Nurse bailed after quiz on baby deaths
RE-ARRESTED Lucy Letby A NURSE held a second time on suspicion of murdering eight babies at a neonatal unit was released on bail yesterday.
Lucy Letby was quizzed last July and re-arrested on Monday over the deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.
The 29-year-old has not been named by police, who said: “A healthcare professional was re-arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the deaths of eight babies and the attempted murder of six.
“She was also arrested in connection with the attempted murder of three additional babies. The woman has been bailed pending further inquiries.”
Police searched Ms Letby’s Chester home this week. She was suspended after last year’s arrest. BRITONS blighted by this week’s torrential downpours can expect a reprieve today, forecasters say.
Many areas were again lashed with unseasonably heavy rain yesterday, with the Environment Agency issuing 25 flood warnings and 64 alerts.
But the Met Office said today should be brighter and warmer in many parts with some sunshine between showers, especially in the afternoon.
Further ahead, the weekend should see a return to average temperatures and Wednesday is expected to be the best day of the upcoming week, achieving highs of 25C with little chance of rain. DEAL Epstein contract Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: “Today there will be a mix of sunshine and showers, with the picture improving into the weekend.”
According to the Met Office, the wettest ever June for the UK as a whole was in
2012, when an average of 149mm of rain fell.
As of June 11, the UK has seen 55.9mm of rainfall.
Yesterday, the Midlands was hit with heavy downpours and many roads in Birmingham were flooded. Gardens were waterlogged in Basford, Nottingham, and mobile home residents near Skegness, Lincs, were evacuated for their own safety because CAVERN CREW Original Beatles line-up the River Steeping had burst its banks. The River Alyn broke its banks in Flintshire, North Wales, and flooded the nearby Old Padeswood Golf Course. Trains were also disrupted all day between Worcestershire and Warwickshire. National Rail confirmed heavy rain had flooded the tracks between Whitlocks End, near Solihull, and Stratford-uponAvon. Merseyrail cancelled some trains on the Chester and Ellesmere Port lines due to water on the tracks.
On the roads, standing water caused traffic problems on routes including the mm of rain fell in June 2012, a record. We’ve had 55.9mm so far as of June 11 M53 in Birkenhead, Merseyside. In the worst-hit areas many drivers were stranded and had to abandon their cars.
Chillingham, in Northumberland, was hit by nearly 10mm of rain in the space of an hour yesterday morning, the Met Office said.
In total, the village was deluged by 73mm of rainfall over a 28-hour period – more than the 66.4mm average for the whole of June.
On the Isle of Wight, one shocked resident watched in wonder as a twister came down from the sky over the town of Chale. It lasted for a few minutes before tailing off.