Britain should introduce the first press law since the 17th century to rein-in an 'outrageous' press that had 'wreaked havoc' in the lives of innocent people, a major inquiry set up after the phone-ha

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday indicated he would reject a senior judge's recommendations for new laws to control the country's press despite the publication of a damning report.

British police on Saturday arrested a journalist as part of the phone-hacking investigation at the now-defunct News of the World.

The 43-year-old journalist is the 47th person to be arrested under O

Rupert Murdoch sowed the seeds of the phone hacking scandal that has tarnished his reputation by forcing Britain's most respected newspapers into 'a Faustian bargain' with the powerful, a former edito

Former News of the World editor Rebakah Brooks and her husband Charlie have been released on bail after being detained for 12 hours for interrogation in connection with the phone-hacking scandal.

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British police investigating tabloid phone hacking have re-arrested Rebekah Brooks, ex-editor of the News of the World and one-time top aide to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, it was reported on Tuesday.

The wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair has launched legal action over phone hacking, her lawyer said on Wednesday, reportedly against Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

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James Murdoch, at the centre of the phone hacking scandal in his family's British newspaper business, has resigned from the board of GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceuticals giant said on Friday.

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Hollywood star Jude Law is among 19 new victims of phone hacking by Britain's News of the World tabloid who have received payouts from Rupert Murdoch's media empire, their lawyers said on Thursday.

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Disgraced ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn suspected that a smartphone that disappeared just before his arrest on sexual assault charges in New York had been hacked, associates said Saturday.

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