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Report said Venables was ‘a negligible risk’

Psychiatric report that paved way for release of Jon Venables in 2001 concluded he posed a 'trivial' risk to the public

Ex-MI5 chief: US hid torture from us with lies

Baroness Manningham-Buller says US claimed intelligence from alleged 9/11 mastermind came from boasting

Minister admits failures after SAS deaths

Bill Rammell, the Armed Forces Minister, agrees with highly critical comments by coroner after inquest into four deaths

Business news  

EMI appoints ex-ITV boss as chief executive

Charles Allen will take over from Elio Leoni-Sceti, who is leaving the struggling label after only 18 months

Sterling dives on surprise factory output fall

UK manufacturing production slumped unexpectedly in January, stoking fears over the strength of economic recovery

• Comment: the gathering storm

• Manufacturing rises at fastest rate for 15 years

Banks to disclose staff earning over £500,000

Lord Myners, the City Minister, has revealed more stringent moves to curb bankers' rewards for excessive risk-taking

Sport News  

Chester wound up in the High Court

Blue Square Premier League side liquidated over £26,125 debt but supporters vow to ressurrect team in lower league

• Chester expelled from Football Conference

• FA prepares to hold on to Portsmouth bounty

England recall Worsley to give Moody blues

Martin Johnson makes shock selections for Scotland match, with Leicester flanker out and Delon Armitage retained

• Robinson unhappy with England tactics

• Ryan Jones ruled out of Ireland clash

Top drivers facing slow-motion hazards

Drivers of faster cars facing potential danger in form of much slower machines fielded by Lotus, Virgin and Hispania

Comment  

Keep plugging away. The brand is a winner

Tories think that the job of changing their party’s image is complete. It isn’t — and complacency could be fatal

• Daniel Finkelstein

Rob rich bankers and give money to the poor

Wall Street and the City did little to deserve their record profits. A Robin Hood tax is the only fair solution

• Jeffrey Sachs

The Camberley mosque should be stopped

Islam obliges us to be good neighbours and respect others

• Taj Hargey

Life and Style  

10 most exciting trends from 2010 shows

Minimalism, seriousness... our top style writers pick their favourite moments as fashion embraces a digital revolution

Climb down off your high heels

Our fashion editor has found that some situations simply can’t be dealt with on skyscrapers. Kitten heels are back!

Flip back to the organised Eighties

Forget the laptop: Filofaxes, once synonymous with yuppies, have been modernised as a stylish and useful accessory

Arts & Entertainment  

India's real, surreal and feral faces

The National Portrait Gallery's new show, The Indian Portrait, is an expansive exploration of a neglected area of art

Farrah Fawcett Oscars snub was intentional

The Charlies Angels star was intentionally left out of the Oscars 'in memoriam' segment, organisers have admitted

What happened to Phil Nichol?

As Nichol piled on the lewd inventiveness I found my brain uncoupling itself and asking: ‘Who’s telling me this stuff?’