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All change at the top: Cameron dumps Letwin and brings in more rich white m … Tue, Apr 30, 2013There were further changes to the Conservative's election machine today, when Oliver Letwin was reportedly dropped as the prime minister's policy boss, to be More »
Royal editor at Murdoch's Sun charged over payments to soldier Wed, Apr 24, 2013LONDON (Reuters) - The royal editor of Rupert Murdoch's biggest British newspaper is to be charged with conspiring to make illegal payments to a soldier based at a More »
Sun's Royal Editor Faces Misconduct Charge Wed, Apr 24, 2013The Sun's royal editor Duncan Larcombe is to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office, according to the Crown Prosecution Service. More »
Police issue Section 5 threat to protestors ahead of Thatcher funeral Mon, Apr 15, 2013Protestors were warned to stay away from Margaret Thatcher's funeral procession on Wednesday or face being arrested under a controversial law outlawing "alarm, More »
War over the peace: Labour and Conservative counter-brief on Leveson deal Mon, Mar 18, 2013Labour and the Conservatives were offering different takes on their own deal over press regulation this morning, after a gruelling five-and-a-half hour negotiation More »
Labour: Press regulation deal close Mon, Mar 18, 2013A cross-party deal for a new press regulator underpinned by statute appeared closer as Labour said it was "confident" reopened talks had secured the basis of an More »
Rival press reform plans set out Fri, Mar 15, 2013Rival plans for press regulation have been set out ahead of a Commons showdown after David Cameron pulled the plug on cross-party talks. More »
PM 'missing historic opportunity' Fri, Mar 15, 2013A "historic opportunity" for press reform could be "squandered" following the end of cross-party talks into regulation, the father of missing Madeleine McCann said. More »
- UK hacking arrests spread beyond Murdoch papers Thu, Mar 14, 2013
By Tim Castle LONDON (Reuters) - Police arrested four former editors from the Sunday Mirror tabloid on Thursday - the first journalists from a newspaper outside More »
Sunday Mirror Hacking Inquiry: Four Arrested Thu, Mar 14, 2013Four senior journalists have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a phone voicemail hacking conspiracy involving the Sunday Mirror newspaper. More »
Cameron Pulls Plug On Press Regulation Talks Thu, Mar 14, 2013David Cameron has pulled the plug on cross-party talks about press reform after failing to agree with Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband. More »
Outrage over Sun's Reeva Steenkamp front page Fri, Feb 15, 2013The Sun stoked outrage over its treatment of women today after editors put a picture of murdered model Reeva Steenkamp in swimwear on its front page. More »
Operation Elveden: Police Officer Arrested Tue, Feb 12, 2013A 50-year-old serving police officer has been arrested as part of an investigation into improper payments to police. More »
Tories To Unveil Press Regulation Charter Tue, Feb 12, 2013The Conservatives are expected to unveil a draft Royal Charter on press regulation later, despite Lord Justice Brian Leveson's recommendation that a new system be More »
Madeleine McCann's Father Calls For Press Law Mon, Feb 11, 2013Gerry McCann, the father of missing youngster Madeleine McCann, has urged politicians to implement the conclusions of the Leveson Inquiry in full. More »
Phone Hacking: Duchess Among Latest To Settle Fri, Feb 8, 2013The Duchess of York is the latest victim of phone hacking to have reached a settlement with News Group Newspapers. More »
Detective Jailed For Trying To Leak To NOTW Fri, Feb 1, 2013A senior police officer has been jailed for 15 months for trying to sell information to the News Of The World. More »
Overseas police chiefs should be no cause for concern Wed, Jan 30, 2013The recent news that the British police forces could be run by overseas police chiefs has predictably been met by a largely negative reaction in the press, with More »
PM's plebgate handling mauled Mon, Jan 21, 2013David Cameron was wrong to ask the Cabinet secretary to investigate the Andrew Mitchell 'plebgate' scandal, a committee of MPs has said. More »
- Baroness Hollins: The way forward after Leveson Wed, Jan 16, 2013
Baroness Hollins has personally seen the worst behaviour of the press. She hopes that government can work with editors and owners of newspapers to find a real way More »
Met's April Casburn 'Offered Leaks For Cash' Mon, Jan 7, 2013A senior Scotland Yard officer offered the News Of The World newspaper confidential information in return for money, a jury has been told. More »
Hugh Grant Gets 'Substantial Sum' Over Hacking Fri, Dec 21, 2012Phone-hacking victim Hugh Grant has accepted a "substantial sum" after settling his legal claim against the News Of The World, his solicitor has said. More »
Tom Cruise Defends Jack Reacher Movie Role Tue, Dec 11, 2012Tom Cruise has defended his role as Jack Reacher in his new film after some fans were critical because the character in the Lee Child books is 6ft 5in tall and More »
- Sadiq Khan: Human Rights and the Media Mon, Dec 10, 2012
Writing for PoliticsHome on the 64th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, Sadiq Khan calls on the media to end the "sensational reporting" on the Human More »
Leveson: Hacked Off Calls Meetings A Charade Thu, Dec 6, 2012Meetings between ministers and newspaper editors about press regulation are a "charade", according to the campaign group Hacked Off. More »
The ten most important text messages in history Mon, Dec 3, 2012Below are some of the most famous text messages ever sent - including some that ended careers and offered insights into tragedies such as 9/11 and the Utoya More »
Tactical advantage: The Leveson mind games continue Mon, Dec 3, 2012MPs prepared to debate the Leveson report in the Commons today, as Labour and the coalition started drawing up competing pieces of draft legislation implementing More »
Leveson: Cameron To Urge Editors To Act Sat, Dec 1, 2012The Prime Minister will meet newspaper editors next week, to discuss the future of press regulation and whether the industry can deliver it alone. More »
Kate McCann: PM Should Act Swiftly On Leveson Thu, Nov 29, 2012Madeleine McCann's mother Kate says she hopes the Leveson report will mark the start of a new era for the press and has urged David Cameron to "embrace the report More »
- Yahoo! News reports from inside the Leveson Inquiry announcement Thu, Nov 29, 2012
An eight-month inquiry which took evidence from 184 witnesses finally concluded in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in central London, less than a mile from More »
- Leveson Inquiry live blog: D-day as report into press regulation published Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Lord Justice Leveson's long-awaited report into press standards is set to be published amid fears its recommendations could throw the Government into turmoil. More »
Poll: Public want statutory legislation to regulate press Wed, Nov 28, 2012The public mood seemed to turn decisively against self-regulation of the press today, with a new YouGov poll showing 79% of people favour "an independent press More »
Leveson: State Regulation A 'Slippery Slope' Tue, Nov 27, 2012Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has warned that any state regulation of the press would be a "horrible, slippery slope". More »
PM 'Open-Minded' On Leveson's Press Report Sun, Nov 25, 2012David Cameron is said to be keeping an "open mind" about the future regulation of the press and will make no decisions before he has seen Lord Justice Leveson's More »
Leveson Report To Be Published Next Week Thu, Nov 22, 2012The Leveson Inquiry's report on media ethics and standards is due to be released next week. More »
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