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Former Met Police Commissioner Lord Blair tells Channel 4 News that there were institutional failures within the police force in the 1980s, but that the force has since been cleared of corruption.
Radical cleric Abu Qatada promises to leave Britain when a new treaty offering guarantees that evidence obtained through torture will not be used against him becomes law, says his lawyer.
The chief inspector of constabulary calls for a focus on crime prevention. But the government's focus on data and budget cuts has made this more difficult, the Police Federation tells Channel 4 News.
Downing Street is considering a temporary withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights so that Abu Qatada can be deported. But legal experts tell Channel 4 News it is "highly unlikely".
by Simon Israel
Missing children: new police system to assess risk
Police are to introduce a new national system to grade missing children, which they argue will free up resources and target attention on those at greatest risk.
Efforts to tackle the "shocking underworld" of modern slavery and sexual exploitation that exists in the UK, are failing, an independent think tank claims.
Abu Qatada is arrested for breaching his bail terms days before the latest government effort to have the radical Muslim preacher extradited.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is under-funded and cannot cope with the demands of scrutinising the 43 separate forces in England and Wales, according to the home affairs committee.
Barry George, who spent eight years in prison after being wrongly convicted of the murder of Jill Dando, loses his high court bid for compensation as a victim of a "miscarriage of justice".
Police downgrading offences to meet targets has exaggerated the fall in crime, say the ONS. But experts tell Channel 4 News that a rise in under-reported crime against retailers could be the reason.
