Andy Coulson, the former editor of News of the World tabloid and former spokesperson for Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested this morning over the explosive phone-hacking scandal in the UK. And in related news, Rupert Murdoch announced that he is shutting down News of the World this week. Talk about an organization experiencing…
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UK: Phone hacking victims could number 4,000
The number of victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal could exceed 4,000, detectives leading the investigation have warned. Martin Evans reports: Officers were last night continuing to trawl through 11,000 pages of material handed over by News International and have said they will contact everyone involved as “soon as possible”. Yesterday…
Phone hacking scandal involving kidnapped girl roils Britain
Henry reports: For months, Britain’s scandal over scoop-hungry reporters hacking into the cellphones of celebrities and politicians drew shrugs from the general public, which viewed the affair as a rarified dispute between the rich and famous and those who write about them. Not anymore. Revulsion swept the nation Tuesday amid allegations that a sensationalist tabloid…
UK: 130 police officers broke rules to view files on Steven Gerrard’s trial
Nigel Bunyan reports: Statistics disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that in 2008 there were 42 breaches of data protection laws by officers at Merseyside Police. The following year – including the period in which Gerrard was prosecuted over an alleged affray in a nightclub – there were 152 breaches. Merseyside Police said…