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Met police chief Hogan-Howe on the rack over Plebgate leak
Friends of Andrew Mitchell are pursuing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe over whether he leaked details of a Scotland Yard report on Plebgate to journalists.
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Metropolitan police chief Sir Paul Stephenson quits
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson announces his resignation as the phone hacking scandal claims its latest victim. Read his full statement here.
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Met Police faces MPs over phone hacking
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned on Sunday, kicks off police evidence to MPs over the phone-hacking scandal.
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Met employed 10 more ex-News International staff
Ten former News International staff have worked at the Met Police, outgoing Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson revealed as he defended the Met’s role in the phone-hacking scandal in front of MPs.
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LIVE BLOG: John Yates resigns from Metropolitan Police
With today’s resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates, following yesterday’s decision by Sir Paul Stephenson to stand down, is the Metropolitan Police now a “rudderless ship”?
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PM ‘respects’ Met chief’s resignation
Prime Minister David Cameron says he respects Sir Paul Stephenson’s decision to quit as head of Scotland Yard, but the focus must now be on investigating phone hacking.
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Arrested NoW man worked for Met and dined with top police
The latest man arrested in the News of the World phone-hack inquiry worked as a PR consultant for the Met Police. Neil Wallis also dined with top officers Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates.
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Yard’s ‘poor judgement’ in hiring Neil Wallis
Professional boundaries were “blurred” when the Metropolitan police hired a former News of the World executive as their PR adviser, according to a report by the police watchdog.
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NoW man admits advising two candidates who became Met boss
A former News of the World executive tells the Leveson inquiry that he advised two former senior policemen on how to get the job of Scotland Yard commissioner.
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Senior Met officer refused access to phone records
Former senior Scotland Yard officer John Yates refused to let other officers examine his phone records in a leak inquiry because he was ‘very well-connected’, the Leveson inquiry hears.
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‘Met police will be world’s best’ vows Hogan-Howe
As Scotland Yard’s new commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe pledges to make the country’s biggest police force the “best in the world,” his appointment still rankles with some officers across the country.
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Bernard Hogan-Howe named as Met police chief
Bernard Hogan-Howe, a former Merseyside police chief renowned for his tough tactics against gangs, is named the new head of Scotland Yard.
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Top Met officers cleared over phone-hacking misconduct
Four key police figures learn they will not face IPCC investigation over the phone-hack scandal, but a policing expert tells Channel 4 News the affair remains a “bad omen” for the UK’s top officers.
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London riots in ‘unprecedented’ year for Met Police
In the run-up to the Olympics the Met Police are dealing with chaotic scenes of violence on London streets. Channel 4 News asks a former senior officer if plans for London 2012 will be affected.
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Judge sets out phone-hacking inquiry
The first public hearings in the inquiry into phone hacking will be held in September, and will focus initially on the relationship between the press and the public, Lord Justice Leveson confirms.
