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September 2026: Thirlwall Inquiry final report published (15 September) — a complete failure to protect babies, 17 recommendations, and no finding on the guilt of Lucy Letby or her convictions · CCRC review continues · inquests relisted to 2027 · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

Lucy Letby Facts

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Changelog

Every edit to this site is a public git commit. Listed below are the 114 commits that changed the site’s content or its pages, newest first, each linking to the full change on GitHub. Purely internal work — dependency bumps, build configuration, tests — is in the complete history but not here.

Most recent content change: .

October 20267 changes

  1. Tighten attribution on the 14 Sep, 2 Sep and 9 Jul items; Fifteen orders in llms-fulla1d60d6
  2. Correct the verifier's findings on the Sep-rollup, /private-eye and /ccrc editsece4daa
  3. Make /ccrc quotable for "lucy letby ccrc" / "ccrc lucy letby" answer enginesccd2f38
  4. Retitle /private-eye for "private eye lucy letby" and surface Private Eye's special report79baaa0
  5. Date /state-of-the-evidence as the September 2026 rollup and link it from 5 pages2bff1bf
  6. Lead /how-to-help title and description with the petition the page links11df8a8
  7. Give /evidence/expert-methodology a hand-written meta description3a09008

September 202621 changes

  1. Titles must not imply a CCRC decision that has not happened1515858
  2. Fix future-dated freshness stamp; regenerate changelog4218412
  3. Retarget appeal-vs-ccrc-distinction for "lucy letby appeal update 2026"a78c7a9
  4. Add contextual internal links to /state-of-the-evidence7527834
  5. Differentiate /ccrc/timeline from /state-of-the-evidencebc1d71d
  6. Retarget /state-of-the-evidence title for CCRC-decision searchesfec8521
  7. content: the sitewide banner still said "July 2026" and forecast the report0a53e78
  8. content: two surfaces still had the report as forthcoming876e230
  9. content: the Thirlwall final report is published — bring the site into the past tensecfddf0d
  10. experts: source eleven statistical and legal entriesf854176
  11. experts: source eleven medical entries, and drop a false affiliationb95df0a
  12. fix: three defects an adversarial pass found in the Phase 2 work29d3ce4
  13. experts: rewrite three inquiry-witness stubs from their own evidence3d39001
  14. experts: give every criticism of a named person a source, and a guard that enforces it30d5a64
  15. data: deep-link ten source URLs, and correct a debate that never happened2007421
  16. content: fill the last empty sections, and correct a false attribution to a named barristerb3c0ac4
  17. content: fill ten more sections, and correct two pages that describe days that never happened7b353d1
  18. content: fill twelve empty "Key passages" sections from the primary documentsdfded93
  19. fix(content): correct three misquoted passages of Dr Deakin's inquiry evidence6c87349
  20. content: retire "after the summer recess" everywhere it was still present tense209d801
  21. content: name Dr Mark Deakin, set the Thirlwall date, fix four freshness bugsdcc3e51

August 20264 changes

  1. content: Dr U's Inquiry evidence, his death, and anonymity after deathaa1d14c
  2. content: three developments since 27 July, and two date defects0849843
  3. Tighten John O'Quigley page title76d5ab9
  4. fix(seo): retarget Letby CCRC evidence pageee6cf45

July 202626 changes

  1. fix(sources): deep-link 8 documents that pointed at a publisher front pagec3f1a69
  2. feat(clusters): expand all 57 topic explainers; fix 3 unverified outlet URLse6cf4a0
  3. feat(search): real page prose in the index, and tests for the scorer66b6162
  4. fix(accuracy): recover 31 Thirlwall dates from the Inquiry's own transcripts6db0fac
  5. fix(seo): thin timeline pages, FAQ structure, and a false sourcing claim4a1fb15
  6. fix(seo): drop the duplicated sibling URL from expert sameAs4c3e85d
  7. fix(seo): OG cards, the entity graph, RSS duplicates and the AI files3a60875
  8. fix(seo): titles, descriptions and JSON-LD that contradicted the page4987a4f
  9. fix(seo): stop 191 pages opening with boilerplate, and de-duplicate /experts7c3aea0
  10. fix(accuracy): 108 pages published two different "last updated" dates89e20de
  11. fix(seo): the commentary library served nothing, and 28 pages were unreachable433a75a
  12. Fix three live defects the deferred list had filed as enhancements026b044
  13. Stage 5: forward calendar, July rollup, two missing developments, six cards2e86a91
  14. fix(ux): print titles, 40 kB of JS, six near-orphans, ARIA, and the privacy pagedf9fb41
  15. fix(content): remove 9 fabricated Panel signatories still live as /experts pages751e80e
  16. fix(content): accuracy pass on citations, attribution and quotation styling86ddaba
  17. fix: Tier A deferred items, plus four bugs found while measuring them86a10bd
  18. fix: ten real bugs found in the audit0a89d4e
  19. fix(seo): structured data that answer engines can actually usea997514
  20. fix(seo): serve the content — P0 crawlability9c8d198
  21. feat(books): /books hub + July 2026 developments5d5cb30
  22. AI-SEO round 2: restore og:url regression, add entity schema to 207 pages, fix fail-open forms62701bb
  23. Extract <ArticleLayout>: remove ~4,700 lines of duplicated page scaffolda40c5dc
  24. AI-SEO, bug and code-quality pass: fix sitemap discovery, soft-404s, OG tags, dead linksbd9343f
  25. Verify all Panel claims against the actual Shoo Lee reports; remove fabricated quotes and signatories0d952c3
  26. Corrections + July 2026 update: remove unverifiable April-2026 content, add verified developments3745010

June 202615 changes

  1. Timeline: sort newest-first so latest developments are at the top440fdb3
  2. Phase 4: add 2017-06 Dewi Evans self-referral to timeline7744f37
  3. Fill timeline gaps: 7 CCRC chronology + 1 Hansard debate + auto-LastUpdatede50feb8
  4. Schema.org additions on /documents + /transcripts + per-transcript pages + llms-full size monitoring (and reveal of actual size overrun)b436ea3
  5. Refresh per-page dateModified from git log (106 pages)b47853d
  6. Bug fixes + AI SEO improvements from audit9271620
  7. Bug fix: regenerate data/people-order.ts from directory listingf69e0cd
  8. Phase 2: targeted dark-mode body-text sweep — 79 swaps across 75 files5dd4e97
  9. Phase 1+4b: expanded glossary wrap (+8 medical/legal terms), image-strategy doc531a2f9
  10. Phase 1+2+4: search-index refresh, RSS extension, closure docsd243473
  11. Phase 3: glossary tooltip rollout across 69 /analysis/* essays27ff712
  12. Phase 1+2+4: 4 hub OGs, RUM consent banner, Channel 5 body extensionsb2afa06
  13. Close remaining deferred items + RUM beaconae77168
  14. LegalStatusBox retrofit across all 98 remaining /people/<slug> pages18aec5e
  15. Tier B+C of deferred-items pass: /experts/[slug] route, science4justice, Navbar People rewrite, URL-state, GlossaryTerm pilot, Tom Hayes cross-links08f3aa9

May 20267 changes

  1. Full-audit follow-up: factual fixes, URL-state filters, nav wiring, SEO + UX polish617405b
  2. Three secondary leads: July 2025 sweep, MPTS summary, Channel 5 bodiesa2463af
  3. Deep-dive update: CCRC date fix, GMC + door-swipe gaps, 5 new people8568dde
  4. Add /experts conflict map + filterable /people indexa3a167d
  5. Research-platform upgrade: legal-status + source-reliability + SEO clusters205f586
  6. Audit pass: AI SEO + bugs + UX (post-DD#29) (951 routes)d60ac40
  7. Deep Dive #29: May-2026 currency update + Thirlwall correction + commentary hydration (945 routes)3897f23

April 202634 changes

  1. Audit fix: 5 broken internal links + Poggiali function-name typobd0a58c
  2. Deep Dive #28: innocence-evidence sweep — 6 analyses + 4 bios + 10 evidence + 7 timeline + 5 commentary (937 routes)18ecebf
  3. Deep Dive #27: latest-developments hub + 5 analyses + 8 bios + 8 evidence + 8 timeline + 14 commentary (893 routes)43363dc
  4. Deep Dive #26: deferred extractions + 6 bios + 4 analyses + LLM/UX refresh (834 routes)41df0d4
  5. Deep Dive #25: /commentary-library hub with 185 entries (716 routes)bbad4b3
  6. Deep Dive #24: UX, navigation, content closeout + 11 new pages (625 routes)93654c8
  7. Deep Dive #23: thin-content expansion across 49 pages (605 routes)d92fd6e
  8. Audit-fix: broken timeline refs, category type, AI-SEO refresh, hub OG wrappers2b49e11
  9. Deep Dive #22: thin-content expansion + content gap fill (601 routes)df6c7c8
  10. Full audit fix: AI-SEO, code quality, bugs, UX (570 routes)f8960f8
  11. Deep dive #20: full-text search + 3 remaining transcripts (432 routes)c518e2e
  12. Deep dive #19: Phase 1.2/2.1/2.2/2.5/2.6/2.8 UX + content (429 routes)9f6a5c8
  13. Deep dive #18: 27-route expansion (27 new canonical pages, 428 total)69db8fe
  14. Deep dive #17: 4 bios, 6 analyses, 4 evidence issues, 4 transcripts — EBM + procedural + public-recognition framework5a12587
  15. Deep dive #16: 4 bios, 6 analyses, 4 evidence issues, 4 transcripts — statistical-expert + forensic-process framework5330a7d
  16. Deep dive #15: 4 bios, 6 analyses, 4 evidence issues, 4 transcripts — precedent + procedural frameworka441919
  17. Deep dive #14: 5 bios, 6 analyses, 4 evidence issues, 4 transcripts — comparative-framework deep-dive2572e4e
  18. Deep dive #13: 4 bios, 6 analyses, 4 evidence issues, 4 transcripts — phased massive import696008c
  19. Deep dive #12: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 3 evidence issues, 4 transcripts, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansione111ab5
  20. Deep dive #11: 4 bios, 6 analyses, 3 evidence issues, 3 transcripts, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansion44014b8
  21. Deep dive #10: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 3 evidence issues, 3 transcripts, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansion1895b47
  22. Deep dive #9: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 2 evidence issues, 4 transcripts, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansione6695db
  23. Deep dive #8: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 3 evidence issues, 4 transcripts with body content, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansionf8d0024
  24. Deep dive #7: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 3 evidence issues, timeline/FAQ/glossary expansion6d54312
  25. Deep dive #6: 4 bios, 5 analyses, 3 transcripts, 1 evidence issue, FAQ/glossary/timeline expansion621eab6
  26. Deep dive #5: 3 expert bios, 3 analysis pages, 2 timeline events0a5cb87
  27. Deep dive #4: 10 more Thirlwall transcripts + /analysis long-form section9e7db63
  28. Deep-dive #3: 9 more transcripts, 3 new evidence issues, Operation Hummingbird paged19bcaa
  29. Big content + feature expansionefe5e78
  30. Phase A: transcripts library, evidence deepening, sharing, newsletter, help59db74c
  31. AI-SEO + trust signals + trust pagesc1ee81b
  32. Superior expansion vs competitor sites03dffae
  33. Big content + features expansion456b298
  34. Initial commit: Justice for Lucy Letby siteb7049a9

Full history, including internal commits: github.com/bryanflowers/letby/commits/main