Police in London were braced for more G20 violence today after nearly 90 people were arrested during a first day of protest marking the summit.

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."

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 80th birthday a day early today, with a Mass in his honour held on the flower-bedecked steps of St Peter's Square.

Police today set up roadblocks and launched helicopter searches for thieves who scaled a cliff and stole a 700-year-old religious icon from a monastery in southern Greece.

The hunt was underway today for four suspected suicide bombers who targeted three Tube trains and a bus in the latest attack on London.

The victims of the July 7 terror bombings were remembered across the globe today in a dignified and defiant two-minute silence.

THE US Air Force yesterday lifted a ban on its personnel entering London following last week’s terror attacks.

At least seven explosions ripped through London today in a series of terrorist strikes leaving dozens feared dead and crippling the capital.

After extending a hand to other Christians, Jews and “nonbelievers,” Pope Benedict XVI made a meeting with religious leaders his first public appointment today.

A hard-hitting campaign aimed directly at men who abuse their female partners is to be launched today by Britain’s top policeman.

The Greek government forced its air force's chief to resign today, blaming him for authorities’ slow response to a military helicopter crash that killed 17 people, including a top Greek Orthodox cleric.

British Royal coroner Michael Burgess today opened and adjourned the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and said the full hearing would take place next year.

MILLIONS of pounds have been squandered on a major new probe into alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in Northern Ireland, it was claimed yesterday.

Senior American politicians are to hear calls tonight for a full public inquiry into the death of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane.

British Police could resort to using rubber bullets if riots break out during tomorrow’s May Day demonstrations in London, the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, Lord Harris, has warned.