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Rebekah and Charlie Brooks’ s close relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron is likely to cost him dearly.
DAVID CAMERON

The multiple perils of political friendship

The Crown Prosecution Service’s decision to charge former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks came as the British Cabinet met on Tuesday

  • Patrick Wintour
4 min read
Brooks arrest ends years of denial
DAN SABBAGH

Brooks arrest ends years of denial

Questioning of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has put to bed the company’s ‘rogue reporter’ defence once and for all.

  • Dan Sabbagh
6 min read
James Murdoch steps down as News International CEO
JAMES MURDOCH

James Murdoch steps down as News International CEO

Rupert Murdoch’s son James has decided to step down as CEO at his father’s troubled British publishing unit, News International.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
LONDON

British police make new phone hacking arrest

British police investigating tabloid phone hacking on Friday arrested a 47-year-old woman on suspicion of trying to pervert the course of justice.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Calls of dead soldier’s wife ‘also hacked’
JAMES ROBINSON

Calls of dead soldier’s wife ‘also hacked’

Britons want a public inquiry after claims that families of those killed in battle were targeted by <i>News of the World</i>.

  • James Robinson
6 min read