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

Nurse ‘celebrated Grand National bet after trying to murder twins’, court told

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others.
15 Feb 2023
Crime

Mother of baby in Lucy Letby case tells of inadequate care at hospital

Court hears of family’s shock when the child suffered a seizure after transfer to the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neo-natal unit

10 Feb 2023
Crime

Doctor unable to ‘truly explain’ baby girl’s death, murder trial jury told

Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to kill 10 others.
3 Feb 2023
Crime

Nurse ‘wrote sympathy card to baby’s grieving parents’

Nurse Lucy Letby, originally from Hereford, denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital

2 Feb 2023
Business News

Mushroom firm grows as demand for exotic varieties surges

Lancashire-based Smithy Mushrooms says its business has nearly trebled in size in the last three years.
30 Jan 2023
UK

Police renew appeal for information on pub shooting murder of Elle Edwards

Beautician Ms Edwards, 26, was gunned down at the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral.
3 Jan 2023
Crime

Doctor tells nurse’s murder trial ‘at no point did I turn monitor off’

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.
15 Dec 2022
Crime

Doctor at nurse’s murder trial questioned over status of monitor

Lucy Letby denies murdering seven babies and trying to murder 10 others.
14 Dec 2022
Crime

Colleague ‘surprised at baby’s turn for the worse’, Lucy Letby trial is told

The defendant is accused of overfeeding the baby with milk through a nasogastric tube (NGT) and/or injecting air into the tube.
2 Dec 2022
Crime

Baby allegedly poisoned by nurse ‘received bags of contaminated feed’

The heart rate of the youngster – referred to as Child F – soared and his blood sugar dropped to a dangerously low level, court is told

30 Nov 2022
Crime

Baby’s heart rate soared after receiving insulin, murder trial told

Poisoning was the only reasonable explanation for the premature-born twin boy’s sudden deterioration, professor tells court.
25 Nov 2022
Crime

Charges dropped against police officers over ‘joke meme’ seen as indecent image

Both were due to go on trial at Leeds Magistrates’ Court earlier this week after previously denying wrongdoing.
24 Nov 2022
Crime

Accused’s nursing colleagues deny administering insulin to baby boy

Their former colleague Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others.
23 Nov 2022
Crime

Rigid wire ‘could have caused baby’s extraordinary bleeding’

Lucy Letby, 32, denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016

18 Nov 2022
Crime

Doctor denies being out of depth caring for baby ‘murdered by nurse’

Nurse Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 201

17 Nov 2022
Crime

Baby stable apart from high blood sugar, Lucy Letby murder trial told

Nurse Lucy Letby denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016

15 Nov 2022
Crime

Mother ‘completely trusted’ nurse Lucy Letby with ‘screaming’ son

Letby 32, is said to have murdered the infant with an injection of air into the bloodstream

14 Nov 2022
Health

Doctor who sought to cover up cause of nine-year-old girl’s death is struck off

A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel decided the sanction for Dr Heather Steen.
11 Nov 2022
Crime

Collapses of baby girl allegedly murdered by nurse came ‘out of the blue’

Lucy Letby, originally from Hereford, denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016.
11 Nov 2022