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

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.

BRITAIN’S tourism industry was damaged by the Government’s failure to manage media images of the foot-and-mouth crisis, it was claimed yesterday.