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The Latest Breaking News from Harold Shipman

This Week in History: Monica Lewinsky, deadly storms and Britain’s most prolific serial killer

Explore how major events were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK · Jan 25

NHS health professionals fear palliative care after Harold Shipman murders

An MP has claimed that health care professionals in the NHS are cautious about administering palliative care following the Harold Shipman murders.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025

The Traitors’ 10 best moments: from Linda’s head turn to the worst recruitment ever

As the third season of the glorious reality TV series reaches its climax, here are its finest parts. Brace for dodgy accents, feuding sisters and acting so bad it sets your teeth on edge

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2025

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Grooming, Shipman, Chilcot: for all the post-inquiry ‘never agains’, the default is inaction

Elon Musk’s pot stirring over child sex abuse gangs has renewed focus on the issue, but why was so little done after the IICSA report in 2022?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2025

Letby attacks could have been spotted earlier if ‘dots joined up’ – Jeremy Hunt

The former health secretary apologised to the victims’ families at the Thirlwall Inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes.

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025

The Traitors viewers in disbelief after ‘first TV moment of the year’

‘It may be the wildest thing I’ve heard in a while,’ one fan said of unexpected comment

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2025

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 · Dec 13, 2024

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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 · Nov 27, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

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 · Oct 9, 2024

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 · Sep 24, 2024

‘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 · Sep 12, 2024

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

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2024

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 · Aug 24, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

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 Conversation · Dec 15, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

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

The Conversation · Aug 31, 2023

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.

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The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023

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 Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

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 · Aug 20, 2023

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 · Aug 19, 2023

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 · Aug 18, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

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

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