Forty-three British women and girls are believed to have travelled to Syria from Britain in the past 12 months, police have revealed.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are poised to stage operations in Portugal.

British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are poised to stage operations on Portuguese soil.

Spy Gareth Williams, whose body was found in a holdall, probably died alone in an accident, police have concluded.

Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

Four radical Islamists have admitted plotting a major pre-Christmas terror attack on the London Stock Exchange.

The final total of people whose phones were hacked by the News of the World will be about 800, it was reported today.

A Scotland Yard detective has been arrested and suspended by his own force over apparent leaks to journalists during the phone hacking investigation.

The death toll from the violent disorder that swept across England rose today after a man attacked by rioters as he attempted to stamp out a fire in west London died in hospital.

POLICE began raiding houses across London yesterday to make arrests over the riots that rocked the British capital, with more than 100 warrants issued already, a senior Scotland Yard officer said.

Vigilante groups set up to protect shops and homes from rioters are hampering the policing operation, a senior UK officer has warned.

Plastic bullets have been considered by police chiefs as a tactic to bring the unprecedented rioting under control.

A Scotland Yard chief apologised to Londoners today as he said the riots had stretched resources “to an extent I have never seen before”.

Swathes of London were burning tonight as the most devastating night of rioting so far raged across the capital for a third day.

RIOTERS were rampaging across Britain’s capital again last night as politicians and police chiefs tried desperately to curb the “sheer criminality”.

Rioters were rampaging across Britain’s capital again tonight as politicians and police chiefs tried desperately to curb the “sheer criminality”.

A claim that James Murdoch gave misleading evidence to a Commons committee is to be referred to Scotland Yard, a Labour MP said today.

SCOTLAND YARD was accused of “a catalogue of failures” over the phone hacking investigation in a damning report by MPs that said up to 12,800 hacking cases may exist.

Scotland Yard was accused today of “a catalogue of failures” over the phone hacking investigation in a damning report by British MPs.

Senior police chiefs in the UK will be quizzed over the phone hacking scandal today as two MPs called for a top officer to resign amid accusations he repeatedly lied to parliament.

THE former editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, is to be arrested this morning. The Guardian reported that he had been told to attend a central London police station for questioning over claims he knew about phone hacking.

The officer in charge of the original phone hacking inquiry has been called to give further evidence to MPs.

Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions is to examine whether there is enough evidence to charge a Scotland Yard officer linked to the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests with manslaughter.

SCOTLAND YARD was battling to stop the phone hacking scandal spiralling out of control last night amid a storm of fresh revelations.

Twelve men were arrested early today in a major national counter-terrorism operation in the UK, police said.

THE coroner at the inquest of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.

London Tube shooting victim Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by “tragic” misidentification, a senior police chief said today.

British officers involved in the pursuit of Jean Charles de Menezes today criticised “chaotic” scenes in the police control room on the day he was shot.

Police marksmen should only open fire if they have definitely identified a suspect, Scotland Yard's anti-terror chief told the London inquest into Jean Charles de Menezes's death today.

An independent complaints body has decided that no police officers will face disciplinary action over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in London more than two years ago.

The startling speed at which rumours spread across the force that an innocent man had been shot was revealed in the IPCC report.

Police are said to be hunting for a further suspect today over the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow.

London is expected to return to normal today after the disruption caused by the two failed car bombs, but police will be out in greater numbers than usual.

Two fully intact car bombs found in central London hold hundreds of clues about the people behind a suspected terrorist plot that could have killed hundreds.

Hundreds of late-night revellers are feared to have been the target of a massive terrorist car bomb left outside a landmark London nightclub.

A massive terrorist strike which could have killed hundreds of nightclub revellers in London was foiled by chance today.

A car bomb defused in central London today was packed with petrol, nails and gas canisters, police have revealed.

The dissident former Russian spy who accused Vladimir Putin of having him poisoned was killed by a massive dose of a deadly radioactive element, it was disclosed today.

Eleven suspects arrested in relation to the alleged airliner bomb plot have been charged, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced today.

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott will not face a criminal investigation into allegations about his affair with a secretary, Scotland Yard said today.

The family of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes tonight welcomed the inquiry into the conduct of Britain’s most senior police chief following the fatal shooting of their relative.

All the alleged July 21 suicide bombers were in custody tonight after a stunning coup by anti-terrorist police.

Police investigating the failed London bombings tonight released a new CCTV picture of one of the suspects.