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Lucy Letby inquiry will have power to force witnesses to give evidence

Ministers agree to give inquiry full statutory powers after families criticised current investigation

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby: Inquiry into baby killing nurse to be strengthened, says health secretary

Letby, a neonatal nurse, is the worst mass killer of children in modern British history

Evening Standard

Criminals will be forced into dock to face justice after Lucy Letby took ‘coward’s way out’

Laws are being rolled out in wake of serial killer’s conviction for murdering seven babies and attempted murder of six others

The Independent UK

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Couple who considered making Lucy Letby their son’s godmother now believe she was trying to kill him

The killer nurse tried to befriend the baby’s mother on Facebook

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby witness reveals moment she realised someone was harming babies heard screaming in pain

Dr Sandie Bohin said it is “unheard of” for premature babies to scream for 30 minutes

The Independent UK

Labour vows to make NHS managers accountable after Lucy Letby failings

Shadow health secretary says bank managers are more regulated than hospital executives

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby case ‘only too familiar’, says father bereaved in Morecambe Bay maternity scandal

James Titcombe, whose son Joshua died 15 years ago, warns that there are patterns that must not be repeated

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Lucy Letby case: more babies face harm unless NHS ends ‘defensive leadership’

Exclusive: Ombudsman Rob Behrens hits out at ‘unacceptable attitudes to whistleblowing’ and calls for urgent change

The Guardian - UK

Friends and colleagues of murderer Lucy Letby insist baby killing nurse is innocent

One friend said the conviction was the ‘most out-of-character accusation’ against Letby, who was found guilty of multiple murders and attempted murders

The Independent UK

Britain’s most notorious whole life killers as Sunak plans to make UK’s toughest sentence mandatory

Ministry of Justice confirmed 70 criminals are currently serving a whole-life order in UK

The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 27

A variety of stories feature across the front of the UK’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

Explained | What is the care protocol for babies in India?

Read on The Hindu, what is the care protocol for babies in India?

The Hindu

Ministers plan to expand whole-life sentences for ‘most horrific’ murderers

Currently rare prison orders with little chance of parole would become default for worst offenders under MoJ proposals

The Guardian - UK

Chilling warning that scandals across NHS will be covered up as staff say whistleblowers are ignored

In wake of missed chances to catch killer nurse Lucy Letby, figures show doctors and nurses’ widespread concerns about sounding the alarm

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The Independent UK

How true crime obsessives convinced Lucy Letby was innocent ‘broke reporting restrictions’

In echoes of the attention given to the Nicola Bulley case, online sleuths took a keen interest in the Lucy Letby trial

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby motive: Why did serial killer nurse murder seven babies?

Prosecutors put forward several possible motives as to why Letby murdered babies

The Week

Lucy Letby’s motivation: a ‘void’ in the harrowing case

“The trial of Lucy Letby will be remembered as one of the longest and most complex cases in English legal history,” said Tom Ball in The Times. Twenty-two charges were brought against her, relating to 17 babies in the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital during 2015 and…

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby case brings back trauma for survivor of Beverley Allitt attacks

Kayley Asher was left with permanent brain injuries by nurse in 1991 and has been upset by news of another nurse’s crimes

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The Independent UK

What the papers say – August 26

A variety of stories feature on the front pages across the nation, alongside the mug shot of Donald Trump.

The Guardian - UK

The Lucy Letby case must lead to changes in hospital management

Letters: From the business model, to lack of resources, to mushrooming management, readers look at what the NHS must learn

The National (Scotland)

Fury as Jackie Baillie draws 'parallels' between Lucy Letby case and Scottish NHS

JACKIE Baillie has been widely condemned after she claimed there were “parallels” between the case of serial killer Lucy Letby and a flagship…

The Guardian - UK

Ministers indicate support for statutory inquiry into Lucy Letby killings

Ministers initially ignored calls by victims’ families for inquiry that would be able to force witnesses to give evidence

The Independent UK

‘A sick joke’: NHS bosses accused of ‘ignoring’ Lucy Letby concerns later handed key whistleblower roles

Revealed: NHS bosses accused of ‘protecting’ killer nurse appointed to investigate warnings from whistleblowers doctors

The Conversation

Lucy Letby: child murder case highlights need to regulate managers and improve whistleblowing procedures

The recent conviction of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven infants and attempted to murder six others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital between 2015-2016, has raised fundamental questions about how something like this could have happened – and why it took so long to stop…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak vows to hold judge-led inquiry into baby-killing nurse Lucy Letby

Bereaved families want full legal powers for the probe

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