News of the World

News of the World editor, lover of Andy Coulson, protegee of Rupert Murdoch – the extent of Rebekah Brooks’s connections with the rich and powerful became clear during the phone-hacking trial.

Giving evidence for the first time, Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World, tells the phone hacking trial she did not know who private investigator Glenn Mulcaire was.

The phone hacking trial sees CCTV images from an underground car park, to illustrate an alleged plot to hide evidence from police.

Royal secrets read out in court as Prince William calls his future wife ‘babykins’, as the jury hears more allegations about the NOTW’s Clive Goodman. Here are five things we learned this week.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller tells the Commons that the newspaper industry’s proposals for self-regulation have been rejected – and that the government will now press ahead with its own charter.

Former MP Louise Mensch says Rupert Murdoch’s recall to appear before MPs is “partisan peacocking”. Lawyer Charlotte Harris says he must explain the discrepancy between his public and private views.

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.

“Incompetent” police, regrets over his own investigation, promises to protect Sun journalists: a secret recording reveals Rupert Murdoch’s real attitudes to the scandal that has engulfed his empire.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks denies phone hacking charges during an appearance at Southwark crown court.

Surrey police are accused of failing to investigate claims that Milly Dowler’s phone was hacked during their inquiry into the schoolgirl’s murder.

A deal that seems to have kept everyone happy – but will anything change? Business Correspondent Sarah Smith explains what difference the new regulator will make to victims of press mistreatment.

The editor and deputy editor of the People, and two former Mirror Group journalists, are arrested by police investigating alleged phone hacking.

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson appear in court in London on bribery charges.

Six journalists, including two who work at the Sun, are arrested as part of an investigation into phone hacking. Channel 4 News looks at who has been arrested and charged so far.

A 50-year-old police officer is arrested under Operation Elveden, the investigation largely focused on “inappropriate payments” by the media to police and public officials.