Murderers like Lucy Letby and Harold Shipman may be attracted by caring roles
Lucy Letby joins grim list of Britain’s most notorious serial killers
July 2023
‘Hard to watch’: a play about Harold Shipman by the grandson of one of his victims
Edwin Flay brings his one-man drama, in which he plays the GP and serial killer, to the Edinburgh fringe
June 2022
Voters can trust Tories like they do GPs after Harold Shipman, says Wakefield candidate
Conservative candidate in Yorkshire byelection, Nadeem Ahmed, says Imran Ahmad Khan was ‘one bad apple’
November 2020
Open door
Was it right to give Peter Sutcliffe a Guardian obituary?
Elisabeth Ribbans
Many readers thought an obituary about the man who murdered 13 women was an ‘honour’ he did not merit, says the Guardian and Observer’s global readers’ editor, Elisabeth Ribbans
June 2018
A right-to-die law is the only way to prevent another Gosport
Polly Toynbee
Data on death rates in hospitals and general practice
After Gosport, who would want to be elderly and in hospital now?
Catherine Bennett
Gosport hospital deaths: when reputations override lives
May 2017
We learn nothing from Ian Brady. We’re just fetishising him
Catherine Bennett
The coverage of the murderer’s death says much about our glorification of celebrity – no matter the cause or cost
February 2017
The week in radio: Meet the Cyborgs; The Split Second Decision; Aftermath: Shipman
When the wider world goes to pot, tales of plucky humans using mind-boggling tech can save the day
January 2016
Alan Sugar hits out at Sun's coverage of Harold Shipman Twitter prank
Newspaper said Apprentice star was ‘careless’ for being tricked into retweeting image of serial killer
March 2015
Furness hospital's 'lethal mix' of failings led to deaths of 12, report says
Report finds ‘failures at almost very level’ including midwives on ‘seriously dysfunctional’ maternity ward known as ‘musketeers’ due to their cavalier attitude
January 2015
Death certificate reform delays ‘incomprehensible’
Royal College of Pathologists president Dr Suzy Lishman says changes to system for recording deaths are long overdue
August 2014
10,000 deaths a year from natural causes 'need examining by coroners'
Pathologists want reform of death certification after plan for external medical examiners delayed
March 2014
Remains of Shipman's victims destroyed without telling relatives
Inquiry about Greater Manchester police's behaviour is one of three arising from whistleblower's allegations
January 2014
Revealed: how Jimmy Savile abused up to 1,000 victims on BBC premises
Executives turned a blind eye to attacks, according to former judge's 'shocking' finding
September 2013
Murder most British
Why was 1946 such a notorious year for murders in Britain? Duncan Campbell revisits three cases and asks what crime can tell us about the times we live in
May 2013
Theresa May: murderers of police to receive whole-life jail sentences
Home secretary to reveal move towards tougher prison terms in address to Police Federation
December 2012
Other lives
Jonathan Street obituary
Other lives: Public relations expert who led the way in NHS communications
