A foreign spy has been detained on suspicion of helping three British schoolgirls travel to Syria to join Islamic State (IS), according to reports.

A senior detective investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has thanked the public for thousands of messages received in the wake of recent television appeals.

Scotland Yard’s top officer tonight confirmed two men had been arrested after a man was butchered in broad daylight on the streets of London.

The mother of the so-called forgotten victim in the Pat Finucane collusion scandal has spoken of the need for the murdered solicitor’s wife to move on with her life.

Jimmy Savile would regularly take teenage girls to a private hospital block alone, a former porter has claimed.

In the UK, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said the failure to find Tia Sharp's body more quickly was not down to an individual officer.

Football boss Harry Redknapp failed to declare his offshore bank account for six years after “feigning” ignorance during a high profile inquiry into football bungs, a court heard today.

A 31-year-old woman was arrested in Britain today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

David Cameron was today forced to deny a rift with police over the handling of the devastating riots that swept England.

A former News of the World executive arrested in relation to phone hacking was being questioned by detectives in custody today.

A 61-year-old man was arrested in the UK today on suspicion of phone hacking.

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron was last night flying back to London to address the crisis over phone hacking and police links with the media, cutting short a two-day visit to Africa.

Ten members of staff at Scotland Yard’s directorate of public affairs (DPA) have previously worked for News International, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said today.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James will appear before MPs today to face their intensely-awaited grilling on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

THE FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims, according to a law enforcement official.

THERE should be no public sympathy for gunman Raoul Moat, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said , describing him as a “callous murderer”.

Princes William and Harry are hoping today that the long-awaited conclusion of the inquest into their mother’s death will put an end to speculation she was murdered.

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.

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

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

Police hunting the killer of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer are scouring CCTV footage and other electronic records today for clues.

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

Mohamed al Fayed insisted today that Princess Diana and his son Dodi were murdered on the orders of a member of the British royal family.

Transfer bungs whistleblower Mike Newell is confident the inquiry into alleged illegal payments in football will expose the agents and officials he believes are swindling supporters.

Everton have denied any wrongdoing in the transfer of their former striker Ibrahima Bakayoko to Marseille in July 1999.

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.

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.

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

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”.

THE parents of the Brazilian man shot dead on a London Underground train yesterday wept as they recalled how he was trying to save enough money by working abroad to return to his homeland to become a cattle rancher.

The man shot dead by police in south London yesterday is not connected to attempted terror attacks on the capital, Scotland Yard said today.

POLICE have released images of the four suspected suicide bombers who tried to bring more death and carnage to London on Thursday.

THE homemade explosive thought to have been used in both London bombing waves can deteriorate after just a few days.

Police have revealed the faces of four men wanted for questioning in connection with the attempted suicide attacks in London yesterday.

The four unexploded devices may provide a wealth of clues to the identities of those behind the latest bomb attacks in London.

Four suspected suicide bombers are being hunted tonight after police recovered viable explosive devices following today’s attempted bomb attack on the London transport network.

An arrest at Downing Street and an incident at a hospital today are “entirely unconnected events” to the terrorist attacks, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said today.

Hundreds of thousands of London workers faced travel chaos on their journeys home tonight because of huge disruption to Tube and rail services caused by today's explosions.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair appealed to Londoners to "stay where you are" after today's "very serious incident" in the city.

THE race to find the masterminds behind the London bomb atrocities gathered pace last night as an Egyptian chemical expert suspected of involvement in the blasts was arrested in Cairo.

Pakistani intelligence agents believe one of the London suicide bombers visited a religious school run by an al Qaida-linked terror group, two senior officials said today.