Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:orgs/metropolitan_police_authoritytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Police_probe_documents_obtained_Qatada_9f3f

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada is under investigation over documents obtained by police during a search of his London home, Scotland Yard said Thursday.

2013-03-21T20:55:53ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/20/Comedian_Davidson_rearrested_Savile_police_4ce1

British television presenter Jim Davidson was on Wednesday rearrested by police investigating sexual abuse allegations, media reports said.

2013-03-20T21:17:45ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/15/police_quiz_ex-Mirror_editor_over_0c60

The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned by police on Friday over suspected phone hacking, media reported.

2013-03-15T18:27:48ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/14/British_press_talks_collapse_editor_6ed5

British Prime Minister David Cameron abandoned cross-party talks on press regulation on Thursday as police for the first time arrested a current national newspaper editor over phone-hacking.

2013-03-14T20:32:42ZAFP European Editionby Danny Kemptag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/14/Four_held_over_hacking_UKs_10af

British detectives arrested a tabloid editor and three other journalists on Thursday over suspected phone-hacking at Trinity Mirror newspapers, widening the scandal that started at Rupert Murdoch's rival empire.

2013-03-14T15:03:24ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/13/British_re-arrested_Savile_probe_346c

British former radio DJ Dave Lee Travis has been re-arrested on suspicion of sexual offences as part of an investigation sparked by claims against his late BBC colleague Jimmy Savile, police said Wednesday.

2013-03-13T18:20:00ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/11/Britain_make_case_removal_radical_4399

Britain was on Monday to contest the ruling blocking the extradition of Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada, who was rearrested at the weekend for breaching his bail conditions.

2013-03-11T08:22:38ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/10/Britain_make_case_removal_radical_4399

Britain was on Monday to contest the ruling blocking the extradition of Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada, who was rearrested at the weekend for breaching his bail conditions.

2013-03-11T01:33:33ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/09/Radical_cleric_Qatada_sent_back_75aa

Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Saturday sent back to prison by a British judge, just two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him.

2013-03-09T19:52:32ZAFP Global Editionby Alice Ritchietag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/09/Jordanian_cleric_Qatada_sent_back_2053

Terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Saturday sent back to jail by a British judge, just two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him to Jordan.

2013-03-09T18:03:33ZAFP Global Editionby Alice Ritchietag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/09/Cleric_Qatada_held_breaching_British_265f

Radical cleric Abu Qatada, once dubbed Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, has been arrested in London for allegedly breaching his bail conditions, officials said on Saturday.

2013-03-09T13:57:26ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/07/Ramraiders_target_Guccis_flagship_London_f353

Ramraiders smashed their way into the flagship London store of designer label Gucci and made off with handbags overnight, Scotland Yard said.

2013-03-07T09:20:03ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/04/Police_stop_knife-wielding_outside_Downing_efdb

Police used a taser gun on a man seen pointing a knife at his own throat near Downing Street, Scotland Yard said on Monday.

2013-03-04T12:39:32ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/28/Police_risks_human_rights_parliament_efd3

Britain should conduct a "fundamental review of the law" governing undercover operations after police were accused of stealing the identities of dead children, a parliamentary report urged Friday.

2013-03-01T00:32:12ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/26/Police_London_pressured_women_retract_5ca1

A Metropolitan Police sex crimes unit put pressure on women to retract allegations of rape, including against a man who went on to murder two children, the police watchdog said Tuesday.

2013-02-26T12:52:41ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Cleared_Murdoch_executive_went_through_7bc4

A former top executive at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World said Friday he had gone through "hell" after British prosecutors finally cleared him of phone-hacking nearly two years after his arrest.

2013-02-22T17:58:58ZAFP European Editionby Danny Kemptag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/22/Ex-News_World_exec_cleared_over_e684

A former top executive at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World will not face charges over the phone-hacking scandal that shut down the tabloid, prosecutors and the journalist said on Friday.

2013-02-22T12:53:44ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/21/Rabbi_arrested_assault_London_reports_b1d0

A rabbi from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in London has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and perverting the course of justice, police and media reports said Thursday.

2013-02-21T15:02:37ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/15/Assange_embassy_stand-off_costs_London_0946

The cost of keeping police round the clock outside the Ecuadoran embassy in London in case Julian Assange emerges has hit £2.9 million, British police said Friday.

2013-02-15T21:13:17ZAFP European EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/02/13/police_arrest_News_World_hacking_ad51

British police arrested six former News of the World journalists on Wednesday in a new probe into alleged phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now-closed tabloid, Scotland Yard said.

2013-02-13T21:12:04ZAFP European Editionby Danny Kemp