IPCC said it was launching an investigation into four former and serving senior Metropolitan Police officers over their handling of the phone hacking scandal.

On the day Yates resigned as assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, he was also referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over his alleged involved in helping a friend's daughter get a job.It understood that this woman is Wallis's daughter but neither the Met or IPCC would confirm this. Allegations: Sources have revealed this evening that John Yates allegedly secured work for the daughter of Neil WallisThe revelations come hours after the IPCC said it was launching an investigation into four former and serving senior Metropolitan Police officers over their handling of the phone hacking scandal.Five issues have been referred to the IPCC, including questions about the conduct of both Yates and Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned last nig...

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A store of munitions, seized from a vessel heading to Syria from Iran in 2008 could be at the heart of the explosion which reportedly killed twelve people this morning.

A store of munitions, seized from a vessel heading to Syria from Iran in 2008 could be at the heart of the explosion which reportedly killed twelve people this morning.A picture of large scale devastation is emerging after a massive blast in a munitions dump at the Zygi naval base.Electricity remains off in much of Cyprus, and state TV are showing pictures of ambulances and army trucks ferrying in injured people to a local hospital, many of them covered in blood. Large scale damage can be seen to a huge section of the barriers of the Larnaca-Limassol highway and a huge crater about one kilometre from the power station was shown on state TV.The blasts, which happened just after 6am, caused extensive damage to property in the area and sparked wildfires in nearby scrubland in the tinder-dry summer...

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Murdoch axes News of the World after phone hacking scandal

The News of the World will close after a final edition this weekend, News International chairman James Murdoch said today.The tabloid newspaper will be published for the last time on Sunday after it was rocked by the phone hacking scandal.Mr Murdoch said in a statement: "Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper. This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World."&nb...

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The hotel maid who claims former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn raped her has been accused of working as a prostitute.

Allegations have emerged that the 32-year-old cleaner was was taking extra money from male guests at the hotel for sex.'There is information... of her getting extraordinary tips, if you know what I mean. And it's not for bringing extra f**king towels,' a source close to the defence investigation told the New York Post.The woman also had 'a lot of her expenses – hair braiding, salon expenses – paid for by men not related to her,' the source added.As Strauss-Kahn was yesterday sensationally released from house arrest and had his security ankle tag removed, it emerged in a letter to court from Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon that the woman:Lied in a U.S. asylum application that her husband was tortured in jail and died of injuriesLied about having been gang raped by soldiers in...

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