Leicester, Arsenal and Chelsea have expressed their disappointment at the publication of doping allegations made against them which they claim are “without foundation”.

The Irish doctor accused of prescribing performance-enhancing drugs to sports stars has described the claims in The Sunday Times as “false and very misleading”.

Five British Cabinet ministers have declared they will campaign to leave the European Union - despite a stark warning from David Cameron that an "out" vote would be a "leap in the dark".

Buckingham Palace is considering taking legal action over leaked footage that shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as a child performing a Nazi salute with her family.

Britain said Europe should consider boycotting future World Cups if Sepp Blatter doesn’t quit as head of soccer’s governing body over a corruption scandal, while Swiss authorities denied they would soon question the newly re-elected Fifa president.

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party, withdrew his resignation after tendering it last week over his failure to win a seat in the British parliament.

Calls have been made for the contest to host the 2022 World Cup to be re-run if allegations about corruption in the bidding process are true.

Baroness Thatcher’s tempestuous relationship with the BBC looks set to continue after her death as the corporation found itself in the middle of a row over whether to play the Wizard Of Oz track which celebrates her demise.

Lord Justice Leveson’s long-awaited report into press standards is published today amid fears its recommendations could throw the Government into turmoil.

ITV’s director of television has admitted Phillip Schofield was “wrong” in confronting David Cameron with a list of alleged paedophiles on live TV, adding that the action was “misguided”.

The BBC’s director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have stepped aside, according to reports.

Claims are being investigated that three doctors were involved in a network of child abusers connected with disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile.

Information on three doctors who worked at hospitals where Jimmy Savile had links has been passed to police amid claims they were involved in a network of child abusers connected with the disgraced presenter.

The decision not to prosecute Jimmy Savile over abuse allegations in 2009 will come under the spotlight again after the Prime Minister said Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer will review legal papers from the case.

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.

James Murdoch has stepped down as chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

MPs in the UK will rule on whether James Murdoch told them the truth about when he was informed of the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World.

The former legal chief of News Group Newspapers today told MPs he was “certain” he told James Murdoch about an explosive email which proved that knowledge of phone-hacking was more widespread at the News of the World than the company had claimed.

FORMER News of the World editor Andy Coulson faces fresh questions over his role in the phone-hacking scandal after MPs released documents which claim that the practice was “widely discussed” at the newspaper.

Phone-hacking was “widely discussed” at the News of the World under former editor Andy Coulson, according to documents released today.

James Murdoch is “likely” to be recalled before the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of its inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World, Labour MP Tom Watson said today

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan should return to the UK to answer “some very serious questions” over allegations of phone hacking, the Culture Committee chairman said today.

THE private detective at the centre of phone-hacking allegations was an “employee” who “acted on the instructions of others”, his legal team said last night.

James Murdoch could be asked to clarify his evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, chairman John Whittingdale said.

NEWS Corp’s James Murdoch yesterday denied a statement from former employees of the British newspaper at the centre of the scandal that has rocked his father’s media empire, that he had given “mistaken” evidence to British lawmakers this week.

This is the opening statement Rupert Murdoch requested to read out at the start of his evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

FATHER-and-son act Rupert and James Murdoch top the bill today in what promises to be a day of gripping political drama in the normally staid surroundings of the parliament’s committee rooms.

All eyes will undoubtedly be on Rupert Murdoch tomorrow, as he makes his first appearance before Britain's Commons select committee.

The British parliamentary committee tasked with quizzing Rebekah Brooks and Rupert and James Murdoch over their roles in the phone hacking scandal should not act as a “lynch mob”, its chairman said today.

THE FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims, according to a law enforcement official.

News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks has agreed to give evidence to MPs over the phone hacking scandal next week, it was announced today.

Rupert Murdoch’s hopes of significantly expanding his media empire were in ruins today after he dramatically bowed to political and public pressure and abandoned News Corporation’s £8bn bid for BSkyB.

PUBLICIST Max Clifford said the News of the World was closed to protect the reputation of Rupert Murdoch’s wider media empire, which includes newspapers and TV stations around the world.

Britain's law on injunctions was thrown into further turmoil after the high-profile footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy case in the UK was named.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

The footballer at the centre of a gagging order over a relationship with reality TV star Imogen Thomas was named by an MP in the Commons today.

Lawyers for The Sun newspaper in the UK will ask for an injunction banning the identity of the well-known footballer at the centre of a controversial privacy ruling to be lifted, the newspaper said on its website.

FIFA’s leaders today expressed “extreme concern” at the latest allegations of World Cup bidding corruption and have asked the Football Association to provide a full report of the claims.

FIFA have tried to mount a damage-limitation exercise after shocking new allegations of World Cup bid corruption.

New allegations that two FIFA executive committee members were paid $1.5m (€1m) to vote for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid emerged today.