Uk Phone Hacking Scandal

• Britain's David Cameron Sorry for Employing Andy Coulson

  British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a "full and frank" apology on Tuesday after his former media chief Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking, saying he had been wrong to hire him.

• Emails revealed phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch's tabloid

  The phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch's media company was revealed after the firm handed over three internal emails showing how to tap into the phones of senior politicians and royalty, a London court heard today.

• UK press moves court to stop regulation on media

  Britain's press is going to court in a bid to stop the imposition of new rules developed after the country's phone hacking scandal.

• Jury sworn in for Britain's phone-hacking trial

  A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

• UK phone hacking scandal: Journalist charged over theft of lawmaker's phone

  A journalist from The Sun newspaper has been charged in relation to the theft of a British lawmaker's mobile phone.

• Britain phone hacking scandal: Rebekah Brooks pleads not guilty

  Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.

• Sun journalist, UK military staff charged over royal stories

  British prosecutors on Wednesday charged The Sun tabloid's royal editor and two former staff at the military academy where Princes William and Harry trained, over the sale of stories for thousands of pounds.

• Royal phone scandal highlights new media risks

  Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based around prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain.

• UK phone hacking scandal: Leveson report to be released today amid censorship fears

  Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids.

• UK regulator clears BSkyB of links to hacking scandal

  Britain's media regulator gave pay-TV firm BSkyB a clean bill of health on Thursday, saying there was no evidence it was linked to a phone hacking scandal which engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, its largest shareholder.

• UK phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, 6 others to be charged

  Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief and Rupert Murdoch's former UK newspaper boss are to be charged with phone-hacking offences in the most significant development in a scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment.

• UK hacking scandal spreads, over 100 new claims emerge

  The police investigation spawned by last year's phone hacking scandal has spread to new UK tabloids, with detectives now seeking information from the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as Britain's Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said on Monday.

• UK police arrest 3 in phone hacking investigation

  Two former members of the National Health Service were arrested on Thursday by officers investigating corrupt links between police and journalists exposed by Britain's phone hacking scandal, Scotland Yard said.

• Cameron faces Murdoch storm at UK media probe

  British Prime Minister David Cameron, under fire for courting an exclusive media clique led by Rupert Murdoch, appeared before a judicial inquiry on Thursday to try and neuter claims his ministers tailored policy to further Murdoch's interests. Cameron's once cosy ties with Murdoch's inner circle mean he is under pressure to pull off a virtuoso per...

• British Prime Minister Cameron set for tough day at press inquiry

  British Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before Britain's press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.