follow our bbc news live page which similarly is bringing you all the detailfrom court number similarly is bringing you all the detail from court number seven and also the point is that you mention does well about what happens beyond today, because lucy letby will begin a long custodial sentence but the investigations into her nursing career continued. this trial only covered one year, 112 month period between june 2015 and june 2016 covered one year, 112 month period betweenjune 2015 and june 2016 in what was a longer nursing career. already we know police are talking to people that you used to work with in otherjobs, they are looking back at the medical records of thousands of babies to see if any more in her care have been sudden unexplained collapses. this is an investigation which is only i suppose still in its very early stages. there are many more cases that the police will look at and gather evidence on and also questions will continue to be asked about those medical profession
that was doctor malcolm stuart, a retired medical director, talking about some of the issues in the investigation that will continue despite the conclusion at the end of this legal process is lucy letby s nursing career continues to be investigated. welcome to bbc news. i am anna foster. live from manchester crown court. the headlines. nurse lucy letby will spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder, involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. letby refused to appear in the dock for her sentencing. her victims families say she s evil
or whether in fact this would cover her whole nursing career, and also to look at how this could happen. and crucially, looking at hospitals up and down the uk, whether they are safe enough to stop something like this from happening again. the bbc s anna foster outside manchester crown court, thank you very much. leaders of the us, south korea and japan have accused china of dangerous and aggressive behaviour in the south china sea. the assertion was made in a joint statement issued at a summit hosted by president biden at camp david, outside of washington. president biden, japanese prime minister fumio kishida and south korean president yoon suk yeol said that this first of its kind trilateral summit marks a new chapter of cooperation with the three nations as they move to strengthen military ties amid china s growing influence and nuclear threats from north korea. some of what they discussed included a multi year military exercise plan deeper coordination and integration on ballistic
guilty verdicts they want to see an investigation. and in fact, the uk government announced not long after the conclusion of this trial that an independent inquiry would be carried out into lucy letby, into her offending to look at whether or not this was an isolated period of time, or whether in fact this would cover her whole nursing career, and also to look at how this could happen. and crucially, looking at hospitals up and down the uk, whether they are safe enough to stop something like this from happening again. the bbc s anna foster outside manchester crown court, thank you very much. the bbc has been told that 1,400 people have starved to death in ethiopia s northern region of tigray since food aid was suspended in april. a senior tigrayan official said the number of dead could be much higher. it comes after humanitarian aid to the region by the world food programme and its key donor the us government was terminated. merchuma has this report.
whole of lucy letby s nursing career. 0ne whole of lucy letby s nursing career. one of the hospital so she did a training placement and released a statement shortly after the conclusion of this trial saying that her time working at that hospital would be looked at and in fact that is something which over the next few weeks and months will continue to develop in relation to this story. you re watching bbc news. thank you very much for that. in the studio in london and we are back with anna and just a moment but want to pick up on one thing that she just mentioned there and that is the announcement of a public inquiry by the government here. well, we are starting to get a few more details about how that inquiry will work. we have heard from the health minister. let s take a listen. but have heard from the health minister. let s take a listen. let s take a listen. but first you and i let s take a listen. but first you and i just let s take a listen. but first you and i just say let s