Will the PM offer newspapers a last-chance saloon?
David Cameron could respond to the Leveson report, out on Thursday, by giving newspapers six months to devise a tougher, more independent system for self-regulation.
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Is it just us or is there a lot of chat about newspapers today? From Milly Dowler’s voicemail to David Cameron’s “lol” texts: Channel 4 News answers the who, why and what of the Leveson inquiry.
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David Cameron could respond to the Leveson report, out on Thursday, by giving newspapers six months to devise a tougher, more independent system for self-regulation.
Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and five other former News of the World journalists will face trial for charges related to phone-hacking in September 2013.
Ofcom rules that Sky, which is partially owned by the Murdoch family, should hold onto its broadcast licence in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
News International’s former legal affairs manager is arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.
The CPS has announced it intends to bring charges over phone-hacking against Andy Coulson, former no. 10 communications boss, as well as Rebekah Brooks and 6 others. But might things go even further and on to another level in these investigations?
Rebekah Brooks and David Cameron’s former communications adviser Andy Coulson are to be charged following an investigation into phone hacking at News International.
Summing up as the Leveson inquiry draws to a close, a lawyer tells the judge to ‘take a grip’ of the tabloid press.
MPs demand tighter controls of private investigators in the wake of the Glenn Mulcaire hacking scandal. Channel 4 News looks inside a shadowy industry.
The police watchdog launches an investigation into the conduct of a senior police officer in relation to his alleged knowledge that Milly Dowler’s mobile phone was hacked by the News of the World.
Sir John Major tells the Leveson inquiry that Rupert Murdoch instructed him before the 1997 election that his newspapers would not back him unless he changed his policies on Europe.
Not the hacking of Millie Dowler’s phone. Not even the allegation that someone may even have deleted several of her messages. No, today’s charges by the CPS against Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, the current head of security at News International, and others, are allegations of cover-up.
Labour steps up demands for Jeremy Hunt to resign amid fresh claims the Culture Secretary colluded with Rupert Murdoch’s empire in a bid to block a public inquiry into phone hacking.
Leveson: a News Corp lobbyist’s email suggests that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt asked him for private advice about the government’s stance on phone-hacking.