The Scotland Yard PR chief who hired a former News of the World deputy editor had at least seven meals with executives from the Sunday tabloid during the phone-hacking probe... more
The senior police officer accused of being 'more like Clouseau than Columbo' over the phone hacking scandal has accused MPs of acting like a 'lynch mob' - and said he was discriminated against because of his accent... more
Just 173 phone hacking victims out of a possible 4,000 have been contacted so far by Scotland Yard, the officer in charge of the investigation admitted this afternoon... more
The Met faces new questions about its contacts with the News of the World after it was revealed that the officer who led the initial phone hacking probe was entertained to a succession of meals by the newspaper at the height of the scandal... more
The outbreak of yet more violence at another London demonstration leaves the Met, politicians and the public facing serious questions that must be resolved unless wanton destruction is to become a new national sport... more
Scotland Yard's former head of counter-terrorism today criticised the force for failing to get tough with extremists plotting violence during tomorrow's TUC march... more
The scandal over phone hacking by tabloid newspapers is looking increasing damaging for the Metropolitan Police as well as for the owner of the News of the World, News International... more
Met chiefs were under mounting pressure this afternoon after Labour's Tessa Jowell and designer Kelly Hoppen emerged as the latest alleged victims of phone hacking... more
The number of potential terrorists has risen to an all-time high because of the failure of the Government’s efforts to combat extremism, Scotland Yard’s former top anti-terror officer warns... more
When head of the Met, Sir Ian Blair, walked into the Mayor's office last October, he saw a far tougher side to the usually ebullient Boris Johnson... more
There are few issues that matter so much to so many people as pensions and all the signs are that the number of us who can look forward to a financially comfortable retirement is getting steadily smaller... more
A suspected child sex attacker was allowed to join the Metropolitan Police and is being investigated over an indecent assault on a woman colleague... more
Bob Quick's appointment to head Britain's counter terrorism operations was generally considered a safe move following the departure of his predecessor Andy Hayman.... more
Once the House of Lords has debated then rejected the provisions in the new Terrorism Bill for allowing the detention of terrorist suspects for 42 days, it now seems certain that the Prime Minister, instead of invoking the Parliament Act to drive the measure through, will simply let the whole thing die... more
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