‘Yo Bex! It’s Dave. Da PM’ So what was actually said in those texts between David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks? The conversation might have gone like this … ‘It’s me, babes. DC xx’ Photograph: Andrew Parsons “Yo Bex! Luvved the headlines today. U R a stunna. xx” “Who’s this?” “It’s me, babes. DC [...]
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 [...]
Milly Dowler: police said because the full technical call data was missing, reaching a definitive conclusion may never be possible. Photograph: Surrey police/PA The full truth about the extent of hacking into Milly Dowler‘s phone may never be known, police have admitted. Their report to the Leveson inquiry followed an investigation lasting five months into the [...]
George Michael criticised the Daily Mail and ‘sham system’ he claimed failed to jail journalists for criminal activity. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA George Michael has claimed he rejected a request to testify at theLeveson inquiry, branding the investigation into phone hacking and media standards “bullshit”. The singer made his remarks in a series of tweets on Tuesday [...]
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 [...]
Philip Williams, the detective who led the original phone-hacking inquiry, told Leveson that News Corp‘s law firm supplied police with ‘limited evidence’. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The Leveson inquiry may be able to force News Corporation to hand over potentially incriminating papers about the firm’s hacking cover-up, despite its claiming legal privilege, a law professor has said. Professor Richard [...]
How convincing was Rupert Murdoch? The News Corp boss had several messages he wanted to get across at the Leveson inquiry. David Leigh assesses his success Piers Morgan said Rupert Murdoch phoned him every week when he was editor of News of the World, seen above in 1995. Photograph: Terry O’Neill/Getty Images How convincing was [...]
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 [...]
Suggested Topics Phone Hacking Police Security Law Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, could be charged with perverting the course of justice after her name was included among 11 suspects in the first files handed to prosecutors by detectives investigating phone hacking. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had received four [...]
Former NoW chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck has been re-arrested by Operation Weeting officers investigating phone hacking. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter of the News of the World, has been arrested on suspicion of intimidation of a witness. He was arrested by appointment at a central London police station at 4pm on Wednesday by [...]
Rebekah Brooks, the fomer Sun and News of the World editor, was among six arrested today in Operation Weeting‘s phone-hacking investigation. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA Rebekah Brooks is among six people arrested by Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, as part of the investigation into phone hacking. The [...]
James Murdoch, left, was seen as heir apparent to Rupert Murdoch until the UK phone-hacking scandal broke [Reuters] James Murdoch, the executive at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal at his father’s British newspapers, has resigned as executive chairman of News Corp‘s UK newspaper arm, the company has announced. News Corp said James, the youngest [...]
Rupert Murdoch’s Management and Standards Committee has given Scotland Yard access to an enormous reservoir of material from News International’s central computer servers. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images On Saturday morning, the police arrested four journalists who have worked for Rupert Murdoch. For a while, it looked as though these were yet more arrests of people related to the News [...]
News Corp subsidary paid Sadie Frost £50,000 and Jude Law £130,000 in damages for stories obtained by NoW phone hacking. Photograph: Jonathan Evans/Corbis A high court judge said the Murdoch-owned company behind the News of the World had made “an admission of sorts” that it engaged in a deliberate cover-up of evidence relating to phone hacking, on [...]
Actor Jude Law was among the phone hacking victims who received a settlement from News International. Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty News International has agreed to pay out to 37 victims of News of the World phone hacking, including Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Ashley Cole, in a series of settlements likely to land the publisher with a bill of [...]
We are beginning the new year with an in-depth look at what was the biggest media story of last year – the tabloid phone hacking scandal that shook the world’s most powerful media corporation and is sure to cause more tremors in the year to come. The big turning point in [...]
Phone hacking: the woman arrested is understood to be Cheryl Carter, former PA to Rebekah Brooks (above). Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images The long-serving personal assistant to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is understood to have been arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking. A 47-year-old woman, understood to be Brooks’s former PA Cheryl Carter, was [...]
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 [...]
Piers Morgan was questioned by inquiry counsel, Robert Jay QC, on Tuesday. Photograph: Pool/REUTERS It may be worthwhile noting that the word “refute” in the net headline should be used where evidence is offered to show that a proposition is true. He does not seem to have done that. Perhaps the word “denies” would have [...]
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 [...]
News of the World editor Colin Myler holds the last copy of the paper as his staff leave their offices for the last time. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Did a mistake in the Guardian’s Milly Dowler story cause the closure of the News of the World? The last 72 hours has seen a string of [...]
Former News of the World editor Colin Myler speaking at the Leveson inquiry. Photograph: Reuters Leveson calls NoW emails to women in Max Mosley story ‘frankly outrageous’ Judge challenges News of the World’s former editor, Colin Myler, over paper‘s ethos Lord Justice Leveson has branded emails sent by the News of the Worldto two women in [...]
Phone hacking: James Murdoch has told a parliamentary committee he did not read a crucial email indicating phone hacking went beyond one News of the World reporter. Photograph: Reuters James Murdoch: I didn’t read crucial phone-hacking email News International boss was sent email in 2008 showing practice went beyond rogue reporter Fresh questions about the [...]
James Murdoch admits receiving ‘hacking’ email link http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/dec/13/leveson-inquiry-tom-crone-julian-pike-live#block-70 Murdoch writes to DCMS select committee to say he did not read Crone note on Colin Myler email You definitely need a compass, a cut lunch and a hurricane lamp to even attempt to find what James of Team Murdoch is saying. But it does not look good. [...]
Glenn Mulcaire is attempting to force the News of the World‘s publisher to pay his legal costs relating to ongoing phone-hacking lawsuits. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Josh Halliday and agencies guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 13 December 2011 14.27 GMT Article history Glenn Mulcaire told the chief lawyer at the News of the World in 2007 that he was instructed by Ian Edmondson, the [...]
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 [...]
DAC Sue Akers gave evidence to the Commons committee into hacking earlier this year. Photograph: PA Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Saturday 10 December 2011 13.03 GMT Article history The final number of victims of the News of the World‘s phone-hacking operation is expected to be in the region of 800 people, Scotland Yard has said. This is a [...]
Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck has provided evidence accusing executives of ‘withholding information’. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA The News of the World‘s former chief reporter has provided written evidence to MPs accusing executives on the paper of “withholding information” about the extent of phone-hacking at the title from a parliamentary committee and other [...]
Phone hacking: Max Clifford was paid a settlement worth more than £650,000 by the publisher of the News of the World. Photograph: Stuart Wilson/Getty Images James Murdoch: I did not authorise Max Clifford phone-hacking settlement News Corp boss claims he did not sign off deal with publicist worth more than £650,000 James Murdoch has written to [...]
James Murdoch‘s lawyers have responded to a question from MPs by confirming that Tom Watson was put under surveillance. Photograph: PA James Murdoch‘s lawyers have confirmed that Labour MP Tom Watsonwas put under surveillance for a week in 2009, in a letter sent to Parliament. Three News International employees were involved in setting up the monitoring of [...]
Glenn Mulcaire: former private investigator for the News of the World. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images The private investigator Glenn Mulcaire is understood to have been arrested in connection with voicemail interception and perverting the course of justice. Detectives investigating phone hacking said a 41-year-old man was arrested at an address in London on Wednesday morning and was [...]
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 [...]
Mark Lewis has followed Alastair Campbell in giving evidence to the Leveson inquiry Leveson inquiry: Alastair Campbell and Alec Owens give evidence – live • The former deputy head of the UK’s data protection authority, Alec Owens, was warned by bosses that press was ‘too big’ to take on over private investigators • Mark Lewis, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Peter Hain – who has been warned that his computer may have been hacked – was Northern Ireland secretary from 2005-2007. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Geoff Newton Peter Hain warned computer may have been hacked by private detectives Police tell former Northern Ireland secretary he may have been targeted by investigators employed by News International reddit this Patrick [...]
Leveson inquiry: Kate and Gerry McCann have criticised press coverage of their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance. Photograph: Pool/Reuters Leveson inquiry: NI under pressure over Kate McCann diaries Madeleine McCann’s mother says she felt ‘totally violated’ as father demands investigation into how NoW got hold of diaries reddit this Josh Halliday and Lisa O’Carroll guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 November 2011 [...]
James Murdoch‘s departures come as he relocates from London to New York. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA James Murdoch remains executive chairman of News International but leaves board of NGN, the firm subject to civil lawsuits over phone hacking reddit this Dan Sabbagh guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 November 2011 14.37 GMT Article history James Murdoch has stepped down from [...]
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 [...]
Actor Hugh Grant is one of a range of witnesses to spell out how they suffered from phone-hacking [Reuters] The parents of a murdered British schoolgirl have pleaded for the country’s newspapers to curb phone hacking and covert photography practices as a public inquiry into UK media standards turned the spotlight on the celebrity obsessed press. The disclosure in [...]
Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant gives evidence – live Live coverage as the actor and murdered schoolgirl’s parents become the first alleged phone-hacking victims to give evidence Link to video live material at http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/2011/nov/21/leveson-inquiry-hugh-grant-dowlers-live 3.01pm: Most of Grant’s attack today appears aimed at the Daily Mail. 3.00pm: Grant says the Mail used “brinkmanship” to try and “stand [...]
Derek Webb says he was paid to follow scores of people, including such celebrities as Angelina Jolie, Princes William and Harry, and Tom Watson MP. Photograph: Manish Swarup/Associated Press News of the World private detective vows to expose tabloid stalker culture Derek Webb pledges to give evidence for people he followed who want to sue [...]
Phone hacking: Jude Law is among more than 60 alleged victims suing the former publisher of the News of the World. Photograph: Dave M Benett/Getty Images Phone-hacking victims must not launch ‘witch-hunt’, says News International Former News of the World publisher agrees to disclose information to claimants including Jude Law and Paul Gascoigne reddit [...]
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 [...]
Phone hacking: the names of nearly 30 News International staff appear in Glenn Mulcaire‘s notebooks, the Leveson inquiry has heard. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Phone hacking: ‘nearly 30 NI staff named in Glenn Mulcaire notes’ Leveson inquiry hears details of investigator’s work for News of the World, and suggestion he may have worked for Daily [...]
James and Rupert Murdoch: trapped in a soap that can distract from the real issues. Photograph: Sang Tan/AP Forget the Murdoch family drama – media power needs checking Beyond the soap opera of the News Corp succession, we must remember we got here because one group got too powerful reddit this Comments (40) Dan [...]
James Murdoch leaves parliament after appearing before the Commons culture committee. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA James Murdoch claims truth about phone-hacking was hidden from him War of words erupts as two ex-News of the World executives, Colin Myler and Tom Crone, refuse to take the blame reddit this James Robinson guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 November 2011 20.49 [...]
