See if you spot the paragraph that caught my eye.
London Daily telegraph
'Cash for honours' yard man is promoted
By John Steele, George Jones and Toby Helm in Jerusalem
Last Updated: 1:52am GMT 19/12/2006
The policeman heading the cash for honours inquiry was promoted to one of the most senior posts in the Metropolitan Police last night.
The appointment of John Yates, 47, as an assistant commissioner - equivalent to chief constable in other forces - was a rebuff to Labour and Government sources who accused him of being over-zealous in the inquiry.
Five days after asking his detectives to interview Mr Blair - making him the first serving Prime Minister to be questioned as part of a criminal investigation - Mr Yates was appointed by the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) to the force's third highest rank.
Downing Street has blamed Scotland Yard for damaging leaks during the nine-month inquiry, including leaks of potentially incriminating emails culminating in claims yesterday that Mr Blair's officials were frustrating the investigation by refusing to hand over documents relevant to the inquiry. Last month Mr Yates categorically denied to MPs that his team was leaking information but infuriated Mr Blair by disclosing there had been "major developments" and that his detectives had uncovered significant and valuable material.
His promotion was approved by Sir Ian Blair, the Met Commissioner, and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, the Home Office's body for monitoring senior appointments.
Mr Yates's name would not have appeared on the shortlist unless John Reid, the Home Secretary, had accepted that he was qualified and suitable.
In senior police circles, Mr Yates is regarded as a highly experienced and careful detective whose team are conducting a thorough and balanced investigation.
There was no confirmation from Scotland Yard or the CPS yesterday of reports that a specific investigation into suspected attempts to pervert the course of justice was being conducted by Mr Yates's team.
However, it is believed that the disclosure of documents has at times been painfully slow and unenthusiastic.
Officers have had to press repeatedly, sometimes backed with the threat of searches, to get complete records on various issues.
Mr Yates hopes to forward a file to the CPS next month, but a final decision on whether charges are to be brought might not come before spring. Police sources say it is far from certain that the CPS will sanction charges in such a high-profile and complex case.
Mr Yates will become one of five assistant commissioners, who run major departments of Britain's biggest force. His starting salary will be £163,908.
Len Duvall, the Labour chairman of the MPA, said Mr Yates, who had held the position of temporary assistant commissioner for the past few months, "impressed the panel with his strategic knowledge, skills and experience".
As a senior detective, Mr Yates ran more than 20 murder inquiries.
He led a complex inquiry into corruption in the former south east regional crime squad, which led to the imprisonment of six serving detectives for sentences totalling 46 years; the UK policing response to the south-east Asian tsunami and the response to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in the aftermath of the July 7 London bombings. Mr Blair yesterday showered praise on Lord Levy, Labour's chief fund-raiser and his Middle East go-between, after a weekend of damaging speculation of a rift over the cash for honours affair.
Mr Blair said Lord Levy, who accompanied him to Ramallah for talks with Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian authority, had performed "an excellent job" and been "immensely helpful" in his role as Middle East envoy.
Acknowledging the compliment, Lord Levy nodded in gratitude.
But in a sign that he has become a more controversial figure, he was placed in the second row of the press conference behind other government officials. During a trip to the Middle East in September, he sat prominently next to Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, in the front row.
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I wonder if John Yates is looking for a job? I can think of one already.
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