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Bodyguard charged in phone-hacking probe

A security guard for former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice, England's state prosecutors say.

UK media reject watchdog plans

British newspapers have rejected government plans for a state-backed press watchdog and published their own proposal for self-regulation.
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3 charged in UK over royal stories

British prosecutors have charged The Sun tabloid's royal editor and two former staff at the military academy where Princes William and Harry trained, over the sale of stories for thousands of pounds.

UK jails two officers for selling stories

A former policeman and a prison officer have been jailed for selling information to Britain's biggest-circulation newspaper The Sun.

UK press to 'scrutinise' new regulations

Britain's newspapers have vowed to closely scrutinise a deal struck by the main political parties for a tough new press regulator, which they warned threatens 318 years of press freedom.
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4 UK journalists held in hacking probe

Four British journalists and former journalists have been arrested as part of an investigation into illegal phone-hacking, police say.

UK police arrest 6 in new hacking probe

British police have arrested six former News of the World journalists in a new probe into alleged phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now-closed tabloid, Scotland Yard said.

UK detective on trial over phone hacking

A senior British counter-terrorism detective has committed a "gross breach" of public trust by trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

JK Rowling 'dismayed' at Cameron response

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has expressed "alarm and dismay" at Prime Minister David Cameron's response to the Levenson report.
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UK papers back opposition to press laws

Britain's newspapers have praised senior judge Brian Leveson's report into media ethics but have warned its recommendation to introduce new laws could "suffocate the free press".

Call for independent UK press regulator

A senior British judge says the country needs a new, independent media regulator to eliminate a subculture of unethical behaviour that infected segments of the country's press.
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UK lawmakers warn against muzzling press

More than 80 British lawmakers have warned against state regulation of newspapers as Prime Minister David Cameron prepares to receive a key report into the phone-hacking scandal.

London mayor hails British press freedom

Britain would be moving in the opposite direction to many countries if it introduced tougher regulation of the media, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said during a visit to India.

Rebekah Brooks given £7m pay-off - report

Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks received a pay-off totalling more than £7m following her resignation from Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group, says a report.

UK top cop offered secrets to tabloid

The UK hacking scandal's chief suspects were being offered the inside track from the police force that would eventually arrest them.
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