Britain needs a new, independent regulatory body to protect the public from unethical, sometimes "outrageous" behavior by the press, the long-awaited Leveson report into the country's media standards recommends. Critics fear the proposal could dam...

Seven former News of the World journalists, including Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, face phone-hacking charges and are charged with being part of a phone hacking conspiracy. Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies reports.

Former British government media adviser Andy Coulson has been arrested for perjury in Scotland over his claims that he had no knowledge of phone hacking during his time in his previous job as editor of tabloid newspaper News of the World.

Police have detained the British Prime Minister's former spokesman on suspicion of perjury. Andy Coulson resigned from his post at Downing Street last year in the wake of the UK phone hacking scandal. Before joining David Cameron's team he'd b...

A stormy emergency session of parliament saw Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron defending his integrity and admitting he regretted hiring a journalist at the heart of a phone hacking scandal. Analysts claim Cameron emerged from the debate...

Investigations into the phone hacking case that's rocking the UK are growing by the day with ever more questions being asked of key figures in political, media and police circles. As the scandal intensifies, its impact threatens careers across the...

Prime Minister David Cameron tells the UK parliament that he believes there should be a full public inquiry into phone hacking at the News of the World.

Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports on the latest developments in the UK phone-hacking scandal, including allegations that journalists working for the News of the World newspaper didn't just target the voice messages of celebrities, but also victims...

British tabloid newspaper News of the World made all the wrong headlines in past when it apparently hacked the phones of celebrities and politicians. But the newspaper has now been accused of hacking into the phone of a murdered British school gi...