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Yard’s ‘poor judgement’ in hiring Neil Wallis
Professional boundaries were “blurred” when the Metropolitan police hired a former News of the World executive as their PR adviser, according to a report by the police watchdog.
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Yates distances himself from decisions to hire Wallis
Outgoing Met Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates denies recommending former News of the World Deputy Editor Neil Wallis or his daughter for jobs at Scotland Yard.
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Met’s PR boss knew of Yates’ friendship with Wallis
Dick Fedorcio says he approached John Yates to carry out “due diligence” on former NoW executive Neil Wallis – a claim which Mr Yates denied in his evidence.
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Forwarding CVs ‘perfectly acceptable’, says Yates
As former police chief John Yates defends helping to find a job for Neil Wallis’s daughter, emails seen by Channel 4 News suggest the referring of friends for jobs was commonplace at the Met.
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Arrested NoW man worked for Met and dined with top police
The latest man arrested in the News of the World phone-hack inquiry worked as a PR consultant for the Met Police. Neil Wallis also dined with top officers Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates.
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Mulcaire and Goodman: phone hacking trial week 5
From David Cameron’s private birthday party to what Rebekah Brooks thought about Andy Coulson’s government job: here’s the five things you need to know about week five of the phone-hacking trial.
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Prince Harry, David Blunkett: phone-hacking trial week 3
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.
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Charles Clarke tells how tabloids pursued false affair claim
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.
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Eye spy: crackdown on rogue private investigators
Operating as a private investigator without a licence is to become a criminal offence, under plans announced by Theresa May to tackle rogue elements in the industry.
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Murdoch tape: MP calls for police investigation
An MP says that a tape revealing what Rupert Murdoch really made of the scandal that engulfed his empire should be in the hands of the police.
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Cameron abandons all-party talks on press freedom
Cross-party talks on proposed reforms to press regulation have broken down after Prime Minister David Cameron told the other party leaders that the gap between them was too great.
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Video debate: after Leveson, what next for the media?
Is the Leveson inquiry revenge? Are censorship fears “nonsense”? And what about the internet? Krishnan Guru-Murthy and a panel of experts debate the future of the media in an online Google+ Hangout.
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Leveson inquiry: where do they stand?
The findings of the Leveson inquiry, which calls for an independent regulator underpinned by statute, have polarised opinion – but who thinks what?
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NoW man admits advising two candidates who became Met boss
A former News of the World executive tells the Leveson inquiry that he advised two former senior policemen on how to get the job of Scotland Yard commissioner.
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Met’s public affairs chief Dick Fedorcio resigns
Scotland Yard’s head of communications quits after the police decide to launch disciplinary proceedings against him.