Entries by Stephen Hull from 11/2011

Carole Caplin Wins Tony Blair 'Sex Secrets' Libel Case Against The Daily Mail

Posted 11.01.2011 | UK

Carole Caplin, Cherie Blair's former lifestyle guru, has won her defamation claim against the Daily Mail after it falsely accused her of wanting to se...

BBC Cuts Were Not 'Sufficiently Stretching' Says Report

Posted 11.01.2011 | UK

A BBC efficiency drive that saved hundred of millions of pounds could potentially have saved even more money, according to a National Audit Office rep...

Tom Watson: 'New Phone Hacking Evidence Is Devastating'

Posted 11.02.2011 | UK

Tom Watson, the MP central to chasing down the phone hacking inquiry, has described new evidence against News Of The World as "devastating". On Tue...

BBC Apologies For Using 'Misleading' Andrew Tyrie MP Footage Suggesting He'd Been Silenced

Posted 11.02.2011 | UK

The BBC has broadcast an apology to Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie for using footage that gave a "misleading impression" that he had been silenced by Do...

Mind Bending Evolution Of Western Dance Music Over Last 100 Years

Posted 11.02.2011 | UK Entertainment

If you think you know your reggae from your dub, trip hop from speed garage, acid house from US garage and breakbeat from happy house - then think aga...

Liz Jones Daily Mail: I Stole My Boyfriend's Sperm To Get Pregnant

Posted 11.03.2011 | UK

Liz Jones, the Daily Mail columnist, has sparked outrage, amusement and bemusement after claiming she once stole her boyfriend’s sperm so she could ...

Skyfall James Bond: Five Other Skyfalls You Might Not Have Heard Of According To Wikipedia

Posted 11.03.2011 | UK Entertainment

Skyfall, the new James Bond film, has left a few people scratching their heads about where it came from. So, if you need to brush up on your Skyfa...

Murdoch Writes Off $91m For Shutting News Of The World In Hacking Scandal

Posted 11.03.2011 | UK

Closing the News of the World cost Rupert Murdoch's News Corp $91m (£57.2m), the company has announced....

Britain's 124,000 Lost Asylum Seekers Revealed In New Report

Posted 11.04.2011 | UK Politics

Border officials have lost track of a population of asylum seekers and migrants the size of Cambridge, a critical report by MPs has said. UK Border...

Michael Jackson Jury Starts Considering Verdict On Conrad Murray

Posted 11.04.2011 | Huffington Post

The case against the doctor accused of killing Michael Jackson has been handed over to the jury, with deliberations set to begin on Friday. The sev...

Network Rail Accused As Faulty Points Blamed For Crash

Posted 11.04.2011 | UK

Badly maintained points caused the death of a woman in the Grayrigg train crash, an inquest jury has ruled. Margaret Masson, 84, died after a Virgi...

Alan McGee Phone Hacking Exclusive: Police Probe If News Of The World Hacked Creation Records Founder

Posted 11.06.2011 | UK

Alan McGee, the founder of Creation Records, has been told he could have had his phone hacked by News of the World. He was informed in a letter tha...

News Of The World Hired Investigators To Spy On Hacking Victims' Lawyers

Posted 11.07.2011 | Huffington Post

The News of the World hired a specialist private investigator to run covert surveillance on two of the lawyers representing phone-hacking victims as p...

Hannah Richards Fired From Young Apprentice 2011 By Lord Sugar After Failing In Floristry Task

Posted 11.07.2011 | UK Entertainment

Hannah Richards has been fired from the Young Apprentice after wilting in a task to sell flowers. The 16-year-old from Berkshire became the third p...

Hannah Richards Young Apprentice 2011: First Interview After Being Fired By Lord Sugar

Posted 11.07.2011 | UK Entertainment

Hannah Richards has been fired from the Young Apprentice after wilting in a task to sell flowers. The 16-year-old from Berkshire became the third p...

Phone Hacking: Top 10 Must Read Stories Ahead Of James Murdoch's Committee Meeting

Posted 11.08.2011 | UK

Phone hacking at News of the World has started to make its way back up the news agenda after a series of new revelations about the activities of journ...

Red Arrows: Pilot Dies After Incident At RAF Scampton

Posted 11.08.2011 | UK
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A Red Arrows pilot has been killed after he was ejected from his aircraft while on the ground at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, the RAF has said. Me...

Prince William, Daniel Radcliffe and Gary Lineker 'Followed' By News Of The World

Posted 11.08.2011 | UK

Prince William, Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe and former England footballer Gary Lineker were all covertly surveyed by News of the World, it has...

London Olympic HMS Belfast Poster: 2012 Organisers Reveal Truth Of 'Simple Mistake'

Posted 11.09.2011 | UK

London Olympic 2012 organisers are performing a world class sprint of their own after a mistake worthy of gold medal status. New posters promoting ...

For Neville, Harry Potter and Longbottom: How Twitter Reacted To James Murdoch's Phone Hacking Hearing

Posted 11.10.2011 | UK

“For Neville” started trending on Twitter today after James Murdoch’s appearance - but for the wrong reason. Most people mistakenly thought i...

For Neville Phone Hacking: James Murdoch Accused Of Being Mafia Boss By Tom Watson

Posted 11.10.2011 | UK

James Murdoch was sensationally accused of being a Mafia boss by Tom Watson as he faced a fierce grilling over News of the World phone hacking on Thur...

Phone Hacking: Rebekah Brooks Thought Tom Watson Was 'Mad'

Posted 11.10.2011 | UK

Rebekah Brooks had a “pathological” hate for phone hacking MP Tom Waston and thought he was “mad,” it has emerged. During the grilling of N...

James Murdoch Accuses Colin Myler And Tom Crone Of Misleading MPs Over Phone Hacking

Posted 11.10.2011 | Huffington Post

James Murdoch has accused former News of the World editor Colin Myler and legal chief Tom Crone of misleading MPs about what he knew about phone-hacki...

Phone-Hack Squad Examining '300m Emails'

Posted 11.11.2011 | UK

Scotland Yard's phone-hacking squad is working its way through 300 million emails from News International, the force's chief has disclosed. ...

News Of The World 'Followed Every Phone Hacking MP For Three Days'

Posted 11.12.2011 | UK Politics

Every single member of the parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking was followed for three days by private investigators and staff at News ...