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The Latest Breaking News from Chester

Labour selects candidate for by-election to replace disgraced Amesbury

Cheshire West & Chester councillor Karen Shore will run as Labour’s candidate.

The Independent UK

UK’s ‘most welcoming city’ is also one of the most haunted – poll

Travel company Booking.com said Chester has ‘a strong sense of community’ combined with a ‘mysterious past’.

Evening Standard

UK’s ‘most welcoming city’ also voted one of the most haunted

The city has ‘a strong sense of community’ combined with a ‘mysterious past’

The Independent UK

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MP Mike Amesbury has prison sentence suspended after appeal

Ex-Labour MP was originally jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting a man in the street

The Guardian - UK

Mike Amesbury: Former Labour MP jailed for punching man has sentence suspended for two years on appeal

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has had his 10-week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years following an appeal at Chester Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Will Lucy Letby get a retrial? Here’s what happens next with her case

Lucy Letby was convicted in two trials in 2023 and 2024 of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others in her care at the Countess of Chester hospital in north-west England between 2015 and 2016.

The Conversation

Liverpool-Manchester train line closed after car plummets onto rail track

Affected train services include Northern, TransPennine Express and Transport for Wales

The Independent UK

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Lucy Letby's legal team to present ‘significant new medical evidence’ in serial child killer's case

Analysis by a ‘blue riband committee’ of 14 neonatalogists will be revealed at a press conference in central London

Evening Standard

Chester woman to stand trial accused of displaying threatening bumper sticker

Georgia Venables, who allegedly had sticker on her car featuring C-word, has pleaded not guilty to single charge

The Guardian - UK

Rangers warned of travel disruption ahead of Europa League clash in Manchester

Rangers fans are descending on Manchester in large numbers - but Storm Éowyn could have an impact.

The National (Scotland)

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury pleads guilty to assault

The MP for Runcon and Helsby appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court.

Evening Standard

Lloyds bank to shut Liverpool office with 500 workers impacted

Lloyds said it has not cut jobs as part of the closure plans but will require around 100 staff to relocate to Chester.

The Independent UK

Police share update on death of RuPaul’s Drag Race star The Vivienne

Officers attended an address near Chester following reports of a sudden death

The Independent UK

Tiny snail not seen for more than a century saved from extinction

The pea-sized snail was believed to have gone extinct after no sightings were recorded for more than a century

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The Guardian - UK

‘My kind of case’: intense focus falls on Lucy Letby trial expert witness

Dr Dewi Evans’s evidence has been criticised, even ridiculed, but he maintains his work stands up to scrutiny

Evening Standard

London Leaver: 'The fresh air in Chester has really improved my life'

Rachael Kinsella left their maisonette in Teddington for a new life in the North

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby inquiry: parents expressed ‘intolerable anguish’ at police investigation

Parents asked bosses at Countess of Chester hospital, where she was a neonatal nurse, for ‘urgent meeting’

Evening Standard

Hospital boss denies he could have prevented two triplet boys’ murders by Letby

The Countess of Chester Hospital’s then-medical director Ian Harvey was appearing at the Thirlwall Inquiry into events surrounding the nurse’s crimes.

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The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby: hospital executive denies being ‘too slow’ to act over concerns

Inquiry hears Alison Kelly was told in 2016 about Letby link to rise in baby deaths at the Countess of Chester hospital

Evening Standard

Judge denies he was asked to advise Letby hospital because he is a Freemason

Judge Simon Medland KC and the Countess of Chester’s former director of corporate and legal services, Stephen Cross, are members of the organisation.

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Lib Dems leader under pressure after criticism over C of E abuse case

Ed Davey says Jane Dodds should reflect on her position after failing to take action over allegations of abuse by late bishop of Chester

The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Mendy entitled to most of unpaid Manchester City wages, judge rules

Benjamin Mendy has won a partial victory in his case against Manchester City for more than £11m in unpaid wages

The Guardian - UK

Giant spiders that can grow to size of human hand thriving in the UK

Collaboration between RSPB and Chester zoo leads to best mating season on record for the semi-aquatic fen raft spider

The Guardian - UK

Hiking Cheshire’s Baker Way: the joy of a less-known walking trail

They get less fanfare and footfall than the UK’s famous long-distance paths, but trails such as this – which starts in Chester and saunters through the local countryside – are just as rewarding

The Guardian - UK

What is the Thirlwall inquiry, set up after Lucy Letby’s murder convictions?

Hearings to examine events at the Countess of Chester hospital while Letby worked there will begin today

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