Pendleton & hubby split after 10yrs together
Search after woman’s arrest over eight deaths in hospital
Scott and Victoria Victoria Pendleton has announced she and husband Scott Gardner are separating.
In a post on Twitter, Pendleton, 37, wrote: “After 10 years together I am very sad to say that Scott and I have grown apart.
“Despite our best efforts in trying to make our marriage work, we have come to the decision to go our separate ways.
“It has been an extremely difficult time and a tough decision to make. We want to look ahead to the future and stay positive.”
Last month, after her failed attempt to conquer Mount Everest with adventurer Ben Fogle in May, she revealed she has had depression.
The double Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant said: “I’ve been suffering with depression since I got back... I feel psychologically and physiologically damaged.”
Australian sports scientist Scott was an ex-member of her training team and the pair wed in a low-key ceremony in 2013. Rod’s mansion ROD Stewart has slashed the price of his mansion for a third time after two years on the market.
The tag on the house in Epping, Essex, started at €8.5million but fell by €620,000 in November 2016, Police outside Miss Letby’s home yesterday €1.1million earlier this year and the latest cut of €1.36million lowered the price to €5.3million. The First Cut is the Deepest star, 73, is said to have paid €1.36million for Wood House in 1986. Its brochure tells of
OF THE FAMILY YESTERDAY
“stunning grounds”, include a full-size football pitch where Sir Rod has let his team Celtic train.
He and wife Penny
The health worker, who officers have not named, was also last night being quizzed about six attempted murders.
It is understood she was arrested at house a mile from the Countess of Chester Hospital early yesterday.
The property being searched belongs to children’s nurse Lucy Letby, 28, who is understood to have worked at the hospital in Cheshire for seven years.
A forensic tent was erected on her drive and officers were seen going in and out of the house. Police were also at the home of Miss Letby’s parents John, 72, and Susan, 58, in Hereford.
A neighbour of the family said: “I’m really close to them. Lucy is so dedicated to her job. Lucy just spent a week in Torquay with her parents.”
Another resident said: “We’ve known Lucy since she was about three and she was lovely, she always has been.”
Miss Letby told a local newspaper five years ago: “I qualified as a children’s nurse in 2011 and have been working on the unit since graduating.
“My role involves caring for a wide range of babies requiring various levels of support. I enjoy seeing them progress and supporting their families.”
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Neighbours in Blacon said she kept to herself. Michael Coupe said: “I think the young lady has been there for a couple of years but no one seems to know her very well. I have only seen her coming in and out of the house.
“When I woke up this morning, the police were in the house.”
He added of the investigation into the babies’ deaths: “I think the community would like some answers.”
Last May detectives began probing 15 deaths between June 2015 and 2016. They yesterday said they were now looking at 17 deaths and 15 non-fatal collapses from March 2015 to July 2016.
Det Insp Paul Hughes added: “We have arrested a healthcare professional... on suspicion of murder in relation to eight of the babies and attempted murder in relation to six.
“Parents are continuing to be kept fully updated and are being supported.” A July 2016 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report found significant rota gaps and insufficient staffing for provision of longer-term highdependency and some intensive care. And paediatric consultants had been concerned since June 2015 about a higher than usual amount of deaths on the ward.
The hospital carried out independent expert medical reviews before calling in Cheshire Police.
Medical director Ian Harvey said: “We are confident the unit is safe to continue in its current form.”
We’ve known Lucy since she was three, she was lovely NEIGHBOUR