Britain Phone Hacking Scandal

A new regulator for Britain's press started work on Monday following a scandal over journalists hacking the phones of celebrities and crime victims, but was immediately dismissed as a "sham" by campaigners.

British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a "full and frank" apology on Tuesday after his former media chief Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking, saying he had been wrong to hire him.

Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain's tabloid press.

Britain's press is going to court in a bid to stop the imposition of new rules developed after the country's phone hacking scandal.

A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened today with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson in the dock.

A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago.

Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.

A senior British counter-terrorism detective was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

A top counterterrorism detective was found guilty on Thursday of trying to sell information to a Rupert Murdoch tabloid, becoming the first person to be convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in early 2011.

Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids.

Britain's media regulator gave pay-TV firm BSkyB a clean bill of health on Thursday, saying there was no evidence it was linked to a phone hacking scandal which engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, its largest shareholder.

Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief and Rupert Murdoch's former UK newspaper boss are to be charged with phone-hacking offences in the most significant development in a scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment.

The police investigation spawned by last year's phone hacking scandal has spread to new UK tabloids, with detectives now seeking information from the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as Britain's Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said on Monday.

Two former members of the National Health Service were arrested on Thursday by officers investigating corrupt links between police and journalists exposed by Britain's phone hacking scandal, Scotland Yard said.

A new regulator for Britain's press started work on Monday following a scandal over journalists hacking the phones of celebrities and crime victims, but was immediately dismissed as a "sham" by campaigners.

British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a "full and frank" apology on Tuesday after his former media chief Andy Coulson was convicted of phone hacking, saying he had been wrong to hire him.

Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain's tabloid press.

Britain's press is going to court in a bid to stop the imposition of new rules developed after the country's phone hacking scandal.

A jury was sworn in today for Britain's phone-hacking trial, which is set to hear explosive evidence of the scandal that brought down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World opened today with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former media chief Andy Coulson in the dock.

A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago.

Rebekah Brooks, a former executive to Rupert Murdoch and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to charges of criminal behaviour during her time at two national tabloids.

A senior British counter-terrorism detective was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

A top counterterrorism detective was found guilty on Thursday of trying to sell information to a Rupert Murdoch tabloid, becoming the first person to be convicted on charges related to Britain's phone-hacking scandal since a police investigation was reopened in early 2011.

Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids.

Britain's media regulator gave pay-TV firm BSkyB a clean bill of health on Thursday, saying there was no evidence it was linked to a phone hacking scandal which engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, its largest shareholder.

Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief and Rupert Murdoch's former UK newspaper boss are to be charged with phone-hacking offences in the most significant development in a scandal that has rocked Britain's establishment.

The police investigation spawned by last year's phone hacking scandal has spread to new UK tabloids, with detectives now seeking information from the Trinity Mirror PLC newspaper group as well as Britain's Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said on Monday.

Two former members of the National Health Service were arrested on Thursday by officers investigating corrupt links between police and journalists exposed by Britain's phone hacking scandal, Scotland Yard said.