Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan was questioned by UK police over claims of phone hacking, it has emerged.

DVD cases with titles such as 'Instant Lesbian' were among the assorted items found in bags in the car park of the London home of Rebekah and Charles Brooks, the Old Bailey hacking trial heard today.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks instructed her personal assistant to remove seven boxes of notebooks from the company’s archive that have “never been seen again”, a jury has heard.

Phone hacking took place at the News of the World and the people in charge knew about it, jurors in the trial of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson, have been told.

Detectives investigating the phone hacking scandal are examining fresh claims after new evidence came to light, a lawyer representing victims said today.

Four journalists were arrested today on suspicion of phone hacking at Mirror Group Newspapers, Scotland Yard said.

A top counter-terrorism detective was sentenced to 15 months in jail for trying to sell information to the News of the World tabloid.

Five people including former spin doctor Andy Coulson and ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks are facing charges linked to alleged bribery of public officials.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, from Oxfordshire, and David Cameron's ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson will face trial over allegations linked to phone hacking in September next year.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will appear in court today to face charges linked to alleged phone hacking.

News International's former legal adviser Tom Crone has been arrested in London by police investigating alleged phone hacking.

Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks have vowed to fight the phone-hacking charges imposed on them by the UK's the Crown Prosecution Service.

Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck said today he will “vigorously fight” to clear his reputation as it emerged he will face charges over phone hacking.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has maintained her innocence after it was confirmed that she is to face charges over phone hacking in the UK.

A prison officer and two other people were arrested today in connection with the police probe into corrupt payments to officials by journalists in Britain.

The deputy chief constable of Surrey Police is being investigated over claims that he failed to act over the hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie appeared in court in Britain this morning on charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie are to appear in court today on charges relating to the phone hacking scandal.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie today made their first appearance in court on charges relating to the phone hacking scandal.

Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, is due to appear in court for the first time today to face charges linked to the phone hacking scandal.

Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a “great news” message to James Murdoch on the day he was given responsibility for media competition issues, he told the inquiry into press standards today.

New guidelines that will bring “common sense” to relationships between the police and media in the UK have been drawn up, Theresa May told the Leveson Inquiry.

Conservatives Michael Gove and Theresa May will today become the first serving Cabinet ministers to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics.

Britain's Justice Leveson today gave his strongest indication of the measures he believes are needed to tackle problems in the UK Press in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.

A journalist was arrested today as part of Scotland Yard’s inquiry into payments to public officials.

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan once told Jeremy Paxman how to access voicemail messages, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

Rebekah Brooks angrily attacked police and prosecutors for dragging her friends and family into the phone hacking scandal tonight as she said she was “baffled” to face charges.

Rebekah Brooks came out fighting today as she became one of the first suspects to be prosecuted over the phone-hacking scandal.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will find out tomorrow if she will be charged with perverting the course of justice during the phone-hacking scandal.

Rebekah Brooks suffered more criticism and gossip about her relationship with Rupert Murdoch because she was a woman, she said today.

British PM David Cameron sent commiserations to Rebekah Brooks after she resigned as News International chief executive over the phone hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

Former Sun and News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks is expected to lift the lid on her close relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron in evidence to the Leveson Inquiry today.

A private investigator who intercepted mobile phone messages while working for a tabloid newspaper launched the latest round of a court battle to protect his “legitimate legal interests” today.

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 to pay his potential legal costs over the phone-hacking affair.

Former News International legal manager Tom Crone tonight dismissed “unfounded” claims that he had misled MPs.

The most damning conclusion of the media select committee report into phone hacking – that Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run a major company - was not backed by any of its Tory members.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is not "a fit person" to run a major international corporation, a committee of MPs said today.

Sorry did not seem to be the hardest word at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards today as Rupert Murdoch gave a humble show during his final day of grilling.

Rupert Murdoch “panicked” when he took the decision to close the News of the World, he told the Leveson Inquiry today.

James Murdoch admitted today that News International’s corporate systems failed to pick up on legal risks posed by its papers’ methods of finding stories.

A detective unmasked as the writer of an anonymous blog after a Times journalist hacked into his email is suing the paper for damages, his solicitor has said.

James Murdoch is reportedly set to step down as chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB following months of pressure to relinquish the role in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at News International.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was questioned by police today about payments to Ministry of Defence officials.