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

James Murdoch insisted again today that he was not originally told of evidence suggesting phone hacking was widespread at the News of the World.

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.

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.

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.

James Murdoch was reappointed as a director of BSkyB at the company’s annual general meeting today.

Protesters calling for the resignation of BSkyB chairman James Murdoch gathered outside the company’s annual general meeting today.

James Murdoch will face calls to resign as chairman of BSkyB at the satellite broadcaster's annual meeting tomorrow amid fears his links to the phone hacking inquiry at News Corporation will damage the company's reputation.

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.

James Murdoch insisted today that he was not made aware of the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World as long ago as 2008.

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.

JAMES Murdoch is to face his day of reckoning.

AIDES to Rupert Murdoch were warned as far back as 2008 that there was a culture of illegal voicemail hacking at the News of the World tabloid, according to documents released in Britain yesterday.

Emails between News of the World executives and their lawyers were published today by the UK parliamentary committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal.

JAMES MURDOCH knew more than three years ago that phone hacking at News Corp’s News of the World went beyond one “rogue” reporter, the company’s ex-chief British legal counsel told politicians, contradicting denials by Murdoch.

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.

Senior executives at News International were “surprised” to hear claims from jailed former News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman that phone hacking was widespread at the paper, the company’s former personnel chief told MPs today.

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

CLAIMS that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single “rogue” reporter have been referred to the police.

Claims that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single “rogue” reporter have been referred to the police in the UK.

A claim that James Murdoch gave misleading evidence to a Commons committee is to be referred to Scotland Yard, a Labour MP said today.

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.

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks today insisted the company acted "quickly and decisively'' in dealing with the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World once it had seen fresh evidence concerning actress Sienna Miller in December 2010.

SHAMED former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will receive a massive £3.5 million (€4m) severance package after quitting her post two weeks into the phone hacking scandal.

The independent inquiry into phone hacking will have the power to summon newspaper proprietors, journalists, police and politicians to give evidence under oath and in public, British Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

The woman linked to an alleged relationship with John Terry was today discussing her next move with Britain’s best known publicist as the England captain’s Chelsea team prepared for a match.

England captain John Terry faced allegations about his private life today after a gagging order was lifted.

ENGLAND captain John Terry was last night at the centre of yet another controversy as he was named as the sportsman behind a “super gagging order”.

Actress Sienna Miller today accepted £35,000 (€43,000) damages in settlement of her privacy action against News Group Newspapers.

Motorsport boss Max Mosley tomorrow launches a groundbreaking breach of privacy action against the News of the World over what it called a “sick Nazi orgy”.