They didnt think it appropriate to go the police at that stage. Instead, the hospital asked the Royal College of paediatrics and child health to look at what had been going on in the unit. In november, the college called for the hospital to conduct a thorough external, independent review of each unexpected neonatal death. But the deaths werent investigated fully. Was this a cover up . I dont know how youd define a cover up but to us the. The evidence in front of us was quite clear it felt that they were trying to engineer some sort of narrative or way out of this that didnt involve going to the police. And if you want to call that a cover up then, thats a cover up. There were deaths and near deaths, which could not be explained, and were unexpected. And thatjust does not happen on a neonatal unit. But unfortunately, there was a concern about how it would look. So the reputation of the organisation and protecting that reputation was a big factor in how people responded to the concerns r
Its something which you would never believe could be possible, the potential that there could be a Serial Killer in their local hospital. Tonight, the untold story of britains most unlikely Serial Killer. We were actually told we would never have um, our own children. And then i found out i was pregnant, and then we found out we were having twins on valentines day. Wow. Which was lovely. Can you remember when you first saw them . There wasjust like a sheer elation and happiness that im like, ive never felt that before or since. You rememberfeeling like a new dad . Yeah, yeah. I was very proud. The twins were born ten weeks early. They were being cared for at the Neonatal Unit of the countess of Chester Hospital. Only five days old, One Of The Boys suddenly became unwell. In the corridor, i could immediately hear crying or. It was, it felt more than crying. And i walked into the room, seeing it was my boy and he had blood round his mouth. And, and lucy was there, but faffing about, not
Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Two people have been released on bail after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes from a Funeral Directors in hull. Detectives say theyre investigating a truly horrific incident and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. Theyve had more than 1,000 phone calls from concerned members of the public. 0ur correspondent nick garnett has been speaking to one of the families affected. My mum was a beautiful, loving person. Would give Anybody Anything she had. Susan stone was 78 when she died. Herfamily paid for her to be cremated, but now theyve been told it never happened. They cremated my mum the same day, or the next day, waiting for a slot. But obviously she didnt get cremated. Heartbroken. Anger. Disgraceful. Humberside police are still searching this building owned by legacy Funeral Directors and others the company owns. 120 officers are involved and police say they found 35 bodies and what they think are human
Surf is up. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors about the mp diane abbott. The guardian reports that during a Business Meeting in 2019, frank hester said diane abbott made him want to hate all black women and that she should be shot. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude. Mr hester has issued a statement saying that at the meeting in question, he said he abhorred racism. Diane abbott has also released a statement responding to his alleged comments. She said. Government ministers have faced questions from the media and they called his comments unacceptable but stopped short of calling them racist. Well, its clear that what he said was inappropriate. He has, as i understand it, apologised for those remarks. I think the Critical Point here is i dont think what he was saying was a gender based or a race based comment, b
At the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative partys biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a Business Meeting in 2019. The guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. This morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude, but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. Henry zeffman has the story. Some people who give millions to Political Parties have high public profile is. Frank hester didnt. Until now. This is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the Health Care Software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. Its like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate All Black Wom