British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced an end to the informal “sofa” style of government meetings in the wake of the Butler report.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday accepted Iraq probably did not have weapons of mass destruction.

WITH clarity of voice and affable manner, Lord Butler of Brockwell delivered his damning verdict on the failings of intelligence over Iraq.

JOHN SCARLETT, the man who drew up the British Government’s dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, should not lose his job as chief of MI6 despite flaws in intelligence in the run-up to the war, the Butler report said yesterday.

British intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war was “seriously flawed” and “open to doubt” Lord Butler’s inquiry declared today.

John Scarlett, the man who drew up the British government’s dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, should not lose his job as chief of MI6 despite flaws in intelligence in the run-up to the war, the Butler report said today.

It would be “premature” to conclude even now that weapons of mass destruction will never be found in Iraq, the Butler report released in the UK said today.

British intelligence reports on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction in the run up to the Iraq war were “open to doubt” and “seriously flawed”, the Butler Inquiry said today.

The new chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6 is to be the current chairman of the UK government’s Joint Intelligence Committee John Scarlett, Downing Street announced today.

THE world is overestimating the dangers of global terrorism, especially when compared with environmental risks, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said yesterday.

BRITISH spy chiefs secretly warned that the United States would be prepared to invade Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to seize their oilfields following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, it was disclosed yesterday.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair privately conceded before war with Iraq started that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction that could be used within 45 minutes, former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook claimed today.

The inquiry into the death of weapons expert David Kelly was resuming today, with BBC director general Greg Dyke giving evidence for the first time.

PRIME Minister Tony Blair took Britain to war in Iraq despite a warning from intelligence chiefs that it would result in a heightened terrorist threat from al-Qaida, it was disclosed yesterday.

SENIOR officials responsible for compiling the British government’s dossier on Iraqi weapons ignored concerns among the intelligence analysts about key claims in the document, the Hutton Inquiry was told yesterday.

BRITISH intelligence agencies were issued with an 11th-hour appeal for more evidence to strengthen Downing Street’s dossier on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, it was disclosed yesterday.

A BRITISH Army unit collaborated with loyalist paramilitaries to target both suspected IRA members and Catholics, according to a report to be published this month.