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There is a real-life Smithy – and other cracking Gavin and Stacey facts ahead of Christmas finale

The Shipmans and the Wests are back for one more episode on BBC1 and fans are hoping the cliffhanger ending of the last show in 2019 will be resolved

Evening Standard

Every person should have care – not lethal drugs

Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill shouldn’t be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage

The Guardian - UK

GP who was adviser in Harold Shipman inquiry backs legalising assisted dying

Exclusive: Aneez Esmail says treating dying man in extreme pain six years ago changed his mind on helping terminally ill patients die

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Two deaths shaped my belief in the right to die. This bill could change everything

It’s too late for my mother and friend, but the assisted dying bill could end the appalling suffering of countless others, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Mother of baby Lucy Letby tried to murder says hospital bosses who ignored concerns ‘complicit’

Child N’s mother told a public inquiry ‘nothing effective’ had been done by NHS authorities since the crimes of Beverley Allitt and Harold Shipman

The Independent UK

‘Ghoulish sideshow’: Lucy Letby victims’ barrister speaks on parents’ behalf

Opening statement of Richard Baker KC at inquiry talks of toxic notions promoted by conspiracy theorists

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby ‘hid in plain sight’ like GP killer Harold Shipman, inquiry hears

On the opening day of a public inquiry into Lucy Letby’s murders, the killer is compared to other ‘manipulative’ convicts like Harold Shipman and Beverly Allitt

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Deaths in England and Wales to be reviewed by senior doctor if not referred to coroner

Major overhaul of system is designed to reassure relatives and reduce risk of malicious action by health care workers

The Guardian - UK

Inside the Lucy Letby trial: Doctors’ desperation, babies’ pain – and the indifference of their killer

In August 2023, Nigel Bunyan reported on the harrowing evidence the jury in the first trial heard from the parents, and doctors and nurses left traumatised by the suffering inflicted by Lucy Letby

The Independent UK

Harold Shipman was arrested a quarter of a century ago, but we still have problems with prescribing controlled drugs

Catherine Hudson drugged two patients on the stroke ward of Blackpool Victoria Hospital to give herself an easier life. She has been jailed for seven years and two months. Her colleague, Charlotte Wilmot, who conspired with her to drug a third patient, was given a three-year jail term.

The Conversation

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Other lives: GP who served the same practice in Greater Manchester for more than a quarter of a century

The Guardian - UK

Access and attention: why serial killers like Lucy Letby often work in healthcare

British nurse Lucy Letby was last week sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants in her care, and attempting to murder a further six.

The Conversation

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

Murderers like Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman may be attracted by caring roles

Letters: Dr Chris Clough and David Canter on people with psychopathic traits

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Carers who kill: Lucy Letby joins a gruesome list of medical monsters, from Harold Shipman to Beverley Allitt

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby confirms yet confounds our ideas of a serial killer

Her silence is a hallmark of the serial killer, but ‘beige’ nurse did not display the usual warning signs

The Independent UK

Carers who kill: Lucy Letby joins a gruesome list of medical monsters, from Harold Shipman to Beverley Allitt

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

The Guardian - UK

Faced with evil like Lucy Letby’s, we yearn for a rational explanation. Sometimes there is none

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, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers

As Letby, 33, is convicted of murder of seven babies, we take a look at some of the country’s most shocking murderers

The Independent UK

Carers who kill: Lucy Letby joins a gruesome list of medical monsters, from Harold Shipman to Beverley Allitt

As Letby is convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others, we look at other examples of killers who exploited a position of trust

The Independent UK

Lucy Letby joins gruesome list of Britain’s medical monsters - OLD

GP Harold Shipman tops the list, after being exposed as one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers.

The Guardian - UK

Let the Bodies Pile review – awkward effort to hold government to account over Covid

Henry Naylor’s well-intentioned drama about deaths in care homes lets anger cloud its judgment

The Guardian - UK

‘Hard to watch’: a play about Harold Shipman by the grandson of one of his victims

Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe

Daily Mirror

Pathologist who probed Harold Shipman's crimes wants girl's body exhumed to prove murder

Professor Derrick Pounder, who investigated the notorious case of serial killer Harold Shipman, says re-examining the remains of two-year-old Alexina Kelbie could uncover vital evidence missed when she died in foster care in Dundee

Manchester Evening News

Police bosses failed to tell 'the whole truth', whistleblower's lawyer alleges in tribunal

Retired detective superintendent Pete Jackson says he was side-lined and passed over for promotion after he made a series of allegations

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