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Politicians and the press: a dangerous moment?
As the Prime Minister agrees to enquiries into phone hacking by the press, civil war breaks out at News International. Political Editor Gary Gibbon has the latest.
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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its bid to take over BSkyB. News Corp CEO Chase Carey said it had become “too difficult to progress in this climate”.
Rupert Murdoch withdraws his BSkyB takeover bid as David Cameron vows to end the “ugly chapter” of phone hacking. Here’s how the day unfolded.
Four current and former Metropolitan police chiefs are set to be grilled by MPs about Scotland Yard’s failure to uncover the scale of the phone hacking scandal during the initial police investigation.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been told by police that his bank accounts and his son’s medical records may have been illegally accessed by News International newspapers.
As it emerges that relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan may have had their phones hacked, the Royal British Legion drops the the News of the World as its campaigning partner.
The News of the World is to close because of the phone hacking scandal as the private investigator at the heart of the crisis tells Channel 4 News hack victims were chosen “by committee”.
As the Prime Minister agrees to enquiries into phone hacking by the press, civil war breaks out at News International. Political Editor Gary Gibbon has the latest.
Rupert Murdoch is standing by Rebekah Brooks as calls grow for her to resign from News International because of the phone hacking scandal. Add your voice to the live blog.
David Cameron calls for a public and independent inquiry into “disgusting” phone-hacking allegations as Rupert Murdoch backs former NOTW editor Rebekah Brooks.
“This is a matter which touches many aspects of our public life – politics, policing, and media ethics – and potential conspiracies between several of them.”
Alex Thomson says that following allegations that News of the World tapped Milly Dowler’s mobile phone messages, the wider hacking scandal has been propelled into very dark territories.
The parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were contacted by detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World, it has emerged.
Milly Dowler’s family have been told by police that the News of the World may have hacked the phone of their daughter Milly while she was missing.
The Government says it is ready to accept the Murdoch-owned News Corporation takeover of BSkyB, but a Labour MP brands the move as a “seedy deal”.
The Metropolitan Police’s investigation into hacking has widened from allegations of voicemail interception to that of emails and computer files, Channel 4 News has learned.