The deputy chief constable of Surrey Police is being investigated over claims that he failed to act over the hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone.

A senior figure at The Sun yesterday launched a forthright attack on police who arrested five Sun journalists, claiming his colleagues had been treated like “members of an organised crime gang”.

News of the World journalists used phone hacking, harassment and lies to secure scoops on missing British schoolgirl Milly Dowler, police reported, detailing a litany of abusive press practices.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S British newspaper company has agreed to pay damages to 37 high-profile victims of tabloid phone hacking, including actor Jude Law, footballer Ashley Cole, a friend of Prince William and former deputy prime minister John Prescott.

NEWLY published emails show that News International boss James Murdoch was sent details in 2008 of claims that phone-hacking was “rife” at the News of the World.

A PRIVATE investigator working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid did not delete voicemails from the phone of a missing girl, a police lawyer said last night — casting new light on the critical event that sparked Britain’s phone-hacking scandal.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling and actress Sienna Miller will give evidence about their experiences of media intrusion to the Leveson Inquiry in London today.

KATE MCCANN told the Leveson Inquiry she felt like “climbing into a hole and not coming out” when the News of the World printed her intensely personal diary.

BRITAIN’S press is “in the dock” for abuses ranging from phone hacking to hounding celebrities and crime victims, the Leveson Inquiry heard yesterday.

News International executive chairman James Murdoch was today due to appear before the British Parliament as he returns for his second grilling by a Commons committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal.

Rupert Murdoch said today he has donated £1m (€1.2m) to charities chosen by Milly Dowler’s family to underscore his regret for the “abhorrent” hacking of the murdered schoolgirl’s phone.

THE police force that investigated the murder of Milly Dowler was last night accused of knowing in 2002 that the schoolgirl’s phone was hacked.

JOHN MADDEN’S The Debt (15A) opens in modern Israel, with Rachel (Helen Mirren) attending the launch of her daughter’s book, which details a mission carried out by three Mossad agents in East Berlin during the 1960s.

Reality TV star Jade Goody is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking by the News of the World.

AMERICAN lawyers are set to launch action against News Corporation over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

THE owners of the now-defunct News of the World will pay about €3.5 million (£3m) to the family of the murdered girl at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal, reports said yesterday.

Relatives of murdered British schoolgirl Milly Dowler are in settlement talks with News International.

The police watchdog is investigating claims that a police officer based in Surry, England gave information about the Milly Dowler murder probe to the News of the World.

TRINITY MIRROR says it does not yet know the impact of an editorial review implemented after a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World but said its sales had benefited from the closure of the rival tabloid.

FORMER News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks yesterday became the most high-profile casualty of the phone-hacking scandal, quitting as chief executive of News International.

Rupert Murdoch was “humbled” and held his head in his hands as he apologised to Milly Dowler’s family today for the hacking of the murdered schoolgirl’s phone by the News of the World.

THE family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler met the British Prime Minister yesterday and said they were “delighted” that a full, judge-led inquiry will be held into the phone hacking scandal.

The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler met the British Prime Minister today and said they were “delighted” that a full, judge-led inquiry will be held into the phone hacking scandal.

Politicians must go through the “awful experience” of having their “dirty linen washed in public” to get to the truth about phone hacking, Milly Dowler’s family have said.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S now defunct News of the World tabloid allegedly paid British royal protection officers for details about Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family.

Relatives of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler today called on Rebekah Brooks to “do the honourable thing” and quit.

The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler will press for “stronger, clearer and faster action” from the Government over phone hacking in meetings this week with senior politicians.

A scandal uncovered five years ago today resulted in the demise of Britain’s best-selling newspaper after 168 years.

News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks said today she was “appalled and shocked” by allegations that a private investigator working for the News of the World hacked into schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone after she went missing.

The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler are suing the News of the World over claims a private investigator working for the newspaper hacked into her phone after she went missing.

A PRIVATE detective working for the News of the World is accused of hacking into Milly Dowler’s voicemail after she went missing and deleting messages, a lawyer for the murdered schoolgirl’s parents said yesterday.

A private detective working for the News of the World is accused of hacking into Milly Dowler’s voicemail after she went missing, a lawyer for the murdered schoolgirl’s parents said today.

News of the World publisher News International was today preparing to pay out millions of pounds in compensation after it admitted liability for intercepting the telephone messages of a number of public figures including actress Sienna Miller.

NEWS International has admitted liability and “apologised unreservedly” to a number of public figures over the News of the World phone hacking allegations.

The phone hacking scandal that led to the resignation of David Cameron’s communications chief widened today as a media lawyer revealed it now involves newspapers other than the News of the World.

Online firms in the UK weathered the recession, but concerns remained about the level of consumer demand this year, according to a new report today.

RECESSION is set to cause the sharpest fall in world greenhouse gas emissions in 40 years, according to an estimate yesterday.

Cardiff Blues 19 Leinster 30

CARDIFF Arms Park has been a graveyard for Leinster’s Magners League ambitions this past two seasons and coach Michael Cheika accepts that they will be up against it again when they return to the Welsh capital this Friday.

Newport Gwent Dragons 13 Cardiff Blues 40

THERE are a few permutations to juggle with as the chase for the Magners League title takes the bell this weekend, but the bottom line is simple: win with a bonus point in Cardiff tonight and Leinster will be champions.

SHANNON and UL Bohemians will mark the end of an era at Thomond Park on Saturday.

Glasgow Warriors 22 Cardiff Blues 3

Munster's Alan Quinlan is due to appeal his six-week ban for stamping before an ERC disciplinary committee in Dublin today.