LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Police are investigating
claims private detectives working for Rupert Murdoch’s British
newspaper arm hacked into the computer of a Northern Ireland
minister, potentially compromising highly sensitive information,
the Guardian daily reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper said the new allegations suggested that
malpractice at News International, News Corp’s British
arm which is at the centre of a phone-hacking scandal, was far
more serious than thought.

LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Welsh singer Charlotte
Church, who rose to global fame as a child opera sensation, said
she was promised either favourable coverage from Rupert
Murdoch’s newspaper empire or 100,000 pounds ($160,000) if she
agreed to sing at the media tycoon’s wedding.

Church was the latest high-profile figure to denounce the
tabloid press, telling a public inquiry into press standards on
Monday how she had suffered from newspaper intrusion which had
even played a role in driving her mother to attempt suicide.

LONDON (Reuters) – “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling told a public inquiry into British media standards on Thursday she was forced to move house because of tabloid harassment and had been made to feel like a hostage in her home after she gave birth.

During two hours of evidence, Rowling revealed a note had been slipped into her young daughter’s schoolbag by a journalist and that she had chased a paparazzo photographer down the street when he tried to take a picture of her with her children.

LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) – “Harry Potter” author JK
Rowling told a public inquiry into British media standards on
Thursday she was forced to move house because of tabloid
harassment and had been made to feel like a hostage in her home
after she gave birth.

During two hours of evidence, Rowling revealed a note had
been slipped into her young daughter’s schoolbag by a journalist
and that she had chased a paparazzo photographer down the street
when he tried to take a picture of her with her children.

LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Hollywood stars and other
high-profile figures will try to turn the tables on Britain’s
celebrity-obsessed press this week when they put newspapers
under the spotlight at a public inquiry into media standards.

The likes of “Notting Hill” actor Hugh Grant will join
parents of murder victims to spell out how they and their
families have suffered from a ruthless hunt for stories to boost
flagging paper sales and sate a public’s clamour for gossip
about the rich and famous.

LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – President Abdullah Gul said
on Sunday Turkey was determined to overcome opposition to its
bid to join the European Union before beginning a visit to
Britain that underlines the growing political and economic ties
between the two countries.

Gul’s visit to London, where he will be a guest of Queen
Elizabeth, symbolises Britain’s push for closer links with
emerging markets such as Turkey.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s entire press stands in the dock at an inquiry into media standards, said a lawyer representing victims of press intrusion and phone-hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.

David Sherborne, who is representing 51 “core participants” at an inquiry set up as the hacking scandal engulfed News Corp’s British arm, said Wednesday that “tawdry” tabloids were guilty of blackmail, bribery and vilification.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s entire press stands in the dock at an inquiry into media standards, said a lawyer representing victims of press intrusion and phone-hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.

David Sherborne, who is representing 51 “core participants” at an inquiry set up as the hacking scandal engulfed News Corp’s British arm, said on Wednesday that “tawdry” tabloids were guilty of blackmail, bribery and vilification.

LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper arm said on Tuesday it could not guarantee phone-hacking at the News of the World had ended when one of its reporters was jailed in 2007 and conceded the practice had involved more than one “rogue reporter.”

Speaking at an inquiry set up by Prime Minister David Cameron amid public outrage at the scandal, the lawyer for News International made the admissions but queried suggestions the scandal had spread to more of its publications or involved dozens of reporters.

LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm said on Tuesday it could not guarantee phone-hacking at the News of the World had ended when one of its reporters was jailed in 2007 and conceded the practice had involved more than one “rogue reporter.”

Speaking at an inquiry set up by Prime Minister David Cameron amid public outrage at the scandal, the lawyer for News International made the admissions but queried suggestions the scandal had spread to more of its publications or involved dozens of reporters.