John and Susan Letby wrote to the Countess of Chester Hospital’s then board chairman Sir Duncan Nichol two months into the ...

Read the latest evidence from the Thirlwall Inquiry, which heard from former Countess of Chester chief nurse Alison Kelly.

A doctor had warned in June 2016 that the rise in baby deaths on the ward where Lucy Letby worked was "a Beverley Allitt / ...

Dr Stephen Brearey, a consultant paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital, told the Thirlwall Inquiry that executives gave “more credibility” to the views of senior nursing staff than ...

The former chief executive of the Countess of Cheshire Hospital has described as “outrageous” a suggestion that he sought to ...

The hearing room at Liverpool Town Hall is filling up with benches full of lawyers representing all of the core participants at the Thirlwall Inquiry. This grand room in the 18th century building ...

Giving evidence at the Thirlwall Inquiry into the events surrounding Letby’s crimes, neonatal clinical lead consultant Dr Stephen Brearey said the June 2015 deaths were “unusual” as they ...

Lucy Letby serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven infants and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims ...

Giving evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry into the events surrounding her crimes, neonatal clinical lead Dr Stephen Brearey said: “On reflection I think it’s likely that Letby didn’t start ...

The room is now hushed and the Chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall has just entered. The inquiry is public, but its chair, Lady Justice Thirlwall, has ruled that it cannot be livestreamed. We have a ...

At the start of her evidence on Monday at the Thirlwall Inquiry, Ms Kelly said: “I would like to express my condolences to all the families and I’m really sorry for all the distress that the ...