Trinity Mirror has admitted liability to four people who sued for alleged hacking of voicemails, the company said today.

Frank Lampard’s proposed move to New York City FC has prompted one paper to bring up a decade-old insult to US citizens.

Disgraced No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson was handed the "major share of the blame" for phone hacking at the News of the World as he was jailed for 18 months.

British prime minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy Coulson — found guilty over phone hacking while editing a Rupert Murdoch tabloid — will stand trial for a second time over alleged illegal payments.

Disgraced Downing St spin doctor Andy Coulson will be reunited with former workmates from the News of the World (NotW) this week as they face up to two years in jail for their part in the phone-hacking plot.

Rupert Murdoch has brought his son Lachlan back into the fold at his global media empire by appointing him co-chairman of News Corp and 21st Century Fox after seven years away.

Rebekah Brooks was accused in court of carrying on a “cover up” over the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks laid bare details of her “car crash” personal life as she gave evidence about the inner workings of the News of the World.

Tony Blair offered to act as an “unofficial adviser” to newspaper editor Rebekah Brooks when she sought his guidance at the height of the phone-hacking crisis at the News of the World, prosecutors have told the Old Bailey.

Actor Jude Law tried to manipulate a News of the World story about his girlfriend Sienna Miller’s affair with Bond star Daniel Craig to make it appear that “she cheated first”, it was claimed.

A former News of the World reporter has described listening to the voicemails of James Bond actor Daniel Craig — uncovering his alleged affair with actor Jude Law’s then girlfriend, Sienna Miller.

A former tabloid reporter has claimed he was recruited from the Sunday Mirror to join the News of the World partly because of his knowledge of phone hacking.

Rebekah Brooks, former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group, told Eimear Cook, the ex-wife of golfer Colin Montgomerie, that it was “easy” to listen to other people’s voicemails, Cook told a London court.

Rebekah Brooks could not be shown to have authorised payments to private investigator Glenn Mulcaire during her editorship at the News of the World, it was claimed in court.

Former England football manager Sven Goran-Eriksson had his voicemails repeatedly hacked by the News of the World, a trial in London heard yesterday.

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.

Media company News International, which owns newspapers including The Sun and The Sunday Times, today changed its name to News UK.

Former senior officers at Surrey Police appeared to be suffering from a “form of collective amnesia” after they failed to act on evidence of the alleged hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone during their 2002 investigation of her murder, the police watchdog has found.

A Labour MP has accepted “very substantial” damages from The Sun after the tabloid admitted its staff accessed private information from her stolen mobile phone three years ago, London’s High Court heard yesterday.

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

A senior British counter-terrorism police officer was found guilty of misconduct in public office over a call to the News of the World to discuss an investigation into phone-hacking by its reporters.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has fired a shot across the bows of some of his Fine Gael colleagues in relation to reform of our privacy laws. Fine Gael ministers have been pushing the idea of statutory regulation of the media in recent months.

Max Clifford, 69, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences, is one of the most influential publicity agents in Britain who has represented everyone from OJ Simpson to Mohamed Al Fayed, working closely with the press to manage, break, and stop stories about his clients.

A major inquiry called for laws to underpin a tougher watchdog for Britain’s “outrageous” newspapers in a verdict that sets up prime minister David Cameron for a bruising political battle.

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

James Murdoch will come under attack from shareholders at BSkyB’s annual meeting on Thursday after the telecoms watchdog called his “competence” and “attitude” into question.

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

British broadcaster Sky was today found to be "fit and proper" to hold on to its broadcasting licence after its parent company was embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal.

A former editor of the News of the World Scotland has been detained by police over allegations he attempted to pervert the course of justice.

News Corporation has reported a loss in its quarterly results, with the company facing ongoing legal charges over the phone-hacking scandal.

Senior journalists from the News of the World have been formally charged with phone hacking and will appear in court next month, Scotland Yard said tonight.

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

News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing The Sun, The Times, and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo on Saturday.

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.

David Cameron received a text message from Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper boss saying they were “in this together“, a press ethics inquiry heard during testimony from the prime minister.

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.

The truth about how murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone messages were deleted may never emerge, the Leveson Inquiry heard 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.

The British government has applied to be given the right to see Leveson Inquiry documents and witness statements in advance.

Rebekah Brooks will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.

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.

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said, finding him responsible for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has convulsed his News Corporation media empire.

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

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.