19 h. ago We know that cosy games have big audiences – so where’s my epic Call the Midwife sim?

In a world overwhelmed by noise and with more players looking for solace, it’s time the triple-A developers pay attentionI am 85 hours into Death Stranding 2, an apocalyptic nightmare about Earth becoming infected with death monsters, and I’ve realised that I’m playing it as a cosy game. For hours at a time, I trundle along the photorealistic landscapes in my pick-up truck, delivering parcels to isolated communities and building new roads. The only reason I complete the main story missions is to open new areas of the map so that I can meet new people and build more roads. I find it blissfully enjoyable.Of course, I am far from alone in playing video games this way. “Cosy games” have become a thriving cottage industry over the past five years, led by crossover successes such as Minecraft, Stardew Valley and Untitled Goose Game, but also housing hundreds of smaller titles that appeal to highly engaged communities. On Steam this month you’ll discover Catto’s Post Office, a delightful g...

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56 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: I'm pleased public sentiment on Lucy Letby has shifted

How public opinion can change. Do you remember reporters rushing from the Manchester courthouse in 2023, breathlessly exclaiming, 'She's guilty!', moments after Lucy Letby's conviction?

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61 h. ago Lucy Letby: Who to Believe? review – just when you thought this case couldn’t get any more confusing

Panorama’s new investigation into the convicted nurse is muddled and stuffed with conflicting theories. It feels more like radio phone-in bickering than serious journalismIn May 2024, the New Yorker published an article with the headline “A British nurse was found guilty of killing seven babies. Did she do it?” Access to the online version of Rachel Aviv’s piece was banned in the UK due to reporting restrictions, with Letby’s retrial on an additional count of attempted murder then imminent. Rules aside, asking whether Letby was in fact innocent also felt taboo at the time, a pursuit for social media conspiracy theorists. Fast forward 15 months, and “did she do it?” is merely par for the course when it comes to the case, with even experts cited by the prosecution apparently unconvinced of Letby’s guilt.This new Panorama comes hot on the heels of an ITV documentary that aired earlier this month, Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?. That programme focused on holes in the evidence that...

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63 h. ago Expert's new Lucy Letby 'smoking gun' theory claims evidence 'proves she's innocent'

While Lucy Letby remains in prison serving over a dozen whole-life sentences, new evidence unearthed has cast the entirety of the prosecution's case into doubt, an expert has said

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2 d. ago When is Panorama: Lucy Letby Who to Believe? on TV? BBC start time and what to expect

Lucy Letby will be the subject of BBC’s Panorama this week 📺

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5 d. ago Lucy Letby’s hospital slammed for A&E failings over ‘unsafe’ corridor care that left elderly patients delirious

Eldery patients were left in ‘dark and noisy’ corridors in trust’s ‘gridlocked’ A&E

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6 d. ago Wolf Moon review: An unsettling companion for a sleepless night

In medieval Europe, a wolf moon is the first full moon of the year. A winter night when lupine predators were at their hungriest and their howls rang out. For Akbar, an insomniac theatre critic who is afraid of the dark, the night is an uneasy place. Wolf Moon is her deeply personal voyage into the nocturnal world, as Akbar challenges herself to survive lightless nights on Sark, the world’s first “dark sky island” or last through Ruth Wilson’s 24-hour play The Second Woman.

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6 d. ago Emergency care at Lucy Letby hospital falls short of legal standards, CQC finds

Countess of Chester receives urgent warning notice over ‘visibly dirty equipment’ and routine corridor careEmergency care at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked is falling far short of legal standards, the healthcare watchdog has found, with routine corridor care and “critical gaps” in sepsis treatment.The Countess of Chester hospital, in north-west England, was issued with an urgent warning notice after inspectors found “repeated breaches” of regulations in its emergency care unit. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Lucy Letby 'very likely' innocent, Peter Hitchens declares on new Mail podcast after release of explosive ITV documentary

Lucy Letby's case must be immediately 'reopened in the courts', Peter Hitchens has argued following the release of a documentary that raises serious questions about evidence used to convict the nurse.

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8 d. ago Friend of baby killer Lucy Letby admits 'I feel so much guilt'

Despite being convicted acrosss two trials of murdering seven babies, Lucy Letby's childhood pal is convinced of her innocence, and she opened up about the 'guilt' she feels

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9 d. ago 'I was baby killer Lucy Letby's friend but now feel so much guilt'

A childhood pal of Lucy Letby has decided to stick by her friend, and she recently described harbouring feelings of guilt ever since she was convicted of the shocking crimes

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9 d. ago Childhood friend of baby killer Lucy Letby says she 'feels so much guilt'

A childhood friend of Lucy Letby claimed the former nurse was innocent in a new ITV documentary where she spoke about her close relationship with the convicted baby killer

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9 d. ago Lucy Letby celebrated friend's wedding while on bail amid baby murder investigation

Letby was seen laughing and dancing at a pal's wedding while she was on police bail following her initial arrest

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9 d. ago Two women prisoners found dead just days apart in notorious prison where Lucy Letby and Constance Marten are held

The first inmate at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey died on July 28 and the second passed away just three days later on July 31.

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9 d. ago Lucy Letby prison HMP Bronzefield sees two inmates die as women are 'scared to sleep'

Two prisoners have died at HMP Bronzefield within days of each other, causing outrage and concern among their fellow lags who say they are 'scared to sleep'

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1 week ago Lucy Letby seen partying at wedding whilst on bail for baby murders in new images

Newly shared images show Lucy Letby smiling and dancing at a friend’s wedding whilst she was on bail for the suspected murder of eight babies.

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1 week ago Lucy Letby seen dancing and laughing at a wedding while on bail for baby murders

Former schoolmate, Dawn Howe, unearthed the photos for a new ITV documentary on the convicted child killer Lucy Letby

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1 week ago Unseen photo shows killer nurse Lucy Letby partying at friend's wedding while on bail for murdering seven babies

The photo was revealed by her friend Dawn, who did not want to use her surname, as part of a new TV documentary about Letby.

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1 week ago Lucy Letby caught laughing at wedding while on bail for murdering babies

A childhood pal of Lucy Letby has revealed the serial baby killer went to her wedding while she was on police bail after she was granted 'special permission' to attend.

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1 week ago Baby killer Lucy Letby danced at wedding after cops gave her 'special permission'

Lucy Letby's schoolfriend Dawn Howe has shared never-before-seen snaps of the killer nurse at her wedding - and said she was 'beyond belief' when she found out her pal was a baby killer

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