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News International phone hacking scandal

Index News International phone hacking scandal

Employees of the now-defunct newspaper News of the World engaged in phone hacking, police bribery, and exercising improper influence in the pursuit of stories. [1]

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  1. 272 relations: Abi Titmuss, Acclamation, Adweek, Alberto Gonzales, Amdocs, Andrew Neil, Andy Coulson, Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955), Andy Hayman, Angus Deayton, Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, Arpad Busson, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, BBC, BBC News, BBC News Online, Bob Bird, Brian Leveson, British Army, British royal family, BT Group, Carole Caplin, Carter-Ruck, Champneys, Channel 4 News, Charles Clarke, Charlie Brooks (racehorse trainer), Charlotte Church, Cherie Blair, Chris Tarrant, Christopher Eccleston, Church Commissioners, Church of England, City of London Police, City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, Clive Goodman, CNET, Colin Myler, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Contempt of parliament, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, Crédit Lyonnais, Crown Prosecution Service, CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Cystic fibrosis, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Politics, Daily Star Sunday, ... Expand index (222 more) »

  2. 2007 crimes in the United Kingdom
  3. 2007 in law
  4. 2007 in the United Kingdom
  5. 2011 controversies
  6. 2011 in law
  7. 2011 in the United Kingdom
  8. Corruption in the United Kingdom
  9. Journalistic scandals
  10. Police misconduct in the United Kingdom
  11. Premiership of David Cameron
  12. Telephone tapping

Abi Titmuss

Abigail Evelyn Titmuss (born 8 February 1976) is an English actress, television personality and poker player.

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Acclamation

An acclamation is a form of election that does not use a ballot.

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Adweek

Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication that was first published in 1979.

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Alberto Gonzales

Alberto R. Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who served as the 80th United States Attorney General from 2005 to 2007 and is the highest-ranking Hispanic American in executive government to date.

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Amdocs

Amdocs (אמדוקס) is an Israeli multinational telecommunications technology company.

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Andrew Neil

Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator.

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Andy Coulson

Andrew Edward Coulson (born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist.

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Andy Gray (footballer, born 1955)

Andrew Mullen Gray (born 30 November 1955) is a Scottish football broadcaster and former player.

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Andy Hayman

Andrew Christopher Hayman CBE QPM (born 1959) is a retired British police officer and author of The Terrorist Hunters.

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Angus Deayton

Gordon Angus Deayton (born 6 January 1956) is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster.

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Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner

Anthony Stephen Grabiner, Baron Grabiner, KC (born 21 March 1945) is a British barrister, academic administrator, and life peer.

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Arpad Busson

| name.

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Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, usually just Assistant Commissioner (AC), is the third highest rank in London's Metropolitan Police, ranking below Deputy Commissioner and above Deputy Assistant Commissioner.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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Bob Bird

Bob Bird is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the defunct News of the World tabloid.

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Brian Leveson

Sir Brian Henry Leveson (born 22 June 1949) is a retired English judge who served as the President of the Queen's Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British royal family

The British royal family comprises King Charles III and his close relations.

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BT Group

BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.

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Carole Caplin

Carole Caplin (born 8 January 1962) was the style adviser to Cherie Blair and a fitness adviser to Tony Blair, when he was the British prime minister.

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Carter-Ruck

Carter-Ruck is a British law firm founded by Peter Carter-Ruck.

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Champneys

Champneys is an English country house and its associated estate near Tring, Hertfordshire.

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Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4.

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Charles Clarke

Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001 to 2006, lastly as Home Secretary from December 2004 to May 2006.

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Charlie Brooks (racehorse trainer)

Charles Patrick Evelyn Brooks (born 3 March 1963) is a British socialite, newspaper columnist, racehorse trainer and former amateur jockey.

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Charlotte Church

Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff.

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Cherie Blair

Cherie, Lady Blair (born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer.

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Chris Tarrant

Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English broadcaster, television personality and former radio DJ.

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Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston (born 16 February 1964) is an English actor whose work has encompassed Hollywood blockbusters and arthouse films, television dramas, Shakespearean stage performances and science fiction, most notably the ninth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who (2005).

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Church Commissioners

The Church Commissioners is a body which administers the property assets of the Church of England.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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City of London Police

The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temples.

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City of Westminster Magistrates' Court

The City of Westminster Magistrates' Court was a magistrates' court located at 70 Horseferry Road, in the City of Westminster, London.

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Clive Goodman

Clive Goodman (born 17 September 1957, in Hammersmith, London) is an English journalist, former royal editor and reporter for the News of the World.

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CNET

CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.

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Colin Myler

Colin Myler is a US-based British journalist.

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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service.

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Contempt of parliament

In countries with a parliamentary system of government, contempt of parliament is the offence of obstructing the legislature in the carrying out of its functions, or in the hindering any legislator in the performance of their duties.

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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City, New York, United States.

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Crédit Lyonnais

The Crédit Lyonnais ("Lyon Credit ") was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003.

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Crown Prosecution Service

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales.

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CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd

CTB v News Group Newspapers is an English legal case between Manchester United player Ryan Giggs, given the pseudonym CTB, and defendants News Group Newspapers Limited and model Imogen Thomas.

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Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, formerly the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, is one of the select committees of the House of Commons, established in 1997.

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Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal recessive manner that impairs the normal clearance of mucus from the lungs, which facilitates the colonization and infection of the lungs by bacteria, notably Staphylococcus aureus.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.

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Daily Politics

Daily Politics is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn.

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Daily Star Sunday

The Daily Star Sunday is a weekly tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom.

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Danny Alexander

Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a former politician who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury between 2010 and 2015.

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Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29) (DPA) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system.

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David Blunkett

David Blunkett, Baron Blunkett, (born 6 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2015, and previously served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough from 1987 to 2015, when he stood down.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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David Maclean, Baron Blencathra

David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, (born 16 May 1953) is a Conservative Party life peer.

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David Mills (solicitor)

David Mackenzie Donald Mills (born 31 May 1944) is a British corporate lawyer who specialises in international work for Italian companies.

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Delia Smith

Delia Ann Smith (born 18 June 1941) is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a direct style.

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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom is the second highest ranking minister of the Crown and a member of the British Cabinet.

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Director of Public Prosecutions

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world.

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Dow Jones & Company

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.

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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA; Asiantaeth Trwyddedu Gyrwyr a Cherbydau) is the organisation of the British government responsible for maintaining a database of drivers in Great Britain and a database of vehicles for the entire United Kingdom.

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EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985.

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Ed Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since July 2024.

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Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)

Elisabeth Murdoch (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom.

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Elizabeth Filkin

Elizabeth Jill Filkin CBE (born 24 November 1940) is a British public functionary and former civil servant.

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Elle Macpherson

Eleanor Nancy Macpherson (born) is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host, and actress.

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Eric Holder

Eric Himpton Holder Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015.

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Eureka effect

The eureka effect (also known as the Aha! moment or eureka moment) refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Fleet Street

Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (et seq.) is a United States federal law that prohibits U.S. citizens and entities from bribing foreign government officials to benefit their business interests.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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Frank Lautenberg

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013.

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Freedom of Information Act 2000

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information held by public authorities.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Geoff Webster

Geoff Webster (born Geoffrey B. Webster; 1959) is the deputy editor of The Sun newspaper in the UK (currently suspended due to criminal charges brought under Operation Elveden).

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Geoffrey Robinson (politician)

Geoffrey Robinson (born 25 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West for 43 years, from 1976 to 2019.

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George Galloway

George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a British politician, broadcaster, and writer.

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Glenn Mulcaire

Glenn Michael Mulcaire (born 8 September 1970) is an Author and English private investigator and former non-league footballer.

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Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Gordon Taylor (footballer)

Gordon Alexander Taylor OBE (born 28 December 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Greg Miskiw

Greg Miskiw (born Ihor Miskiw; December 1949 – 25 September 2021) was a British journalist and news editor of the defunct tabloid newspaper the News of the World.

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Hack Attack

Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch is a 2014 book about the News International phone hacking scandal by the British investigative journalist Nick Davies.

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Hang Seng Bank

Hang Seng Bank Limited is a Hong Kong-based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong.

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Harbottle & Lewis

Harbottle & Lewis is a law firm based in London, England which advises clients across the media, communications and entertainment industries.

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Heather Mills

Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English former model, businesswoman and animal rights activist.

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HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan

Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan was the 2010 criminal prosecution of Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament and his wife Gail Sheridan for perjury in relation to an earlier civil case called Sheridan v News Group Newspapers.

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HM Prison Glen Parva

HM Prison Glen Parva was an adult male prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Glen Parva, Leicestershire, England.

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HM Prison Stocken

HM Prison Stocken is a Category C men's prison located in the parish of Stretton, in the county of Rutland, England.

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HM Revenue and Customs

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC) is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support, the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.

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Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hugh Grant

Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor.

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Human resources

Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy.

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Ian Edmondson

Ian Edmondson (born) is a British tabloid journalist.

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Independent Police Complaints Commission

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was a non-departmental public body in England and Wales responsible for overseeing the system for handling complaints made against police forces in England and Wales. News International phone hacking scandal and Independent Police Complaints Commission are police misconduct in the United Kingdom.

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Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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IPAQ

The iPAQ is a discontinued Pocket PC and personal digital assistant which was first unveiled by Compaq in April 2000.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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ITV (TV network)

ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.

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James Blunt

James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount; 22 February 1974) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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James Desborough (journalist)

James Desborough is a show business writer, media commentator and PR consultant who works in Los Angeles, New York and London.

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James Hipwell

James Hipwell is a former Daily Mirror journalist, writer, organ donation campaigner and whistleblower who was investigated over the so-called 'City Slickers' share tipping scandal along with the paper's then editor, Piers Morgan, and several other members of its newsroom.

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James Murdoch

James Rupert Jacob Murdoch (born 13 December 1972) is a British-American businessman.

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James Nesbitt

William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland.

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James Weatherup

James Weatherup (born 1961) is an English newspaper journalist, news reporter, newspaper editor and PR Director.

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Jamie Theakston

James Paul Theakston (born 21 December 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, narrator and actor.

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Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen (born May 5, 1956) is an associate professor of journalism at New York University.

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Joel Klein

Joel Irwin Klein (born October 25, 1946) is an American lawyer and school superintendent.

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John Hartigan (media executive)

John Hartigan (born 16 November 1947) is a former Australian journalist and media executive, who worked for News Limited for 41 years, ending his career there as CEO and chair in 2011.

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John Kay (journalist, born 1943)

John Michael Kay (28 October 1943 – 7 May 2021) was a British journalist who worked for The Sun newspaper for several decades.

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John Prescott

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007.

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John Whittingdale

Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale (born 16 October 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon (and its predecessors) since 1992 and Shadow Minister of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024.

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John Yates (police officer)

John Yates (born 17 February 1959) is a former Assistant Commissioner in the London Metropolitan Police Service (2006–2011).

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Jonathan Rees

Jonathan Rees is a British private investigator, and former partner of murdered private investigator Daniel Morgan.

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Jude Law

David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor.

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Karl Grossman

Karl Grossman is an author, TV program host and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

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Keith Vaz

Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British politician who served as the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019.

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Kelly Hoppen

Kelly Elaine Hoppen (born 28 July 1959) is a South African-born British interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors.

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Ken Macdonald

Kenneth Donald John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven, (born 4 January 1953) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of England and Wales from 2003 to 2008.

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Kevin Zeese

Kevin Bruce Zeese (October 28, 1955 – September 6, 2020) was an American lawyer, U.S. Senate candidate and political activist.

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Killing of Rachel Nickell

Rachel Jane Nickell (23 November 1968 – 15 July 1992) was a British woman who was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in south-west London on 15 July 1992.

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Les Hinton

Leslie Frank Hinton (born 19 February 1944) is a British-American journalist, writer and business executive whose career with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation spanned more than fifty years.

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Leveson Inquiry

The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011.

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Levi Bellfield

Levi Bellfield (born Levi Rabbetts; 17 May 1968) is an English serial killer, sex offender, rapist, kidnapper, and burglar.

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List of documents relating to the News International phone hacking scandal

This is a list of key documents relating to the News International phone hacking scandal. News International phone hacking scandal and list of documents relating to the News International phone hacking scandal are telephone tapping.

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List of people arrested in the News International phone-hacking scandal

This list of persons arrested in phone-hacking scandal is a chronological listing of individuals arrested in conjunction with the illegal acquisition of confidential information by employees and other agents of news media companies referred to as the "phone hacking scandal." Dates indicate approximately when each arrest was made.

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Major (United Kingdom)

Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Mark Reckless

Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British lawyer and former politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to 2015.

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Mark Stephens (solicitor)

* Mark Howard Stephens (born 7 April 1957) is an English solicitor specializing in media law, intellectual property rights, freedom of speech and human rights.

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Matthew Freud

Matthew Freud (born 2 November 1963) is head of Freud Communications, an international public relations firm in the United Kingdom.

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Max Clifford

Maxwell Frank Clifford (6 April 1943 – 10 December 2017) was an English convicted sex offender and publicist who was particularly associated with promoting "kiss and tell" stories in tabloid newspapers.

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Media Standards Trust

The Media Standards Trust is a British media think tank formed in 2006.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal

This article provides a narrative beginning in 1999 of investigations by the Metropolitan Police Service (Met) of Greater London into the illegal acquisition of confidential information by agents in collaboration with the news media that is commonly referred to as the phone hacking scandal. News International phone hacking scandal and Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal are hacking (computer security) and telephone tapping.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Misconduct

Misconduct is wrongful, improper, or unlawful conduct motivated by premeditated or intentional purpose or by obstinate indifference to the consequences of one's acts.

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Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Mosley v News Group Newspapers EWHC 1777 (QB) was an English High Court case in which the former President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Max Mosley, challenged the News of the World.

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Murder of Daniel Morgan

Daniel John Morgan (3 November 1949 – 10 March 1987) was a British private investigator who was murdered with an axe in a pub car park in Sydenham, London, in 1987.

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Murder of Milly Dowler

On 21 March 2002, Amanda Jane "Milly" Dowler, a 13-year-old English schoolgirl, was reported missing by her parents after failing to return home from school and not being seen since walking along Station Avenue in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, that afternoon.

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Murder of Sarah Payne

Sarah Evelyn Isobel Payne (13 October 1991 – 1 July 2000) was the victim of a high-profile abduction and murder in West Sussex, England in July 2000.

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National Health Service

The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales.

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Neil Wallis

Neil John Wallis (born 4 October 1950) is a British former newspaper editor.

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Neville Thurlbeck

Neville Thurlbeck (born 7 October 1961) is a British journalist who worked for the tabloid newspaper News of the World for 21 years.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States.

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News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp.

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News Corporation

The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a weekly national "red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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News UK

News Corp UK & Ireland Limited (trading as News UK, formerly News International and NI Group) is a British newspaper publisher, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the American mass media conglomerate News Corp.

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Newsnight

Newsnight is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nick Davies

Nicholas Davies (born 28 March 1953) is a British investigative journalist, writer, and documentary maker.

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Nick Parker (journalist)

Nick Parker (born 1960/1961) is an English journalist and chief foreign correspondent of London-based The Sun newspaper.

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Nigel Farage

Nigel Paul Farage (born 3 April 1964) is a British politician and broadcaster who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Clacton and the Leader of Reform UK since 2024, having previously been its leader from 2019 to 2021 when it was called the Brexit Party.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales.

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Operation Elveden

Operation Elveden was a British police investigation into allegations of inappropriate payments to police officers and other public officials.

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Operation Kalmyk

In February 2012, during evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the British press, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers mentioned the existence of Operation Kalmyk, a new investigation related to Operation Tuleta.

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Operation Motorman (ICO investigation)

Operation Motorman was a 2003 investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office into allegations of offences under the Data Protection Act by the British press.

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Operation Rubicon

Operation Rubicon (German: Operation Rubikon), until the late 1980s called Operation Thesaurus, was a secret operation by the West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), lasting from 1970 to 1993 and 2018, respectively, to gather communication intelligence of encrypted government communications of other countries.

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Operation Tuleta

Operation Tuleta is a British police investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of computer hacking, related to the News International phone hacking scandal.

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Operation Weeting

Operation Weeting was a British police investigation that commenced on 26 January 2011, under the Specialist Crime Directorate of the Metropolitan Police Service into allegations of phone hacking in the ''News of the World'' phone hacking affair.

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Overview of news media phone hacking scandals

Phone hacking by news organizations became the subject of scandals that raised concerns about illegal acquisition of confidential information by news media organizations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia between 1995 and 2012. News International phone hacking scandal and Overview of news media phone hacking scandals are telephone tapping.

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PA Media

PA Media (formerly the Press Association) is a multimedia news agency.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

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Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady (14 June 1955 – 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer.

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Paul Stephenson (police officer)

Sir Paul Robert Stephenson (born 26 September 1953) is a British retired police officer who was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 2009 to 2011.

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Pedophilia

Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.

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Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe

Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (née O'Flynn, born 12 March 1954) is an English barrister, regulator and politician.

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Peter Clarke (police officer)

Peter John Michael Clarke, CVO, OBE, QPM (born 27 July 1955) is a retired senior police officer with London's Metropolitan Police most notably having served as a Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Specialist Operations directorate, commanding the Counter Terrorism Command.

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Peter Hain

Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, (born 16 February 1950), is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2007 to 2008 and twice as Secretary of State for Wales from 2002 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2010.

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Phone hacking

Phone hacking is the practice of exploring a mobile device, often using computer exploits to analyze everything from the lowest memory and CPU levels up to the highest file system and process levels. News International phone hacking scandal and Phone hacking are hacking (computer security) and telephone tapping.

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Phreaking

Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. News International phone hacking scandal and Phreaking are hacking (computer security).

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Piers Morgan

Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (O'Meara, born 30 March 1965) is an English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality.

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Police National Computer

The Police National Computer (PNC) is a database used by law enforcement organisations across the United Kingdom and other non-law enforcement agencies.

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Press Complaints Commission

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) was a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazines, consisting of representatives of the major publishers.

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Press Gazette

Press Gazette, formerly known as UK Press Gazette (UKPG), is a British trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press.

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Prison officer

A prison officer (PO) or corrections officer (CO), also known as a correctional law enforcement officer or less formally as a prison guard, is a uniformed law enforcement official responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and regulation of prisoners.

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Privacy law

Privacy law is a set of regulations that govern the collection, storage, and utilization of personal information from healthcare, governments, companies, public or private entities, or individuals.

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Private Eye

Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961.

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Professional Footballers' Association

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the trade union for professional association footballers in England and Wales.

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ProPublica

ProPublica, legally Pro Publica, Inc., is a nonprofit organization based in New York City dedicated to investigative journalism.

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Public inquiry

A public inquiry, also known as a tribunal of inquiry, government inquiry, or simply inquiry, is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body.

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Question Time (TV programme)

Question Time is a topical debate programme, typically broadcast on BBC One at 10:45 pm on Thursdays.

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R v Coulson, Brooks and others

R v Coulson, Brooks and others was a trial at the Old Bailey in London, England, arising from the News International phone hacking scandal.

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Reach plc

Reach plc (known as Trinity Mirror between 1999 and 2018) is a British newspaper, magazine and digital publisher.

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Rebekah Brooks

Rebekah Mary Brooks (born 27 May 1968) is a British media executive and former journalist and newspaper editor.

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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (RIP or RIPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covering the interception of communications.

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Respect Party

The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left socialist political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Richard Thomas (solicitor)

Richard James Thomas is known for his tenure as Information Commissioner of the United Kingdom, a post which he held from December 2002 to June 2009.

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Rio Ferdinand

Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for TNT Sports.

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Robert Agostinelli

Robert Frank Agostinelli (born May 21, 1953) is an Italian American billionaire financier who is the chairman and co-founder of private equity firm Rhône Group.

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Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency)

Rochester and Strood is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lauren Edwards from the Labour Party.

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Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor.

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Sadie Frost

Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer.

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Sara Payne

Sara Jane Payne, MBE (Williams; born 1 March 1969) is a British media campaigner known for her campaign for parents' right for a controlled access to the sex offender registry, spurred by the murder of her daughter Sarah in 2000.

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Sarah Ellison

Sarah Ellison is a reporter for The Washington Post.

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Sarah, Duchess of York

Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson; 15 October 1959), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a British author, philanthropist, television personality, and member of the extended British royal family.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs.

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Sean Hoare

Sean Matthew Hoare (1963 – c. 17 July 2011) was a British entertainment journalist.

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Secretary of State for Wales

The secretary of state for Wales (ysgrifennydd gwladol Cymru), also referred to as the Welsh secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Wales Office.

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Sensationalism

In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Sex offender

A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime.

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Shaving cream

Shaving cream or shave cream is a category of cream cosmetics used for shaving preparation.

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Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Sheridan v News Group Newspapers (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd) is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the News of the World, which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006.

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Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

Jean Charles da Silva e de Menezes (7 January 1978 – 22 July 2005) was a Brazilian man killed by officers of the London Metropolitan Police Service at Stockwell station on the London Underground, after he was wrongly deemed to be one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts.

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Sienna Miller

Sienna Rose Diana Miller (born 28 December 1981 FilmReference.com notes "born December 28, 1981 (some sources say 1982)" at.) is an American-born British actress.

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Simon Hughes

Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes (born 17 May 1951) is a British former politician.

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Sky Andrew

Skylet Andrew (born 31 March 1962), often known as Sky Andrew, is an English former Olympian who won three gold medals at the 1989 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships and was the first Black British sports agent.

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Sky Italia

Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast.

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Sky News

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.

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Sky UK

Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.

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Social media

Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.

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Solicitors Regulation Authority

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Specialist Operations

The Specialist Operations directorate is a unit of the Metropolitan Police in London, England.

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State religion

A state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.

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State University of New York at Old Westbury

The State University of New York at Old Westbury (SUNY at Old Westbury) is a public university in Old Westbury, New York, with portions in the neighboring town of Jericho, New York.

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Stephen B. Shepard

Stephen B. Shepard (born July 30, 1939) is an American business journalist and academic who served as editor-in-chief of BusinessWeek magazine and was the founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

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Steve Coogan

Stephen John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter.

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Stuart Kuttner

Stuart Kuttner (born 1939/1940) is a former newspaper editor.

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Summons

A summons (also known in England and Wales as a claim form and in the Australian state of New South Wales as a court attendance notice (CAN)) is a legal document issued by a court (a judicial summons) or by an administrative agency of government (an administrative summons) for various purposes.

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Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror.

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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Sussex Police

Sussex Police are the territorial police force responsible for policing in the whole of Sussex.

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Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson (born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish retired football manager and former player.

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Tessa Jowell

Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell, Baroness Jowell, (18 September 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British Labour Party politician and life peer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood, previously Dulwich, from 1992 to 2015.

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The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Thomas DiNapoli

Thomas Peter DiNapoli (born February 10, 1954) is an American politician serving as the 54th and current New York State Comptroller since 2007.

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Tom Bradby

Thomas Matthew Bradby (born 13 January 1967) is a British journalist and novelist who currently presents the ITV News at Ten.

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Tom Crone

Tom Crone is a British barrister, last working for News International as Legal Affairs manager, before he resigned during the News International phone hacking scandal in 2011.

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Tom Mangold

Thomas Cornelius Mangold (born 20 August 1934) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author.

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Tom Mockridge

Thomas Mockridge (born July 1955 in New Zealand) is the chairman and chief executive officer of Virgin Fibra.

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Tom Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest

Thomas Anthony Watson, Baron Watson of Wyre Forest (born 8 January 1967) is a British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019.

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Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom

Unfair dismissal in the United Kingdom is the part of UK labour law that requires fair, just and reasonable treatment by employers in cases where a person's job could be terminated.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States.

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Uri Geller

Uri Geller (אורי גלר; born 20 December 1946) is an Israeli-British illusionist, magician, television personality, and self-proclaimed psychic.

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Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

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Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors Limited,;Company No.

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Virgin Atlantic Holidays

Virgin Holidays Limited, trading as Virgin Atlantic Holidays, is a company within the Virgin Group that offers holidays worldwide with destinations including the US and Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean and the Far East.

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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.

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Watford

Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne.

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Wayne Rooney

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Plymouth Argyle.

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Wendi Deng Murdoch

Wendi Deng Murdoch (born Deng Wenge; December 5, 1968) is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur, investor, film producer, and collector of Chinese contemporary art.

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West Sussex

West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.

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William, Prince of Wales

William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne.

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WNBC

WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City that serves as the flagship of the NBC network.

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1922 Committee

The 1922 Committee, formally known as the Conservative Private Members' Committee, or sometimes simply the 22, is the parliamentary group of the Conservative Party in the British House of Commons.

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21 July 2005 London bombings

On Thursday, 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks by Islamist extremists disrupted part of London's public transport system as a follow-up attack from the 7 July 2005 London bombings that occurred two weeks earlier.

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7 July 2005 London bombings

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.

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See also

2007 crimes in the United Kingdom

2007 in law

2007 in the United Kingdom

2011 controversies

2011 in law

2011 in the United Kingdom

Corruption in the United Kingdom

Journalistic scandals

Police misconduct in the United Kingdom

Premiership of David Cameron

Telephone tapping

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