Leveson Inquiry

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.

In a hastily-arranged press conference at Downing Street, David Cameron announces cross-party talks on press reforms have “concluded without agreement”.

Party leaders spend 45 minutes thrashing out a deal on the Leveson proposal and after “good talks” agree to reconvene on Monday. But what is the hold up and how close are we to a consensus?

David Cameron has presented draft proposals for press regulation that reject Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendation of statutory backing.

A special adviser triggers fresh post-Leveson media fears after issuing an apparent warning to The Telegraph, underlining the culture secretary’s influence and connections.

The findings of the Leveson inquiry, which calls for an independent regulator underpinned by statute, have polarised opinion – but who thinks what?

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.

Speaking after the Leveson report, the father of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal in 2007, says the intrusion his family suffered proves the media cannot be trusted to regulate itself.

Only 12 pages in the 2,000-page Leveson report deal with the internet, triggering criticism that his recommendations are outdated. But is the 63-year-old actually a trail-blazer?

Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward broke the Watergate scandal, tells Channel 4 News there is “no need whatsoever in a free society” for a separate code regulating newspapers’ behaviour.