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Phone hacking was ‘shameful’ – NI lawyer
Phone hacking by the News of the World was “wrong, shameful and should never have happened,” News International’s lawyer tells the Leveson inquiry.
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‘I will be cleared’ says ex NoW man Neville Thurlbeck
The man at the centre of the phone-hacking inquiry Neville Thurlbeck tells Channel 4 News James Murdoch was “seriously misled by senior executives on the News of the World”.
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More than 3,000 arrests following August’s riots
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that 3,003 people have been arrested and 1,931 charges or cautions made for crimes connected with August’s rioting in London.
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Hugh Grant hacked off at meeting with the PM
Hugh Grant tells Channel 4 News he “doesn’t buy” the prime minister’s tough line on the media, and is looking for genuine reform in the wake of phone hacking scandal.
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Dizaei reinstated after appeal – then suspended
Former police chief Ali Dizaei, facing trial for corruption, tells Channel 4 News he will keep fighting to clear his name after being suspended by Scotland Yard despite winning his appeal.
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Ex-Met chief to lead Labour police review
A review of policing headed by former Scotland Yard chief Lord Stevens is to be set up by Labour, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper will announce at the party’s conference in Liverpool.
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‘Met police will be world’s best’ vows Hogan-Howe
As Scotland Yard’s new commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe pledges to make the country’s biggest police force the “best in the world,” his appointment still rankles with some officers across the country.
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Bernard Hogan-Howe named as Met police chief
Bernard Hogan-Howe, a former Merseyside police chief renowned for his tough tactics against gangs, is named the new head of Scotland Yard.
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FactCheck: The Met’s bombshell bill for the London riots
After the funeral of Mark Duggan today, whose death sparked the riots a month ago, it is understood that police forces from Cornwall to Northumbria will finally leave the capital – ending four weeks of unprecedented extra support for the Metropolitan Police. Will the government pay up, or will the police foot the bill? FactCheck investigates.
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Four officers under investigation for Duggan shooting
Not one, but four officers involved in the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan, an incident which sparked the London riots last month, are under investigation, Channel 4 News understands.
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Man arrested over phone hacking leaks
A 30-year-old man has been arrested in North London in connection with the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
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Teen held over Notting Hill carnival stabbing
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a man was stabbed at the Notting Hill carnival, Scotland Yard says.
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Libyan diplomat named as Yvonne Fletcher suspect
A man seen shooting from the Libyan embassy on the day of the policewoman’s death is identified for the first time, as detectives prepare to pursue the murder hunt in Libya.
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Tony Blair: ‘disaffected youths to blame for riots’
Former prime minister Tony Blair warns that blaming the England riots on a moral decline is wrong, and the focus should instead be placed on dysfunctional families.
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Police release more images after London riots
The Metropolitan Police has released a further 39 images of people it would like to speak with in connection to the London riots.