lucy letby is in custody at the moment but i think the statement from the police at the moment sums iter of saying at the heart of this there are a number of aggrieved families seeking answers as to what happened to their children and that is what this investigation is about and it continues to police will lead us over the next few days. —— police will update us. a drop in car production this year contributed to a slow—down in growth for the uk economy. gross domestic product — the total value of all goods and services — contracted by 0.4% in the month of april according this means growth slowed to 0.3% in the first quarter of 2019, a sharper fall than expected. let's get more on this from our reporter nina nanji. nina, are these figures a surprise? yes, definitely. this was worse than expected. economists thought that april would be weak and that was on the back of all the stockpiling that we saw in the first couple of months of the year going into the expected brexit deadline and then a sort of rewinding of that. even so, this number took people by surprise. if we break down the numb

lucy letby was first arrested in july last year on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted now also been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of three additional babie5. a drop in car production this year contributed to a slow down in growth for the uk economy. gross domestic product — the total value of all goods and services — contracted by 0.4% in the month of april according to the office for national statistics. this means growth slowed to 0.3% in the first quarter of 2019 — a sharper fall than expected. campaigners are preparing to take the crown prosecution service to court over claims that sexual offence cases are being dropped without good reason. a group of women's organisations have accused it of secretly deciding to bring fewer rape prosecutions england and wales. the cps denies the claims, and says decisions to prosecute are based on clear legal test5 being met. several weather warnings are in place for parts of south east and eastern england tonight after a month's worth of rain fell in the space ofjust a few hours. the met office said flooding and

lucy letby was first detained last july on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attemptedavage has more details. if details of this case unfamiliar, it is because we were standing outside this hospital talking about this case last july. outside this hospital talking about this case lastjuly. that is when lucy b, the nurse here at the hospital who has been arrested was first arrested by cheshire police. she was detained on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six, she was questioned at the time her home was questioned at the time her home was searched and she was be out as the investigation continued that was the investigation continued that was the situation until this morning when cheshire police issued an updated statement. they have never officially named the health professional but said she had been rea rrested professional but said she had been rearrested on the same charges as last year and the attempted murder of three additional babies. she is now in custody, helping police with their enquiries, being interviewed we understand

lucy letby, originally from hereford, was first arrested last summer on suspicion of the murder of eighteports. she has been rearrested. we understand she is in police custody and is being questioned by detectives. the hospital say they are cooperating with the ongoing investigation. it brings back this incident again to people that were caught up in it. there has been an inquiry into the number of baby deaths a year between 2015 and 2016, where 17 babies died at this hospital. it has been an ongoing investigation to uncover the details of what happens. that remains ongoing. the hospital says they are cooperating and police say they will be giving more details. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: in britain, the final candidates to succeed theresa may as conservative party leader and prime minister have been confirmed. there are ten of them as you can see. officials in mali say about one—hundred people have been massacred in a village. an entire village is said to have been burned down. the pilot of a helicopter has died after a crash—landing on top of a

lucy letby is being questioned at the moment. trying to uncover the details of what happened. —— young babies. the police say they will give more details in due course. regional and local newspapers across the north of england have issued a joint call to government to close north—south divide. a total of 33 titles — including the yorkshire post, manchester evening news, liverpool echo and newcastle's the chronicle — issued an open letter to demand improved investment in transport, industry, schools and housing for the north of england. the letter warns the next prime minister must take action to "power up the north" and address inequality. joining us now is sarah longlands from think tank, the institute for public policy research. they argue patience is running out. we have known about the north—south divide for a long time. but how wide is it? there are a range of different measures used to think about the north—south divide so we know the north on average has lower levels of productivity, lower levels of healthy life expectancy