Hackgate
# hackgate - Tuesday 13 March, 2012
Rebekah Brooks and husband among six arrested in hacking probe
The Metropolitan Police have said that five men and one woman have been arrested in connection with phone hacking this morning.
# hackgate - Monday 27 February, 2012
The Sun had a ‘culture of illegal payments to sources’ says police chief
The senior police officer leading the phone hacking probe gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics today.
# hackgate - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Cherie Blair to sue News Corporation over phone hacking
The wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is taking legal action against the former publisher of the News of The World newspaper.
# hackgate - Friday 20 January, 2012
Politicians, celebs and sports stars among those to settle hacking claims
News International admitted it paid a private investigator to hack phones and blag information about a number of high profile figures in the UK who received compensation yesterday.
# hackgate - Monday 26 December, 2011
# hackgate - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Murdoch says he received crucial hacking emails – but he didn’t read them
James Murdoch received emails indicating phone hacking at the News of The World went beyond one reporter but he maintains he did not read them.
# hackgate - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Met police no longer seeking court orders against journalists over sources
Scotland Yard is no longer looking for court orders to force journalists to reveal their sources behind certain phone hacking stories.
# hackgate - Monday 19 September, 2011
News International close to settlement with Dowler family
The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has reportedly been offered a £2m-plus compensation settlement by News International.
# hackgate - Friday 5 August, 2011
Paul McCartney to go to police over phone hacking
Former Beatle notes claims by ex-wife Heather Mills that the couple’s phone messages had been spied on. If true, it’s “a horrendous violation of privacy”, he says.
# hackgate - Thursday 28 July, 2011
News of the World staff offered new jobs… in Siberia
Staff who were made redundant in the aftermath of the phone-hacking scandal have been left out in the cold… literally.
# hackgate - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
Column: We can’t let phone hacking stifle the press
The media plays a crucial role in society, and tabloids will always be a part of that, writes crime reporter Abigail Rieley.
Mirror group ‘to review procedures’ in wake of phone-hacking scandal
Trinity Mirror denies involvement in phone-hacking, though a New York Times report has implicated five journalists.
‘My phone was hacked’ – Aldridge
Ex-Liverpool and Ireland player expresses his shock following revelations after a surprise call from the Metropolitan Police investigating News of the World practices.
# hackgate - Friday 22 July, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning: Victory on our bailout interest, former NotW editor drops bombshell on James Murdoch, and Simon Cowell’s latest legal headache
# hackgate - Wednesday 20 July, 2011
Alec Baldwin calls for the resignation of David Cameron
The 30 Rock actor has taken to Twitter to express his opinions on the matter…
‘Smackdown sister’: Chinese bloggers hail Murdoch’s wife as role model
Wendi Deng’s slapping assault on her husband’s foam pie attacker has turned her into a sensation in her native country.
Hacking: Grant wins access to police records, as royals dragged into Coulson row
Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan win access to police records, as it emerges Buckingham Palace warned of hiring Andy Coulson.
Poll: Do you believe the Murdochs’ claims of ignorance?
Rupert and James Murdoch said they knew little of what went on at the News of the World. Do you believe them?
‘Jonnie Marbles’ charged over Murdoch pie attack
A 26-year-old comedian is accused of ‘harassment’ after the media mogul was smeared with shaving foam yesterday.
# hackgate - Tuesday 19 July, 2011
LIVEBLOG: Rebekah Brooks before House of Commons select committee
The former chief executive of News International appears before the UK Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport on the phone-hacking scandal in the News of the World.
# hackgate - Monday 11 July, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
In today’s 9 at 9: Roscommon A&E is closed but the row rumbles on; energy price hikes in the offing; a new debt crisis hits a eurozone country; the return of Bobby and JR; and Christy Moore at Oxegen.








































