60 m. ago Distressed mum's biggest worry over killer of toddler James Bulger

Jon Venables - just 10 when he brutally tortured and killed two-year-old James - has been granted a new parole hearing which could see him back on the streets later this year

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3 h. ago James Bulger's parents blast Jon Venables for putting them through 'unimaginable trauma' in his latest bid for freedom

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were just 10-years-old when they were found guilty of abducting, torturing, and murdering two-year-old James Bulger in Merseyside in 1993.

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5 h. ago Government intervenes in 'psychopath' Killer Reginald Wilson's freedom bid

The killer bludgeoned David Birkett to death and once said he wanted to "kill as many pigs as I can".

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5 h. ago James Bulger's mum to hear voice of son's killer as Jon Venables makes new bid for freedom

His face will be obscured during the hearing to protect his identity

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7 h. ago James Bulger's mum to hear voice of killer Jon Venables in freedom bid

Two-year-old James Bulger was murdered by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables in 1993, when they were themselves just children.

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9 h. ago James Bulger's mum to reopen 'unimaginable trauma' facing son's killer at parole hearing

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9 h. ago James Bulger mum to reopen 'unimaginable trauma' by facing son's killer at parole hearing

James Bulger's mum has been granted the opportunity to observe the parole hearing of her son's killer Jon Venables after he was granted another freedom bid today

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10 h. ago James Bulger's mum will hear voice of son's killer at Jon Venables freedom bid

The Parole Board has been considering the release of Jon Venables - jailed for murdering two-year-old James Bulger in 1993 and returned to prison after being caught with child abuse videos

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2 w. ago Parents of toddler murdered by airgun killer demand he 'stays in jail' after new bid for freedom

Two-year-old Andrew Morton was murdered by Mark Bonini with an airgun in March 2005.

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3 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell in ‘new evidence’ freedom bid days before Epstein files emerge

Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction

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4 w. ago ‘I am not happy with my output!’ Kate Hudson on taking risks, rejecting compromise – and finding her voice at 46

After years as Hollywood’s romcom darling, Hudson is putting music at the centre of her career – and after her show-stealing turn in Song Sung Blue, the Oscar buzz is growingThe first voice I hear when I enter the hotel room to meet Kate Hudson belongs to her 21-year-old son, Ryder, who speaks from the end of a phone: “Love you, Mum!”Doesn’t everyone? You don’t have to be related to Hudson to consider her a joyous proposition – a great performer who hasn’t yet made a great film. It was a quarter-century ago in Almost Famous, her breakthrough picture, that she first proved she could hoist a movie out of the doldrums while making the task appear as effortless as blow-drying her hair. Without her performance as Penny Lane, the rock’n’roll muse who describes herself as a “band-aid” rather than a groupie, Cameron Crowe’s dopey valentine to the 1970s of his youth would have been Almost Forgettable. Continue reading...

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