Andy Coulson leaves the high court in Glasgow in December 2010 after giving evidence in the trial of Tommy and Gail Sheridan. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Andy Coulson: Scottish courtroom clash that led to detention at dawn PM’s then media chief denied allegations of being aware Tommy Sheridan was alleged victim of phone hacking during perjury [...]
Andy Coulson has been detained by police. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Andy Coulson detained by police for suspected perjury Strathclyde police hold David Cameron’s ex-communications chief on suspicion of perjury at Glasgow high court Andy Coulson, David Cameron‘s former director of communications, has been detained by police investigating alleged perjury at the trial of the Scottish [...]
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, pictured with George Osborne at the Mayfair club Tramp, were guests at the chancellor’s residence Dorneywood. Photograph: Dafydd Jones George Osborne was dragged deeper into the furore over the Murdoch empire’s links to government as it emerged that he entertained Rebekah Brooks for a weekend at his country residence as Rupert Murdoch was planning [...]
Rebekah Brooks … close ties with David Cameron. Photo: Reuters Brooks reveals sympathy messages from PM Karen Kissane May 12, 2012 Read later Prime Minister David Cameron signed texts to Rebekah Brooks LOL, which he thought meant “lots of love”, Mrs Brooks, a former chief executive of News International, told the Leveson inquiry into the press. [...]
The News of the World was shut down amid a hacking scandal that forced senior executives to quit [GALLO/GETTY] David Cameron, the British prime minister, allowed his former spokesman, Andrew Coulson, access to some of the government’s most sensitive secrets without full security clearance, an inquiry has been told. Asked on Thursday by Robert Jay, the [...]
Biography claims David Cameron told Rebekah Brooks that she would get through her difficulties just before she stood down. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks in the week she quit as News International‘s chief executive over the phone-hacking scandal to tell her to keep her head up, it has been claimed in an updated biography [...]
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry next week. Photograph: Richard Young /Rex Features Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson to face Leveson inquiry Former News International chief executive and ex-News of the World editor to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry next week Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Thursday 3 May 2012 [...]
James Murdoch, former chairman of News International, faces criticism over phone hacking at the News of the World in a report due out from the select committee on culture, media and sport. Photograph: Rex Features James Murdoch will be criticised by MPs investigating phone hacking on Tuesday, but their assessment of his conduct is expected to [...]
Tom Watson’s book Dial M for Murdoch, co-written with Martin Hickman, looks at the relationship between NI and UK politicians and police. Photograph: AFP/Getty How Tom Watson came under pressure to halt his campaign against hacking From Dial M for Murdoch, which looks into the relationship between UK politicians, police and News Internationa The Guardian, Friday [...]
Lord Justice Leveson: the judge was blunt that the inquiry was about much more than the hacking into Milly Dowler‘s phone. Photograph: Getty Images “Oh no I didn’t!” “Oh yes you did!” As good as any Christmas pantomime, the Leveson inquiry into tabloid morals may well have been intended, as its critics allege, to distract attention from [...]
Kate and Gerry McCann giving evidence at the Leveson Inquiry over coverage of their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance. News of the World made a confidential payment for publishing Kate’s private diaries. Photograph: Pool/Reuters link http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/17/news-of-world-mccanns-payment Confidential deal towards search fund for Madeleine was part of apology for tabloid’s publication of mother Kate’s diary extracts The News of the [...]
Phone hacking: a 41-year-old man has been arrested by Scotland Yard’s Operation Weeting. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice. The Metropolitan police said the man was arrested at 7am at an address in London on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail [...]
Ex-News of the World journalist Paul McMullan leaves the Leveson Inquiry into media practices at the high court in London. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks ‘knew about phone hacking at NoW’ Former tabloid journalist Paul McMullan tells of the ‘glory days’ of car chases and big payouts to private investigators reddit this James [...]
Here’s a 5pm roundup of Paul McMullan’s evidence: • Andy Coulson brought phone hacking “wholesale” to the News of the World, says Former NoW deputy features editor says • Paul McMullan brands Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks “the scum of journalism” • He describes Brooks as “arch criminal” and “criminal-in-chief” • Hacking Milly Dowler’s phone was [...]
Paul McMullan, former News of the World deputy features editor, gives evidence at the Leveson inquiry Photograph: ITN Leveson inquiry: Nick Davies, Paul McMullan, Richard Peppiatt – live • Former News of the World deputy features editor brands Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks ‘the scum of journalism’ • Hacking Milly Dowler‘s phone was ‘not a [...]
Steve Coogan gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry this week. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Steve Coogan: Leveson inquiry not being ‘distorted by celebrities’ Alan Partridge star defends inquiry into media ethics as father of 7/7 London bombings reportedly refuses to give evidence reddit this Jasmine Coleman guardian.co.uk, Saturday 26 November 2011 15.01 GMT Article history The [...]
Kelvin MacKenzie, the former editor of the Sun newspaper, arrives to give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Leveson inquiry: the tabloids don’t get it Their churlishness towards Leveson won’t make public horror over phone hacking go away reddit this Comments (139) John Kampfner guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 21.30 GMT Article history [...]
Leveson inquiry: comedian Steve Coogan leaves after giving evidence. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Leveson inquiry: Coogan claims Andy Coulson set him up in ‘sting’ Actor says former News of the World editor published details about affair despite assurances from showbiz columnist reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 22 November 2011 16.40 GMT Article history [...]
Leveson inquiry: David Cameron in firing line as Kelvin MacKenzie hits out Prime minister using Leveson inquiry to escape his own ‘lack of judgment’ over hiring Andy Coulson, says former Sun editor reddit this James Robinson The Guardian, Thursday 13 October 2011 Article history The former editor of the Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, has said [...]
Hugh Grant: ‘I warned Osborne that it was a mistake hiring Andy Coulson‘ Hugh Grant meets David Cameron. He revealed that he had had heated words with George Osborne about Andy Coulson last year. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AP The actor explains how he had heated words with the Chancellor when they met at [...]
Phone-hacking claims mount up at News International Jade Goody arriving in Mumbai in 2008 to take part in the Indian version of Big Brother. Max Clifford said she believed a call she made from India to her mother, telling her she had cancer, had been hacked. Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images • Former deputy editor ‘was [...]
Jade Goody arriving in Mumbai in 2008 to take part in the Indian version of Big Brother. Max Clifford said she believed a call she made from India to her mother, telling her she had cancer, had been hacked. Photograph: Pal Pillai/AFP/Getty Images News International is facing fresh phone-hacking controversies after a series of claims [...]
News International ‘continued to pay Neil Wallis after he joined Met’ Former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis leaving Hammersmith police station in July. Photograph: Murray Sanders/Mail On Sunday Former deputy editor received £25,000 from News of the World publisher after starting work as consultant with police force reddit this Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, [...]
Official inquiries as a result of the phone hacking scandal are rocking the British media landscape [REUTERS] Can the media industry in Britain restore public trust, which is ebbing away in the wake of the scandal over phone-hacking by employees of the Murdoch-owned News International? The grand institutions of British media are taking a long [...]
Andy Coulson refuses to reappear at MPs‘ phone-hacking inquiry Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World, is refusing to reappear before MPs investigating phone hacking at the newspaper, citing concerns about ‘parallel inquiries’ and ‘publicity’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Former News of the World editor cites concern about ‘parallel inquiries’ and [...]
Phone hacking: police make further arrest Police from Operation Weeting investigating phone hacking at the News of the World have arrested a man at his home. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Detectives to question 35-year-old man on conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages reddit this Sandra Laville, crime correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 7 September 2011 09.19 BST [...]
Phone hacking: James Murdoch faces second grilling by MPs James Murdoch said he stood by his earlier testimony to the Commons select committee. Photograph: Miguel Villagran/Getty Images Murdoch to be asked to clarify whether he knew of key email that indicated phone hacking went beyond a ‘rogue reporter’ reddit this Amelia Hill guardian.co.uk, Tuesday [...]
Phone hacking: the News of the World‘s former legal manager has claimed he told James Murdoch about an email suggesting hacking extended beyond one rogue reporter. Photograph: Warren Allott/AFP/Getty Images James Murdoch knew about an explosive email that would have proved that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to “one rogue [...]
Steve Coogan, whose phone was hacked by the News of the World, said News Corp‘s senior executives should be held to account. Photograph: Sam Hollenshead/Polaris Steve Coogan recalls clearly the moment he decided to sue the News of the World. “What motivated me was seeing Andy Coulson [the paper's former editor] gaining a modicum of respectability [...]
Andy Coulson ‘broke’ Commons pass rules by failing to declare NI payments · David Cameron and Andy Coulson. Coulson failed to declare NI payments. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features Cameron sponsored pass for ex-head of communications · NI ‘considering ending payment of Coulson’s legal fees’ reddit this Polly Curtis and James Robinson guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 August [...]
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson became David Cameron’s aide and the Tories director of communications in May 2007. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Andy Coulson was just a little too indiscreet, telling a handful of colleagues at Conservative campaign headquarters that he was still receiving substantial severance payments from News Internationalmonths after he joined [...]
Andy Coulson was still being paid by News International while working for David Cameron, it’s been reported. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features So now we hear that Andy Coulson was paid hundreds of thousands of pounds by News International for several months when he was working for David Cameron’s Conservative party. This despite the fact that he [...]
Andy Coulson received cash payments from News International until the end of 2007, according to a report by the BBC’s Robert Peston. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images David Cameron is facing fresh questions about his decision to hire Andy Coulson in 2007 after it was reported that his former communications director received several hundred thousand pounds [...]
Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire has been ordered to reveal who told him to access six public figures’ voicemails. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, has been ordered by a court to reveal who instructed him to access the voicemails of model Elle [...]
Mainstream media often dismisses talk of conspiracy as silly – yet in the case of News of the World, a vast criminal conspiracy was shown to have existed [EPA] In the last month, we have seen one engrossing news event follow another in quick succession. On July 5th, The Guardian revealed that the News of the World had [...]
James Murdoch ‘misled MPs’ over how much he really knew about News of the World phone hacking Giving evidence: James Murdoch and his father Rupert Murdoch giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the NOTW in Portcullis House in central London in July By MICHAEL SEAMARK Last updated at 11:26 AM [...]
Phone hacking: all in this together Clive Goodman‘s explosive letter poses fundamental questions for the whole phone-hacking controversy Editorial guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 16 August 2011 20.55 BST Article history On 26 January 2007, Clive Goodman, the News of the World‘s royal editor, pleaded guilty to illegal phone hacking and was jailed for four months. On the same [...]
You can watch this video at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/16/phone-hacking-cover-up-denials Watch the phone-hacking denials. Credit: Mustafa Khalili, Laurence Topham and Rebecca Waters Link to this video The emergence of a four-year-old letter from the disgraced former News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman stating that knowledge of phone hacking was widespread at the paper is particularly explosive because News [...]
James Murdoch giving evidence to the culture, media and sport select committee last month over the News of the World phone-hacking affair. Photograph: PA Evidence received by the Commons culture, media and sport committee contains “devastating revelations” about phone hacking at the News of the World, Labour MP Tom Watson said on Tuesday. Watson, the [...]
The News of the World‘s former royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, who was jailed over phone hacking. A letter from him claims phone hacking was widely discussed at the paper. Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images The News of the World’s former royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, who was jailed over phone hacking. A letter from him claims [...]
News International offices in Wapping. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian Greg Miskiw, the former News of the World newsdesk executive arrested on Wednesday, has been released on bail. Miskiw, 61, was arrested by appointment at a central London police station as part of the Scotland Yard investigation into phone hacking at the News International tabloid. The [...]
2:32PM BST 10 Aug 2011 Scotland Yard said the 61-year-old remained in custody after visiting a London police station by appointment at midday. Miskiw left Britain for the US after being alleged to have repeatedly authorised illegal voicemail hacking. Last month he told The Daily Telegraph outside his home in Florida that his solicitors had [...]
“Hold on, aren’t you Andy Coulson? I’m not sure you’re an appropriate choice for this role.” Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Inappropriate payments Bribes. Bribes, bribes, bribes. An inappropriate payment would be if your aunt wrote you a cheque but made it out to “Fitty McHotpants”. If you give a police officer money for confidential information, that’s [...]
Stuart Kuttner (left) with Sara and Michael Payne during the Sarah’s Law campaign. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Stuart Kuttner, the public face of the News of the World and its most vocal public defender for 22 years, has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking and of bribing police officers to leak sensitive information. [...]
The London-based journalist Richard Gizbert, host of the Al Jazeera program The Listening Post, chronicles how the Murdoch phone-hacking scandal has shaken the British government, media system and public. A must-watch interview on how the scandal has unfolded and what it means for people in the United States. AMY GOODMAN: Our guest is Richard Gizbert. He is [...]
David Cameron is facing growing pressure over his appointment of Andy Coulson. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/AFP/Getty Images David Cameron is facing growing pressure this weekend over his hiring of Andy Coulson after the Labour leadership demanded to know if the former News of the World editor ever saw documents inside Downing Street that should have been available [...]
George Osborne has attended 16 meetings since the 2010 general election at which News International executives were present. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA George Osborne met Rebekah Brooks on five occasions in the year following the 2010 general election, according to figures released on Tuesday afternoon, that show how the chancellor cultivated relationships with senior figures at News [...]
DPP was warned hacking was rife at Murdoch paper By Oliver Wright, Whitehall EditorPA/GETTY The Director of Public Prosecutions, Lord Macdonald, left, and, right: Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General ENLARGE The former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lord Macdonald was warned by his own employees as far back as 2006 that there [...]
Robbie Williams: Scotland Yard told his solicitor that a number of his clients were referred to in Glenn Mulcaire‘s documents. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters Now it’s the turn of lawyers and the legal process to be sucked into the phone-hacking vortex. The Law Society has even suggested justice itself is under threat, implying messages could have been [...]
News International threatened to persecute the Liberal Democrats if Vince Cable did not advance its case, according to high-level sources. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Rupert Murdoch‘s News International launched a campaign of bullying against senior Liberal Democrats in an attempt to force through the company’s bid for BSkyB, high-level sources have told the Observer. Lib Dem insiders say NI [...]
