Newspaper editors have been warned by David Cameron that they must act “urgently” to set up an independent press regulator.

David Cameron must back Lord Justice Leveson’s proposal for a new law to regulate the press by Christmas, Labour leader Ed Miliband has said.

A petition calling for the UK’s three main party leaders to bring in a new press watchdog backed by law has attracted more than 56,000 signatures since being launched by high profile victims of media intrusion yesterday.

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.

After an inquiry into press intrusion lasting more than year, Lord Justice Leveson today delivered a damning verdict on decades of “outrageous” behaviour by newspapers.

In the UK, the mother of Madeleine McCann has said that she hopes today's report by Lord Justice Leveson will mark the start of a new era for the Press.

Lord Justice Leveson condemned decades of “outrageous” behaviour by British newspapers today as he called for a new regulatory system backed by law.

Lord Justice Leveson called today for legislation to underpin a “genuinely independent and effective system of self-regulation” for the press.

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

X Factor judge Louis Walsh said today he will “never get over” The Sun newspaper’s defamatory story that he sexually assaulted a man as he settled a lawsuit for £400,000.

'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh will be back in court today for his defamation case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers.

Future regulation of the press should “err on the side of freedom”, British foreign secretary William Hague has warned, before Lord Justice Leveson’s eagerly anticipated reform proposals.

David Cameron said he did not want “heavy-handed state intervention” in the activities of the press, as a result of the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.

Scotland Yard will “work closely” with the BBC as it takes the national lead in assessing allegations against late TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile, the force said tonight.

The Sun was not acting in the public interest when it published embarrassing photographs of Prince Harry, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.

A wealthy businessman who sued after a tabloid made allegations about his involvement in a “sick Nazi orgy” called today for the creation of a press tribunal with powers to fine a newspaper group up to 10% of its turnover.

Gordon Brown today denied behaving aggressively towards Rebekah Brooks when he telephoned her expecting an apology for negative coverage, only to be told more was to come.

David Cameron, George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown are among a string of major political figures due to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.

Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a “great news” message to James Murdoch on the day he was given responsibility for media competition issues, he told the inquiry into press standards today.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair today told an inquiry into press ethics that he found it difficult to be "objective" about the issue of media relations.

Lord Justice Leveson defended his inquiry into media standards in the UK today and said he “was not in any way” seeking to challenge the right of Parliament to examine any of the issues his inquiry is covering.

Rebekah Brooks will appear before the Leveson Inquiry next week.

British prime minister David Cameron has admitted that he discussed News Corporation’s takeover bid for BSkyB with James Murdoch while the government was deciding whether to approve it.

In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron's Government is coming under increasing pressure over its ties to Rupert Murdoch's 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.

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

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 and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

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

A judge conducting an inquiry into press standards in Britain today praised a award-winning foreign correspondent killed in Syria.

Cherie Blair has lodged a claim over hacking of her phone, her lawyers said tonight.

Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney never authorised former News of the World editor Piers Morgan, or anybody else, to listen to her voicemails, she told the inquiry into press standards.

The News of the World’s former head of news was told to deliberately mislead the McCanns’ spokesman about the newspaper’s plans to publish Kate McCann’s diary, he said.

The press watchdog felt it had been made a “scapegoat” over its handling of the phone-hacking scandal, the Leveson Inquiry heard today.

Three senior judges in the UK ruled today that some journalists can remain anonymous when giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.

Heather Mills, the former wife of Paul McCartney, said that she never disclosed private voicemail messages from her ex-husband to former tabloid editor Piers Morgan.

RUPERT MURDOCH could be called as a witness to the Leveson inquiry into press standards, it was hinted yesterday.

Former tabloid editor Piers Morgan today told the Leveson inquiry that he “did not believe” he had listened to illegally-obtained voice messages.

Former tabloid newspaper editor Piers Morgan today told an inquiry into press standards in the UK that he was unaware of any phone hacking when in charge at the Daily Mirror.

Detectives in Britain think it “unlikely” that News International journalists deleted voicemail from a mobile phone belonging to murdered teenager Milly Dowler, a lawyer told an inquiry into press standards today.

Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck today defended the public interest of publishing stories which alleged that David Beckham had cheated on his wife and F1 boss Max Mosley had taken part in a “Nazi orgy”.

A former News of the World investigative journalist today told an inquiry into press standards in the UK that his work had led to more than 260 “successful criminal prosecutions”.