our reporter rowan bridge joins me now from outside manchester crown court.ening today in court. meiji just bring us date with what's been happening today in court. well today was day three _ happening today in court. well today was day three of _ happening today in court. well today was day three of the _ happening today in court. well today was day three of the prosecution - was day three of the prosecution outlining their case against the nurse lucy letby at crown court. we're distressing evidence across the whole of today. in court we heard how time and time again babies who were doing well with suddenly and unexpectedly suffer life—threatening episodes or dies. in the prosecution say the one constant in all of those cases was the presence of lucy letby. this morning we heard the case of child l, morning we heard the case of child i, all the children have been given anonymity so addressing them by letters of the alphabet. child i, premature baby who lucy letby is accused of attempting to kill four times, succeeding on the fourth attempt in 2015. nickjohns

today, the prosecution continue to open its case at manchester crown court, detailing how each baby wasing the names of the babies and their parents because of a restriction imposed by court order. instead, we are referring to them as babies a to q. e and f were twin brothers born prematurely and they heard that one night their mother had gone from her bed on the postnatal ward to visit them on the neonatal unit. it was said that baby e was very distressed and bleeding from his mouth. and without realising it, she had interrupted lucy letby who was in the process of murdering her son. leading the prosecution, nickjohnson qc said the mother recalls lucy letby attempting to reassure her... the jury heard that lucy letby urged the baby�*s mother to return to her own bed, as if to say, "trust me, i am a nurse." baby e died that night and the following day it�*s alleged lucy letby tried unsuccessfully to murder his twin brother. the jury has also been told that the nurse tried to kill another baby, baby g, three times. the little girl survived but is now severely disabled with irreversible b

our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is outside manchester crown court. as the prosecution continue to open their case. we are not referring to those babies by name for legal reasons, so we are using an alphabetical system. today the court spent quite some time hearing about the case of baby l, time hearing about the case of baby i, a premature little girl. nick johnson casey, who was prosecuting, told the jury that even by the extremes of this trial, hers is a particularly extreme case. he explained that it is the crown's case that lucy letby tried four times to kill that little girl, only succeeding on the fourth occasion. the jury was told that it alleged she had injected air into the babies stomach and bowels and that that had had the effect of squashing her lungs, making it impossible for her to breathe. we heard in court that on the fourth and final occasion of these alleged attacks, lucy letby was not the designated nurse who had responsibility directly for caring for that baby. that les had left the room temporarily. she came back because she had

she has denied the 22 charges at manchester crown court. so let's begin...ick us off with the guardian front page with that very powerful image of an injured woman and a rescue worker just after the russian missile attack on the capital. it is really wor in: attack on the capital. it is really worrying what _ attack on the capital. it is really worrying what is _ attack on the capital. it is really worrying what is happened - attack on the capital. it is really - worrying what is happened because i think for a while, western journalists and outlets were kind of beginning to think that putin's enthusiasm for the war was fading and that ukraine was beating back quite a lot of russian gains. and now after the bridge which was the gateway for russian armaments was bombed, he described well in the guardian as zelensky asking for far more help than they have been given. because this seems now to be the serious, most serious part of putin war in the ukraine. germany i think, has stepped up more than it had before. but yes ukraine cannot survive this level of bombar

a nurse accused of murdering ten babies is at manchester crown court.e murdered seven babies and tried to murder another ten babies at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. opening the case for the prosecution, mickjohnson said the prosecution, mickjohnson said the countess of chester hospital is a hospital with a maternity unit like any other in the uk. but unlike any other unit there was a poisoner at work. he said the babies, who are the victims in this case were not the victims in this case were not the victims in this case were not the victims of naturally occurring tragedies, but of the constant malevolent presence of the woman in the dock. lucy letby�*s parents were in court this morning as when the parents of many of the babies who feature in this trial. it is going to last, it is a complex case for around six months. it has taken some time to select the jury so the judge said to thejurors time to select the jury so the judge said to the jurors before the case got going, he would understand if they were feeling apprehe

manchester crown court has heard that a nurse charged with the murder of seven babies, sent a sympathy attempting to murder ten other babies at countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. she denies 22 charges in all. our correspondentjudith moritz has the latest. holding one of the babies in her care, lucy letby smiles for the camera. but today she was described in court as persistent, calculated and cold—blooded, deliberately sabotaging poorly and premature babies in the neonatal unit of the countess of chester hospital. it's alleged that she attacked one baby after another, until a pattern began to emerge. i'm dr ravi jayaram. i'm a consultant paediatrician and i have worked for the nhs all my career. the jury heard that this paediatrician who worked with her had started to notice the coincidence between several unexplained deaths and medical emergencies and the presence of lucy letby. the court was told that one night, drjayaram realised that nurse letby was on her own with a very premature, newborn baby, that he felt uncomfortable about it given his concerns, and so he went to

ok, gordon, many thanks — at manchester crown court, the trial has started of a nurse charged with thehers, at the countess of chester hospital in 2015 and 2016. lucy letby has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. our north of england corrrespondent judith moritz reports. lucy letby worked with particularly vulnerable babies, those born prematurely or with illnesses. herjob was to give them the most tender care. now she is accused of murdering seven and trying to kill another ten who survived. in the year betweenjune 2015 and june 2016, the babies were all patients in the neonatal section of the countess of chester maternity unit. the prosecution say it's a hospital like many others in the uk, but unlike those, within the unit at chester there was a poisoner at work. lucy letby entered not guilty pleas to all the charges before her trial got under way. the jury was told that the babies' deaths and collapses were not naturally occurring tragedies. they were the work of the woman in the dock who was the constant malevolent presence when things took a turn for the worse. the prosecution

our correspondentjudith moritz is outside manchester crown court.tinuing to lay out the case against lucy letby, and this is a case involving 17 babies. we are not naming those babies. we are not naming those babies because of reporting restrictions imposed here, so we are referring to them instead by letters of the alphabet. 17 babies means babies from a to the q. the barrister opening for the prosecution has been going through those babies one by one, thejury hearing more detail now about the way in which the prosecution allege lucy letby attacked them. we heard that three of the babies died and one had a life—threatening episode within a two—week period injune 2015. we have been told about a range of different methods that the prosecution say lucy letby carried out these attacks, including injecting air into the babies, which proved fatal, and in some cases injecting insulin. we have also been told that lucy letby searched repeatedly online for information about the parents of some of these babies on facebook, including on one occasion on christm

learned that his application for bail was denied today and was ordered to appear in front of manchester crown courts shown a red card, for berating a referee's assistant during his side's win over manchester city — he later apologised. this happened on a weekend where merseyside youth league games were postponed, because of issues with officials being abused. managers, as well as pepper or leola and other managers get challenged by this and the league managers association make statements on these levels and shown by some highly respected individuals and juergen klopp, they could get mimicked across football. the draw for the first round proper of the fa cup has once again seen sides from league's1 and 2 being paired with non—league teams. the draw was made at the home of the seventh tier alvechurch. they're the lowest ranked side left and were handed an away draw at league 1 cheltenham. hereford of national league north, who's managerjosh gowling was watching on, were handed a plum tie at home to league 1 promotion chasers portsmouth. france comfortably beat greece 3a—12 in pool a of the rugby leag

she has denied the 22 charges at manchester crown court. so let's begin... want to kick us off with the front of the guardian, zelensky pleads for more help i suppose the interesting question is what helped? what he is calling for is a significant increase in military intimate delay by diplomatic support intimate delay by diplomatic support in response to the largest missile attacks since the war began back in february. he will be addressing the virtual g7 summit on tuesday and he is saying that in the face of these attacks they cannot go on without significant support from the g7. the french president has been talking about a profound change the nature of the war and in response to that, zelensky is seeking an equally profound change in the nature of our response, western backing. zelensky powerfully says, we are dealing with terrorists they are two targets. energy infrastructures and people. and would be go on to the mail and we talk about what was reported there, missiles raining from the skies on the monday morning rush—hour i think we can see where zele

rowan bridge is at manchester crown court for us.or, on another occasion, alleged to have injected, put air into the nasogastric feeding tube of one of the babies which effectively causes them to stop breathing and suffer cardiac arrest. in other cases, she was accused of attempting to murder one of the children by putting insulin into their feeding children by putting insulin into theirfeeding bag and any final case, she was accused of overfeeding and deliberately putting air into a child leading to them suffering vomiting, which left them with permanent brain damage. lucy letby denies all the charges against her. the trial here continues tomorrow and we are expecting the prosecution to outline more of their case and it is expected to last up to six months. . ~ is expected to last up to six months. ., ~ , ., is expected to last up to six months. . ~' , ., , is expected to last up to six months. ., ~ , ., , . icampaignfeed i campaign feed the future has the backing of famous chefs including tom carriage and jeremy oliver. minister sa

murdering seven babies, and the attempted murder of ten others, has pleaded not guilty at manchester crown courttion of horror that he would expect them to have to the charges but he told them that their job was to put emotions to one side and judge the case on the facts in front of them. this afternoon we had the beginning of the prosecution outlining the case. mickjohnson accused lucy letby of murdering seven children and attempting to murder a further ten. he said she had been a constant and malevolent presence in the neonatal hospital in chester and went on to say how the hospital itself had noticed over a period of a year or more an unexpected rise in the number of catastrophic collapses of deaths of premature babies at the neonatal unit and the constant presence within all of that had been lucy letby. at the point when they realised about the rise in the number of deaths, that is when police were called in and began a criminal investigation.— criminal investigation. thank you for the update _ criminal investigation. thank you for the update at _ criminal investigation. thank you for the up

our reporter rowan bridge has been following the case at manchester crown court.e able to work properly and ultimately killing her. and the jury was told this after the death of baby i. the parents were asked if they would like to bathe her and letby came into the room and she talked about how she had been at the baby's first bath. when she was interviewed by police as part of a criminal investigation, she admitted she had sent the couple a sympathy card, even though that was not standard practice for something to do with parents who had been bereaved. and we also heard about the case of child h who suffered two unexplained collapses while lucy letby was working on the neonatal unit and it followed a pattern where babies suffered unexplained collapses when lucy letby was around. nickjohnson, kc, said it was significant that children in the orbit of lucy letby persistently and consistently suffered unexplained collapses and he also described the attempt on child i as an extreme case even by the standards of this case, describing the actions as persistent, calculate

murdering seven babies, and the attempted murder of ten others, has pleaded not guilty at manchester crown courting me now from manchester is our correspondent, rowan bridge. bring us up—to—date on what is happened today? bring us up-to-date on what is happened today?— bring us up-to-date on what is happened today? friends and family of lu happened today? friends and family of lucy letby — happened today? friends and family of lucy letby of _ happened today? friends and family of lucy letby of those _ happened today? friends and family of lucy letby of those who - happened today? friends and family of lucy letby of those who have - of lucy letby of those who have accused had appeared in front of a glass wall. they told the jury is that they would have an instinctive reaction of horror to the charges that lucy letby faces. they told them it was theirjob to put emotions to one side and judge that the case on the facts as they saw them. at the start the prosecution case explained as he put it there had been a poison or at work in the neonatal unit but the at the countess of chester hospital between

rowan bridge is at manchester crown court for us. what was said in court today? second day of the trial - what was said in court today? today was a second day of the trial of i was a second day of the trial of lucy letby, and we've been hearing more about the circumstances in which she is alleged to have tax children at the countess of chester hospital over that year—long the children themselves are being addressed by letters of the offer but to guarantee their anonymity. when the cases involved a child, child e, for the prosecution said the mother of the child walked in on lucy letby as she was attacking her child in the neonatal unit. they talked about how lucy letby tried to assure, reassure the mother after she saw blood around the child's mouth and centre back to the personal department. then accused lucy letby of falsifying the records. in the case of child e, there were attacks on the children, putting air in the blood supply. the prosecution said, if you were going to try and kill a child, injecting into this tube is a fairly effective way of doing it bec

she denies the charges and the trial continues at manchester crown court.nt page but its lead story focuses on the terrible events in ukraine yesterday, with a first hand account from a journalist in the city of dnipro, which was struck by a barrage of russian missiles. the guardian reports on president zelensky�*s response to those events, reporting that he is set to demand more military and diplomatic support from g7 leaders. and one of the most watched stories on the bbc news website is the eruption of a volcano on italy's stromboli island. it's one of the most active volcanoes in the world and has been regularly erupting since 1932. that's just what we need, isn't it? not anything else now. i don't think we can take any more bad news. i'm going to bring you some good news. in the telegraph today they are saying baby talk you know when you talk to a baby and make noises, that sort of thing, is that what you do? just generally, notjust babies! it's the same across the world so it doesn't matter what language you speak. no matter where you are in the world

manchester united footballer mason greenwood, who is charged with attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour, has been granted bail following a private hearing at minshull street crown courtal secretary mick lynch accused network rail of "dishonesty" in negotiations. that's all from me for now but do stay with us on bbc news, as we return to our special coverage on the cost of living with nicky campbell. applause welcome back to the fire station. wow. some really, really interesting conversations happening this morning as we talk about the cost of living, energy, brexit has been mentioned. we are in sunderland. it's a fascinating part of the world, politically, it really is, and historically, too. richard, a man from the bbc i do believe. i am from the bbci do believe. i am olitical from the bbci do believe. i am political editor _ from the bbci do believe. i am political editor for _ from the bbci do believe. i am political editor for the - from the bbci do believe. i am political editor for the bbc - from the bbc i do believe. i —n political editor for the bbc in this region. political editor for the bbc in this retion. , ., , ., region. tell us about this region. it's