Hacking phones was “systematic” at the News of the World, the perjury trial of the newspaper’s former editor has heard.

A former News of the World journalist has told a court Andy Coulson was aware that voicemail messages on the phone of murdered teenager Milly Dowler had been intercepted.

Athletics: All the favourites obliged at the GloHealth Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships at Cork IT yesterday.

Fionnuala Britton and Europe’s best distance runners face one of the most challenging courses in European Cross-Country Championship history in Bulgaria tomorrow.

Disgraced No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson was handed the "major share of the blame" for phone hacking at the News of the World as he was jailed for 18 months.

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.

The triumph and tragedy of sport was encapsulated by Harry Purcell’s magnificent senior 800m and 400m double before he pulled a hamstring in the 4x100m relay at the Aviva All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships in Tullamore on Saturday.

One of the most promising distance runners in the country, Kevin Mulcaire, was the star of the Aviva/Munster Schools’ Track and Field Championships at Cork IT on Saturday.

Up the brow of the first hill it was clear Síofra Cléirigh Buttner had her sixth consecutive Aviva All-Ireland Schools Cross Country gold medal ready to be draped over her neck on a challenging course at Cork IT.

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

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks laid bare details of her “car crash” personal life as she gave evidence about the inner workings of the News of the World.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks laid bare details of her “car crash” personal life as she gave evidence about the inner workings of the News of the World.

Rebekah Brooks has denied any knowledge of phone hacking while she was editor of the News of the World, insisting it was impossible for her to know the source of every story that appeared in the tabloid.

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.

Rebekah Brooks could not be shown to have authorised payments to private investigator Glenn Mulcaire during her editorship at the News of the World, it was claimed in court.

A Liverpool massage parlour receptionist had told Wayne Rooney to get out “before he was destroyed and his career was over”, a phone hacking trial has heard.

Former England football manager Sven Goran-Eriksson had his voicemails repeatedly hacked by the News of the World, a trial in London heard yesterday.

A judgment for defamation of character against Associated Newspapers (Ireland) Limited in favour of businesswoman and former model Kay Mulcaire has been set aside.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks, from Oxfordshire, and David Cameron's ex-spin doctor Andy Coulson will face trial over allegations linked to phone hacking in September next year.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has maintained her innocence after it was confirmed that she is to face charges over phone hacking in the UK.

Eight people, including former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks will face charges in connection with phone hacking, the British Crown Prosecution Service announced 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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

THE Mail on Sunday newspaper last night “utterly refuted” a suggestion that it had hacked the phone of actor Hugh Grant.

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.

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 cannot rule out the possibility that News of the World staff continued hacking phones even after one of its reporters was jailed for the illegal practice, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

POLICE believe the publishers of the News of the World were involved in hacking phones as recently as 2009, the Leveson Inquiry into press standards heard yesterday.

James Murdoch said today he stood by his evidence to MPs investigating the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

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.

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BRITISH private detective Glenn Mulcaire has revealed the names of News of the World staff who instructed him to carry out phone hacking, it was confirmed yesterday.

CELEBRITY couple Leslie Ash and Lee Chapman have settled their phone hacking claim against the News of the World — and now plan to take action against other newspapers.