First Minister Alex Salmond has rejected a call from MSPs to hold a phone-hacking inquiry, calling it unnecessary. Last week Mr Salmond defied a report by the UK House of Commons culture, media and sport committee that said that Rupert and James Murdo...
Thu 10 May 2012 by Jon Baldie | Read more »
News of the World publisher News International has established a multimillion-pound fund to compensate the victims of phone-hacking by the newspaper. The fund, said to be in the region of £15 million, is part of an offer made to the High Court i...
Wed 20 Apr 2011 by Leighton Craig | Read more »
Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister’s Director of Communications, has resigned, amid speculation about his involvement in the phone-hacking scandal last year. The former editor of the News of The World’s position became untenable following al...
Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »
Downing Street spin-doctor-in-chief Andy Coulson's ongoing phone-hacking imbroglio is the kind of story that student journalists love. The sense of access to power - wittingly or otherwise - is one that aspiring newshounds crave, and the dark hint of i...
Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »