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.
By Kim Pilling
4 Jun 2026
Crime
Lucy Letby case police review 4,000 neonatal unit admissions
It will examine babies in care throughout the duration of the killer nurse’s career.
By Kim Pilling
18 Aug 2023
Crime
Lucy Letby always wanted to work with children, court heard
After completing her A-levels at a sixth form college, she went on to study nursing at the University of Chester.
By Kim Pilling
18 Aug 2023
Crime
‘Beige’ Lucy Letby may never reveal motive for murders, say detectives
But they said they were able to unravel the nurse’s ‘massive deceit’, which led to her convictions.
By Kim Pilling
18 Aug 2023
UK
George Harrison’s mum ‘ashamed I was female’ after seeing Beatles fans
Mother’s opinions revealed in letters being put up for auction
By Kim Pilling
14 Aug 2023
Crime
Lucy Letby murder trial jury given majority direction
The nurse denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder several others
By Kim Pilling
8 Aug 2023Crime
Jury in trial of murder accused nurse Lucy Letby begins deliberations
Letby, 33, is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others.
By Kim Pilling
10 Jul 2023
Crime
Letby would have needed ‘Nostradamus-like’ ability to target baby, court is told
The nurse, 33, is charged with trying to murder a twin baby boy by poisoning him with insulin a day after she allegedly murdered his newborn brother.
By Kim Pilling
28 Jun 2023
Crime
Air injection evidence ‘so poor it cannot support Letby allegations’, court told
The 33-year-old denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at Manchester Crown Court.
By Kim Pilling
27 Jun 2023
Crime
Murder-accused nurse ‘gaslighted’ hospital staff over baby collapses, court told
Lucy Letby is alleged to have murdered seven children and attempted to murder 10 others on the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
By Kim Pilling
19 Jun 2023
Crime
Letby jurors told to set aside emotion as baby murders trial winds up
The nurse is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others while working on the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
By Kim Pilling
15 Jun 2023
Celebrity News
Portrait of John Lennon by ex-Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe up for auction
The watercolour painting on paper is thought to be Sutcliffe’s only portrait of Lennon, whom he first met when they were students.
By Kim Pilling
13 Jun 2023
Crime
Lucy Letby denies ‘getting thrill’ at seeing parents bathe dead baby
The nurse is accused of murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit
By Kim Pilling
2 Jun 2023
Crime
Lucy Letby ‘attacked nine babies just after their parents left their cotsides’
The defendant, from Hereford, denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.
By Kim Pilling
25 May 2023
Crime
Lucy Letby tells court doctors could have acted sooner to assist baby
Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted babies of 10 others
By Kim Pilling
24 May 2023
Health
‘Force of nature’ brain cancer fundraiser Laura Nuttall dies
Laura, 23, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer in autumn 2018 following a routine eye test.
By Kim Pilling
22 May 2023
Crime
Letby: Hospital colleagues’ mistakes led to death of baby – I did not kill her
The 33-year-old murder-accused nurse said consultants pinned four deaths on her to cover up failings at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
By Kim Pilling
19 May 2023
Crime
Nurse denies photographing sympathy card ‘to get thrill’
The infant is one of seven babies that Lucy Letby is said to have murdered at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit
By Kim Pilling
18 May 2023
Crime
Murder accused nurse denies she has only cried for herself during trial
A tearful Lucy Letby denied deliberately harming numerous infants while on duty at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit.
By Kim Pilling
17 May 2023
Crime
Nurse accused of murder tells court of ‘devastation’ over baby deaths
Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others.
By Kim Pilling
17 May 2023
Crime
Killing babies was not on my mind, murder accused nurse tells jury
Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others on a neonatal unit between June 2015 and June 2016.
By Kim Pilling
16 May 2023