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.

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.

A coroner was due to announce if the inquest into the death of UK government weapons expert Dr David Kelly will be reconvened.

Lawyers pledged to go to the European Court of Human Rights after judges today rejected a third appeal by a former soldier against his conviction for a sectarian murder in Northern Ireland more than 20 years ago.

Greg Dyke has signed a six-figure book deal to tell his side of the Hutton affair.

Intelligence chiefs ignored warnings from their own leading experts that they could not be certain Iraq had chemical and biological weapons, an ex-intelligence official who gave crucial evidence to the Hutton Inquiry claimed today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today set up a review of intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction – but any hopes that its report would be the final word on the affair were dashed when the Liberal Democrats refused to take part.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair confirmed today that there will be an inquiry into intelligence gathering on pre-war Iraq.

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

IS Lord Hutton a clone of Lord Widgery of Bloody Sunday notoriety or is the liberal application of whitewash to cover establishment wrongdoings a standard function of a British law lord?

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

Reporter Andrew Gilligan, whose Today programme report sparked the Hutton Inquiry, has resigned from the BBC, he said in a statement tonight.

Former BBC director general Greg Dyke today branded Alastair Campbell’s reaction to the Hutton inquiry “ungracious” and described his shock at the outcome of the report.

With the BBC reeling from the resignations of its chairman and director general in the space of two days, an opinion poll today suggested the UK public feel the corporation was hard done by in the Hutton Report.

THE British government last night ended its war with the BBC over the Dr David Kelly affair after its director general quit and its acting chairman apologised “unreservedly” for the controversial Andrew Gilligan broadcast.

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

Lord Hutton is to give evidence to British MPs on the role of inquiries into the UK government.

THE BBC’s chairman of governors Gavyn Davies resigned last night after the Hutton report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly severely criticised the corporation.

David Kelly’s family made a last ditch effort to convince Lord Hutton the British government deliberately made his name public to help in its battle with the BBC, it emerged tonight.

Lord Hutton’s damning criticism of the BBC could have serious implications for the Corporation’s charter renewal in 2006.

The BBC’s chairman of governors Gavyn Davies resigned tonight after Lord Hutton’s report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly severely criticised the corporation.

BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies became the the first casualty of the Hutton Report today, according to the corporation’s own political editor.

BBC chief executive Greg Dyke today accepted that “certain key allegations” reported by Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme on May 29 last year were wrong and said the BBC apologised for them.

Strike action in defence of Andrew Gilligan was today threatened by the National Union of Journalists.

Reporter Andrew Gilligan’s claim that the British government inserted intelligence into its controversial Iraq dossier knowing it was probably wrong was “unfounded”, Lord Hutton said today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today expressed fury at the leaking of Lord Hutton’s report into the death of British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly and suggested that there should be a full inquiry.

Furious Tories called for a police inquiry today into the leaking of the Hutton report into the death of British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was today set to escape major criticism over the suspected suicide of British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly, according to a leaked version of Lord Hutton’s anxiously awaited report into the tragedy.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair avoided a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons last night by a mere five votes.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair breathed a huge sigh of relief tonight after he scraped home by just five votes in the row over university top-up fees.

Tony Blair was today fighting to avoid a highly damaging Commons defeat over the British government’s flagship university funding reforms in a vote which could have major repercussions for his premiership.

“STARING into the abyss.” It seems a very apocalyptic description for a political leader facing difficulty, but it is the phrase used by one of Tony Blair’s closest lieutenants to describe the situation he faces.

Intelligence reports suggesting that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction were correct, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has insisted.

Dr David Kelly believed Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and might use them.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair appears confident he has turned the tide on the biggest backbench rebellion in his time as government leader.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was last night facing a make-or-break 24 hours, after Lord Hutton announced he was to publish his report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly the day after a crunch Commons vote on the premier’s flagship tuition fees policy.

Lord Hutton’s report into the circumstances surrounding the death of British government weapons expert Dr David Kelly is to be published on January 28, it was announced today.

TONY BLAIR was last night accused of preparing to “run away” from the findings of Lord Hutton’s inquiry.

Brian Kerr is preparing to take on the mantle of Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland in the morning.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today faced a TV grilling amid mounting pressure over the death of Iraq mole Dr David Kelly.

BRITISH PRIME Minister Tony Blair last night faced a sustained attack from Conservatives over the naming of Iraq mole Dr David Kelly.

LORD HUTTON last night cleared the British Government of trying to influence his inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly by submitting a late evidence statement.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Basra today for a surprise visit to British troops in Iraq.