The main focus on the website today is the murder of teenager Jimmy Mizen.

It is so hard to make sense of such a random and needless loss of life.

Mere words do not do justice to the horror of what has happened and the grief his friends and family are going through.

After 15 years in journalism I have become very hardened to bad news and it very rarely gets to me any more. This one is difficult though – from everything I’ve read it sounds like Jimmy was a wonderful kid. It has been hard reading all the news coverage of the murder without choking up a little.

It is pointless to blame this killing on anyone else but the murderer. The killing has nothing to do with multiculturalism or racial tensions – it was a senseless act of violence committed by one person on an innocent victim. End of story.

Those who might try and make political gain out of the murder – and there have been plenty of them queuing up to try and do so on this website – disgust me almost as much as the killing itself. Right-wing propaganda is not needed here. Jumping to racist conclusions based on unfounded assumptions is pathetic. It sickens me to imagine these gleeful people revelling in the chance to spread their hate, even in the immediate aftermath of someone lying dead. It is like some people are just waiting for something terrible to happen and they see it as an opportunity.

Anyway, I would like to push you in the direction of our coverage of the Jimmy Mizen murder. Web reporter Jon Cheetham was on the scene very soon after the murder. He and our other web reporter Robert Fisk have provided excellent coverage of the story, with news, pictures and video.

Our readers have helped as well, with hundreds of people posting genuine comments paying their respects to Jimmy and expressing their outrage at the crime.

A special section has been set up for all the updates - click here

To post tributes or messages of condolence click here