UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions
Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up
Gordon Brown
The extreme lengths to which Murdoch’s News Group went to justify deleting millions of emails is indefensible, says Gordon Brown, UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010
Prince Harry: decision to take on tabloids contributed to family ‘rift’
Duke of Sussex tells ITV documentary that legal battles against newspapers ‘central’ to deterioration in relations
April 2024
Why has Hugh Grant settled his phone hacking claim against the Sun?
The actor said he wanted to fight on – but the size of an offer from News Group made it financially risky to continue
February 2024
Prince Harry statement in full: ‘Mirror Group have finally conceded’
Prince Harry settles rest of Mirror Group phone-hacking claim
December 2023
After Harry’s phone hacking victory, is it last orders for tabloid top brass?
The Observer view on Prince Harry’s court victory over Mirror Group Newspapers
The press faces a moment of peril. It can’t just shrug and move on
Jane Martinson
Steve Coogan: phone-hacking ruling reveals ‘systemic concealment’
Which Mirror bosses knew about phone hacking, according to Prince Harry ruling?
7/7 ‘woman in the mask’ and ex-minister settle News UK phone-hacking claims
November 2023
Robbie Williams’s tale is one of tabloid vitriol, but our dark obsession with celebrity lingers still
Elle Hunt
The documentary series about the troubled singer shows that, while the heyday of the paparazzi is over, pop stars are still prey to intrusion, says journalist Elle Hunt
September 2023
Power and scandal: how Murdoch drove the UK, US and Australia to the right
He built a global conservative media empire, but the phone-hacking scandal and Dominion libel action almost undid the divisive mogul
August 2023
Kansas paper raid shines light on rising anti-media rhetoric in US
Incident charts a disturbing spike in intimidation and violence toward journalists following hateful bombast from politicians
July 2023
Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Sun publisher can go to trial, judge rules
High court rules prince’s claims of illegal information gathering can proceed but phone-hacking allegations cannot
BBC’s week of scandal: from the Sun’s claims to naming of Huw Edwards
One week after tabloid first published claims about a then unnamed presenter, the facts remain difficult to unpick
Harry’s Sun phone-hacking claim is ‘Alice in Wonderland stuff’, court hears
Duke of Sussex alleges secret deal between the publisher of the Sun and the royal family
June 2023
Prince Harry’s phone-hacking case: what have we learned so far?
Prince Harry asks for £440,000 in damages as phone-hacking case ends