4000 critically endangered snails are being released back into the wild after a successful Breeding Programme at chester zoo. And coming up in sport british cyclist chris froome is in intensive care with multiple fractures, after a high speed crash. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Conservative mps will get their first chance to vote for the person they want to see lead the party and the country this morning as the first round of voting in the conservative leadership contest gets underway. At least one of the ten candidates vying to be our next Prime Minister will be knocked out of the race. Tory mps will hold a private ballot, with contenders needing a minimum of 17 votes to carry on. Voting in secret will start in the house of commons this morning at around ten oclock with a result expected to be announced by the 1922 committee at around one oclock this afternoon. Further ballots will then be held next week, with the two most popular mps moving to a run off of tory part
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And doctors are life savers. They are incredible. And we heard a lot in the trial about thinking the unthinkable. And, you know, no one wanted to think that this could be possible, as you heard there in the clip from the father. How could a nurse on a ward do Something Like this . And i think, you know, the manipulation, the fact that she altered records, she was clever, she was calculating, and she pulled the wool over the eyes of her colleagues who did not think everfor a minute that she was responsible. You know, it started with her being an association. She was in the room. She was around a lot. And that raised concerns. But, you know, i dont think anyone actually thought a nurse was operating in plain sight on a ward and in fact, using the most innocuous of materials milk, air, saline, to attack and kill the babies that shes looking after. Tell us a little more, caroline, about what we learned about lucy letby during this trial, because, of course, there was focus on her social me