Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Business secretary Vince Cable tells the Leveson Inquiry of 'veiled threats' against his party if he made the 'wrong decision' over News Corporation's bid to takeover BSkyB.

Andy Coulson attended meetings of the National Security Council as David Cameron's director of communications when he was not vetted and "may have" had unsupervised access to top secret documents.

A senior editor at Sky News tells the Leveson inquiry its journalists might consider breaking the law to expose wrongdoing, as Ofcom launches an probe into the hacking of emails by its reporters.

Sky News admits to hacking emails, including the account of John Darwin, the "canoe man" accused of faking his own death.

A former News of the World executive tells the Leveson inquiry that he advised two former senior policemen on how to get the job of Scotland Yard commissioner.

There are calls for investigations in Britain and Australia into claims that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp engaged in piracy to undermine pay-TV companies.

Former senior Scotland Yard officer John Yates refused to let other officers examine his phone records in a leak inquiry because he was 'very well-connected', the Leveson inquiry hears.

Former Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames tells the Leveson inquiry the News of the World was involved in an attempt to "subvert" a murder investigation.

The police officer leading the investigation into illicit payments by the Sun says there was a network of corrupt public officials receiving money, as Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies reports.