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Melanie and Stephen Jones, parents of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones,
leave Liverpool Crown Court during the trial of their son's killer

Killer of Rhys Jones jailed for 22 years

A teenage gunman who shot dead Rhys Jones – the youngest ever victim of gang violence in Britain – was beginning a life sentence last night after being convicted of murder.

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The doctor who bombed Britain

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Iraqi guilty over attacks in London and Glasgow; Fellow defendant cleared of involvement in plot

Madoff victims threaten legal action

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Banks and investment firms blamed for introducing clients to 'fraudster.'

'Assassination attempt' on Mugabe henchman

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Head of Zimbabwe's air force recovering in hospital after ambush near his home, state media reports.

US slashes interest rates to new zero-0.25% range

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

The Federal Reserve ripped up decades of monetary policy-making, saying it would no longer set an explicit target for US interest rates and instead set a range – and it said it would be happy to see rates at zero.

Davy Graham: Virtuoso guitarist at the heart of the British folk revival whose playing influenced a generation

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

The guitarist Davy Graham was one of those seminal talents who change the way music is made. His invented guitar tunings were copied by players all over the world and one of his own pieces, "Anji", provided a soundtrack for the Sixties. Folkies listened to him in amazement and blues players with envy. His records were found on the floors of rock groups' Transit vans, in the festering cubby hole that was the band room of Ronnie Scott's "Old Place", and in the more commodious environs of orchestral players' dressing rooms.