Daily Mirror – Bulger killer’s parole bid in secret 

Daily Mirror says James Bulger killer Jon Venables will have a secret parole hearing next month amid claims a public one could damage his mental health.

Jon Venables, who was 10 at the time of the murder, spent eight years in jail before being released on license, but in 2017 was jailed again after child abuse images were found on his computer. 

Journalists and James’s mother, Denise Fergus, had argued the parole hearing should take place in public. The paper reports that Ms Fergus is said to be “disappointed but not surprised” at the decision.