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exercised her right not to come back into court, so she wasn't there in the dock on friday when her trial concluded, when the jury when her trial concluded, when the jury were thanked for their service, and she is not in the dock of court number seven today to hear what is being read out, in some cases by legal counsel and in some cases by the parents of the babies that she killed and attempted to kill. we are bringing you our correspondence inside the courtroom judith moritz who has followed this case throughout, it is bringing some of that detail of what these victim impact statements contained. it is worth listening to because these are difficult and distressing details but it is an insight into the habit that frankly has been raped by a woman lucy letby who is now the most prolific killer of children in modern british history. we are moving through these victim impact statements and at the moment the court is hearing from the mother of baby i, each of these letters, these babies lucy letby tried to kill or killed. the mother said just before the baby's third collapse... apologies, we seem to have lost on a foster there, who was just outside manchester crown court, bringing us live coverage as families are reading out impact statements, as nurse lucy letby is being sentenced at manchester crown court for murdering seven babies on a neonatal ward in chester. let's cross now back to anna foster, who is following proceedings and just bring us up to speed with what is happening. i us up to speed with what is happening-— us up to speed with what is happening. us up to speed with what is haueninu. ., ., happening. i will go back to the beauinnin happening. i will go back to the beginning of— happening. i will go back to the beginning of that _ happening. i will go back to the beginning of that statement - happening. i will go back to the l beginning of that statement that happening. i will go back to the . beginning of that statement that is being given by the mother of baby i, thatis being given by the mother of baby i, that is being read out in court at the moment. reminding you as well that these were babies who were born prematurely in many cases were very sick. that is why they were being treated at the countess of chester neonatal unit and the mother of baby i says just before her third collapse she was like a full—term baby, she was on full bottle feeds, sitting on my knee, very alert, she often smiled and she never tried. i remember a content little girl, a happy little girl. i remember burning herfather and said we happy little girl. i remember burning her father and said we would go home soon. they even asked us to bring the car seat into be checked but a week later this all changed. we were called and told we needed to comment as she had had another collapse. the mother goes on to say we were in a fight or flight mode. we barely ate or slept because our babyjust kept needing to be resuscitated. on the night our baby died we were speaking with the nurses in room one and they said at the rate she was improving there was still a chance she could be home for christmas. she says when they handed our baby to us we never wanted to let her go stop we held her so tight. she was our gorgeous little princess and i can't even begin to explain the pain when we lost her. a part of us died with her. this is the mother of baby i, the victim impact statement that is being delivered on her behalf in manchester crown court this morning. it goes on to say, the first year after her death was a blur, i don't even know how we got through it. i would wear sunglasses permanently to hide the pain and to hide the tears from my children because i didn't want to upset them because they were also struggling. i struggle to be out in public, to eat and sleep. i would relive all these collapses and the emergence were like they were at that moment happening again. i would like in the night in a panic because of the nightmares and the night sweats stop i felt like i was sinking into a black hole and it was getting harder to keep myself going. i went to the doctors who gave me antidepressants, sleeping tablets, beta—blockers to try and help. i then got pregnant again, she says, i don't rub the pregnancy. i put all “p don't rub the pregnancy. i put all up and put that out. we were so scared of the same thing happening again. even the scans. they weren't happy moments. they were just filled with fear. our next daughter was born at a0 weeks and was one of sepsis. being in the special care baby unit again was so hard. we didn't leave her. we stayed in a hospital until she came home. we insisted. then of course, so many of these victim impact statements, they move from describing the harrowing deaths of those children to finding out that those debts were not accidental. she says, when they told us they were arresting someone for our baby is's murder i remember my whole body shaking. we were both absolutely broken that someone could do something so evil to our precious little girl and this has had a massive effect on our family, even until this date. we have been trying to get answers for years about what happened and we have been to some very dark places mentally. i have had therapy for six years and it is still ongoing. this has impacted so much of ourfamily. we still ongoing. this has impacted so much of our family. we struggle with trust. i will leave my kids in a hospital. we will never give anyone that type of trust with our kids again. our baby, the baby we lost would be eight this year. we should be watching her grow, playing with her friends and buzzards and sisters and we have to live with the fact that all that was taken away from her in the cruellest way. this is just one family, one victim impact statement of many that we are hearing at manchester crown court this morning. each of those families having their opportunity to describe what i have been through ahead of the sentencing of lucy letby this afternoon, when the judge will take into account all of these victim impact statements. he will take into account sentencing guidelines and orders available to him. he will take into account the prosecutor requested lucy letby served a whole life order, that she never be released from prison and all of these things he will consider when he passes that sentence, which lucy letby of course is not being called to hear when he passes that sentence in the next few hours. so to hear when he passes that sentence in the next few hours.— in the next few hours. so many --eole in the next few hours. so many peeple affected _ in the next few hours. so many people affected by _ in the next few hours. so many people affected by this. - in the next few hours. so many people affected by this. we - in the next few hours. so many people affected by this. we are hearing from our correspondent inside the courtroom atjudith moritz, who is saying that not only families are crying and people in the public gallery are crying, but jurors who have sat through months of harrowing evidence also appear to be visibly upset. the? of harrowing evidence also appear to be visibly unset-— be visibly upset. they have been raised, be visibly upset. they have been praised. the _ be visibly upset. they have been praised, the jurors _ be visibly upset. they have been praised, the jurors in _ be visibly upset. they have been praised, the jurors in particular i praised, thejurors in particular have been praised by thejudge where they were discharged on friday, for they were discharged on friday, for the time and diligence they have shown. this was a trial of nearly ten months. it is believed to be potentially the longest murder trial in english legal history, english and welsh legal history in this country. it has continued for months and months. it was exactly nine months to the day that the opening statements were delivered in court to the jury being sent out to consider the verdicts on 22 counts of murder and attempted murder. it is also worth reminding you as well that what lucy letby is being sentenced for today is those caps that she was found guilty on, the murder of seven babies in her care, the attempted murder of six others, she was acquitted of two charges of attempted murder and there were six further charges that the jury despite more than 110 hours of deliberations failed to reach a verdict on. remember, the bar they have to reach, they have to feel and believe that this was committed by lucy letby and they have to know that beyond reasonable doubt. that is the expression that is used in criminal law, beyond reasonable doubt. on several of those charges they felt that the evidential bar was not high enough for them to be able to say either unanimously or by able to say either unanimously or by a majority that they knew beyond reasonable doubt that lucy letby had carried out those six crimes, so the crown prosecution service has now got to wait for 28 days and they will consider whether or not to seek a retrial on the remaining six counts but i think it was summed up very well by the families family liaison officer who spoke on the steps of manchester crown court on friday of last week and she described the final day of the trial is bittersweet, because for many of those families whose victim impacts statements are being delivered in court as we speak there are families who have been through this lengthy process who have given evidence who have listened to evidence and who still don't have a verdict despite the diligence and time of the jury, they still don't have an answer, a verdict, so they will be waiting now to see whether or not lucy letby will face a retrial on those six cans in which the jury was hung, but i will be able to watch, they will know that she is now a convicted murderer and they along with all of the families involved in this case murderer and they along with all of the families involved in this case will hear in the next few hours the will hear in the next few hours the sentence that will be handed down to sentence that will be handed down to lucy letby by the judge in this lucy letby by the judge in this case, mrjustice scott.- case, mrjustice scott. lucy letby by the judge in this case, mrjustice scott. there could be a potential— case, mrjustice scott. there could be a potential retrial. _ case, mrjustice scott. there could be a potential retrial. there - case, mrjustice scott. there could be a potential retrial. there is - be a potential retrial. there is much more to come from this. the government has ordered an inquiry. there will be a police investigation into other babies that lucy letby was in contact with. whilst we understand there is much more to come, we are still hearing more about these families that have been affected, some of their children are now severely disabled and will be affected for the rest of their lives. so many people affected by this. ., �* , . ., ., this. that's right. what we are brinuain this. that's right. what we are bringing you — this. that's right. what we are bringing you as _ this. that's right. what we are bringing you as i _ this. that's right. what we are bringing you as i am _ this. that's right. what we are bringing you as i am speaking| this. that's right. what we are l bringing you as i am speaking to this. that's right. what we are - bringing you as i am speaking to you this morning, we bring you the detail of these victim impact statements, they are being read out in court. it is worth saying that these families, the children and victims of lucy letby, their identities have all been kept secret, they have all been anonymized, so the statements i am reading you and the details of her reading you and the details of her reading you and the details of her reading you are coming from parents of, we have been calling them baby baby d, at the moment the father of twins baby l and baby m. initially doctors told us the events that took place in 2016 is an image of it was normalfor premature place in 2016 is an image of it was normal for premature babies, place in 2016 is an image of it was normalfor premature babies, and we believe at the doctors were telling us at the time, little did we note that the year or so after their all of that the year or so after their birth the police would come knocking on our door and break the news that this could be an attempted murder case. each of these victim impact statements as we have been reflecting our harrowing to listen to. even more so for the families themselves they had to think about themselves they had to think about the words they want to use, try to find ways because often in a situation like this where they know their children have been murdered by a nurse who should be looking after them, in many cases they probably aren't words that would significantly convey the emotion, the anger, frustration, all of those things that i want to try and get across. this is their opportunity to try and do that this morning. judith moritz art north of england correspondent is on course number seven and is watching all of this, listening to all this, i am bring you here, if you scan the qr code thatis you here, if you scan the qr code that is on your screen you can 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 professionals, senior management at the countess of chester hospital trust, the consultants reported concerns to and who did not act in a timely way, that investigation will continue and those questions will also continue to be asked. those questions will also continue to be asked-— those questions will also continue to be asked. anna foster, outside manchester _ to be asked. anna foster, outside manchester crown _ to be asked. anna foster, outside manchester crown court _ to be asked. anna foster, outside manchester crown court giving - to be asked. anna foster, outside manchester crown court giving us| to be asked. anna foster, outsidel manchester crown court giving us a rolling coverage there is letby is sentenced for the murder of seven babies in the attempted murder of six more. this is what the prime minister — rishi sunak — had to say — a short time ago. he said lucy letby was cowardly not to hear the victims' families' statements. let's take a listen to what he had to say. the statements. let's take a listen to what he had to say.— statements. let's take a listen to what he had to say. the first thing is to extend _ what he had to say. the first thing is to extend my _ what he had to say. the first thing is to extend my sympathies - what he had to say. the first thing is to extend my sympathies were l is to extend my sympathies were unaffected by this. i like everyone reading about this, it is just shocking and harrowing. i think it is currently that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first—hand their victims and hear first—hand the impact they have had on the families and loved ones. we are looking and have been at changing the law to make sure that happens and that is something we will bring forward in due course.— forward in due course. should hosital forward in due course. should hospital managers _ forward in due course. should hospital managers be - forward in due course. should hospital managers be as - forward in due course. should - hospital managers be as accountable and doctors as nurses? indie hospital managers be as accountable and doctors as nurses?— and doctors as nurses? we are settin: and doctors as nurses? we are setting no _ and doctors as nurses? we are setting no an _ and doctors as nurses? we are setting up an inquiry _ and doctors as nurses? we are setting up an inquiry that - and doctors as nurses? we are setting up an inquiry that will. and doctors as nurses? we are i setting up an inquiry that will look into everything that happened in this case and it is important that that inquiry first and foremost gets the answer that families need, and ensures we can learn the lessons from what happened, is conducted transparently, and happens as quickly as possible so that is inquiry we will set up and make sure we deliver on those objectives of. on that inquiry should we have a judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important _ judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important thing _ judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important thing for _ judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important thing for the - judge led statutory inquiry? i think the important thing for the inquiry | the important thing for the inquiry to do is make sure families get the answers they need, that it is possible for us to learn the lessons from what happened. everything conducted transparently and to happen as quickly as possible. those of the objectives that we want for the inquiry and we will make sure it is set up to deliver on those aims. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a bbc investigation has revealed that a black hole in local authority budgets continues to grow. information provided by 190 authorities across the uk revealed council leaders were predicting a shortfall of around £5 billion by april 2026, even after making £2.5 billion of cuts. the government said funding for councils beyond the next financial year has not yet been decided. the nhs has teamed up with morrisons supermarket to put labels in underwear reminding people to see their gp if they spot potential symptoms of breast or testicular cancer. people should look out for lumps and bumps or "anything unusual". the nutmeg—branded boxer shorts and crop—top bras will be in 2a0 shops in england — in the coming months. a cargo ship fitted with giant rigid sails the size of aircraft wings has embarked on its maiden voyage from china to brazil. it's hoped the british—designed technology, which uses the wind to help propel the vessel, will reduce carbon emissions by up to 30% and help tackle climate change. you are live with bbc news. to the us now — where much of southern california has been hit by torrential rain. it's the state's first tropical storm in more than 80 years. nine million people have been under flash—flood warnings. we're going to focus on these areas — los angeles, palm springs, death valley and las vegas in nevada. let's start in los angeles — and look at some of the iconic hollywood locations hit by storm hilary. these pictures are from snapchat and show the hollywood walk of fame. and these pictures are from universal studios — a film studio and theme park in la. to palm springs next. california's governor, gavin newsom, says the city received more rain in a single hour than at any other time in its history. and look at these pictures from death valley. it's known for its extreme temperatures, but now the desert environment has been inundated with water. this is las vegas — the rain there has triggered severe flooding. hundreds of flights have been cancelled in the city. in victorville, near los angeles, juan fayfur and his mother monica nervously watched floodwaters inch closer to their home — before making the decision to leave. all that started within one hour or two and kept piling up and up on the water and just more and more. lives can't be replaced. objects can. it is better to fix whatever gets damaged than risking somebody drowning over something avoidable. california's governor — gavin newsom — gave this update on the many problems the state is now grappling with a short while ago. there is an old, ancient curse that loosely translated, you live in interesting times. it's certainly interesting times. it's certainly interesting times, tornadoes, lightning strikes. we have wildfires, worries because of the wins, notjust the tornadoes. out of the emergency services in san bernardino, checked my phone and learned about an earthquake that originally came in at 6.0 and appears to be closer to five, five .1. there were over 13 aftershocks just in the dry over the venture region. these are certainly interesting times. cbs correspondent michael spencer has the latest, from san clemente, california. we are about 16 miles south of los angeles, to give your viewers some perspective to where we are. and what officials are worried about right now continues to be that rain. the national weather service has issued a flash flood warning for los angeles that extends until three o'clock this morning, pacific time. that will extend, rather expire, in about 15 minutes. i would not be surprised if it is extended. we are seeing a heavy, heavy amount of rain in the saint gabriel mountains. we are talking about half an inch to an inch per hour. so officials in southern california are worried about what that rain might do there, in terms of flooding, in terms of landslides and mudslides. they have cancelled school today in los angeles as well as in san diego. this time did bring with it some wind but the major concern here is really all of the moisture, not only here in southern california, but as you mentioned in arizona. we have seen some heavy rain and in places like las vegas in nevada, they have seen heavy rain and flooding as well. spain is celebrating the world cup victory of its women's football team after they beat england in the final on sunday. it's the first time spain has won the tournament. the spanish team were in high spirits as they returned to their hotel. these are the latest pictures from sydney — of the departing england team, disappointed after that narrow 1—0 defeat. the final was watched by millions of people around the world. i've been speaking to our reporter — sergi forcada freixas — in madrid — about reaction to spain's win. the spanish national team is on their way back to madrid with the winning trophy. they are expected to land here later today and local authorities haven't decided yet if this week there will be a parade or some kind of event to celebrate the victory. on sunday many spaniards erupted injoy victory. on sunday many spaniards erupted in joy after they won the world cup other celebrations were quite short as i only lasted for a couple of hours or so. there have been plenty of messages, congratulating the team, from royalty to politicians or other sports people. many here have been touched by a story about spain's captain olga carmona who scored the winning goal in the final. after the match she was told that her father had died a few days earlier. he died on friday after a long illness and her family on friday after a long illness and herfamily decided on friday after a long illness and her family decided not to tell her about it, so she could focus on the final. a game that turned her into a world champion and for which she was named the best player of the match. russia's first lunar mission in nearly 50 years has ended in failure, after its spacecraft crashed into the moon. the unmanned luna 25 module was supposed to land at the south pole of the moon, but experienced problems as it moved into pre—landing orbit. will vernon reports. russia's first mission to the moon for almost 50 years. luna 25 blasted off on 11th august. hopes were high that russia would be the first country to land on the south pole of the moon. the russian space agency broke the bad news. luna 25 had been lost. in a statement, roscosmos said the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. this is a humiliating blow for moscow. russia had hoped that this mission would re—establish it as one of the world leaders in space travel. but russia's space industry has been in decline for years, partly because of western sanctions but also because for the kremlin, the priority is the military and not space programmes. the war in ukraine has led to isolation. after russia's full—scale invasion last year, international agreements on space were torn up. you cannot buy certain electronics unless you have worldwide cooperation, and if the developers of the spacecraft work in isolation, even if they have 20 years like they had with luna 25, it's still not enough. and india is in the race now too. chandrayaan—3 is due to touch down on the moon on wednesday. if india succeeds, that will be another blow to russia's reputation in space. that is it from me your world business news is next. stay with us here on bbc news. we have a bit more of a taste of late summer sunshine for many southern and eastern parts of the uk, things are turning a bit more unsettled across the north—west. today for england and wales some warm sunshine, should be largely dry. cloudy skies for scotland and northern ireland and blustery showers particularly later in the day. low pressure is moving in from the north—west. quite a few isobars. further south high pressure across continental europe affecting the weather across much of england and wales bringing some dry conditions. low clouds drifting in and around some coasts of the english channel. the cloud will bubble up elsewhere through the day for northern england. a few showers for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures hear about 22 and sunny spells. further south 25 or 26. into the evening we end with like sunshine but one or two showers for parts of wales and northern england and tonight. scotland and northern ireland will continue to see showery raine pretending to ease away through the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to around 1a or 15. quite a warm and muqqy around 1a or 15. quite a warm and muggy feel into tuesday. tuesday warm and sunny for much of central and southern and eastern england. a few showers here and there for wales and northern england, northern ireland and scotland seeing one or two blustery showers but those showers and winds will ease later in the day. temperatures are typically high teens or low 20s in the north but again 25 or possibly 26. down towards east anglia and central and southern england. into the middle of the week another area of low pressure just approaching from the north—west, not such a blustery speu north—west, not such a blustery spell of weather but there will be a few showers on wednesday again the western parts of scotland and perhaps the odd one from the land and a bit more clouds are essential parts of england and wales. slightly cooler conditions to the north but still warms down towards the south—east. when probably the warmest day of the week. 26 or 27. things changed towards the end of the week at the weekend. the bursary of low pressure clear so as a east end and we see higher pressure influencing from the atlantic but the combination of systems will mean the combination of systems will mean the winds coming from a bit more of a northerly direction and by the end of the week that will push the warmer air away to the near continent. more showers as we head through thursday and friday and temperatures return to more typical full time of year. bye—bye. china cuts the cost of borrowing again in an attempt to boost its flagging economy. and is wind—power the future for green marine transport? we speak to the boss of a revolutonary new vessel making its maiden voyage. welcome to world business report. i'm marc ashdown. we start in china — where the authorities are trying to support its struggling economy. the country's central bank has cut one of its core lending rates, it's so called one—year loan prime rate, and it's now at a fresh record low of 3.a5%. but the five year lending rate has been left unchanged at a.2%. there's been a slew of poor economic data in recent weeks, pointing to a slowdown in the world's second biggest economy. over the past 10 years, china has generated a1% of the world's growth — almost double the 22% contribution from the us, and dwarfing 9% from the euro area. joining me now is janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. worrying times here given the size of china's output, the government was expected to do more. is of china's output, the government was expected to do more.- was expected to do more. is this enou~h? was expected to do more. is this enough? thank _ was expected to do more. is this enough? thank you _ was expected to do more. is this enough? thank you for - was expected to do more. is this enough? thank you for having i was expected to do more. is this l enough? thank you for having me. there is pressure and how much more the government can do. from the results today,