John Whittingdale: the minister, the papers and the dominatrix
We will probably never know if the newspapers that didn’t publish the Whittingdale story were hoping to apply pressure to the Culture Secretary.
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We will probably never know if the newspapers that didn’t publish the Whittingdale story were hoping to apply pressure to the Culture Secretary.
Labour is demanding that Culture Secretary John Whittingdale withdraws from decisions about press regulation after confirming he had a relationship with a sex worker.
The Sun is backing the SNP in Scotland. Does Britain’s biggest-selling paper still have the power to win elections… if it ever did?
Former Surrey Police constable Simon Quinn is jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office.
In order to tell the truth about the world of tabloid editors and their political friends, you have to depict a world with no light or saving human virtues.
It was the trial that had everything – cats, pizzas, witches and Fairy Liquid. Here’s an alphabetical guide to what happened over eight months at the Old Bailey’s court 12.
Gemma Dowler calls on the prime minister to keep the promises he made to her family that press regulation would be strengthened. Her teenage sister Milly’s phone was hacked after she disappeared.
It was one of the longest trials in English legal history that changed the media landscape and gave the public an unflinching glimpse into the lives of the rich and famous.
Jurors fail to reach verdicts on two remaining charges facing the PM’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-NoW royal editor Clive Goodman, as the phone-hacking judge tells off politicians.
There was no shortage of people advising David Cameron to drop Andy Coulson after he won the 2010 election. But Coulson followed the Tory leader into No 10.
As David Moyes licks his wounds, a victim of his predecessor’s success, Channel 4 News would like him to take heart – there are many who have been forced to live in the shadow of “giants”.
The official version of events is that the prime minister was taken by surprise by Maria Miller’s resignation, but my sources tell me the decision was made to “get rid of her”.
Maria Miller has resigned as culture secretary due to the row over her expenses, Downing Street says. She will be replaced by Sajid Javid, the MP for Bromsgrove.
Things are not looking great for Maria Miller. One government source put her chances of surviving the week “no better than 60 per cent”.
Grant Shapps defends the adviser to Maria Miller, who alluded to the Leveson inquiry when speaking to a journalist investigating her boss.