GREG DYKE was effectively sacked as BBC director-general in the wake of the Hutton Report, he revealed yesterday.

JOURNALIST Andrew Gilligan, whose Today programme report sparked the Hutton Inquiry, resigned from the BBC last night.

A coroner said today he was ready to examine statements from witnesses who withheld their evidence from the Hutton Inquiry.

The capture of Saddam Hussein will send military and political shockwaves around the world’s capitals.

Tony Blair was today embarking on a series of meetings just a day after hospital treatment for a heart problem.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair chaired the “decisive” meeting which led to the naming of Government scientist David Kelly, the Ministry of Defence’s most senior official said yesterday.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair chaired the “decisive” meeting which led to the naming of British government scientist David Kelly, the Ministry of Defence’s most senior official said today.

A coroner today confirmed he may reopen the inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly, after some witnesses refused to allow their statements to be passed to the Hutton inquiry.

GOVERNMENT weapons expert David Kelly was given just two days warning that his name was likely to appear in the press, the inquiry into his death was told yesterday.

A DOWNING STREET official who described British Government weapons expert David Kelly as a “Walter Mitty” character denied yesterday his comments were part of a smear campaign against the scientist.

Tony Blair's press aide who described Dr David Kelly as a "Walter Mitty" character has denied that his comments were part of a deliberate smear campaign against the scientist.

Geoff Hoon was present at a meeting where Britain's Ministry of Defence’s “naming strategy” over Dr David Kelly was discussed, his head of news said today.

A senior British Ministry of Defence official claims Dr David Kelly brought his public exposure upon himself.

Beleaguered BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan was returning to the Hutton Inquiry today knowing he is already at the centre of an investigation by his bosses.

OFFICIALS at British foreign secretary Jack Straw's Foreign Office agreed to government weapons expert Dr David Kelly's name being made public, it has emerged.

David Kelly was “taken aback” by the way BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan grilled him for information, the Hutton Inquiry was told today.

The Hutton Inquiry moved into the final day of its first phase today, as Tony Blair prepared to face questions about his government’s dossier on Iraqi weapons.

A mysterious witness known only as Mr A described today the level of David Kelly’s involvement in preparing the Iraq dossier for publication.

Intelligence officials expressed concern that evidence in the British government’s dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was “over-egged”, the Hutton Inquiry was told today.

A volunteer dog handler working with a British police search team told today how she found the body of weapons expert Dr David Kelly slumped against a tree in woods near his home.

BRITISH Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was under increased pressure last night after the widow of David Kelly told how the Iraq weapons expert felt “totally let down and betrayed” by the Ministry of Defence for allowing his name to be made public.

British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon was put under increased pressure today when the widow of David Kelly told how the Iraq weapons expert felt “totally let down and betrayed” by the British Ministry of Defence for allowing his name to be made public.

UK weapons expert David Kelly was being considered for an honour in May this year, his widow Janice told the Hutton Inquiry today.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL’S departure marks the welcome end of an era — an era that started with Peter Mandelson.

A British intelligence dossier “did not correspond to reality” by suggesting Saddam Hussein’s regime could deploy weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes, the chief UN weapons inspector said today.

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL yesterday became the first member of British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s senior circle to fall on his sword over the war on Iraq.

Alastair Campbell today confirmed his resignation as British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Director of Communications and Strategy, leaving within four to five weeks to be replaced by former Labour communications chief David Hill.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair told the Hutton Inquiry yesterday that if a BBC story claiming his government had “sexed up” its dossier on Iraqi weapons was true he would have resigned.

Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Downing Street today of presiding over “underhand” and “shameful” treatment of weapons expert David Kelly – both before and after his apparent suicide.

The British government’s controversial Iraqi dossier was a response to the “tremendous amount of information and evidence” about Saddam Hussein’s programmes to develop weapons of mass destruction, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was today due to explain his role in events leading up to the apparent suicide of his government's weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

Leading British civil servants are today telling what they know about events leading up to the death of Iraqi weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

DOWNING Street communications chief Alastair Campbell is to give evidence next week to the inquiry investigating the death of Government weapons scientist David Kelly, it was announced yesterday.

REPORTS that British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief spin doctor Alastair Campbell is to quit have been dismissed by Downing Street as “wishful thinking”.