The countess of chester hosphal ill be answering all of those questions throughout the course of this show. Patrick this is. Gb news absolutely this is. Gb news absolutely devastating series of events there will be keeping you up to date as all of those questions attempt to be answered here on this show. Your views gb views are gbnews. Com, but right now its your headlines with tatiana. Patrick. Thank you very much and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. That breaking news former nurse lucy letby has been found guilty of the murder of seven babies. Shes the uks most prolific killer of babies in modern times. Most prolific killer of babies in modern times. Letby has also in modern times. Letby has also been found guilty of the attempted murder of six others between june 2015 and june 2016 at the countess of chester hosphaps at the countess of Chester Hospitals neonatal ward. The 33 year old will be sentenced on monday. An independent inquiry will be held into the case
yesterday s proceedings, tim edwards shouted at the word cowered at him as he was taken down upon conviction. the word coward. and at the words rat and scumbag baird were shouted at him today. he was told what you did to the six people who were injured were shocking and he murdered and tried to kill two other men, fired at close range, your intention was to kill the two men who were seriously injured, kieran salkeld and jake duffy, who are members of a rival gang. you are are members of a rival gang. you are a highly dangerous man. we have all watched the cctv of the shooting. it is utterly shocking, you had no thought for anyone else. the risk of all that there was being murdered was as substantial as it was obvious and you didn t care. then you drove straight to your friend s house to get him to look after the gun. you spent the next few days of removing the evidence, getting rid of the evidence, washing clothing and shoes before the police could search, and destroying y
drove by and fired into the crowd of people outside that pub, and it was elle edwards who was hit fatally and died. so let s discuss this case further, joining me now is peter williams, a former merseyside police inspector and senior lecturer at the liverpool centre for advanced policing studies atjohn moores university. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. you have obviously been following this case very quickly, what are your reflections on what we have seen so far in terms of the investigation by the police to where we are today? the investigation to where we are today? the investigation in to where we are today? tue: investigation in relation to where we are today? tte: investigation in relation to the police has been a very credible one as was, of course, the investigation which unfortunately we had to witness with the shutting of the nine year old girl, which no doubt viewers remember. that trial was concluded a couple of months ago as well. it illustrates the
the uk has struck a deal to join a trans pacific trade pact consisting of 11 countries. together australia, brunei, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore and vietnam account for 13% of global gdp. the pact called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership aims to cut or reduce 95% of import charges or tariffs. but some will be retained to protect sensitive domestic areas. the initial gains for britain will only be marginal, as it already has free trade deals with 9 of the 11 countries involved, and the government s own estimates show being in the bloc will only add 0.08% to the size of the uk s economy. joining me now is marco forgione, dg of the institute of export and international trade. how big a win is this for britain? victoria, this is a huge achievement to the uk. there are three areas we need to look at whenjudging are three areas we need to look at when judging what s been approved. the first is the e