.- his client, to lucy letby.lucy letby. thank you for bringing us more on _ his client, to lucy letby. thank you for bringing us more on that - for bringing us more on that development. just for viewers watching, do head to the bbc website for the latest developments and so much background thatjudith was talking about available to you there. let's turn away from all of that to a completely different story. the lives of pop stars often make a good basis for a film — but a new semi—autobiographical movie based on robbie williams adds a new twist to the genre — by portraying him as a monkey. it's been done with motion capture technology — and follows the singer through his early boy band days to his break out as a solo star. robbie narrates it himself — and our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet him and the film's director michael gracey. i'm robbie williams. this is my story. but i'm not going to tell it in an ordinary way, because i don't see myself how others see me. # wave your hands if

well, this is a new development in lucy letby's - is happening? this is a new - development in lucy letby's case and it has been made public by her new defence lawyer, who has taken over from the team that represented her during her trials and appeals, now lucy letby has twice been denied permission by the court of appeal for his case to be heard there, and mr mcdonald has said he is intending to go directly back to the court again. normally he would go to another organisation, the criminal cases review commission, for case to be dealt with but he said he is going to bring up the issue again at the court of appeal of the reliability of the prosecution's lead expert witness, on the basis he said that dr evans changed his view relating to three of the babies in the case. we haven't by the way had any response from dr evans on those claims today. separately, lucy letby's defence tame are also going to the criminal cases review commission, they say they have fresh evidence, to present there relating to two baby, one of whom, baby 0 alleging rather tha

the clinical notes confirmed that the nurse looking after him was lucy letby. own a baby boy was poisoned with insulin whilst in letby�*s care at the countess of chester hospital. this case wasn't part of the trial. and there have been other claims that letby may have killed other babies. the lead paediatric consultant from the countess of chester hospital, who originally raised the alarm about her, told the ongoing thurwell inquiry recently it was likely that letby had harmed or killed babies before 2015. but there has also been a big debate over the science used in the case against letby. a number of experts have challenged the medical lucy letby worked over 30 shifts at the liverpool women's hospital in 2012 and 2015, before her crimes were committed at the countess of chester hospital. in october, the bbc�*s panorama programme uncovered potentially life—threatening incidents that occurred on almost a third of letby�*s shifts in liverpool. in one case from november 2012, a baby boy collapsed and water was later found in his breathing tube, something that's hi

now detectives have confirmed they have questioned lucy letby again. in a statement, they said...c�*s panorama programme recently found that potentially life—threatening incident occurred on almost one third of her shifts there. meanwhile, the thirlwall inquiry is continuing to examine how the hospital in chester handled doctors' suspicions about the nurse. her trial only covered a year starting from june 2015, but lead consultant doctor stephen brearey recently told the inquiry he didn't think that is when she started killing. is it your view that she murdered children in your hospital prior to that date? i think that is likely, yes. on reflection now, do you look back and see a number of unexpected collapses or deaths that, with information now available to you, appear appeared suspicious? yes. lucy letby has instructed a new legal team, who say she maintains her innocence and they plan to take her case to the criminal case's review commission to push for it to be sent back to the court of appeal. judith morris, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. fam

the clinical notes confirmed that the nurse looking after him was lucy letby. shown a baby boy was poisoned with insulin whilst in letby�*s care at the countess of chester hospital. this case wasn't part of the trial. and there have been other claims that letby may have killed other babies. the lead paediatric consultant from the countess of chester hospital, who originally raised the alarm about her, told the ongoing thurwell inquiry recently it was likely that letby had harmed or killed babies before 2015. but there has also been a big debate over the science used in the case against letby. a number of experts have challenged the medical evidence used against her, and her new legal team say they also take a contradictory view of the new evidence. they plan to take her case to the criminal cases review commission, which investigates alleged miscarriages ofjustice, to apply for it to be sent back to the court of appeal. steve knibbs, bbc news. now to the us where lawyers for president— elect donald trump have asked a new yorkjudge to completely dismiss the crimi

so the case of lucy letby still has some way to go. of the 234 new species discovered in the greater meekong region of southeast asia. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. a rock—dwelling dragon and a viper with eyelash—style scales are among 234 new species discovered in the greater meekong region of southeast asia, according to the world wide fund for nature. the discovery includes three mammals, 17 amphibians, 26 reptiles, 15 species of fish, and 173 plants. wendy elliott is a world wide fund's biodiversity practice leader. she was telling me about the significance of this discovery. these discoveries really show us what a treasure trove we have in life on this planet. and how much we still don't know. we're still discovering new species of mammal, let alone plants and all these other is just incredible. i think these species are fascinating in their own right. but it's also the way that they are discovered that i find so fascinating for the there's a species of dragon was only discovered because

lucy letby stands convicted as britain's most prolific child—killer, found guilty of murdering seven seven. the infants were all patients on the neonatal unit of the countess of chester hospital between june 2015 and june 2016. following her trial, the police said they were continuing to investigate letby�*s full career. that includes time she spent training at a hospital in liverpool, as far back as 2012. now, detectives have confirmed that they've questioned letby again. in a statement, they said... it's understood lucy letby has not previously been questioned about her time at the hospital in liverpool, where she worked 30 shifts on two placements in 2012 and 2015. the bbc�*s panorama programme recently found that potentially life—threatening incidents occurred on almost a third of her shifts there. lucy letby�*s trial only covered crimes within a one—year period which started injune 2015, but the lead consultant on the countess of chester neonatal unit recently told the public inquiry, which is examining how the hospital handled the situation, that he doesn't believe that's when

following her trial, the police said they were continuing to investigate lucy letby�*s full career.2012. now detectives have confirmed they've questioned letby again. in a statement, they said... it's understood lucy letby�*s not previously been questioned about her time at the hospital in liverpool, where she worked 30 shifts on two placements in 2012 and 2015. the bbc�*s panorama programme recently found that potentially life—threatening incidents occurred on almost a third of her shifts there. meanwhile, the thirlwall inquiry�*s continuing to examine how the hospital in chester handled doctors' suspicions about the nurse. her trial only covered a year starting from june 2015, but lead consultant dr steve brearey recently told the inquiry he didn't think that's when she started killing. is it your view that she had murdered or assaulted children in your hospital prior to that date? i think that's likely, yes. 0n reflection now, do you look back and see a number of unexpected collapses and deaths which, with information now available to you, appear suspicious? yes. lucy letby has i

lucy letby stands convicted as britain's most prolific child—killer, found guilty of murdering seven continuing to investigate letby�*s full career. that includes time she spent training at a hospital in liverpool, as far back as 2012. now, detectives have confirmed that they've questioned letby again. in a statement, they said... it's understood lucy letby has not previously been questioned about her time at the hospital in liverpool, where she worked 30 shifts on two placements in 2012 and 2015. the bbc�*s panorama programme recently found that potentially life—threatening incidents occurred on almost a third of her shifts there. lucy letby�*s trial only covered crimes within a one—year period which started injune 2015, but the lead consultant on the countess of chester neonatal unit recently told the public inquiry, which is examining how the hospital handled the situation, that he doesn't believe that's when she started killing. is it your view that she had murdered or assaulted children in your hospital prior to that date? i think that's likely, yes. were... on reflection now, d

a lawyer representing the child serial killer lucy letby says he's applying directly to the court ofd says his argument is based around the reliability of the evidence of the prosecution's lead expert witness. our special correspondent judith moritz reports. when lucy letby was convicted of murdering and attacking babies in her care, she was told she would never leave prison. now she is arguing that her case should be reviewed because the prosecution's lead witness, doctor dewi evans, has changed his mind about how three of the babies died. letby has twice been denied permission to appeal but now has new lawyers. they say doctor evans' evidence was unreliable, so her convictions are unsafe. don't get me wrong, i'm sure doctor evans is still going to say, well, lucy letby is guilty and he has a different view and a different hypothesis in relation to it. but the cause of death that was before the court of appeal is different now, according to doctor evans, and i think that is a profound issue that needs to be re—looked by the court of appeal. doctor evans has not commented on today's

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in today's other main stories: the uk's child serial killer, lucy letby, is questioned in jail by police 0n the brink of collapse — france's prime minister faces a vote of no—confidence today over his attempts to push through an unpopular austerity budget. welcome to bbc news. i'm steve lai in seoul, where it's the day after a night of political chaos which shocked the world. i'm standing in front of the national assembly. behind me, you can hear rallies and protests going on after what we saw unfold last night, with political chaos that's shocked the world. south korea's president, yoon suk yeol, is facing growing calls to resign

the former chairman of the hospital, where serial killer lucy letby murdered babies, has said his decision her to an important meeting was "a big personalfailure". sir duncan nichol has spoken publicly about the case for the first time at the public inquiry into what happened. the masterchef presenter, gregg wallace, has apologised for comments he posted online, about his accusers who've been claiming sexually harassing bahaviour. he says he "needs to take some time out". downing street says the video, in which he says allegations about improper language and behaviour, come from "middle—class women of a certain age", were completely inappropriate and misogynistic. the presenter denies the claims. queen camilla will miss parts of an official visit on tuesday by the emir of qatar, due to a lingering viral chest infection. on the advice of doctors, the 77—year—old will not be there for the arrival, but will attend the state banquet in the evening. you're live with bbc news. the un's new relief chief, tom fletcher, says the sudanese region of darfur is facing famine, and that people are being

the former chairman of the countess of chester hospital hospital where serial killer lucy letby murderedted her to an important meeting was "a big personalfailure". sir duncan nichol has spoken publicly about the case for the first time at the public inquiry into what happened. letby killed seven infants and tried to kill seven others betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. france is facing a new political crisis as mps prepare for a vote of no confidence in the government. the move is a reaction to the prime ministers decision today to force through a new budget without parliaments approval. parties on the hard right and hard left now say they will vote to bring down the government later this week. andrew harding is in paris — is this likely to happen? it looks like crunch time for the prime minister michel barnier and his government. as things stand he could very well be out of office by wednesday or thursday. if the parliament vote no confidence as they promised to. in the short term france has got used to muddling through if you like with interim governments and even an interim budget. this

cheshire police have confirmed that the jailed nurse lucy letby has recently been interviewed under cautionns into baby deaths and collap5e5 at two hospitals where she worked. letby, from hereford, is currently serving a whole life sentence after being convicted at manchester crown court for murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others at the countess of chester ho5pital. her lawyer says she "continues to maintain her innocence". a multi—billion dollar international money—laundering operation has been exposed by the national crime agency. 84 people have been arrested so far, 71 of them in the uk. the criminal operation stretches across 30 countries, but is run primarily from moscow and has been fuelling the street drugs market here. it's been described as the biggest success against organised crime money—laundering in a decade. dominic ca5ciani reports. this was the moment during the pandemic that set off a worldwide investigation. arrested in london, fawad saeidi was carrying £250,000 in cash. he was one of many couriers moving dirty money for drugs gangs and the police soon foun

a barrister, representing lucy letby, says she continues to maintain her innocence, after she was interviewedncidents at the countess of chester hospital, and liverpool women's hospital, where she trained. letby is serving a whole life sentence for the murders of seven babies, and the attempted murder of seven more, in chester. you're live with bbc news. the opposition in georgia says one of its leaders is in detention after being beaten unconscious by police in the capital, tbilisi. footage shows nika gvaramia, from the pro—european coalition for change, being dragged along a street by what appear to be security forces wearing balaclavas. police have raided the offices of all key opposition parties, as well as the offices and homes or civic activists. more than 300 people have been arrested in seven days of anti—government protests in tbilisi. one of the county's opposition leaders tells the bbc what is needed in order to stop the protests. the protests must continue. people who have been jailed for their political opinion must be freed. the campaign of terror must stop, and the new election

a barrister representing lucy letby says she continues to maintain her innocence — after she was interviewedts at the countess of chester hospital, and liverpool women's hospital, where she trained. letby is serving a whole life sentence for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven more in chester. you're live with bbc news. police in new york city are searching for a gunman who shot dead the chief executive of one of the united states's largest health insurance companies. brian thompson was fatally shotjust before 7am local time on wednesday. he was found outside the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan, they had little doubt the killing was premeditated. in midtown manhattan early this morning, 50—year—old brian thompson, the ceo of unitedhealthcare, was shot and killed in what appears at this early stage of our investigation to be a brazen, targeted attack. this does not appear to be a random act of violence. after the shooting, the street here was quickly closed off and the police investigation has been continuing all day. and while they say they do not yet have a motiv

lucy letby has instructed a new leual yes. lucy letby has instructed a new legal team. — yes.structed a new legal team. who _ yes. lucy letby has instructed a new legal team, who say _ yes. lucy letby has instructed a new legal team, who say she _ yes. lucy letby has instructed a new legal team, who say she maintains l legal team, who say she maintains herinnocence legal team, who say she maintains her innocence and they plan to take her innocence and they plan to take her case to the criminal case's review commission to push for it to be sent back to the court of appeal. judith morris, bbc news. and judith joins me now. there's been controversy among some critics about lucy letby�*s convictions, what does today's development mean for the bigger picture? in the wake of the trials, there has been a growing amount of scepticism from some experts, from medics, from scientists who were not involved in the original trial who say that they have a problem with the quality of evidence, the quality of expertise, amongst other things. but what does it mean for the situation that we see

the clinical notes confirmed that the nurse looking after him was lucy letby. ave shown a baby boy was poisoned with insulin whilst in letby�*s care at the countess of chester hospital. this case wasn't part of the trial. and there have been other claims that letby may have killed other babies. the lead paediatric consultant from the countess of chester hospital, who originally raised the alarm about her, told the ongoing thurwell inquiry recently it was likely that letby had harmed or killed babies before 2015. but there has also been a big debate over the science used in the case against letby. a number of experts have challenged the medical evidence used against her, and her new legal team say they also take a contradictory view of the new evidence. they plan to take her case to the criminal cases review commission, which investigates alleged miscarriages ofjustice, to apply for it to be sent back to the court of appeal. steve knibbs, bbc news. then has more of today's news including a developing story from south korea. the south korean president, yoon suk ye

b says he is appealing to the court of appeal to push for her convictions to be re—examined —— lucy letbys his case is based around the leading evidence from the key prosecution witness. by a so—called united front work department designed... and we will have a correspondents with us very shortly to guide us through this but first let's have a look at the latest bbc news. the german chancellor olaf scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament paving the way for a general election in february, following the collapse of his coalition government last month in a row over spending amid a deepening economic crisis. a lawyer representing serial child killer lucy b says he is appealing to the court of appeal to push for her convictions to be re—examined —— lucy letby. he says his case is based around the leading evidence from the key prosecution witness. the indian ocean territory of my art, following the devastating cyclone hundreds of people are feared dead and devastating cyclone hundreds of peo; the re feared dead and devastating cyclone hundreds of peo; the weekend dead and devastating cy

police have interviewed the child serial killer, lucy letby, in prison as part of its investigation inton convicted of the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others between june 2015 and june 2016. with me is our correspondent steve knibbs. he's been taking in this latest information. what he's been t

in other news, killer nurse lucy letby legal team has said they will be asking the court of appeal tommediately review all her convictions because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of the death of three babies. her new lawyer, mark macdonald, said doctor dewi evans had told the jury doctor dewi evans had told the jury letby had injected air down a nasal gastric tube, leading to the death of the three babies. but he said doctor evans has now changed his mind. letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others while working at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. now, a snap election has been triggered in germany after chancellor olaf scholz lost a vote of confidence in parliament. the german chancellor called today's vote, which he lost, paving the way to an early election on the 23rd of february next year. it follows the collapse of schulz's three party coalition government, which left the embattled chancellor leading a minority administration. those are the latest gb news headlines

in other news, killer nurse lucy letby, his legal team, has said they will be asking the court of appealimmediately review all her convictions because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of the death of three babies. her new lawyer, mark macdonald, said doctor dewi evans had told the jury letby had injected air down a nasogastric tube, leading to the death of the three babies. but he said doctor evans has now changed his mind. letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others while working at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. a snap election has been triggered in germany after chancellor olaf scholz lost a vote of confidence in parliament. the german chancellor called today's vote, which he lost, paving the way to an early election on the 23rd of february next year. it follows the collapse of scholz's three party coalition government, which left the embattled chancellor leading a minority administration. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to michel for the very lat

in other news, killer nurse lucy letby, his legal team, has said they will be asking the court of appealo immediately review all of her convictions because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of death of three babies. her new lawyer, mark macdonald, said doctor julie macdonald, said doctorjulie evans had told the jury letby had injected air down a nasogastric tube, leading to the death of the three babies. but he said doctor evans has now changed his mind. letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others while working at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. and bashar al assad insists he never considered fleeing as rebel stormed damascus, marking his first reported statement since the city fell eight days ago. shared on the syrian presidency's telegram. assad claims he went to a russian base to oversee combat, only to find syrian troops had deserted and the base under drone attack. he says russian forces airlifted him to moscow but denies any plans to step down, calling his role meanin

in other news, killer nurse lucy letby legal team has said they will be asking the court of appeal toiew all of her convictions because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of the death of three babies. her new lawyer, mark macdonald, said doctor dewi evans had told the jury doctor dewi evans had told the jury letby had injected air down a nasogastric tube, leading to the death of the three babies. but he said doctor evans had now changed his mind. letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others while working at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. and the archbishop of york, stephen cottrell, has apologised for not acting sooner in the case of sex abuse by priest david tudor, but insists there was no cover up. tudor banned for life from ministry after admitting abuse involving two girls, was not removed until fresh complaints emerged. cottrell said it was impossible to act sooner and described the case as horrible and intolerable. his statement follows an investigation, and he stre

. >> lucy letby, his lawyer, has said they will be asking the court of appeal to immediately review all of her convictions, because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of death of three of the babies. >> brexit betrayal brussels takes the uk to court over breaking the terms of the brexit deal breaking the terms of the brexit deal, hindering the pm's attempt at a reset, with europe. >> rachel reeves national insurance hikes will cost children's hospices nearly £5 million more every year. calls now for urgent action to stop services being cut. >> and it's the time of year when family feuds are put aside for festive cheer. so we're asking this morning should families reconcile at christmas? >> and in sport this morning, two goals in the last two minutes settle aii draw between bournemouth and west ham. england get thumped by new zealand in the third test. and who is the manchester united mole linking? team line—ups. >> hello there. good morning. a dry but rather cloudy start and turning wet and windy from the west. i'll be here later with all the details. >> well, we're

killer nurse lucy letby, his legal team, has said they will be asking the court of appeal to immediatelyeview all of her convictions, because an expert witness has now changed his mind on the cause of death of three babies. her new lawyer, mark macdonald, said doctor dewi evans had told the jury letby had injected air down a nasogastric tube, leading to the death of the three babies. but he said doctor evans has now changed his mind. letby is serving 15 whole life terms in prison for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of seven others while working at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's latest gb news headlines. now wsfime latest gb news headlines. now it's time for headliners . it's time for headliners. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you, sophia and hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's top stories with three comedians. my apologies, as with last night for the deteriorating s

lucy letby has been questioned in prison over more baby deaths. at two hospitals.olice confirmed she was interviewed under caution about incidents at liverpool women's hosphal incidents at liverpool women's hospital, where she worked before her conviction. letby is serving life for murdering seven infants at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. the pardon me detectives are now reviewing 4000 neonatal admissions linked to her career. a public inquiry onto in this case is ongoing. a public inquiry onto in this case is ongoing . and finally, case is ongoing. and finally, crystal palace captain mark gay will face no action from the fa despite wearing a religious message on his armband for a second time after being warned for displaying i love jesus on saturday. gay wore jesus loves you during today's match against ipswich. tuesday's match against ipswich. tuesday's match against ipswich i should say fa rules prohibits religious messages on kits, but gay has only been reminded of the regulations his actions came during the premier league's rainbow laces ca

lucy letby has been questioned in prison over more deaths, more baby deaths at two hospitals, policeonfirmed . she was police confirmed. she was interviewed under caution about incidents at liverpool women's hosphal incidents at liverpool women's hospital, where she worked before her conviction. letby is serving life for murdering seven infants at countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. detectives are now reviewing 4000 neonatal admissions linked to her career . a public inquiry to her career. a public inquiry into the case is ongoing . three into the case is ongoing. three british rail operators are set to be nationalised next year in what's being called a major shake up. south western rail will be the first to return to pubuc will be the first to return to public ownership, followed by c tuc in july and greater anglia in the autumn. transport secretary heidi alexander says it marks the end of 30 years of privatisation and aims to fix a system that's failed its users . system that's failed its users. thousands of protesters are flooding the streets of the south korean capital

well, lucy letby has been questioned in prison over more baby deaths at two hospitals.olice confirmed she was interviewed under caution about incidents at liverpool women's hospital, where she worked before her conviction. letby is currently serving life for murdering seven babies at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. detectives are now reviewing 4000 neonatal admissions linked to her career as a nurse. a public inquiry into the case is also ongoing . into the case is also ongoing. the south korean president is facing calls to stand down immediately or face impeachment. that's after trying to impose martial law. yoon suk yeol claimed the measure was needed to defend against north korea's communist forces , but after just communist forces, but after just two hours, he withdrew that order after mps stormed the national assembly, defied barricades and overturned the decision. mps will now be voting on that impeachment order, a step that could see him removed from office. well, today the conservative party is set to hold an opposition day debate targeting la