The Labour leader said today the 'accumulation of evidence' about Jeremy Hunt's close ties with News Corp while he was considering their BSkyB bid meant that his position was untenable. full story ![]()

The singer James Blunt, actor Hugh Grant and the Duchess of York have all settled their phone hacking damages claims against Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
independent.co.uk (3 months and 9 days ago)
LONDON (Reuters) - British police are investigating an estimated 600 new allegations of phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World newspaper, Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Friday.
reuters.com (2 months and 4 days ago)

Rupert Murdoch's News International has apologised to the Duchess of York for hacking her phone messages in the latest legal claims settled by the newspaper group.
abc.net.au (3 months and 8 days ago)

Jeremy Hunt stepped up pressure on NHS bosses to end the use of legal gags on whistleblowers today but faced calls for an independent inquiry into his own department's involvement.
standard.co.uk (3 months and 1 day ago)

Jeremy Hunt stepped up pressure on NHS bosses to end the use of legal gags on whistleblowers today but faced calls for an independent inquiry into his own department's involvement.
independent.co.uk (3 months and 1 day ago)

LONDON — Celebrities like J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged tough new measures to rein in Britain's unruly press. Lawmakers are to vote Monday on rival plans for tougher controls in the wake of the country's phone-hacking scandal. The Conservative-led government says it will propose a...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 2 days ago)
Officers arrested six people Wednesday over what London's Metropolitan Police is calling a separate phone-hacking conspiracy at Rupert Murdoch's defunct News of the World newspaper.
cnn.com (3 months and 4 days ago)

It means the investigation into phone hacking at the paper which was owned by Rupert Murdoch is likely to be extended until 2015. Former editor Rebekah Brooks is among those facing charges.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 4 days ago)

Police should investigate the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients at the Mid Staffordshire NHS hospitals in the wake of the public inquiry, the Health Secretary says.
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 8 days ago)
Jeremy Hunt has stepped up pressure on NHS bosses to end the use of legal gags on whistleblowers but faces calls for an independent inquiry into his own department's involvement.
standard.co.uk (3 months ago)
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