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Jonathan Coffey BBC Panorama BBC Listen to Jonathan read this article. When it comes to the Lucy Letby case, there are two parallel universes. In one, the question of her guilt is settled. She is a monster who murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven more while she was a nurse at the Countess…

Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves. Credit: Doug Hardy / CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — As the Trump administration continues to overhaul federal spending and disbursements to the states, Connecticut officials are stuck in a holding pattern, trying to make their dollars stretch further. The appropriations, human services and public health committees convened at the Legislative…

The report highlighted how there was a decline in attendances to A&E and other settings for non-Covid emergencies, including heart attacks, suggesting the slogan Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives inadvertently sent the message health care was closed.

Some 380 hospice beds out of around 2,000 lie empty in England because of financial pressures, say bosses. Hospice UK has told BBC News this is up from 300 a year ago and illustrates the severe challenges facing the sector. Beds are left empty to save money – since staffing and caring is costly –…

Branwen JeffreysEducation Editor and Erica Witherington BBC When lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated. Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that “something had been stolen” from him. His experience is one of many being highlighted as the Covid-19 public inquiry prepares to look at…