UK gov't: watchdog to probe police corruption

LONDON (AP) — Britain's home secretary says a police inspectorate will examine possible police corruption.

Theresa May told lawmakers the Inspectorate of Constabulary will look at links between the police and the press in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

Two senior police officers have resigned in the last two days amid allegations that News of the World journalists hacked into private mobile phones.

Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson stepped down Sunday night, followed out the door Monday by Assistant Commissioner John Yates. Yates was the official who decided two years ago not to reopen police inquiries into phone hacking and police bribery by tabloid journalists.