Murdoch makes £1m Milly donation

Rupert Murdoch said today he has donated £1m (€1.2m) to charities chosen by Milly Dowler’s family to underscore his regret for the “abhorrent” hacking of the murdered schoolgirl’s phone.

News International confirmed it was paying the Dowler family £2m in settlement of their civil claim over the illegal interception of Milly’s voicemail messages by a private investigator working for the News of the World after she went missing in 2002.