Marta Newman

Julie Morton said she had been unable to make "precious memories" with her children [BBC] A Wirral woman diagnosed with terminal cancer said she is "losing precious time with my family" due to a major problem with the Civil Service Pension Scheme. Julie Morton retired from the prison service on medical grounds in August last year after doctors told her she had a life expectancy of 12 months.

The Ministry of Justice has begun an investigation into Jake Farhi, a convicted murderer, after reports he recorded music referencing his 2008 murder of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen. Jimmy, 16, bled to death at the Three Cooks Bakery in Lee, south London, on 10 May 2008, after Farhi threw a large glass dish that shattered and severed an artery in his neck. In 2009, the then-19-year-old Farhi was jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the murder.