Police launch an inquiry after stained glass windows are smashed in a Great Yarmouth church.

BBC: Why are vandalism rates falling?

If the Metropolitan Police Authority do launch an inquiry into Yates this morning it will not be the first inquiry that he - or, indeed, many senior officers - have faced.

BBC: Phone hacking scandal: Who is next in line?

Last year, the Metropolitan Police chose not to launch an investigation into claims, made by the Guardian newspaper, that a host of public figures - including former deputy PM Lord Prescott - had had their messages hacked by journalists there.

BBC: Coulson 'has no case to answer' over phone hack claims