The Guardian has today run in its corrections and clarificationscolumn an item saying that its story in July (top), which claimedNews of the World journalists had deleted voicemails on Milly Dowler‘s phone giving her parents false hope that she was alive, was “unlikely to have been correct”.It says: “An article about the investigation into the abduction and death of [...]
Milly Dowler was abducted and murdered by Levi Bellfield in 2002 Continue reading the main story Related Stories Phone-hacking scandal: Timeline Phone hacking: The main players Q&A: Phone-hacking scandal A News International executive has asked the Guardian to correct 26 articles alleging the News of the World deleted Milly Dowler’s voicemails. The Met Police last [...]
Milly Dowler: it is now considered unlikely that Glenn Mulcaire had been responsible for deleting the missing girl’s voicemail messages. Photograph: Surrey Police/PA The Leveson inquiry into press behaviour has launched its own spin-off inquiry in an attempt, in Lord Justice Leveson’s words, to “get to the bottom of” fresh evidence about the News of [...]
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 [...]
Leveson inquiry: Nick Davies has been giving evidence on phone hacking at the News of the World. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Phone hacking: ‘NoW journalists deleted Milly Dowler voicemails’ The Guardian’s Nick Davies tells Leveson inquiry that private eye was ‘brilliant blagger’ but he only ‘facilitated’ paper’s actions reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 [...]
The family of Milly Dowling will give evidence on Monday to the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP / Rex Fea Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant and Dowlers to give evidence on Monday Actor and parents of murdered schoolgirl likely to be first of phone-hacking victims to give evidence reddit this Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 November 2011 [...]
Phone hacking: Hugh Grant is one of the most prominent critics of News International. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Leveson inquiry: QC claims mother of Hugh Grant’s baby was threatened Lawyer claims mother received menacing phone call when actor appeared on Question Time discussing phone hacking reddit this Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 November 2011 [...]
Nick Clegg: NI will not be absolved over Milly Dowler phone hacking Phone hacking: Nick Clegg at the Liberal Democrat autumn conference. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Deputy PM condemns News International after it confirmed negotiations with Dowler family for a £3m settlement reddit this Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 September 2011 15.38 BST Article [...]
News International offers Milly Dowler‘s family £3m settlement The £3m News International offer to Milly Dowler’s family is understood to include a £1m charity donation. Photograph: Surrey Police/PA Negotiations continuing on settlement understood to include personal £1m donation to charity by Rupert Murdoch reddit this Dan Sabbagh guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 September 2011 20.42 BST [...]
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 [...]
Glenn Mulcaire said he was ‘effectively employed’ by the News of the World from 2002 to 2007. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, has said that he only ever acted on instructions from his employers. The day after revelations that Sara Payne‘s [...]
Kate and Gerry McCann are some of many individuals who have benefitted from a ‘no win, no fee’ arrangement, which the government proposes to reform Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The present proposals by the Ministry of Justice to abolish the recovery by successful claimants of the success fees on “no win no fee” libel and privacy [...]
Hugh Grant signs a petition outside the Houses of Parliament calling for a full public inquiry into phone hacking. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA The actor Hugh Grant has called on David Cameron to “be a statesman” and expand the judge-led inquiry into the hacking scandal to include an examination of the “grotesque” power that newspaper proprietors hold [...]
JUAN GONZALEZ: Let’s look into something a little more important in the world right now. Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is engulfed in a growing scandal after new evidence emerged that his reporters in Britain paid corrupt police officers for story tips and hacked the voice-mails of thousands of people, from child murder victims to politicians to [...]
News International: Hacking away at the truth The BSkyB merger simply doesn’t pass the commonsense ‘bad smell’ test. Mr Hunt should put the decision on ice Share24 reddit this Comments (100) Editorial guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 July 2011 23.29 BST Article history The revelation that a private investigator working for the News of the World hacked [...]
