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The News of the World hacked a phone belonging to Sarah Payne's mother — which was given to her by then editor Rebekah Brooks, it was claimed yesterday.

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After allegations of phone hacking, fraud and general nastiness surfaced at its highly - profitable News of the World newspaper, the company decided that the best way to starve the scandal of oxygen was to shutter the 168 - year - old muckraking juggernaut.

When the 81 - year - old head of News Corp. took to Twitter in January, many assumed he was trying to soften his image following the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

James Murdoch's reputation was badly tarnished by the phone - hacking scandal at News Corp.'s News of the World paper.

The scandal exploded collapsed this week after it was reported that the News of the World had hacked the mobile phone of 13 - year - old murder victim Milly Dowler in 2002 while her family and police were desperately searching for her.

On Thursday, police arrested Neil Wallis, former deputy editor and then executive editor of News of the World, in the investigation of phone hacking.

And Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One who successfully brought a series of suits against News of the World for publishing pictures of him involved in an orgy, later funded a number of lawsuits against the same tabloid by people who said its journalists had hacked their phones.

The prime minister said he had decided to give the former News of the World editor, who had edited the tabloid at the time when royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for phone - hacking, a «second chance» because he had «done the honourable thing» by resigning.

Later that day the Guardian broke the story that Milly Dowler's phone was allegedly hacked by an investigator working for the News of the World in 2002.

Earlier the Metropolitan police said that up to 4,000 people may have had their phones hacked into by private investigators working for News of the World.

Hundreds of journalists at the News of the World, the vast majority of whom have never hacked a phone in their life, are out of work (although sources suggest they were drinking pints of champagne on the company card Thursday night).

News of the World journalist Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for hacking the phones of royal aides, but the Met did not see fit to investigate if phone - hacking was more widespread.

The Met failed to contradict News International's public claims that phone - hacking went beyond one rogue reporter at the News of the World, as they claimed at the time.

Whatever the reason, the news will come as a further blow to Mr Murdoch, who has watched his global media empire come under attack on several fronts since the scandal over alleged phone - hacking at the News of the World hit the front pages.

That's not a particularly difficult thing to do, given that Cameron hired Andy Coulson to be his communications boss after he'd resigned from the News of the World over, well, phone - hacking.

14:46 - Next question from Whittingdale - who was involved in phone - hacking at the News of the World?

Pressure on the Murdochs over the phone - hacking scandal is unlikely to abate after forcing the resignation of News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and the closure of the News of the World tabloid earlier this year.

The subsequent spanking coming their way may be even more epic this time, as allegations fly of a high - level conspiracy in the original phone - hacking investigations and substantial pay offs from News of the World hacks.

News of the World allegedly hacked into the phone mail of a missing school girl in 2002, giving her family false hope for her survival and potentially deleting important evidence.

Rupert Murdoch's efforts to limit the damage of the phone - hacking scandal by closing down the News of the World appeared to have failed today, as the row deepened significantly.

Rupert Murdoch has blamed «one or two individuals» for not telling him about phone - hacking at the News of the World in his appearance at the Leveson inquiry.

MPs will deliver their verdict on phone - hacking at the News of the World in a hotly anticipated report later this morning.

Here's the live blog of the last phone - hacking interrogation - of Colin Myler, former editor of News of the World and Tom Crone, former legal manager at the newspaper group.

The topic shed light on the phone hacking scandals that occurred last summer, shaking both media and consumers alike, and culminating with the closure of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

This afternoon Mr Murdoch met with the family of murdered teenager Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked by a News of the World journalist.

The potentially damaging admission came two days after Mr Murdoch's son, James, quit as chairman of Sky News's parent BSkyB, in an attempt to limit the spread of the phone - hacking scandal that has already forced the closure of one of Rupert Murdoch's main British newspapers, News Of The World.

In July 2011, following the revelation that the News of the World had paid private investigators to hack into the phones of Milly Dowler, as well as the families of murder victims and deceased servicemen, Miliband called for News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks to resign, urged David Cameron to establish a public, judge - led inquiry into the scandal, and announced that he would force a Commons vote on whether to block the News International bid for a controlling stake in BSkyB.

Mr Cameron will be asked whether he really believed the story that Goodman was the only News of the World journalist indulging in phone hacking, and that the newspaper's editor really knew nothing about it.

Chris Bryant: His appointment reflects badly on Cameron, and we now need a full investigation into the News of the World's phone hacking

Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the News Of The World tabloid, was cleared of the phone - hacking charge in a unanimous verdict by jurors.

He apologised to workers at News of the World for having «panicked» in the face of the anger targeted at him, after it emerged teenage murder victim Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked.

A letter by former News of the World royal correspondent Clive Goodman has seemingly crippled News International's defence and dragged phone - hacking back into the front pages.

10:21 - If you're not quite up to speed on the phone - hacking row, or if you've gotten understandably rusty over the summer, the main item today is the «for Neville» email, named after News of the World's (NOTW) former chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck.

The News Corporation chairman and his son have insisted they did not know that phone - hacking was widespread at the now - defunct News of the World tabloid.

The prime minister David Cameron announced on 6 July 2011 that a public inquiry, known as the Leveson Inquiry, would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World, consider the wider culture and ethics of the British newspaper industry and that the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced «entirely».

[156] As part of his role at the publisher, Crone had served as the News of the World's chief lawyer and gave evidence before parliamentary committees, that he had uncovered no evidence of phone hacking beyond the criminal offences committed by the royal editor Clive Goodman.

Sir Brian Leveson was appointed by David Cameron in 2011 to chair an inquiry into the conduct of the press in the wake of phone hacking allegations against the News of the World.

[127] The phone of chat show host Paul O'Grady was also hacked by the News of the World after he suffered a heart attack in 2006.

On 18 July, former News of the World journalist Sean Hoare, who was the first reporter to tell of «endemic» phone hacking at the publication for which he used to work, was found dead at his home in Watford, Hertfordshire.

August 2006 Police arrest the News of the World royal correspondent, Clive Goodman, for phone - hacking.

On July 6, 2011, Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the News Corporation [19] and the company's CEO, announced that Joel Klein would «provide important oversight and guidance» in the internal investigation of phone hacking at News of the World.

Murdoch had denied reading or being aware of an email, sent after he authorised an out - of - court payment to Gordon Taylor over the hacking of his phone, which suggested the practice was more widely used than just by a rogue News of the World reporter.

The Guardian journalist Nick Davies described commissions from the News of the World as the «golden source» of income for Rees» «empire of corruption», which involved a network of contacts with corrupt police officers and a pattern of illegal behaviour extending far beyond phone hacking.

[4] The investigation was headed by Assistant Commissioner John Yates who later resigned over the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

In 2009 the PCC held another inquiry, to see whether they were misled by the News of the World in 2007, and if there was any evidence that phone hacking had taken place since then.

Over the course of his testimony, Rupert Murdoch admitted that a cover - up had taken place within the News of the World to hide the scope of the phone hacking.

The effect of the phone hacking scandal originating with the News of the World also raised wider questions about the ethics employed by companies under Murdoch's ownership, as well as the effects the scandal will have on the ethics employed specifically by print journalists and to some extent the wider world of journaWorld also raised wider questions about the ethics employed by companies under Murdoch's ownership, as well as the effects the scandal will have on the ethics employed specifically by print journalists and to some extent the wider world of journaworld of journalism.

The chances of further prosecutions over phone hacking at news of the World increased today after the Metropolitan police handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Two prominent figures at the News of the World have been arrested in the investigation over phone hacking.