Humberside Police Authority has sent a report to the British Home Secretary detailing its response to issues raised by the Bichard inquiry into the Soham murders, it confirmed today.

British Home Secretary David Blunkett was tonight preparing for a High Court battle, which could come as early as Monday, over the future of Humberside’s Chief Constable David Woodward.

IRELAND will become a haven for paedophiles because of poor clearance procedures for child workers as British regulations are set to be tightened, the Government was warned last night.

A BELEAGUERED was last night involved in a stand-off with the British Home Secretary who had ordered his suspension over the Soham debacle.

The principal who hired Ian Huntley as a caretaker without checking his references today hoped that tougher safeguards will be put in place to stop such a tragedy ever happening again.

Cambridgeshire Police were today criticised for their handling of the Soham inquiry in a separate report carried out by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

Humberside Police chief constable David Westwood insisted today he would not be resigning from his post despite pressure in the aftermath of the Soham murder case.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

A POLICE report warning that Ian Huntley was a “serial sex attacker” would have been revealed if Lincolnshire Police had been asked for a vetting check, the Soham inquiry heard yesterday.

The headteacher who employed child killer Ian Huntley as a school caretaker was entering the glare of the Soham inquiry today.

The Chief Constable of the British police force that failed to keep records of a string of sex allegations against Ian Huntley was appearing before the Soham inquiry today.

An alleged offence against Ian Huntley was recorded on Britain's Police National Computer two years late, the Soham inquiry heard today.

The parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman will probably never know how their daughters died.

The Soham murder trial jury was sent home tonight after failing to reach verdicts on Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr.

THE Soham murder trial jurors must ignore emotion over the tragic deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman to reach their verdicts in the case, the judge told them yesterday.

The judge in the Soham murder trial gave the jury a series of questions today they may wish to consider when coming to their verdicts.

The lies and deceit of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr do not prove they are guilty, the Soham trial judge warned today.

The jury in the Soham murder trial must reach their verdicts on the evidence alone, “uninfluenced” by emotion, the judge told them today.

The Soham double child murder trial was halted for a second day today because of a juror’s illness.

Alleged double murderer Ian Huntley was facing another grilling from the prosecution at his Old Bailey trial today over the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Soham murder accused Ian Huntley has told his trial that he offered Holly Wells some tissue after he noticed she had a nosebleed.

SOHAM accused Ian Huntley was the focus of a schoolgirl crush just weeks before he allegedly murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, his Old Bailey trial heard yesterday.

The Soham murder trial jury today retraced the final steps of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman before entering the house where they are alleged to have met their deaths.

The last steps of Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were today being retraced by the jury trying their alleged killer.

The red Manchester United shirts won by schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were cut almost exactly in half as they were removed from their bodies, the Old Bailey was told today.

The Old Bailey murder trial of Ian Huntley today heard details of the last movements of Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

THE jurors in the Soham murder case must “put aside emotion” as they hear about the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, they were told yesterday at the Old Bailey in London.

Soham accused Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr watched from the dock today as the 12 jurors who will try their case were sworn in at the Old Bailey.

SOHAM accused Ian Huntley yesterday came face-to-face with the people who will try him on double child murder charges.

A British detective who worked as a family liaison officer on the Soham murder inquiry and a British Crown Prosecution Service administrator have appeared in court accused of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

SOHAM murder accused Ian Huntley was in a coma last night after an apparent suicide bid.

The head of Cambridgeshire police has spoken of the “profound emotional effect” the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman had on his officers.

The trial of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr will take place at the Old Bailey, a judge has ruled.

The father of murdered Soham schoolgirl Holly Wells has praised Manchester United for treating his family “like royalty” when they visited Old Trafford earlier this week.

The father of murdered Soham schoolgirl Holly Wells today praised Manchester United for treating his family “like royalty” when they visited Old Trafford earlier this week.

Nobody could have imagined the horrors that the people of Soham have faced over the past three weeks. We really have been through a rollercoaster of emotions during this time.

Former teaching assistant Maxine Carr is due in court today charged in connection with the murder of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Irish agencies are calling for improved vetting procedures to be introduced for those working with children here, so as to prevent a similar fate as that of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman visiting an Irish family.

Books of condolence for the families of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are being opened at a Birmingham cathedral.