Rupert Murdoch

As Lord Prescott and three others win a bid to launch a legal challenge over police handling of the phone-hacking case, Brian Paddick tells Channel 4 News the ruling is a “major breakthrough”.

Silverstone – the home of the British Grand Prix – shows off its new £27million pits and paddock complex – as speculation continues over the ownership of Formula One’s worldwide commercial rights.

As the News of the World settles with actor Sienna Miller, a second newspaper now faces phone hacking proceedings, Channel 4 News understands.

There is “absolutely no point” in launching a criminal probe into whether police officers were paid by newspapers for information, former Metropolitan police boss Brian Paddick tells Channel 4 News.

Four alleged phone hacking victims, including actor Sienna Miller, should be given the go ahead to launch compensation claims against News of the World later this year, according to a judge.

The News of the World prints a public apology to the victims of the phone-hacking scandal, promising to compensate individuals, as Sienna Miller vows to fight the “outrageous abuse” of her privacy.

News International will pay out millions of pounds compensation to public figures over the News of the World phone hacking allegations. The scandal is “far from over”, says Tom Watson MP.

Police investigating claims that the News of the World hacked into people’s mobile phones arrest the paper’s former head of news and its current chief reporter, as Carl Dinnen reports.

As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives initial approval to News Corp’s plans to take over BSkyB, he tells Channel 4 News the move strengthens safeguards on plurality of media ownership.

Sky News will be spun off by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, allowing the media mogul’s proposed deal to take full control of BSkyB to go ahead with Government backing.

Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reacts to the rumours that Sky News could be sold and looks at the possible ramifications.

Bob Crow has asked police to investigate suspicions of phone-hacking. The RMT Union leader fears he may have been targeted by journalists between 2000 and the present day.

The acting head of the Metropolitan Police faces questioning over the handling of phone-hacking allegations at the News of the World after a fresh criminal investigation is launched.

As police launch a fresh investigation into claims of phone-hacking at the News of the World, a Conservative MP tells Channel 4 News it raises serious questions about the Met’s handling of the case.