LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Ian Blair, head of the Metropolitan Police, resigned Thursday under pressure from London Mayor Boris Johnson, Blair said.

LONDON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Scotland Yard's commissioner is warning London police they could be in for criticism for the 2005 death of an innocent man shot by terrorist-hunting officers.

LONDON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- British authorities said they expect a record number of teenage killings in London this year at the same time as the overall rate of homicides is dropping.

LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A move to replace Ian Blair as head of Scotland Yard was reported to be picking up momentum, the Times of London said Thursday.

LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- Boris Johnson, newly sworn in Sunday as mayor of London, warned the head of the Metropolitan Police that his days are numbered if crime remains high.

LONDON, April 23 (UPI) -- Police chiefs in Britain say in order to fight terrorism they need an extension of the 28-day time limit for holding a suspect without charges.

LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Scotland Yard has begun a $30,000 program in London to add a team of ethnically diverse mascots to supplement Steve, the police's current white male mascot.

LONDON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Britain has the longest limit for holding terror suspects without formal charge of any comparable democracy, a rights group said Monday.

LONDON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Political pressure mounted in London on Scotland Yard and its chief, Ian Blair, amid internal inquiries and alleged abuse of expenses.