News of the World

Senior police officer April Casburn “undermined” phone hacking investigations when she called the News of the World offering information, a court heard.

A senior police officer accused of selling information to the News of the World over phone hacking says she was “foolish” to contact the paper but denies having ever discussed payment, a court heard.

Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn committed a “gross breach” of public trust by trying to sell information about a phone hacking investigation to the News of the World, a court heard today.

Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks and three others will be charged in relation to alleged payments for information, the director of public prosecutions says.

Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and five other former News of the World journalists will face trial for charges related to phone-hacking in September 2013.

A senior detective at the Metropolitan police is charged with offering information to the News of the World newspaper.

In an interview with Cathy Newman at the Liberal Democrat party conference, Energy Secretary Ed Davey gives support to leader Nick Clegg, denying reports he is part of a secret plot to replace him.

Parents and grandparents will be allowed to draw on their pension pots to secure deposits for young family members in a bid to boost home ownership, Nick Clegg says.

Ofcom rules that Sky, which is partially owned by the Murdoch family, should hold onto its broadcast licence in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.

Two more journalists are arrested by police forces investigating allegations of phone hacking.

David Cameron’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson was among seven people in court earlier charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal.

Summing up as the Leveson inquiry draws to a close, a lawyer tells the judge to ‘take a grip’ of the tabloid press.

Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire loses a supreme court fight to keep the identity of the person who instructed him to intercept messages a secret.

The police watchdog launches an investigation into the conduct of a senior police officer in relation to his alleged knowledge that Milly Dowler’s mobile phone was hacked by the News of the World.