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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Worst child serial killer in modern British history expected to receive whole-life sentence Lucy Letby found guilty – latest updates A neonatal nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more, making her the worst child serial killer in modern British history and raising […]
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. […]
Exclusive: Dr Stephen Brearey accuses Countess of Chester trust of failing to properly address concerns about nurse who killed babies Babies would have survived if hospital executives had acted earlier on concerns about the nurse Lucy Letby, a senior doctor who raised the alarm has said. In an exclusive Guardian […]
What led the serial killer nurse to commit her crimes may never be fully known, but jurors were told of several possibilities Lucy Letby found guilty – latest updates Lucy Letby’s reasons for killing and attempting to kill babies at the hospital where she worked may never be fully explained. […]
It is right to hold an inquiry, but the hunt for ‘lessons to be learned’ and a system to blame can easily go too far The agony of the death of a child is something most families these days will never suffer. Through illness, accident or even negligence, that loss, […]
Secretary of state Antony Blinken confers ‘full support’ for transfer of F-16s and training of pilots The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands as soon as pilot training is completed, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, says in a letter […]