Murdoch flies in to hacking storm

RUPERT MURDOCH flew into a political storm over his BSkyB takeover plans as he arrived in Britain to take personal charge of the phone-hacking scandal.

Labour leader Ed Miliband urged the media mogul to put his expansion plans on ice while police investigate claims of illegal practices and corruption at the News of the World.

And he secured high-level Liberal Democrat backing for a pause in the takeover process, heaping pressure on ministers to act if the News Corporation chairman does not.