PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has been short-listed for the most senior job in the British police forces.

Nobody was “personally to blame” for the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, former British police chief Ian Blair said today.

PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde has confirmed that he has applied to be the next head of the London Metropolitan Police.

Hugh Orde, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, confirmed tonight that he is bidding to become the next Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.

Britain’s most senior Asian police officer agreed an out-of-court settlement today in his race claim against Scotland Yard.

Innocent Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead after pictures identifying the real terror suspect arrived too late, an inquest in England heard today.

Ian Blair announced his resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner today, saying: "I am resigning in the best interests of the people of London and the Metropolitan Police Service."

ENGLAND’S most senior Muslim policeman launched a stinging attack yesterday on the controversial head of London’s police, against whom he has launched a discrimination claim.

The UK’s most senior police officer warned tonight that there were no quick fixes for tackling knife crime, after four men were stabbed to death in Britain’s capital in less than 24 hours.

The death of a 14-year-old boy almost three weeks after he was stabbed marked a new low in Britain’s knife crime crisis tonight.

The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) today agreed to push forward with attempts to get football clubs to pay for policing outside their grounds.

Britain’s top police officer was criticised by a watchdog today for delaying the investigation into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair insisted he would not resign today after members of the London Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in him.

Embattled London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair came under renewed pressure today as a man shot during an anti-terrorism raid claimed he was threatened and verbally abused by armed police.

METROPOLITAN Police Commissioner Ian Blair was under mounting pressure yesterday as the Tories urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to fire him.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair was under mounting pressure today as the Tories urged Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to fire him.

The Metropolitan Police was today found guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the shooting of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.

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

The Commissioner of Metropolitan Police in London has clarified what he meant when he referred to the old RUC in the North as a "paramilitary force".

There's a row in the North after the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Ian Blair, referred to the old RUC as a paramilitary force.

MORE armed police officers will be deployed to the streets of south London in a bid to halt an “unprecedented” spate of shootings which has claimed the lives of three teenage boys.

The Channel Tunnel is under threat of attack from Islamic militant terrorists over the Christmas holiday, it was reported today.

The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police on the London Underground last summer, said today that the decision not to charge any individual police officers over his death was “unbelievable”.

Britain fell silent today to remember the innocent victims of the July 7 London bombings.

Millions will fall silent today for two minutes to mark the first anniversary of the July 7 London bombings.

Supermodel Kate Moss will not be charged over claims that she took cocaine, prosecutors announced today.

A YOUNG British Muslim shot by police during a controversial anti-terror raid choked back the tears yesterday as he relived the moment he feared he was going to be killed.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble gave the Metropolitan Police Commissioner the ammunition to have a terrorist-linked website closed down today.

SCOTLAND Yard confirmed tonight it is looking into a complaint that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott broke the law by allegedly having sex with his secretary in his Whitehall office.

BRITAIN’s police chief, already under pressure over the mistaken shooting of a suspected suicide bomber, is facing fresh calls to resign for secretly recording a phone call with the country’s senior legal adviser.

SUPERMODEL Kate Moss was interviewed under caution by police yesterday over allegations of cocaine use.

THE family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday called on Britain’s top policeman to “consider his position” after reports that officers covered up their part in the Brazilian’s death.

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.

MORE than 1,000 businesses now have the right to open round the clock after new licensing laws came into force at midnight in England and Wales.

EACH year the BBC broadcasts a televised lecture in memory of the legendary broadcaster Richard Dimbleby which gives a prominent person the opportunity to speak to the nation on an issue of their own choosing.

Ireland is no better prepared for a terrorist attack now than it was before the 9/11 atrocity because emergency planning is split between different Government departments, it was claimed tonight.

Removal vans were spotted outside Kate Moss’s home today adding to speculation that the supermodel is seeking a quiet life in the countryside.

BELEAGUERED supermodel Kate Moss may have apologised following allegations of cocaine abuse, but her finances may take longer to fix than her public image.

SUPERMODEL Kate Moss issued a public apology yesterday following allegations of cocaine abuse and said she was taking steps to address her “personal issues”.

KATE MOSS’S career was in freefall yesterday after Chanel and Burberry dropped the supermodel and the head of Scotland Yard said a decision to charge her would take into account the effect of her drug-taking on “impressionable young people”.

LAWYERS for London bomb suspect Hussain Osman, 27, challenged his extradition to Britain yesterday.

Scotland Yard chief Ian Blair did not know his officers had shot an innocent man until 24 hours after Jean Charles de Menezes was killed, it emerged tonight.

LAWYERS for the families of Jean Charles de Menezes described his shooting as a “chaotic mess” and called for a broad public inquiry to uncover the truth about his death.

Lawyers for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes met officials from the UK's police watchdog today for the first time since a fresh wave of revelations re-ignited the controversy over his shooting by anti-terror officers.