Pete Doherty and Carl Barat played together for the first time in three years last night – but there are no plans for the band to reunite, according to a spokesman.

Detectives have launched an investigation into a shocking photograph of junkie rock star Pete Doherty allegedly injecting a drug into a girl fan’s arm, Scotland Yard confirmed today.

Troubled singer Pete Doherty was hoping to temporarily leave his rehab clinic today to join Britain’s biggest bands at the NME Awards.