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If the British press is out of control, what can be done?
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson on the steps that could be taken post-Leveson to tackle corrosive UK journalism.
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Video debate: after Leveson, what next for the media?
Is the Leveson inquiry revenge? Are censorship fears “nonsense”? And what about the internet? Krishnan Guru-Murthy and a panel of experts debate the future of the media in an online Google+ Hangout.
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LIVE BLOG: Murdochs at the Leveson Inquiry
James Murdoch appears before the Leveson Inquiry today, ahead of his father Rupert who will give evidence for two days on Wednesday and Thursday. Murdoch Jnr is due up before the Inquiry between 10am and 4.30pm. We’ll be live blogging all the action here and you can have your say on the day’s events as they unfold in the box below.
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NoW phone hack victims settle damage claims
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott and actor Jude Law are among several public figures who have settled damages claims in connection with News of the World phone hacking.
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Gerry and Kate McCann tell Leveson inquiry of media ordeal
The father of Madeleine McCann tells the Leveson inquiry it is “crass and insensitive” to suggest that engaging with the press to search for her should mean it is “open season”.
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‘Other papers’ hacked phones, Leveson inquiry hears
Private detective Glenn Mulcaire’s notebooks suggest he may have hacked phones for the Sun and the Daily Mirror as well as the News of the World, the Leveson inquiry hears. Andy Davies reports.
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‘Why I’m giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry’
Journalist Joan Smith gives her personal account of why she’s giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry, set up to look at the ethics and practices of the press in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
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Leveson inquiry into press ethics begins
An inquiry begins into the behaviour and practices of the press in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World.
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Michael Crick
News of the World’s alleged surveillance targets
We have found 153 names on the lists compiled by Derek Webb – people on which he says he was asked to carry out surveillance by the News of the World between 2003 and 2011. Michael Crick has the list.
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Hugh Grant hacked off at meeting with the PM
Hugh Grant tells Channel 4 News he “doesn’t buy” the prime minister’s tough line on the media, and is looking for genuine reform in the wake of phone hacking scandal.
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Dowler family’s ‘£3m compensation’ over hacking claims
News International is set to pay around £3m to settle phone-hacking claims by the family of murder victim Milly Dowler against the News of the World, as Simon Israel reports.
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JK Rowling ‘core participant’ in phone hacking inquiry
Dozens of alleged phone hacking victims, including Milly Dowler’s parents and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, are named as “core participants” in the first stage of the inquiry into the scandal.
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Rebekah Brooks apologises for ‘abhorrent’ phone hacking
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks expresses her ‘ultimate’ regret over her company’s slow response to the phone hacking crisis but denies she knew of any impropriety on her watch.
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Phone hacking scandal closes News of the World
The News of the World is to close because of the phone hacking scandal as the private investigator at the heart of the crisis tells Channel 4 News hack victims were chosen “by committee”.
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Phone hack victims could number 4,000 confirm Met Police
Police reveal there are 4,000 possible victims of phone hacking as the IPCC tells Channel 4 News it may move to take full control of an inquiry into alleged payments by journalists to Met officers.
