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Mother of murdered Sarah Payne ‘targeted by phone hackers’
Sara Payne, the mother of a murdered child, is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking. As Rebekah Brooks calls the claim “abhorrent”, MP Chris Bryant tells Channel 4 News that’s “utter hypocrisy”.
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Murder victims’ body parts kept by police for years
Families of murder victims and people who died in suspicious circumstances have been told that Avon police may still be in possession of their loved ones’ body parts, years after burial.
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Phone hacking: the directory of inquiries
Investigating the hacking affair is turning into an industry of its own, with more than 10 bodies tasked with probing the scandal and its aftermath. Who are they?
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Undercover police officer was ‘agent provocateur’
Judges rule that undercover police officer Mark Kennedy unlawfully spied on climate change activists who were accused of planning to shut down the UK’s second largest power station.
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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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Yates: Police will be jailed over phone hack corruption
Scotland Yard chiefs are grilled by MPs over damaging evidence of links between the Met and suspects in the phone-hacking investigation.
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Met employed 10 more ex-News International staff
Ten former News International staff have worked at the Met Police, outgoing Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson revealed as he defended the Met’s role in the phone-hacking scandal in front of MPs.
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LIVE BLOG: the Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks face MPs
The “most humble” day of Rupert Murdoch’s life, apologies, regret, revelations and foam pie. As MPs grilled the key players in the phone-hack crisis, here’s how the day unfolded – start at the bottom.
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Met Police faces MPs over phone hacking
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, who resigned on Sunday, kicks off police evidence to MPs over the phone-hacking scandal.
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TV presenter felt ‘hunted’ by private investigators
Exclusive: Former Metropolitan police detective and Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames tells Channel 4 News she felt “hunted” by private investigators alleged to be working for the News of the World.
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John Yates quits Met Police insisting ‘conscience is clear’
John Yates of the Met Police becomes the second top-level police officer to resign because of the News of the World phone-hacking crisis, as Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.
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LIVE BLOG: John Yates resigns from Metropolitan Police
With today’s resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates, following yesterday’s decision by Sir Paul Stephenson to stand down, is the Metropolitan Police now a “rudderless ship”?
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NoW journalist worked as interpreter for Met
Exclusive: Channel 4 News has learned that a former senior journalist at the News of the World worked as a translator for the Met Police, whilst he was employed by the newspaper.
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Metropolitan police chief Sir Paul Stephenson quits
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson announces his resignation as the phone hacking scandal claims its latest victim. Read his full statement here.
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James Murdoch under pressure by shareholders
An influential investor in BSkyB tells our Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy that an increasing number of shareholders are calling for James Murdoch to step down as the company’s chairman.