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POPE’S RETURN
Pope pledges gradual return to public duties following cancer surgery this morning.
Faithful express optimism over his health and leadership in the Vatican.
What’s going on?
A major fire broke out at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright following a deadly incident. Authorities have reported multiple injuries as emergency services respond to the situation.
Coverage varies, with AP News stating, “Major fire breaks out at Alberta after deadly incident at Canadian military base,” focusing on the event itself. In contrast, CNN headlines, “Several dead after major fire breaks out at Canada military base,” emphasising the fatalities involved and the implications of the fire.
Coverage analysed: AP News | CNN | People.com | The New York Times
What’s happening?
Authorities report a mass shooting incident at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, where a 16-year-old opened fire, resulting in multiple casualties. The shooter was shot by an armed bystander, a father, during the chaos.
In examining the media response, headlines such as “Oregon father is the latest armed civilian to confront a gunman in a US mass shooting” from AP News emphasize the action taken by the father, framing it within a context of civilian intervention. Conversely, the BBC’s “Teacher fought US school attacker before armed dad shot suspect ‘multiple times'” shifts the focus toward the teacher’s confrontation with the assailant, highlighting the immediate conflict before the father’s involvement. This difference illustrates a contrast in narrative emphasis where one outlet concentrates on citizen response and the other on the initial attempts to thwart the attack.
Coverage analyzed: AP News | BBC | New York Times | CNN
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He was 23 years old.
It is the first time the artist has played in the capital following the incident.
The study followed more than 45,000 people.
Killer nurse Lucy Letby is due to be sentenced later today.
Susan and John Letby haven’t attended their daughter’s sentencing hearing today (Picture: PA)
Lucy Letby’s parents have not turned up to see their daughter sentenced after she was confirmed as the most prolific child serial killer in modern history.
The nurse’s parents, Susan, 63, and John, 77, attended every day during her ten-month trial at Manchester Crown Court.
But they were not present for the final verdicts last Friday, and again failed to turn up this morning for the sentencing hearing as she faces a whole-life order.
Mr and Mrs Letby even relocated from their home in Hereford, on the England-Wales border, to live in Manchester.
The pair wanted to hear every detail of the case, perhaps clinging to desperate hope that their beloved only child might be innocent in all of this.
Susan Letby attended every day of the trial (Picture: PA)
Susan and John Letby pictured together outside Manchester Crown Court during the trial (Picture: AFP)
When Letby, 33, was led away from the dock after the first two guilty verdicts of murder had been handed down, she burst into tears.
Coming to the realisation that her own daughter – whose job as a nurse was to nurture and protect little children coming into the world – Letby’s mother also completely broke down.
As Susan, 63, an accounts clerk, was comforted by her retail boss husband John, 77, in the public gallery, she shielded her face and sobbed.
She then fell into her husband’s arms and whispered eight words: ‘You can’t be serious, this can’t be right.’
The jury would go on to find Letby guilty of the murder of seven babies in total – and the attempted murder of six others.
The cold stare of Letby, 33, who will be sentenced later today (Picture: PA)
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Last week, Letby refused to return to the dock as the jury continued to return verdicts and the court was told she did not want to take any part in her sentencing hearing, and would not follow the hearing via video-link from prison.
She again refused to attend court today, despite being brought there in a prison van.
The corridor within the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit, showing the entrances to nurseries 2,3 & 4, where Letby worked – and carried out her heinous crimes (Picture: Cheshire Constabulary/CPS)
The nurse murdered seven babies and tried to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016.
Investigators suspect Letby had told her parents scant detail about the crimes she was being accused of before it was laid out in front of them in court.
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