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The horse and cart problem of the hacking inquiry
Lord Justice Leveson launched his media inquiry with a “look but don’t touch” no questions press conference. I wonder if he was influenced by Sir John Chilcot’s experience, blogs Gary Gibbon.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating Surrey Police over allegations one of their officers gave the News of the World information about the Milly Dowler murder case.
A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking. The man is believed to be former News of the World newsdesk editor Greg Miskiw.
A former manager at the News of the World, understood to be Stuart Kuttner, has been quizzed over phone hacking. As Carl Dinnen reports, payments to Glenn Mulcaire would have gone through his office.
Glenn Mulcaire, who went to jail over phone-hacking, acted “on the instructions of others” according to his lawyers, as MPs ask News International’s James Murdoch to clarify his evidence in writing.
Exclusive: Channel 4 has learnt that the Metropolitan Police is launching a new formal investigation into computer hacking.
Lord Justice Leveson launched his media inquiry with a “look but don’t touch” no questions press conference. I wonder if he was influenced by Sir John Chilcot’s experience, blogs Gary Gibbon.
The first public hearings in the inquiry into phone hacking will be held in September, and will focus initially on the relationship between the press and the public, Lord Justice Leveson confirms.
Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered child, is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking. As Rebekah Brooks calls the claim “abhorrent”, MP Chris Bryant tells Channel 4 News that’s “utter hypocrisy”.
I’m in South Africa filming a Channel 4 documentary (about which more at a later date) and have stumbled across an intriguing by-product of the phone-hacking scandal that the British government may not have thought about.
News Corporation’s marketing arm falls under the scrutiny of the US Justice Department, over allegations that it hacked into the computers of a rival firm.
News Corp CEO James Murdoch has insisted to MPs that he was truthful when he answered questions in Parliament about the phone-hacking scandal.
David Cameron says James Murdoch has “questions to answer” in Parliament after an MP refers the tycoon’s phone-hacking evidence to Scotland Yard.
Channel 4 News learns that media lawyer Mark Stephens may have been a target of phone hacking by the News of the World, as police investigate alleged attacks on the voicemails of solicitors.
Investigating the hacking affair is turning into an industry of its own, with more than 10 bodies tasked with probing the scandal and its aftermath. Who are they?
Piers Morgan has demanded an apology from MP Louise Mensch for her allegations that he boated in his book The Insider of phone hacking to win Scoop of the Year. Was Mensch right about Morgan or was it a smear?