdering and attempting to murder the babies in her care. it is a case that has shocked the uk and the fact this whole life sentence has been handed down really shows the severity of this case. the judge talked about malevolence bordering on sadism. he talked about the premeditated nature of these crimes. the way lucy letby had tried to cover up what she did. and there ha

i'm anna foster.nurse lucy letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and the attempted murder of six others. some of them she force fed with milk, some of them she force—fed with insulin, others she force—fed with insulin, others she injected with air. the families reacted with emotion and shock at the trial here came to its conclusion. she will be sentenced

i'm anna foster, live outside manchester crown court.ting to kill six others. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. this is the moment lucy letby is driven away from manchester crown court to begin life behind bars. after refusing to appear in the dock. manchester united forward mason greenwood, who had charges of attempted rape and assault against him dropped, leaves the club. and more than 20 million americans are under flood warnings, as storm hilary brings torrential rain to southern california. hello. this is bbc news. i'm in a foster, live outside manchester crown court, where in the last few hours the nurse lucy letby has been told that she will spend the rest of her life in prison. letby did not appear in the dock for the sentencing remarks by thejudge today. she was brought here to court but she chose to stay in the holding cells and not to face the families of her victims, who read out a series of distressing impact statements. they talked in gr

i'm anna foster.

i'm anna foster. you can see behind me the scene at manchester crown court where a few hours ago lucy letby�*s trial came to its conclusion. she has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care when she was a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital and attempting to murder six more. she was acquitted of two charges, and on further charges the jury told the judge in the last few hours they were unable to reach a verdict, so the crown prosecution service has said they will take 28 days to decide whether or not to seek a retrial on those charges that they have been unable to decide. you have heard it here on bbc news in the last few hours reaction from across the board to what has been a terrifying and traumatic trial for the families, who have had to go back and listen to evidence about their children's deaths, about their children's murders, who have had to relive some of the darkest moments in their lives, and many of the statements we have been hearing on the court step

anna foster was also following events at manchester crown court.eginning her whole life sentence that was handed down here at manchester crown court. thejudge, mrjustice goss, making it very clear that due to the severity of her crimes, he talked about the calculating nature of what she did, malevolence bordering on sadism, the way that she targeted these babies, and then tried to cover her tracks, and as he laid out his sentencing remarks here, he really said that the only sentence that would be appropriate in this case was a whole life sentence. now, of course, there is a mandatory life sentence for murder, but he said in the case of lucy letby�*s crimes that only a sentence that meant that she would never leave prison would be appropriate in this case, and the families of many of lucy letby�*s victims were in court number seven to hear those sentencing remarks, and also to deliver their own victim impact statements. their opportunity to tell the court and to tell the judge about the ordeal that they had been through, beginning with the birth of

anna foster was at manchester crown court a little earlier and told us more about what the families hadhat is called a victim impact statement. and this is a really important part of the whole legal process. because if you think about the trial that has been going on for almost ten months, the points at which those parents got to actually address the court were during sessions of evidence. so they would be asked questions by the prosecution and the defence. and really, they were only able to reply factually, in relation to those questions. but what the parents could do today was actually really say everything that they wanted to say. they were able to talk about the extraordinary emotional toll that this took on them. because of course, bear in mind that these were parents of already very sick premature children, who were going through the ordeal of those babies being treated in the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, they were already very sick. then for those babies to die or, in some cases, have events which almost led to their deaths — as we know, in some cases, medic

i'm anna foster.are on the steps of manchester crown court where in the last few hours, the nurse lucy letby has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and the attempted murder of six others. some of them she force fed with milk, some of them she force—fed with insulin, others she force—fed with insulin, others she injected with air. the families reacted with emotion and shock at the trial here came to its conclusion. she will be sentenced here on monday at manchester crown court. she is now the most prolific killer of children in modern times. shejudith morris sent this report. she thought she'd get away with it, but this was the moment the game was up. lucy, is it? do you mind if i step in for a few seconds? yes. behind the door of this ordinary suburban house, britain's most prolific baby killer was arrested three years after her murder spree began. just sit there for me, lucy. i've just had knee surgery. she worked here, on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. her r

i am anna foster. live from manchester crown court. the headlines...se lucy letby will spend the rest of her life in prison — for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder, involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. letby refused to appear in the dock for her sentencing. her victims�* families say she's evil and has destroyed their lives. i think it's cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first—hand the impact that the crimes that had on them and theirfamilies and loved ones. welcome to bbc news, you join me live outside manchester crown court where just in the last hour, the judge mrjustice goss who has provided over the case of lucy letby for almost ten months has really concluded that legal process bypassing the sentence on the convicted killer of children. she is now the most prolific killer of children in british legal history. we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the res

back to our top story with anna foster at manchester crown court.e at countess at chester hospital who has been convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and attempting to murder six more has been back here at manchester crown court today for her sentencing crucially while she was here in the building she was not in the dock in court number 70 here not just her sentence but also the victim impact statements that were delivered so eloquently and so emotionally by the families of the babies whom she murdered and attempted to murder. some of those family members had the statements that they had worsened personally write out by legal counsel in some cases parents read them themselves and then played to the court and in and then played to the court and in a few cases families themselves spoke to what was a packed courtroom. eight of euros had returned from sentencing today. many of the family of lucy letby�*s victims were in the court. our correspondentjudith morris was there following the trial throughout described it as the only part of the court

i am anna foster. live from manchester crown court. the headlines... in the dock for her sentencing. her victims' families say she's evil and has destroyed their lives. i think it's cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first—hand the impact that the crimes that had on them and theirfamilies and loved ones. welcome to bbc news, you join me live outside manchester crown court where just in the last hour, the judge mrjustice goss who has provided over the case of lucy letby for almost ten months has really concluded that legal process bypassing the sentence on the convicted killer of children. she is now the most prolific killer of children in british legal history. we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the rest of her life in prison as a result of the murders and attempted murder she carried out while working as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. we have heard over a period of months harrowing evidence from the parents

i'm anna foster live outside manchester crown court.t vulnerable of children. letby is driven away from manchester crown court to begin life behind bars after refusing to appear in the dock. i'm nancy kacungira in london. our other main headlines: saudi arabia says a report detailing the systematic killing of ethiopian migrants by its border guards is unfounded.

i'm anna foster.ere in the uk, nurse lucy letby — has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at a hospital in chester. the babies were attacked betweenjune 2015 and and june 2016. she was charged with 22 counts of attempting babies in her care. some were injected with air. others were force—fed milk. the crown prosecution service announced on the steps that they weapon eyes to her craft as a nurse. the trial has considered harrowing evidence from... they watched that children die and often harrowing circumstances. the families are very much at the forefront of people's mines here at court today. lucy letby was herself in the court building was not present in the dock to hear the final verdict delivered. when the first vertex work delivered several days ago, she was present. she sobbed at the dock at one point put her head on the desk and cried. but for the last couple of days, even though she has been here in the holding cells at manchester crown court, she ref

anna foster is there for us now. as you say, lucy letby has not appeared in the dock this morning.ster crown court. she was brought here from prison as she has been every day throughout this long—running trial, almost ten months, believed to be the longest—running murder trial in uk history, but once again she will remain in the holding cells and she has not been in the dock of court number seven this morning to hear some of the harrowing, deeply distressing victim impact statements which form part of the sentencing hearing. this was the moment for the parents of those babies who lucy letby either murdered or attempted to murder at the countess of chester hospital, their chance to really say what they wanted to say about what this had done to them. many of them gave evidence during this process but giving evidence is very much of actually answering questions from the lawyers in court, but on this occasion in these last few hours they have been able to spend time and really puts the emotion of the ordeal that i have been through into these statements that have been in some cases del

anna foster is there for us now.

anna foster, bbc news. let's talk to carol.noon again with the odd rumble of thunder. gusty winds across the north—west coast of wales and we are looking at it turning quite humid in southern areas. it will be thresher across the far north of scotland and here it will be quite pleasant in the sunshine —— fresher in the far north of scotland. let's return now to that fantastic achievement by england's lionesses, who have made it through to their first ever world cup final by beating the hosts, australia. this time yesterday we were looking ahead to the semifinal in sydney, where we knew the home crowd would vastly out—number the england supporters, but that didn't seem to faze sarina wiegman's team as they won by three goals to one. the hosts are facing up to the fact that there world cup is over. australia's loss was england's gain and fans across the uk went wild as the lionesses booked their spot in the world cup final. the aussie news stations reluctantly acknowledged england's victory. for them it was about the journey of t