What the papers say – August 19
T
he stunning crimes of killer nurse Lucy Letby dominate Saturday’s papers.
The Times describes Letby, who was convicted of the murders of seven infants and the tried homicide of six others, as “a cold, calculating killer”.
The Guardian options the identical police custody image of Letby and describes her as “Britain’s worst child serial killer”.
The i paper additionally leads with Letby’s convictions however the entrance web page options photos of a few of England’s Lionesses as they put together to face Spain in Sunday’s World Cup ultimate.
The Independent focuses on Letby’s chilling crimes and mentions that a few of her colleagues had even referred to as her “Nice Lucy”.
The Daily Telegraph leads with claims that the NHS’s failure to analyze considerations sooner left the nurse free to kill once more.
The Daily Mail additionally focuses on the obvious failure to heed a string of warnings about Letby.
The Daily Express studies that infants might have been saved if the hospital had concerned police sooner.
While the Daily Mirror studies that police are investigating what number of extra infants might have been focused.
The Financial Times studies that Japanese conglomerate Softbank has purchased the remaining 25% stake in UK chip designer Arm, forward of itemizing the agency in New York.
And there may be cheerful news from the Daily Star which says an asparagus psychic has predicted the Lionesses will win the World Cup ultimate on penalties.