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.

The story of Rebekah Brooks, the former newspaper executive who is to face criminal charges over the phone hacking scandal, is to be made into a feature length film.

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.

David Cameron texted Rebekah Brooks telling her to “keep her head up” in the week that she resigned as chief executive of News International, it has been alleged.

The six suspects arrested over allegations of cover-ups in the phone-hacking inquiry, including Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband, were released on bail last night, Scotland Yard said.

Rebekah Brooks’ phone was hacked twice a week by colleagues at the News of the World while she was editing The Sun, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

British Prime Minister David Cameron believes Rebekah Brooks took “the right decision” in quitting as chief executive of News International in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, Downing Street said today.

News International CEO resigns - full texts of messages to staff from Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch

David Cameron piled further pressure on News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks today, suggesting she should have quit over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of You Light Up My Life who was awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment, police said.

Kenneth Mars, a Mel Brooks collaborator who played a Hitler-worshipping playwright in 'The Producers' and an earnest police inspector with a malfunctioning artificial arm in 'Young Frankenstein', has died at 75.