His mother Claire is using it as a platform to draw attention to her claim that Matthew is "perpetually thwarted in his efforts to educate and rehabilitate himself in order to obtain release."

The former university student, who dreamed of killing all mankind by germ warfare, previously staged a controversial exhibition at the gallery.

Featuring much sex and violence, it was to have been held on the Isle of Wight, but was cancelled after his escape from Parkhurst in January 1995.

Afterwards, Matthew Williams wrote to the editor of the Globe calling for jail reform.

This latest exhibition is more mainstream, with studies of nudes and portraits. The pictures are for sale, priced £25 to £75.

TWO contractors were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital on Monday after being splashed by acid while cleaning a tank at GAT-X chemical plant, Eastham.

WIRRAL Hospital NHS Trust saw 70 per cent of patients for the first appointment within 13 weeks of referral by a GP. Wirral and West Cheshire NHS Trust, 92 per cent. Figures for the 26-week period are 89 and 100 per cent.

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