it was said that lucy letby has dislodged herfeeding was said that lucy letby has dislodged her feedingover the court doing nothing as the baby struggles. the baby was only brought back into a form of stability because the consultant by chance walked in and saw what was going on. that conviction came after three and a half hours when thejury came after three and a half hours when the jury accepted the prosecution prosper evidence that lucy letby�*s lawyers today said that that case had effectively been prejudiced, it had been influenced by the previous reporting of her main convictions from august 2023. they said effectively the weight of all the reporting and the vitriolic comments around it had been particularly damaging to lucy letby�*s right to a fair trial and that amounted to, what is known in legaljargon, as the occlusive process and the trialjudge should have intervened and said lucy letby cannot have a fair trial, i need to stop this case. in particular they said that comments from the police had been deeply problematic because they revealed that she was facing a review of 4000

the serial killer lucy letby has been denied permission to appeal against her most recent convictionhe received herfifteenth whole life sentence following a retrial injuly, after the jury in her original trial last year couldn't reach a verdict. letby�*s lawyers had argued the retrial shouldn't have gone ahead because of "overwhelming prejudice" caused by media coverage of the original trial. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani sent this update from the court of appeal. today's hearing at the court of appeal solely came down to the question of lucy letby�*s 15th and final conviction for attempted murder of a baby known only as child k. that conviction came injuly this year. it was a retrial because the jury in the original prosecution could not decide what had happened. now, the case against her was that child k had been attacked about 90 minutes after she had been born in the countess of chester hospital in february 2016. it was said that lucy letby had dislodged her feeding tube and stood over the cot doing nothing as the baby struggled. and the baby was only brought

was doing. easier for lucy letby to hide what she was doing-— she was doing.nquests are beginning in birmingham into the deaths of dozens of patients who were operated on by the disgraced surgeon ian paterson. he's serving a 20—year prison sentence after performing operations that were both unnecessary and unregulated. phil mackie reports. this is the disgraced surgeon ian paterson arriving at nottingham crown court for his trial. described as "charismatic and charming", jurors convicted him of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding, after carrying out unnecessary surgeries on nine women and one man. he was initiallyjailed for 15 years, but the sentence was later raised to 20 years after being found to be unduly lenient. he had worked at two private hospitals in and near birmingham and at an nhs hospital in solihull. a public inquiry found opportunities to stop him had been repeatedly missed. my report sets out what can only be described as wilful blindness in relation to paterson's behaviour and abhorrent clinical practice. paterson

doctor john gibbs was asked whether at that stage they suspected lucy letby.her of any deliberate time at that point but they had identified she had been present each time. he actually said at that time they in fact felt sympathetic towards her because they said it could have happened to any of us being present during a spate of us being present during a spate of situations of babies dying. but he said as the year went a and suspicions started to escalate, things have changed. he said there was a rift on the unit between doctors and senior nurses who were backing lucy letby. he has described the way that played out. he said, i know the parents of the later babies who died will not thank us for this but the suspicion is there might have been something else that affected the number of babies on the unit and it might be best to deal with it through the senior managers at the trust. was i wrong to have done that? he said. with hindsight, yes. done that? he said. with hindsight, es. , a, done that? he said. with hindsight, es. , ~., . ~ ,. a 14—year—old girl is bei

lucy letby, the nurse , moving.children's hospitals. this is a come out at the thurwell inquiry. >> yes, the nhs trust in charge of the countess of chester hospital in crewe, considered that move despite doctors raising concerns about a possible connection between nurse letby and an increase in the number of baby deaths in its neonatal ward. >> now we're joined now by ceo and founder of freedom from abuse , marilyn hawes on this abuse, marilyn hawes on this one, and marilyn , good morning one, and marilyn, good morning to you. >> good morning marilyn . >> good morning marilyn. >> good morning marilyn. >> were you able to watch or you've obviously heard or read the stories that are going on worrying that lucy letby conviction is unsafe. and i would have been very dismissive of that. i would have thought it's obvious she did what she did. then you hear these counter—arguments, what's your view? >> well, i agree with i agree with you. >> i mean, i mean , when this >> i mean, i mean, when this first came up, i thought g

letby was found guilty injuly in a retrial. was prejudicial media coverage following letby�*s conviction last yearfor murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others. the sale of single—use disposable vapes will be banned in england and wales from june next year, the government has confirmed. the move is intended to protect children's health by reducing the appeal of vapes and reduce the environmental damage caused by packaging. scotland and northern ireland are expected to announce similar bans in coming weeks. doctors have been told to look out for signs that people who are not obese may be misusing weight—loss jabs and falling ill. the medicines regulator says the drugs do have side effects and should only be used for treating obesity and diabetes. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. the skinnyjab — now used by millions across the world. everyone wants to be thinner, everyone wants to be prettier. everything wants to be more, more, more, and we all want it immediately. and demand for the drugs has v

former uk nurse and convicted baby killer lucy letby loses her latest bid to appeal against one of herns to become a for—hire wedding venue. hello. iam ben i am ben brown, welcome to bbc news. commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. the british prime minister sir kier starmer says the issue

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a key medical witness in the lucy letby trial has said he's changed his mind about how one of the babiesthe independent again. israel invades iran retaliates. the world looks on in horror, and the i iran missile attack on israel sparks fears of new war. there's also a story at the top. there's also a story at the top. there tory centrists launch their stop. jenrick campaign. so there we are. let's go to the guardian. israel vows to retaliate again after iran launches missile attack. so look, those are all of your front pages we have covered at length so far the situations abroad, but also what that could mean for us domestically here. but i wanted to bring this to your attention because you might have missed this. speaking at a spectator magazine event this evening, tory leadership hopeful kemi badenoch has made some eyebrow raising remarks about our civil service. have a little listen . listen. >> it is not all civil servants. i don't want people to get me wrong. there's about 5 to 10% of them who are very, very bad, you know, should be in prison. bad leaking, you know, leaking. officia

they said they felt the judge was right to find that letby could have a fair trial . letby could have a fair trial. >> now, a six year old woman has been released under investigation after her arrest over the deaths of three residents at gainsborough care home in swanage. police are investigating carbon monoxide poisoning as the likely cause after gainsborough care home residents were evacuated. seven people were taken to hospital and 40 others moved to safety dunng and 40 others moved to safety during the emergency early on wednesday morning. health and safety officials have now arrived at the scene with a police cordon still in place. the deaths are being treated as unexplained and tributes are pounng unexplained and tributes are pouring in from the local community. in other news, the government has confirmed a ban on disposable vapes starting from june 2025 amid concerns about their impact on children's health. the announcement comes as 5 million single use vapes are discarded each week, with their use growing over 400% from 2012 to 2023. however, critics claim the

the serial killer lucy letby has been denied permission to appeal against her most recent convictionreceived her 15th life order injuly, after thejury in her original trial last year couldn't reach a verdict. letby�*s lawyers had argued the retrial shouldn't have gone ahead because of overwhelming prejudice caused by media coverage of the original trial. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to announce a major change to the uk's borrowing rules. she's in washington, and will tell bankers at the annual meeting of the international monetary fund that her plans could free up billions of pounds for public spending. our business correspondent theo leggettjoins us. theo, what exactly does this mean? it means that the chancellor should have more room for manoeuvre to increase spending, potentially by tens of billions of pounds, when she unveiled her budget next week. what she is actually planning to do appears to be to change the way in which britain's national debt is measured, so that she can borrow more to fund long—term investment without breaking the government's fiscal rules. th

child serial killer lucy letby has lost her high court bid to challenge her conviction for the attemptedmurder of a baby girl. the 34 year old, who was found guilty of attempting to kill a newborn known as child k, was seeking permission to appeal against that conviction, claiming media coverage had led to overwhelming prejudice. however, three senior judges in london rejected her application. the nurse is already serving 14 whole life orders for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. today's ruling marks her second unsuccessful appeal attempt, following a similar dismissal in may regarding her earlier convictions and gb news can reveal an imminent rise in channel migrant crossings, with numbers expected to exceed last year's total within just 48 hours. at least 400 migrants are anticipated to have made the journey by the end of today, following five boat arrivals this morning carrying over 250 people to the border force processing centre in dover. a further three small boats were seen heading towards uk waters by lunchtime, taking the number of arrivals so

the convicted baby killer nurse, lucy letby, loses her latest bid to appeal against one of her convictions. marry like the monarchy! the royal balmoral estate announces plans to let couples hire it as a wedding venue. hello, i'm ben brown. the united nations has warned that world temperatures are on track to rise the gap between the emissions cuts needed to limit global warming — and the actual progress being made — has been laid bare in a new report. the un environment programme says the world is currently the un secretary—general has said the world is already paying a terrible price because of climate change. it highlights where the world needs to be to keep temperatures under that 1.5 and in the 2 degrees at the has agreed is at the paris agreement and where we really are and what we have seen in the last year 2023 is a take—up in those emissions and emissions grows globally about 1.3% and it doesn't sound like a lot but compared to what the previous decade it is considerably more than what's happened in that last year as we have seen people returning to the skies. people flying aviatio

former uk nurse and convicted baby killer lucy letby loses her latest bid to appeal against one of heronvictions. and marry like royals! balmoral estate plans to become a for—hire wedding venue. hello. iam ben i am ben brown, welcome to bbc news. commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. the british prime minister sir kier starmer says the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of commonwealth nations in samoa. the issue of reparations could potentially leave the uk not only apologising for its part in the slave trade, but also owing huge amounts of money. king charles and queen camilla are present for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the couple will complete a day of engagements before meeting with commonwealth leaders at the end of the week. a brief bit of context here. the commonwealth of nations, oftenjust known as the commonwealth, is an international group of 56 member states, mostly former territories of the british empire from which it develop