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A British neonatal nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has launched a bid to appeal her convictions LONDON -- A British neonatal nurse who was found guilty of murdering seven babies and the attempted murder of six others has launched a bid to appeal her convictions, officials said Friday. Lucy Letby, 33, was sentenced last month to life in prison with no chance of release. A jury at Manchester Crown Court had found her guilty of the seven murder s between June 2015 and June 2016 at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwestern England. She was also found guilty of seven murder attempts involving six other babies there but was cleared of two additional charges of attempted murder. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on several other charges. Officials at the Court of Appeal said Friday they had received an application for permission to appeal against the convictions . Typically, applications for permi...

The British government says it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system LONDON -- The British government said Tuesday it will not offer more money to nurse s and ambulance crews to end strike s that are piling pressure on an already overstretched Health system. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative administration is under pressure to increase its pay offer to Health care staff who are seeking big raises in the face of decades-high inflation that was running at 10.7% in November. Thousands of nurses walked off the job Tuesday in their second 24-hour strike this month. Ambulance drivers, paramedics and dispatchers are set to strike on Wednesday and again on Dec. 28. They are joining railway staff, passport officers and postal workers in the U.K.’s biggest strike wave for decades, a response to a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring food and energy prices in the wake of the COVID-19 p...