of murdering seven babies and trying to kill ten others, has been giving evidence for the first time in her trial. she cried in the witness box and told the jury she only wanted to help and care for the babies she was looking after at the countess of chester hospital. myjob was my life, she insisted, and said she was traumatised when she was arrested. she denies all the charges against her. this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. the parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter s trial has been going on for the last six months. today she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have herjob as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked why
and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train drivers, civil servants, bus drivers and security guards are also on strike. the government has described the walk outs as deeply disappointing. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it has been a familiar site got from the first time in seven years, teachers in england and teachers and support staff and whales arejoining the teachers and support staff and whales are joining the action. they want a pay rise that is above nation and is funded by the government, not school budgets. the gover
the met has apologised to carrick s victims after it emerged he was allowed to stay in the police force despite allegations about him over many years. also this lunchtime. the drive by shooting in london that left six people injured a 22 year old man is arrested. investigators in nepal find the black box flight recorders of the plane that crashed yesterday killing at least 68 people. counting the cost of christmas. fears that some people got into so much debt over the festive period that it will take them years to pay the money back. and emma raducanu puts aside her injury worries and makes it through to the second round of the australian open. and coming up in sport on bbc news, on the day that the new england head coach steve borthwick announces his first six nations squad the former england boss eddiiejones becomes australia s new head coach. good afternoon. a serving metropolitan police officer has admitted he s a serial rapist who carried out sex attacks over almost tw
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