Singer Pete Doherty was arrested early on Monday on suspicion of drugs possession, a police source said.

Doherty, 28, was arrested with two others, a man and a woman, after being stopped in a car in Tower Hamlets in east London.

The troubled singer, who has had an on-off relationship with supermodel Kate Moss, had been performing with his band Babyshambles at the V Festival in Staffordshire late on Sunday.

All three were taken to an east London police station where they remain ...