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Lucy Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill a further 10. Credit: SWNS

Lucy Letby to face retrial on allegation she tried to murder baby girl

Patricia Alban and Sammy Alban-Stanley

Grieving mum slams government's response to autistic son's death

Storm season is starting now

This year's storm names - weather experts and a Beano character

A man has been charged with murder after a woman died from a gunshot wound. Carrie Slater, 37, was found with serious injuries on Thursday near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, and died in hospital on Saturday evening, Leicestershire Police said.

Family pay tribute to woman shot dead - as man faces murder charge

Lucy Letby

Baby-murdering nurse Lucy Letby to learn whether she faces retrial

Cullan Mais, 32, says he used to steal £2k of items a day - up to £14k-a-week - shoplifting at the peak of his criminality and in total stole items with a retail value of £3million Picture: SWNS

Ex-shoplifter says he stole £3m worth of goods

Olive oil has been put in security packaging in a Co-op branch

Convenience store puts £7.50 bottles of olive oil in security package

Wilko has announced the date of the final store closures

Wilko reveals dates for final store closures following its collapse

Minnie Rae Dunn, who died after falling from a tower block balcony in Portsmouth Picture released by Hampshire police

Tributes to little girl, 8, who died after falling from tower block

Dr Thomas Plimmer Picture: SWNS

Sex addict doctor who slept with patients feels 'immense shame'

A £3.5m Scottish mansion is up for grabs in a breast cancer fundraising prize draw. The six-bedroom home is the first-ever Scottish house to be available in the Omaze Million Pound House Draw Ð which is raising funds for Breast Cancer Now.

Home worth £3.5m with golfing simulator will be raffled off by Omaze

Pedestrians walk past a branch of a NatWest bank in London.

Natwest makes pledge after glitch with its cash machines

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

The Roman Empire has left a lasting legacy. Image: Adobe

It turns out I can't stop thinking about the Roman Empire Tom Morton

A recap of how the Russell Brand rape allegations scandal unfolded

GB News presenter defends tweet calling Russell Brand a 'hero'

Police urge web ghouls not to share video of fatal XL Bully attack

Video shows teenager pulling out gun in city centre street

Junior doctors have already walked out this year

NHS warns consultant and junior doctor strikes will disrupt care

More and more pubs call last orders for the final time

Airport to reopen after terminal flooded in thunderstorm

Here’s what you need to know about Covid ahead of winter in the UK amid a surge in cases of a new strain, Pirola.

Lack of accurate Covid figures means we need more 'human' strategies Tom Morton

'Nobody knew my daughter's lovely eyes were sign of future blindness'

How to watch Russell Brand: In Plain Sight Dispatches investigation

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter Lancashire (Credit: Rodrigo Souza)

Will there be thunderstorms? A month's worth of rain could fall today

Women’s charity cuts ties with Russell Brand after allegations of rape and abuse

Man's remains found in Lake District - murder arrest made

Riya Hirani

Anguish as girl, 9, with Strep A dies after tonsilitis diagnosis

An American Bully XL

How an XL Bully dog ban could work, and where XL Bully dogs come from

An aerial view of Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Man arrested after scaling Buckingham Palace wall

An American XL Bully dog

Ministers to work out how to ban dangerous XL Bully dogs

Russell Brand denies 'criminal allegations' against him in video

The twin towers of the World Trade Centre in New York burn behind the Empire State Building on September 11, 2001 (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler/FILE)

'I've never seen people driving so slowly - shocked by the day's news' Tom Morton

A desperate mum is watching her ten-year-old daughter "wither away" due to a health condition - which means she has never eaten a full meal.Bethany Smith, 30, says Bella will only nibble at food at the most - and can go days without eating anything. Picture: SWNS

Mum terrified about daughter, 10, who has never eaten a full meal

A taped off section inside Parks Primary School in Leicester which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) Jacob King/PA Wire

Labour plans vote to publish list of schools with collapse-risk concrete

A dad has launched a desperate plea after his teenage son was left for dead in a hit-and-run.Harvey Aitken, 16, was cycling in Tyseley in Birmingham when he was involved in the collision, leaving him with a bleed on the brain. Picture: SWNS

Teenage cyclist left for dead after hit and run

The coffin of crash victim, Zoey Coffey, 18, right, is carried out of Saints Peter and Paul's Church, Clonmel, Co Tipperary after her funeral. Picture date: Saturday September 2, 2023.

Teenage car crash victim Zoey Coffey 'was set to become a teacher'

Jurors found there were 'missed opportunities' to find Lauren Bridges a bed closer to home after an inquest ruled she didn't intend to take her own life. Pictures from SWNS

Mum says daughter who died on psychiatric unit 'failed by the system'

PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 12/03/13 of a man smoking a cigarette. Messages encouraging smokers to quit could be added to the inside of cigarette packs under draft proposals being considered by the Government. Issue date: Monday August 14, 2023.

Messages urging smokers to quit could be placed inside cigarette packs

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk at one stage were considering having their "fight" at the Colosseum in Rome (Credit: Getty/Canva)

Is Elon Musk running from the fight? Or is this Zuckerberg mind games?

A murder probe has been launched after a 10-year-old girl was found dead at a house in Surrey on August 10 Picture: SWNS

Murder probe launched after 10-year-old girl found dead

The Met Office has warned residents of changing weather throughout the next week.

With wet summers, should we change the school calendar? Tom Morton

BBC p1

Analysis Opinion: Unnecessary BBC expansion plan threatens regional media

Nigel Farage has lost his Coutts account (Getty)

Why the Nigel Farage bank account affair shames the government Tom Morton

Scientists have reset the clock for craters on the Moon, meaning that parts of its surface are around 200 million years older than had been previously thought Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Surface of Moon is ‘200 million years older than previously thought’

A 'smirking' stockbroker caught on camera hitting 141mph on a busy main road has been banned from driving.
James Linton, 24, 'showed a complete disregard for other motorists' when clocked driving a £90,000 Audi R8 soft-top at 'dangerous speeds' on the A27 in Sussex in April this year. Police said Linton was caught on camera "smirking" as he reached 141mph.
Picture: SWNS

‘Smirking’ stockbroker clocked doing 141mph in £90k Audi