Kim Pilling

UK

Kate joins celebration as young mother marks end of chemotherapy treatment

The ceremony came as a welcome surprise for patient Claire Lorente, her partner Pablo and son Enzo.
4 Jun 2026
Crime

Lucy Letby victims’ parents tell killer nurse she is ‘nothing’

‘My family will never think of you again from this day,’ the 33-year-old murderer was told.
21 Aug 2023
Crime

Lucy Letby: Baby murders and attempted murders ‘contrary to human instincts’

Letby murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.
21 Aug 2023
Crime

Families of Lucy Letby victims tell absent killer nurse: ‘You are nothing’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters on Monday it was ‘cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims’.
21 Aug 2023
Crime

Families of child victims of ‘rogue’ nurse Lucy Letby left ‘devastated and angry’

In a statement, the families said that justice has been served but it did not take away from the hurt and distress they had all had to experience.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Bid to exclude evidence of prosecution medical expert was refused by judge

Retired consultant paediatrician Dewi Evans was tasked by police to look at a series of collapses on the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal ward.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Ex-hospital boss says he will co-operate ‘fully’ with Letby independent inquiry

Nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Babies could have been saved if hospital acted sooner, consultants say

Dr Stephen Brearey and Dr Ravi Jayaram, who worked on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital, raised concerns about Letby in 2015.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Lessons continue to be learned after Lucy Letby murders, says hospital boss

The neonatal nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Lucy Letby first showed emotion when ‘crush’ colleague gave evidence

The killer nurse betrayed no emotion in court until February 16 when a medic, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, confirmed his name.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Lucy Letby indicates she will not attend sentencing for child serial killings

The serial killer nurse was last seen in Manchester Crown Court on August 16.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Consultants ‘told to apologise to Lucy Letby for raising concerns’

Lucy Letby registered a grievance against her employers in 2016 after she was redeployed from the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit

18 Aug 2023
Crime

Nurse Lucy Letby convicted of murdering seven babies at hospital neonatal unit

Prosecutors said Letby was a ‘calculated opportunist’ who used the vulnerabilities of premature and sick infants to camouflage her acts.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

I completely trusted nurse Letby, mother of twins told court

Letby murdered Child E, with an injection of air into his bloodstream, and tried to kill his twin brother, Child F, by insulin poisoning.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Two insulin poisonings not flagged up to medics with Letby concerns, trial heard

Consultant Dr John Gibbs told the court ‘we didn’t have the full picture’.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Messages sent by killer nurse Lucy Letby during murder spree

The nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies in her care.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Cunning Letby ‘brainwashed’ colleagues, says case lawyer

Her trial heard the nurse was able to persuade others that the number of deaths on the neonatal unit was just down to ‘bad luck’.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Resuscitation note of baby found by police at home of Lucy Letby

The record of emergency drugs provided to the infant was written on a paper towel during his 30-minute resuscitation.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Parents call for public inquiry into hospital response to Lucy Letby fears

The nurse attacked their newborn sons on the same day shift in April 2016.
18 Aug 2023
Crime

Killer nurse Lucy Letby operated in plain sight, said detective

Letby, 33, from Hereford, attacked her infant victims while employed in her role as a Band 5 nurse.
18 Aug 2023