Phone Hacking Scandal

Phone Hacking Exclusive: Police Investigate If Alan McGee Was Hacked

The Huffington Post UK | Stephen Hull | Posted 06.01.2012 | 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...

Phone Hacking: Now I'm Involved in the News of the World Scandal

Alan_McGee | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK
Alan_McGee

It turns out that my name has popped up in the News of the World phone hacking case and they are investigating as I type. In truth, I would have been gutted to think I wasn't worth at least a little hack! Imagine being deemed by the people at News of the World as not being in the the top 8,000 most interesting people? Joking aside, if the police confirm that I have indeed been hacked, I will still sue. The joke to me is that in the period they are talking about, whoever had the pleasure to get into my voicemail would have been faced with hour-long Courtney Love rambles about her new songs at 5am UK time.

Phone Hacking: Sun Journalist Arrested Over Phone Hacking Scandal

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

A man, reported to be Sun reporter Jamie Pyatt, has been arrested in connection with allegations of corruption, the latest twist in the News of The Wo...

Tom Watson: 'No Chance' I'll Quit Phone Hacking Committee

PA | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK Politics

Phone-hacking campaigner Tom Watson has said there is "no chance" he will quit his role on the committee investigating the scandal. John Whittingda...

Third Of News Corp Investors Vote Against James Murdoch

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 24.12.2011 | UK

A third of shareholders at News Corporation, News International's parent company, have lodged a protest vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch...

'David Cameron Ignored Advice To Halt Leveson Inquiry'

The Huffington Post UK | Stephen Hull | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK

David Cameron has been accused of pushing ahead with the Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking despite advice from the Attorney-General it could compromi...

Michael Gove: 'Rupert Murdoch Is A Great Man'

Press Gazette | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK

Rupert Murdoch is a "force of nature" and a "phenomenon", a cabinet minister said yesterday as he defended the media mogul's record in British journal...

Police Defend Calls For Guardian To Reveal Sources

PA | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK

Scotland Yard has defended its attempt to force The Guardian to reveal its sources for stories relating to the News of the World phone hacking scandal...

News International Documents Could Provide Further Evidence

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 13.11.2011 | UK

New documents have reportedly been found that could provide further details on the use of phone hacking by journalists at The News of the World. Sp...

Guardian Journalist Questioned By Police Over Hackgate

paul vale | Posted 07.11.2011 | UK

Journalist Amelia Hill, who has been covering the phone hacking scandal for The Guardian, has been questioned by detectives over alleged leaks from po...

Coogan To Carry On Legal Fight Against News Corp

The Guardian | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK

Steve Coogan recalls clearly the moment he decided to sue the News of the World. "What motivated me was seeing Andy Coulson [the paper's former editor...

Hackgate: Stuart Kuttner Rearrested

The Express | Posted 30.10.2011 | UK

The former managing editor of the News of the World has been rearrested on suspicion of phone hacking and inappropriate payments to police, according ...

Lawyers 'Furious' Over Criticism In Hacking Scandal - The Independent

www.independent.co.uk | Posted 29.09.2011 | UK Politics

Senior lawyers at royal solicitors Harbottle & Lewis are "furious" at the way they have been blamed by Rupert Murdoch and others in the wake of the ph...

We Need Perspective on the Hacking Scandal

Calum T M Nicholson | Posted 22.09.2011 | UK
Calum T M Nicholson

As has become - or perhaps has always been - the case with watershed scandals, the hacking by newspapers operated by News International has, like an imploding star which had previously configured its solar system, exerted a strong distorting influence on subsequent commentary and opinion, and in doing encumbered any attempt to gain a broader and more sober perspective.

Tomorrow's Front Pages: Friday 22nd July 2011

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 20.09.2011 | UK

More rumours of hacking, the mumbling over James Murdoch's evidence to the culture select committee and Greece's new bail out dominate tonight's front...

Front Pages: Thursday 21 July 2011

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 19.09.2011 | UK

Yesterday the Daily Mail warned of the real crisis MPs were ignoring - the continuing problems in the Eurozone. Ahead of tomorrow's emergency talks on...

A British Spring? Phone-Hacking Scandal Threatens Murdoch Media Empire and British Government

Democracy Now! | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK
Democracy Now!

Ian Katz, deputy editor of The Guardian, and Sarah Smith, correspondent for Channel 4 News U.K., discuss the growing phone-hacking scandal that has threatened Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

News Corp Shares Rally Over Murdoch Replacement Rumours

The Guardian | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK

Speculation that Rupert Murdoch could be replaced as chief executive of News Corporation have sent shares in the company rallying in Australia on Tues...

John Yates And Sir Paul Under Investigation By The IPPC

The Huffington Post | Dina Rickman | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK

The country’s two top police chiefs are being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission, just hours after they both resigned. ...

It's the Beginning of the End for Rupert Murdoch

Adam Lee-Potter | Posted 17.09.2011 | UK
Adam Lee-Potter

A blighted relationship can survive only if respect remains. And the fact is that we no longer respect Rupert Murdoch. He may continue to fiddle but his empire is burning.

Miliband To Call For Parliamentary Extension Over Phone Hacking Crisis

Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.09.2011 | UK Politics

Labour Leader Ed Miliband is to urge for parliament to sit for an extra day on Wednesday to discuss the phone hacking crisis. In a speech on Monday...

Murdoch Empire Under Siege

AP | By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 16.09.2011 | UK

SAN FRANCISCO -- To his many enemies, Rupert Murdoch is getting his comeuppance. Murdoch's tabloid newspapers long have reveled in the misdeeds of ot...

Rupert Murdoch And News International Papers Apologise After News Of The World Phone Hacking Scandal

Posted 14.09.2011 | UK

Rupert Murdoch will place a signed advert in many of the UK's national papers tomorrow apologising for the furore after the News of the World phone ha...

Brown 'Warned, Not Blocked,' Over Launching Hacking Inquiry

PA | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Politics

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell warned ex-PM Gordon Brown that a phone hacking inquiry would be open to legal challenge, docu...

Hugh Grant Saves England (Again)

Sam Kitchener | Posted 13.09.2011 | UK Comedy
Sam Kitchener

It is said that in her hour of greatest peril, various heroes from England's history will fly to her aid. Although that didn't happen during, for example, the Blitz or Euro '96, this was because in the first instance Churchill was alive, so they didn't need to, and in the second, King Arthur is hopeless at penalties.