Life after James Guardian (6 February 2003) reflects on the moral panic that followed the murder of James Bulger and 'challenged our perceptions of childhood'. Ten years on, the article looks back at how the trial and publicity changed the way we think about children and asks what lessons have been learnt.
Government information on MMR is available on the
Department of Health MMR information pages , and there is a report in the
Guardian Society on-line archives (17 June 2002) on the controversy surrounding the issue .