The father of murdered British toddler James Bulger said the decision to release one of his son's killers from prison "filled him with terror".

The killer of Merseyside toddler James Bulger has lost his bid to be released on parole, the victim's mother said.

Killer Jon Venables is due to appear via videolink at the Old Bailey tomorrow to face allegations of downloading child pornography.

The case file of Jon Venables was passed today to the Parole Board in Britain, which will rule on whether he should be released from prison, a board spokesman said.

The British judge who granted lifelong anonymity to James Bulger’s killer Jon Venables said today that raising the age of criminal responsibility would be “unworkable”.

The British government today ruled out raising the age of criminal responsibility after the Children’s Commissioner argued the killers of James Bulger were too young to have been prosecuted for murder.

British Justice Secretary Jack Straw met James Bulger’s mother today, to discuss the return to prison of her son’s killer Jon Venables, a UK Ministry of Justice spokesman confirmed.

British Justice Secretary Jack Straw today defended the granting of new identities to the killers of James Bulger.

Jon Venables would risk being killed by vengeful vigilantes if his new identity is revealed, the judge who granted anonymity to the killers of Liverpool toddler James Bulger has warned.

James Bulger’s mother said today that she was “all over the place” after her son’s killer was recalled to prison.

Government ministers in Britain are resisting intense pressure to reveal more about the recall to prison of James Bulger killer Jon Venables.

James Bulger killer Jon Venables was taken back into custody in the UK after he was accused of committing a sex crime, it was reported today.

Britain’s top woman judge today agreed that an injunction protecting James Bulger’s killers was ‘‘inappropriate’’ against Internet service providers.

An Internet service provider will today argue the injunction protecting James Bulger’s killers should be varied so it cannot be held responsible for contemptuous material posted on its web pages.

The Manchester Evening News was today waiting to hear whether Attorney General Lord Goldsmith would take action over an allegation that the newspaper breached a High Court injunction to protect the anonymity of James Bulger’s killers.