Former editor Andy Coulson and three of his most senior staff “utterly corrupted” the News of the World at the highest level and presided over phone hacking on an industrial scale, a court heard today.

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.

Britain’s prime minister has faced heavy criticism from a high court judge for almost collapsing the multi-million pound phone hacking trial by commenting on his ex-No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson’s conviction while the jury was still out.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was heavily criticised for almost collapsing the phone hacking trial in its final stages by commenting on ex No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson’s conviction for phone hacking while the jury was still deliberating, it can now be reported.

Rebekah Brooks — the former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper arm in Britain — was acquitted of orchestrating a campaign to hack into phones and bribe officials in a case that has shaken the British political establishment.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones with others between 2000 and 2006.

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

Rebekah Brooks discussed paying £200,000 (€241,000) a year to PR guru Max Clifford to back out of a civil case, the hacking trial was told.

Prince William’s pet nickname for Kate Middleton before the couple were married was “babykins”, the jury in the Old Bailey hacking trial heard.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth was so incensed with royal police officers eating nuts from bowls left out in the corridors of Buckingham Palace that she drew lines on the sides in a bid to catch them out, a London court heard yesterday.

The prosecution in the phone hacking trial has told jurors that e-mail exchanges prove the News of the World was paying public officials for information.

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.

The prosecution case in the trial of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson is due to open today.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson for charges linked to phone hacking and alleged corrupt payments to public officials.

The former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks has pleaded not guilty to phone hacking.

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.

Former senior officers at Surrey Police in England 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.

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.

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.

James Murdoch avoided a revolt over his position on the board of BSkyB today, despite the media watchdog calling his "competence" and "attitude" into question.

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

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.

A Guardian journalist who admitted phone hacking will not be prosecuted, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said today.

Rebekah Brooks was grilled by a House of Commons committee yesterday but the Murdoch empire has been imploding for years. It was Rupert wot done it, says David Kernek

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.

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

Rupert Murdoch faces a two-day grilling under oath at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards this week.

Former News International executive chairman James Murdoch told MPs in a letter released today that he accepted his share of the blame for not uncovering phone hacking at the News of the World sooner.

News International (NI) “closed the ranks” and refused to co-operate with Scotland Yard’s original phone hacking investigation, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

A Scotland Yard chief forced to resign over the phone-hacking scandal gives evidence today at the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.

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.

James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International to focus on expanding international TV businesses, the company announced today.

Three Scotland Yard officers involved in the original police investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World (NotW) will give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry today.

Five people have been arrested over payments to police officers in the phone-hacking inquiry, Scotland Yard said.

IT was “very unlikely” that former editor Piers Morgan did not know about alleged phone hacking at the Daily Mirror, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

A serving Scotland Yard officer has been arrested on suspicion of receiving illegal payments from journalists.

The former News of the World crime editor has been arrested in England on suspicion of paying police officers.

POLICE probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World arrested a private investigator who was previously jailed for his role in the scandal.

NEWS of the World reporters routinely hacked voicemails and did so because it was in the public interest, a former journalist at the paper said.

News of the World reporters routinely hacked people’s voicemails and did so because it was in the public interest, a former journalist at the now-defunct paper said today.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson secretly listened in on a phone call designed to entice comedian Steve Coogan into revealing personal information, it was alleged at the Leveson Inquiry today.

Private detective Glenn Mulcaire tonight denied deleting messages from Milly Dowler’s phone as the murdered schoolgirl’s parents spoke of their agony over the hacking scandal.

Milly Dowler’s parents arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice today to give evidence to the press standards inquiry triggered by revelations about the hacking of their murdered daughter’s phone.