Leveson – more party talks next week
The PM is said to have promised a draft bill along the lines of what Lord Justice Leveson asked for, but it looks like a measure to keep opinion on-side and look willing.
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Allegations of the hacking of people connected to two former home secretaries and the fourth in line to the throne: our summary of what happened in the past week at the Old Bailey.
The former home secretary told the phone hacking trial how he faced false rumours that he was having an affair with a “blonde, attractive” aide.
Former home secretary David Blunkett called journalists “hyenas” and admitted he was struggling to “cope” with the media, in voicemails that were hacked amid accusations of a second affair.
Allegations about the removal of notebooks and computers, plus evidence of the alleged hacking of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone: our round-up of the week’s events at the Old Bailey.
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks ordered an elaborate cover-up operation in order to hide notebooks and computers from police, the Old Bailey hears.
A prosecutor says three senior journalists at the defunct News of the World tabloid have already pleaded guilty to hacking phones.
As the government unveils new rules on lobbying, David Cameron denies he was lobbied on tobacco policy by his party election strategist Lynton Crosby.
The editor of Britain’s biggest-selling tabloid leaves the paper for a senior advisory role on the day that two Sun journalists are charged under Operation Elveden.
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.
As a senior counter-terrorism detective is found guilty of trying to sell information to the News of the World, Scotland Yard says she has betrayed her colleagues.
A senior police officer accused of selling information to the News of the World over phone hacking says she was “foolish” to contact the paper but denies having ever discussed payment, a court heard.
The PM is said to have promised a draft bill along the lines of what Lord Justice Leveson asked for, but it looks like a measure to keep opinion on-side and look willing.
Leveson verdict: the signs are that David Cameron is not ready to jump up and accept this proposal.
Kweku Adoboli has been jailed for seven years in an emblematic case which exposes a culture that prevailed both before and after the financial meltdown.
Prime Minister David Cameron faces fresh embarrassment over text exchanges with former News International boss Rebekah Brooks, after messages between the pair were published by a newspaper.