Levi Bellfield admits killing British teen Milly Dowler
Despite his conviction for the girl’s murder, this is the first time he has ever admitted it to police.
Despite his conviction for the girl’s murder, this is the first time he has ever admitted it to police.
Simon Quinn, 43, will serve 18 months in prison.
The inquiry set up in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World continues to receive witness testimony today.
The inquiry set up in the wake of the News of the World hacking scandal continues to receive witness testimonies today.
Tabloid misbehaviour is an easy target for complaints – but popular news is essential to our society, writes John O’Sullivan.
The judge heading the inquiry into media ethics in the UK has called for clarification of the matter as the long running phone hacking saga took another twist today.
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The mother of the murdered teenager told the Leveson Inquiry today that she believed it was her daughter who had been deleting voice messages from her phone.
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News International has agreed to pay £2 million pounds to the family of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, and to donate a further £1 million to charities chosen by the family.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and sons will likely face the ire of shareholders angry over the company’s association with the phone hacking scandal in the UK.
The sum is one of the largest settlements ever considered by a news organisation – and reflects how the News of the World interfered with a police investigation and gave the Dowler family false hope that the schoolgirl was still alive.
The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has reportedly been offered a £2m-plus compensation settlement by News International.
Fellow officer complained about detective’s conduct, Surrey Police have said.
A full-page advert in all of today’s British papers says sorry for the “serious wrongdoing that occurred” at NotW.
A “humbled” Rupert Murdoch met with the family of the murdered schoolgirl to offer his apologies – however the phone-hacking scandal is far from over.
As Rebekah Brooks bows to pressure to resign, take a look back at events leading up to the scandal…
A gallery of today’s front pages from Britain and Ireland. No prizes for guessing what gets the biggest billing…
Meanwhile, UK police have contacted a lawyer involved in Lady Diana’s inquest to warn him over possible voicemail hacking.
Journalist who worked on Irish edition in 1990s says they were “well schooled in the grey arts” of rooting out stories.
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British police say they will investigate whether officers received payment from the newspaper in exchange for information.
Advertising is under threat at the News of the World newspaper in the wake of the new hacking revelations.
Yet more people have been added to the list of individuals suspected of having their phones hacked by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.
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The families of two young girls murdered by Ian Huntley in 2002 have also been contacted by police investigating the News of the World phone scandal.
It is being reported today that newspaper executives will be questioned about the hacking into of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s mobile phone.
Judge blamed “deplorable” media reports after yesterday’s conviction for jury discharge on accusation of attempted abduction of second schoolgirl.
Dowler, 13, disappeared as she walked home from school in March 2002.