Calls to routinely arm police following the killing of two women officers were rejected by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who warned against any knee-jerk response to the tragedy.

BRITAIN’S border controls were condemned as “non-existent” yesterday after it was claimed that the suspected murderer of a policewoman fled the country by disguising himself as a veiled Muslim woman.

Moves to deal with “on the run” terrorists will cause “pain and anguish” to victims but are vital to the North's peace process, Tony Blair insisted today.