Exclusive: Officers investigating ‘suspicious’ incidents at Countess of Chester and Liverpool women’s hospitals Police believe Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, may have harmed dozens more infants at two hospitals in the north-west of England, the Guardian has been told. A source with knowledge of the police […]
Council is conducting rapid safeguarding review after death that has sparked international manhunt A 10-year-old girl whose death sparked an international manhunt was previously known to the authorities, Surrey county council has confirmed. Sara Sharif was found dead at her home near Woking on 10 August having suffered multiple and […]
National Hurricane Center warns of torrential rains and high winds from Mexico to Nevada, as Los Angeles hit by earthquake Tropical Storm Hilary brings flooding to California The White House has released a statement from president Joe Biden on the federal response to Tropical Storm Hilary. The president has said […]
Olga Carmona received news after final whistle against England, with federation calling her ‘the history of Spanish football’ Spain’s World Cup-winning goalscorer, Olga Carmona, was told her father had died after Sunday’s final against England. The left-back’s strike in the first half of the match earned the team its 1-0 […]
Irvin Cartagena sentenced after pleading guilty to providing The Wire actor with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death A New York City drug dealer was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for providing the actor Michael K Williams, best known for his role in the TV series The Wire, […]
News of death of Anne and David Spencer confirmed by co-presenter of long-running Channel 4 series, Kirsty Allsopp The parents of TV presenter Phil Spencer have been killed in a car accident near their home, his co-star, Kirstie Allsopp, has confirmed. Location, Location, Location presenter Allsopp told fans to join […]
Descendants of PM, whose father’s wealth came from sugar plantations, travel to Guyana for 200th anniversary of rebellion by enslaved Africans The family of one of Britain’s most famous prime ministers will travel to the Caribbean this week to apologise for its historical role in slavery. Six of William Gladstone’s […]
Tory attempt to capitalise on Channel crossings draws attention to immigration and strengthens opposition lead on issue Government attempts to make capital out of the issue of Channel crossings in a special “small boats week” appear to have backfired with the public, according to the latest Opinium poll for the […]
Key prosecution witness in the trial of the serial killer nurse calls for inquiry into ‘grossly negligent’ executives Hospital bosses who failed to act on concerns about the killer nurse Lucy Letby should be investigated by police for corporate manslaughter, says the prosecution’s key medical expert. Speaking to the Observer, […]
Saturday’s newspapers dominated by jury’s verdicts after more than four weeks of deliberations The conviction of nurse Lucy Letby for the “persistent, calculated and cold-blooded” murder of five premature boys and two newborn girls reverberates across today’s newspaper front pages, with some questioning whether she could have been stopped earlier. […]