Rebekah Brooks

Reaction and analysis as Rebekah Brooks quits News International over phone-hacking, plus the rest of the day’s developments. Add your voice to the live blog or on Twitter #c4news.

In a career covering more than two decades, Rebekah Brooks has made a lasting impression on the tabloid media landscape, Channel 4 News looks back at her achievements.

The mogul was “humbled” and held his head in his hands as he apologised to the Dowlers. In another dramatic day in the phone hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks has resigned from News International.

Rebekah Brooks resigns as Chief Executive of News International after almost two weeks of intense pressure over phone-hacking allegations.

The latest man arrested in the News of the World phone-hack inquiry worked as a PR consultant for the Met Police. Neil Wallis also dined with top officers Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates.

A defiant Rupert Murdoch says he will challenge some of the “total lies” said in Parliament as he and his son are summoned to appear before MPs.

David Cameron joins the Liberal Democrats in support of Labour’s motion calling on Rupert Murdoch to drop his takeover of BSkyB in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.

Rupert Murdoch has been urged to abandon his takeover bid for BSkyB after it emerged that all three main parties will back a call for him to drop his plans.

David Cameron sets out an independent inquiry into phone hacking led by Lord Justice Leveson, saying that anyone involved in illegal activity, however high up, must play no part in the UK media.

The phone numbers of Britain’s top policemen, including John Yates and former Met Commissioner Lord Blair, were on lists obtained by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt refers the takeover bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission after News Corp withdraws plans to hive off Sky News.

The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has called on former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks to resign from her post as chief executive of News International.

As the News of the World closure fails to quell the phone-hacking controversy at Rupert Murdoch’s News International, Channel 4 News looks at some of the oustanding questions.

Currently Dow Jones CEO, Les Hinton has worked with Rupert Murdoch for more than 50 years. But attention is now focused on his time between 1995 and 2007, when he was in charge of News International.

Rebekah Brooks, the News International chief executive, is expected to be interviewed by police investigating the phone-hacking and bribery scandal at the News of the World, according to reports.