Gary Gibbon
Blair’s email and reputation
Tony Blair’s reported words of comfort and advice to Rebekah Brooks just as the News of the World had been accused of hacking into Millie Dowler’s phone will make some feel pretty squeamish.
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How the hacking trial unfolded: claims and counter-claims
It was one of the longest trials in English legal history that changed the media landscape and gave the public an unflinching glimpse into the lives of the rich and famous.
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End of the World: what really happened behind Wapping walls
When the phone-hacking allegations piled up and eventually took down the News of the World, Hayley Barlow was there to witness it all. Here is her story.
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PM must keep his promises: Milly Dowler’s sister
Gemma Dowler calls on the prime minister to keep the promises he made to her family that press regulation would be strengthened. Her teenage sister Milly’s phone was hacked after she disappeared.
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How Clifford wilted under the spotlight of his own publicity
Max Clifford was the go-to publicist for some of the world’s most famous celebrities. But he lost control when he became the centre of the story, writes Kunal Dutta.
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Coogan: Daily Mail should apologise for past mistakes too
Actor Steve Coogan tells Channel 4 News that the Daily Mail has been acting ‘like a playground bully’ over the story about Harriet Harman and past links between the NCCL and a paedophile group.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Royal charter signed off
Why are some supporters of the royal charter convinced it will eventually work? The answer lies in the carrots and sticks woven into all this.
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Gary Gibbon
Press charter, courts, 1680s and all that
Buckingham Palace will be unhappy that a royal prerogative, meant to be above contention and a symbol of unity and agreed public interest, is being squabbled over to the last fence but today they had to lump it.
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Newspapers lose battle to stop parties’ royal charter
Newspaper publishers say they will push for a judicial review after they were refused an injunction to stop ministers going to the privy council to seek the Queen’s approval for a new royal charter.
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Siobhan Kennedy
Newspapers shun government’s royal charter on press regulation
The gulf between the newspaper industry and the politicians’ plans for regulating them is yawning wider than ever.
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Press regulation: deal reached but battle has begun
MPs have agreed a deal on a proposed royal charter that they hope will be the workable solution to press regulation. But the newspapers reject it outright.
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Mail editor Dacre breaks silence over Miliband row
Paul Dacre says the reaction to the row between Ed Miliband and the Daily Mail over an article about the Labour leader’s father shows why politicians should not be in charge of regulating the press.
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Main political parties agree deal on press regulation
The UK’s three main political parties reach an agreement on establishing a new system of press regulation, a government source says.
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Alex Thomson
Do get in touch Mr Dacre – it’s cold out here on your doorstep
The editor in chief of the Daily Mail remains not only elusive but silent on the many questions we would like to ask him.
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Gary Gibbon
Pinteresque Leveson appearance
Add them up, and the pauses from Sir Brian Leveson at his culture select committee hearing may have taken up longer than the answers.
