Brooks and Murdoch to appear before MPs

NEWS International said yesterday it would co-operate after Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and his son James were asked to appear before a committee of MPs.

The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee asked the trio to give evidence about the phone hacking and police-payments scandals at a hearing next week.

A spokeswoman for News International, publisher of the News of the World, The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times, could not confirm whether all three would attend the hearing.