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Sue Akers, Scotland Yard's Phone Hacking Inquiry Chief, To Retire

PA | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK

The senior policewoman leading Scotland's Yard investigation into illegal newsgathering is to retire after the Olympics, the Met has confirmed. Dep...

Facebook Versus the Shareholder Spring

Lucy P. Marcus | Posted 18.07.2012 | UK Tech
Lucy P. Marcus

Over the years Facebook will need to grapple with many issues that affect the development of the company and the lives of its users, from growth to innovating ahead of the curve, and from privacy to social responsibility.

Straw: I Used To 'Gossip' With Rebekah Brooks Weekly On The Train

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Politics

Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train every week. Straw said he "made arrangements" ...

Murdoch Empire Spent £53m In Phone Hacking Probe

PA | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group has spent more than £53 million on its own investigation of the phone hacking and illegal payments scandal, ...

Phone Hacking Charges No More Than A 'Witch Hunt' And 'An Expensive Sideshow'

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Rebekah Brooks angrily attacked police and prosecutors for dragging her friends and family into the phone hacking scandal tonight as she said she was ...

Rebekah Brooks Charged

Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie Brooks have been charged with perverting the course of justice during...

Angry Students Call For Brooks To Be Stripped Of Honorary Fellowship

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief, may lose her honorary fellowship at the University of Arts, London, after students and staff rene...

D-Day For Brooks As CPS Decide Whether To Prosecute

PA | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks finds out on Tuesday if she will be charged with perverting the course of justice during the ...

Jeremy Hunt Can't Dodge Parliament Because Of Leveson, Rules Speaker

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK Politics

Jeremy Hunt has been warned by the Speaker of the Commons that he cannot use his forthcoming appearance before the Leveson Inquiry to avoid answering ...

NI Accuses Leveson Counsel Of 'Fantasy' Allegations

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK

News International hit out today at "fantasy" allegations made about Rupert Murdoch's "sinister" back-room dealings with politicians. Robert Jay QC...

Former NI Boss Slams Commons Hacking Report

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.05.2012 | UK

Former News International boss Les Hinton has hit back at a report by MPs on the phone-hacking scandal, accusing them of "misreading" evidence. The...

Bryant: Hunt May Have Committed A 'Criminal Offence'

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Politics

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt may have committed a "criminal offence" if his office is found to have given News International about its BSkyB bid, acc...

Harman: Hunt Should Resign For Murdoch 'Colluding'

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK Politics

Harriet Harman has launched a blistering attack on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, saying he should resign as he "obviously wasn't impartial" in decidi...

Rebekah Brooks' Career 'Defined By Controversy'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK

Rebekah Brooks had devoted more than half her life to serving the British arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire before her resignation in th...

Mysteries Over Coulson's Security Clearance

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Politics

Labour MP Tom Watson has called for all details of Andy Coulson's security vetting by the government to be made public, after the former Downing Stree...

IoS Editor Defends Coulson Article

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK

The editor of the Independent on Sunday, John Mullin, has been forced to explain his decision to publish a story about Andy Coulson that contained det...

Discraced Editor Andy Coulson To Face Leveson Over PM Appointment

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

David Cameron is braced for more damaging revelations about his links with the Murdoch media empire today when his former spin doctor testifies at the...

News Corp Reports Rise In Profits Despite Phone Hacking Scandal

PA | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK

News Corporation has reported a strong rise in quarterly profits despite continuing legal charges over the phone-hacking scandal. The firm's net in...

Mulcaire Takes Phone Hacking Case To Supreme Court

Posted 08.05.2012 | UK

A private investigator who intercepted mobile phone messages while working for a tabloid newspaper has launched the latest round of a court battle to ...

Coulson Can Appeal For News International To Pay Legal Fees

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has won permission to appeal against a High Court decision that News Group Newspapers (NGN) does not have...

It's Not Just About Murdoch - The Whole System Needs Fixing

Des Freedman | Posted 07.07.2012 | UK
Des Freedman

This week we are likely to see yet more drama and revelations in the sage that is the Leveson Inquiry as the prime minister's former spin doctor Andy Coulson and former Sun editor and horse owner Rebekah Brooks take the stand. You may be starting to tire of the blanket coverage but please don't switch off just yet. There are big issues at stake.

Government WILL See Leveson Inquiry Evidence Ahead Of Key Appearances

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK

Eight government ministers including David Cameron will be awarded "core participant" status in the Leveson Inquiry ahead of key appearances next week...

Government Asks To See Leveson Inquiry Documents In Advance

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK

The Government has applied to be awarded "core participant" status in the Leveson Inquiry ahead of key appearances next week. If they are granted t...

Rupert Gets Vote Of Confidence From News Corp Board

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK

News Corporation's board has announced its full confidence in Rupert Murdoch's "fitness" and its support for him to remain at the helm of the company....

Murdoch Tells Staff 'We Are Working Hard To Put Things Right'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Politics

Rupert Murdoch has hit back after MPs branded him unfit to be in charge of a major media firm, teling News International staff the company have been "...