Newspapers shun government’s royal charter on press regulation
The gulf between the newspaper industry and the politicians’ plans for regulating them is yawning wider than ever.
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The strange world of the courts is finally opening up to TV audiences. Former court reporter Patrick Worrall wonders what viewers will make of it all.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson were having an affair, which had lasted at least six years, a court hears.
A prosecutor says three senior journalists at the defunct News of the World tabloid have already pleaded guilty to hacking phones.
The gulf between the newspaper industry and the politicians’ plans for regulating them is yawning wider than ever.
The UK’s three main political parties reach an agreement on establishing a new system of press regulation, a government source says.
David Cameron welcomes agreement on press regulation, saying it is not a “press law”. But Labour and Liberal Democrats say the deal involves a royal charter backed by law. So what was agreed?
Six journalists, including two who work at the Sun, are arrested as part of an investigation into phone hacking. Channel 4 News looks at who has been arrested and charged so far.
“Outrageous”, “reckless” and “frankly appalling”: Lord Justice Leveson delivers a damning verdict on the press. But David Cameron says he has “serious concerns” about the proposal of a new press law.
Lord Justice Leveson’s given his verdict on the press – but what does it mean? Join Channel 4 News and the LSE in an online debate with the key players, on Google+ on Friday at 12.15pm.
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.