Phone hacking scandal: special report

More than £1m in damages are awarded to celebrities, including Paul Gascoigne, Sadie Frost, Shane Ritchie and Alan Yentob over phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers.

Mark Oaten was forced to resign in 2006 following his Lib Dem leadership bid, amid a NoW scandal about an affair. He later learned his phone was hacked and that he had never received crucial messages.

When the phone-hacking allegations piled up and eventually took down the News of the World, Hayley Barlow was there to witness it all. Here is her story.

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.

The UK’s three main political parties reach an agreement on establishing a new system of press regulation, a government source says.

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.

Police tell Mirror Group Newspapers it is under investigation over alleged illegal phone hacking carried out by former employees of the Sunday Mirror.

Operating as a private investigator without a licence is to become a criminal offence, under plans announced by Theresa May to tackle rogue elements in the industry.

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.

The first US lawsuit against News Corp is launched by the stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, over allegations that the Sun and the News of the World hacked her phone.

David Cameron’s former spin doctor denies charges of phone hacking and bribing of public officials while working as editor of the News of the World.

A former policeman and prison officer are imprisoned after selling information to the Sun newspaper about celebrities and James Bulger’s killer, Jon Venables.

Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator, tells Channel 4 News the deal struck between the three main parties means the end of a free press. Conservative MP George Eustice disagrees.

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.