Alex Thomson
It’s not just phones that have been hacked, it’s British power
It has been called the Trial of the Century and cost millions of pounds. But the phone hacking trial also raises serious questions about our political system.
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Alex Thomson
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‘I suspect Murdoch regrets shutting NoW’
Former News of the World Managing Editor Stuart Kuttner tells Channel 4 News that the closure of the News of the World was a bleak day for the paper’s hardworking staff – and their readers.
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Judge tells off Cameron for talking too soon on Coulson
Jurors fail to reach verdicts on two remaining charges facing the PM’s former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-NoW royal editor Clive Goodman, as the phone-hacking judge tells off politicians.
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Gary Gibbon
Did Cameron turn a blind eye to Coulson?
There was no shortage of people advising David Cameron to drop Andy Coulson after he won the 2010 election. But Coulson followed the Tory leader into No 10.
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Rebekah Brooks: social butterfly with an iron will
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.
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Gary Gibbon
Blair’s email and reputation
Tony Blair’s reported words of comfort and advice to Rebekah Brooks just as the News of the World had been accused of hacking into Millie Dowler’s phone will make some feel pretty squeamish.
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Cathy Newman
Memories of Battersea and being mistaken for a famous actress
I went as a cub reporter for the Independent newspaper, and one of Mr Murdoch’s new recruits, film critic Barry Norman, made my day by inexplicably mistaking me for the actress Cate Blanchett.
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Rupert Murdoch delivers 2013 Lowy lecture
Full speech: News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch delivers the 10th Lowy lecture in Sydney, Australia.
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Health minister: ‘we cannot have lapses in service’
Health Minister Lord Howe tells Channel 4 News that NHS Direct could not afford to deliver the 111 service at the price it bid for and confirms that a search for a replacement is taking place.
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Gary Gibbon
Murdoch responds to secret tape
Rupert Murdoch writes to MPs to explain his words in a recording made secretly during what he said was an ’emotional’ meeting with staff caught up in the phone-hacking scandal.
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Murdoch regrets ‘overly emotional’ taped comments
Two weeks after Channel 4 News exposed a tape of Rupert Murdoch branding the police inquiry into allegations of corrupt payments “incompetent”, the media boss reveals his regret.
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Is Murdoch’s recall to parliament just posturing?
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.
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Police to investigate Rupert Murdoch’s knowledge of bribes
Rupert Murdoch is to give evidence to MPs over revelations in a recording broadcast by Channel 4 News, as it emerges police are to investigate what he knew about payments to police and officials.
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Murdoch tape: MP calls for police investigation
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.
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Revealed: the Rupert Murdoch tape
“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.
