By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks was asked to authorise a cash payment to a “serving police officer” while she edited Britain’s best-selling national newspaper The Sun, the phone hacking trial heard today.…

By Martin Hickman Detectives are carrying out a live investigation into whether a senior Army officer leaked a photograph of Prince William in a bikini to the Sun, the phone hacking trial…

By Martin Hickman Hundreds of hacking calls were made from a “private wire” inside News International’s headquarters, the Old Bailey heard today. Among those whose voicemails were accessed from the “generic” phone…

DAY 23 – Wed 27 Nov By Martin Hickman Fifteen million emails from Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group have been lost to police and other investigators, the hacking trial heard today. Prosecutor…

DAY 22 – 26 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks explained how to hack a mobile phone at a birthday party for the Prime Minister at a country house, the Old…

By Martin Hickman Rebekah Brooks told the wife of a professional golfer how easy it was to hack the phones of famous people, the Old Bailey was told today. Eimear Cook said…

DAY 21 – 25 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman Andy Coulson offered Clive Goodman “every possible support” after he was arrested for hacking into the voicemails of aides to the Royal family,…

DAY 19 – Thu 21 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers “placed great emphasis” on the code of practice for journalists, Rebekah Brooks told the Press Complaints Commission two years…

DAY 19 – Thu 21 Nov 2013 By Martin Hickman A News of the World reporter warned the paper’s management that he and its editors could go to jail if police traced…

DAY 18 – Wed 20 Nov 2013 (update) By Martin Hickman The News of the World’s news editor, Ian Edmondson, extended its £100,000-year-contract with the private detective Glenn Mulcaire after initially ordering…