the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son leiland—james.emember about him? his smile, his cheeky laugh, his big, bright eyes. murdered by the woman who promised to love and care for him. when he came home, it was in a wooden box. this is the first time laura corkill has told her story. how long have you been here for? six years. it starts with her son being removed by a social worker. taken at birth from his hospital cot. i was in bits. what was leiland—james doing? crying. cumbria county council say they told laura they planned to remove leiland—james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again — a so—called risk of future emotional harm. she believes that is why her son was taken. what should have happened to leiland—james? he would come home. absolutely. yeah, absolutely. aisha and rebecca support women who have faced domestic abuse. they offered social workers a plan to bring leiland—james home. we did have e—mails going back and forward between us

laura corkill was not asked to be part of it. i spent more time with leiland in death than in life. homas speaking to laura james. western military sources say a campaign by ukraine is gathering pace to retake the russian—controlled city of kherson. a key bridge into the city has been hit by ukrainian forces. the city was the first in the war to fall to moscow's troops. uk defence officials say kherson is now "virtually cut off from other occupied territories". 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams joins us from kyiv thank you forjoining us. could you explain the strategic significance of this? it explain the strategic significance of this? ., explain the strategic significance of this? . ,., ., , explain the strategic significance ofthis? . ., , ., of this? it marks potentially at the bearinnin of this? it marks potentially at the beginning of— of this? it marks potentially at the beginning of a _ of this? it marks potentially at the beginning of a significant - of this? it marks potentially at the beginning of a significant reversall beginning of a significant reversal of fortune

laura corkill says she repeatedly asked for leiland—james to come back home.cial worker, she says, told her she could get the baby's room ready for when he came back here. cumbria county council say in april 2020, they told laura the plan was for leiland—james to be adopted. and injuly, the family courts agreed. in august 2020, social workers placed leiland—james with this woman, laura castle. he cries. she would repeatedly beat him. she filmed him in distress. stood up like that... injanuary, 2021, she murdered leiland—james. how can someone hurt an innocent child? what, just because they couldn't cope with him? doesn't mean you've got to kill them. sorry. before leiland—james died, a social worker refused to tell laura which hospital he was in. it was 2a hours later, and then they eventually told me it was liverpool alder hey hospital. by the time i got down there he'd already been dead. and then eventually i went into his room. ijust wanted to pick him up. but they wouldn't allow me. your child? they wouldn't allow me to pick him up. a safeguarding review i

laura corkill says she repeatedly asked for leiland—james to come back home.nting assessments. and one social worker, she says, told her she could get the baby's room ready for when he came back here. cumbria county council say in april 2020, they told laura the plan was for leiland—james to be adopted. and injuly, the family courts agreed. in august 2020, social workers placed leiland—james with this woman, laura castle. he cries. she would repeatedly beat him. she filmed him in distress. stood up like that... injanuary, 2021, she murdered leiland—james. how can someone hurt an innocent child? what, just because they couldn't cope with him? doesn't mean you've got to kill them. sorry. before leiland—james died, a social worker refused to tell laura which hospital he was in. it was 2a hours later, and then they eventually told me it was liverpool alder hey hospital. by the time i got down there he had already been dead. and then eventually i went into his room. ijust wanted to pick him up. but they wouldn't allow me. your child. they wouldn't allow me to pick

laura corkill, leiland—james corkill's mother, was not asked to be part of this review.but thank you very much for your time. british gas owner centrica has begun paying dividends to shareholders again, with the company reporting a big rise in profits for the first half of the year. it comes as uk households face increasing pressure from rising energy bills. gas prices are soaring, driven in part by russia's war in ukraine. a short time ago, i spoke to our business and economy editor, douglas fraser, who told me more about centrica. it claims to be making a loss on its retail division because of that price cap, but making very substantial profits upstream where it is drilling for oil and gas and with nuclear power stations as well. we are getting this from several of the other very large companies, shell today announcing £9.5 billion profit for only three months. we are also hearing from total energy based in france, does a lot of drilling in uk waters £4.5 billion there — equinor, which sends a lot of its gas into britain from norway, £14.5 billion of profit for three m

laura castle shook leiland—james corkill in january last year.ings in the adoption process. ed thomas reports. "mummy, please don't be sad. "i miss you so much, too. "i'm safe. "it's so beautiful up here. "but i do worry when i see you cry." laura inhales sharply. the words of laura corkill, read at the funeral of her son, leiland—james. .. and what do you remember about him? his smile, his cheeky laugh, his big, bright eyes. ..murdered by the woman who promised to love and care for him. when he came home, it was in a wooden box. is this home? yeah. this is the first time laura corkill has told her story. how long have you been here for? six years. it starts with her son being removed by a social worker, taken at birth from his hospital cot. i was in bits. what was leiland—james doing? crying. cumbria county council say they told laura they planned to remove leiland—james. she denies this. years before, laura suffered severe domestic violence, abuse that she says social workers feared would happen again — a so—called "risk of future emotional har

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laura corkill was not asked to be part of it. i spent more time with leiland in death than in life. ar and a london charity is trying to reduce the cost. the swap shop in romford was previously only available to those who'd been referred to the charity. but with recent rises in the costs, the charity says even working families are struggling. the cost of living crisis is affecting everybody, notjust someone who is on benefits or someone that is on a low income. i am a single parent myself so the fact that i have this opportunity is massive. a cross—party group of mps and peers are calling on the government to speed up its monkeypox vaccination programme. the group will meet with ministers today. they also want to see more financial support for sexual health clinics experiencing a higher demand for services. over 2000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in england, most of them in london. up to 7,000 fans will be able to watch the euro 2022 final, which is going to be shown on a big screen in traflagar square. england will take on germany at wembley stadium on sunday at 90 clock, a