Cameron’s head of communications to face Commons probe over phone-taps July 9, 2009 CONSERVATIVE party director of communications Andy Coulson is likely to face a grilling by the Commons culture committee, as it investigates alleged phone-bugging by The News of The World (NoW) during the time that he was the newspaper’s editor. The investigation follows allegations made by the Guardian newspaper that Rupert Murdochs’ tabloid title paid up [...]
Met chief denies he is to be sacked September 5, 2008 Sir Ian Blair denied rumours he will be axed as Metropolitan Police chief in a statement given yesterday outside Scotland Yard’s headquarters. Newspaper reports said ministers and other police chiefs were secretly planning to remove Blair, who has been dogged by controversy since taking over as chief in February 2005. The first action would be [...]
Informant says Maddy stolen to order August 8, 2008 An informant told police in London that Madeleine McCann was stolen to order by an international paedophile ring, according to newly released documents. The unnamed source said a spotter took photographs of her while she was on holiday with her family in Portugal and sent them to the group in Belgium. The ring then ordered [...]
PM accused of U-turn on knife crime July 15, 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday people carrying knives would be “caught, prosecuted and punished” as he defended the government’s handling of knife crime following a spate of stabbing deaths. But his message was overshadowed over claims from opposition parties that the government had already backtracked from a “half-baked” policy to force those caught with [...]
Police arrest 1,200 in knife crackdown July 3, 2008 Police have arrested 1,214 people in London during a six-week crackdown on knife crime, Scotland Yard said yesterday. Officers found 528 knives after conducting nearly 27,000 searches during Operation Blunt 2, launched after Boris Johnson was elected London Mayor in May pledging to tackle knife crime in the capital. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair announced [...]