Police called in to investigate ‘criminal’ horsemeat scandal

by JAMES MEIKLE, FELICITY LAWRENCE and PATRICK WINTOUR Cross-posted from The Guardian Scotland Yard has been asked by the food standards watchdog to investigate if there is a criminal element to the horsemeat scandal – as the food industry prepares to test every processed beef product line following evidence adulteration has spread from burgers to…

Murdoch defends Rebekah Brooks who returned borrowed Police horse in poor condition (UK)

Cross-posted from the Daily Mail The retired police horse loaned to Rebekah Brooks was returned to the Met Police in a 'poor condition', the force said today. The former Sun editor 'fostered' the animal, called Raisa, when it retired from active service with Scotland Yard and returned it in 2010. But the 43-year-old, who rode…