Ancil Payne, the former CEO of KING Broadcasting, who died in October 2004, was widely mocked when he established The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism to recognise journalists who demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to ethical conduct.  But the closure of Britain’s Sunday tabloid, the News of The World, at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked UK journalism, only goes to demonstrate …

A girl in her early teens draws on a cigarette at a Croydon tram-stop. She seems visibly elated as she explains to friends how she wrongly accused her mother of abusing her so she could escape her family home.
She says she is soon to have her own council flat, where she is looking forward to moving in with her boyfriend.
Would anyone bet that …