SCOTLAND YARD last night dropped its bid to force the Guardian newspaper to reveal confidential sources for stories relating to the phone-hacking scandal.

Scotland Yard tonight dropped its bid to force the Guardian newspaper to reveal confidential sources for stories relating to the phone hacking scandal.

Britain's Metropolitan Police are seeking an order under the Official Secrets Act to force The Guardian to disclose the confidential sources of its reports on the News of the World phone hacking scandal, the paper said.

The former managing editor of the News of the World was arrested today on suspicion of phone hacking and inappropriate payments to police, according to reports.

Downing Street today condemned the publication of leaked US diplomatic cables thought to feature embarrassing criticism of David Cameron, the Duke of York and the British military.

The News of the World’s chief reporter was accused today of involvement in phone-hacking.

Guardian Media Group boss Carolyn McCall today resigned from her post as non-executive director at Tesco amid a libel row between the supermarket and the Guardian newspaper.

The Guardian America website was launched today in a bid to meet the needs of a growing US audience, its editors said.

Efforts are continuing today to locate an Irish journalist kidnapped in Baghdad.

Readers had their first glimpse of the long awaited new-look Guardian newspaper today as it hit news stands and doormats.

The “decline in the conduct” of the British Press Awards has led a number of national newspaper editors to announce that they are withdrawing their support for the annual event.

British broadsheet newspaper the Guardian has confirmed that the paper will not be going tabloid despite the success of a tabloid edition of Britain's The Independent.

Author Robert Macfarlane fought off competition from some of the Britain’s top literary stars to win the Guardian First Book Award 2003.

BRITAIN'S Prince of Wales last night dramatically named himself as the senior Royal accused of involvement in an allegedly compromising incident witnessed by a servant.

A newspaper correspondent accused of being critical of the Zimbabwe government was due to arrive in the UK this morning after being deported.

A US journalist accused of being critical of Zimbabwe’s government was pushed into a car by police yesterday and driven to the airport to be deported, the journalist and his lawyer said.

Acclaimed writer Jonathan Safran Foer tonight landed the £10,000 (€15,800) Guardian First Book Award 2002.

An American journalist who writes for The Guardian newspaper was today ordered to leave Zimbabwe, minutes after being found not guilty of publishing a false story.