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Seems like they've broken for lunch. I have to pop out for a bit now if anyone wants to do the updates

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:53pm A note from nurse Kate Bissell reads, at 9am on June 21, that Child D was 'extubated...following satisfactory blood gas'. Child D was 'initially apnoeic and required stimulation...via Neopuff/CPAP', but the breathing became more regular...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:45pm Another nursing note at 7.21am recalls the father's visit to the neonatal unit. It includes: "[Father] appeared overwhelmed so lots of reassurance given."

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:42pm A further nursing note at 4.30am on June 21 showed Child D was making 'good respiratory effort', and blood gas readings were 'good', so ventilation support was reduced.

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:31pm Child D was administered with an endotracheal tube on the second attempt. The nursing notes record Child D was 'starting to out a few breaths in for herself now'. 12:33pm An x-ray reading for Child D showed 'shadowing consistent with...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:21pm Child D was placed on CPAP, with 40% oxygen support, and placed on 'double phototherapy'. Doctor Ahmed Chowdhury noted discussing Child D with the parents, saying 'on moving baby to labour ward baby became blue/dusky. Sats 47% on arrival NNU...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:12pm The evidence shown to the court shows Child D was born at 4.01pm on June 20, weighing 3.13kg, and required breathing support at birth. The Apgar scores were 8 [out of 10] at 1 minute after birth, and 9 at 5 minutes. 12:14pm Child D was...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:10pm The first evidence shown to the court is Lucy Letby's shift patterns for June 2015. It shows which days Letby was on 'long day' shifts, and 'night' shifts. She worked long day shifts on June 2, 4, 17, 19, 27 and 28. She worked night shifts...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 12:05pm The court has had a short adjournment. It will next hear, from the prosecution, the sequence of events. As has been the case for Child A, Child B and Child C, the evidence has been presented to the jury electronically on iPads. 12:06pm...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:47am A statement from another family member of Child D is read out to the court. They said they had visited Child D in the neonatal unit: "It didn't even cross my mind that she was in danger of dying. "When she died, we just weren't prepared for...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:46am In the early hours of June 22, he was woken by a nurse and to go to the neonatal unit as Child D was "poorly", and they were taken there quickly. "When we walked in, we understood immediately it was a very serious situation. "Andrew, the...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:41am On June 21, the father went to see Child D and was "almost certain" he saw she had been taken off CPAP. He said he frequently visited the neonatal unit, and asked staff "It was Father's Day, and I was given a handmade father's Day card. "The...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:39am Child D was held above the sheet, momentarily, and wrapped up, taken to the scales. "We weren't informed of any issues" - "I was led to believe everything was ok". He said Child D was very quiet, which was unexpected, and held her in his...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:34am The father recalls the circumstances leading up to the birth, as recalled by the mother. He recalled the mother did not respond to inducement measures, and had mild contractions between 2am-3am on June 20, but had not dilated. She was...

LIVE: Lucy Letby trial, Thursday, November 3 11:31am The court is now hearing an agreed evidence statement from the father of Child D. The court hears, from the statement, Child D died at 4.25am on Monday, June 22. He said he does not remember any specific problems from the mother's pregnancy...