All news on the topic: Parole Board

James Hurley, now 60, who killed off-duty constable Frank Mason in 1988 and then went on the run for 13 years, and Paul Weddle, who stabbed Sgt Bill Forth to death in 1993, are bidding for freedom

Sidney Cooke, who is one of Britain’s oldest inmates, could be freed from his high-security prison by the summer. He will appear again before the parole board on May 3

Maria Pearson, now 66, stabbed her ex-partner's new girlfriend Janet Newton to death in a Hartlepool street in 1986 and reportedly could soon be released after 35 years in jail