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Kelvin MacKenzie told the then News International boss, Rebekah Brooks, and Sun editor, Dominic Mohan, he was quitting as a columnist in 2011 because he thought they had kept the full extent of phone hacking from him, according to evidence presented as part of a civil case against the newspaper's publisher on Thursday.

The police cited a narrow definition of phone hacking from the DPP as the reason behind its limited original investigation.

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Noticeably absent from the exhaustive coverage of the phone - hacking scandal and its widening fall - out is a strong statement from Murdoch himself.

At a time when everything from confidential corporate emails to iCloud accounts are getting hacked, these successful people might have the right idea by turning to flip phones.

The big box retailer said that a probe into the hacking of customers» personal data found that stolen information — separate from payment information already reported — included names, mailing addresses, phone numbers or email addresses for tens of millions.

Big Idea: Likely to be looking for a new role now that she will be stepping down from Shine, the independent TV production company she founded after a successful but tempestuous spell as No. 2 at her father's U.K. satellite broadcaster BSkyB and then sold to 21st Century Fox in 2011; now being merged with Big Brother - maker Endemol and American Idol producer Core Media; seen as more business - proven than Lachlan and not phone hacking - tainted like James.

NOT after he was caught hacking phone system for service, selling drugs to staff and students (which was ignored by campus authorities) and involved in helping a teenager stay on campus away from her family.

While Jobs and friend Steve Wozniak were busy hacking into AT&T's long - distance phone lines from a Berkeley dorm room in the 1970s, the culture was awash in New Age experimentation and social unrest.

I watched open mouthed as the news went from Milly Dowler's phone being hacked to Rupert Murdoch being custard pied, reeled from Anders Brevik's killing...

15:34 - Jay suggests Michel «deviously» wanted a strong statement on phone - hacking from a government minister to draw attention away from the BSkyB bid.

He will be confronted with evidence from a number of witnesses who have called into question his claim that he knew nothing about the practise of phone - hacking being widespread when he signed off a # 400,000 payment to Professional Footballers» Association chief executive Gordon Taylor.

The police have had a lot of bad press of late, from phone - hacking, to Hilsborough, to Andrew Mitchell.

Its legal representative at the inquiry, Neil Garnham QC, told Lord Justice Leveson that critics of the police were in danger of «looking at this through the wrong end of the telescope», as it was far from clear private investigator Glenn Mulcaire's notes that a large number of people were victims of phone - hacking.

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?

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.

He was also widely criticised in the media and on Twitter for distracting attention away from Mr Murdoch's phone - hacking evidence.

In the recent UK phone hacking saga the running has been made by two newspapers — notably the Guardian with some support in moving the story on at critical junctures from the New York Times.

Revelations about the snooping activities of GCHQ - which saw diplomats» emails reportedly hacked and their phone call activity monitored by a team of 45 analysts - come after US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the UK could have benefited from an American snooping programme known as «Prism».

Here's a selection of highlights from our coverage of the culture, media and sport committee's inquiry into phone - hacking.

10:19 - To drum up on things a little, here's our damage report from after the first phase of the phone - hacking scandal, looking at the main players and how they were affected.

Crone said he believes Murdoch has evidence of the widespread nature of phone - hacking, Watson argues, from 2008 onwards.

Many times I have had the opposition trying to teach me how to count, one raised middle finger at a time, they have torn down our posters, engaged in dirty tricks, hacked into our web sites, had the phones turned off, and sent out mailings alleging evrything from sex with animals to blaming each other for every heinious crime ever committed in the city.

She confirmed media reports that he had sent her a consoling message after she was forced to resign from her job as chief executive of News International at the height of the phone - hacking scandal last year.

Follow our live coverage of a historic day in parliament, as leading figures in the phone - hacking scandal face questions from MPs.

On 22 July, Tom Watson MP published a letter from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, in response to his letter expressing concerns about Harbottle and Lewis's part in the phone - hacking affair.

[71] Committee member Mark Reckless, the then Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood, stated that the original 2007 police investigation and the 2009 review had both been hindered by the advice from the CPS, that «phone hacking was only an offence if messages had been intercepted before they were listened to by the intended recipient;» which was in fact incorrect.

There was the craven response from Nick Clegg that although phone hacking was already illegal it was still justified to bring in further restrictions because Lord Leveson said so.

Whilst investigations conducted from 2005 to 2007 appeared to show that the paper's phone hacking activities were limited to celebrities, politicians, and members of the British Royal Family, in July 2011 it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings had also been hacked.

James Murdoch stated that News International had based its «push back» against new allegations on the combination of three pieces of evidence: that the Metropolitan Police had closed their investigation, that the Crown Prosecution Service had closed their prosecution and that they had received written advice from their legal advisors Harbottle & Lewis, that there was nothing to suggest phone hacking was not the work of one «rogue reporter» working with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.

After the 2006 conviction of Clive Goodman and Glenn Mulcaire, and with assurances from News International, the Press Complaints Commission and the Metropolitan Police Service that no one else had been involved in phone hacking, the public perception was that the matter was closed.

Also on 3 August, Piers Morgan issued a statement through CNN, his employer, that «I have never hacked a phone, told anyone to hack a phone, nor to my knowledge published any story obtained from the hacking of a phone.»

[117] A number of survivors from the bombings revealed that police had warned them their phones may have been hacked and their messages intercepted; in some cases they were advised to change security codes and PINs.

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.

[256][257] It was clear from court testimony that Mulcaire had hacked at least five other phones and that he did work for more than just Goodman.

[71] Mark Lewis, the solicitor acting for a number of phone hacking victims including the family of Milly Dowler, stated in evidence that he was sacked from his job when fellow partners at his law firm stated they no longer wished to pursue other victims» claims.

[133][134][135][136] A spokesperson from the Justice4Jean campaign group said: «The Menezes family are deeply pained to find their phones may have been hacked at a time at which they were at their most vulnerable and bereaved.»

[20] Klein took over the investigation, with fellow director Viet D. Dinh, from News International UK Chief Executive, Rebekah Brooks, whose own involvement in the phone hacking scandal made her unable to continue as an impartial investigator.

He has not stepped down as chairman as News International, however, where there will still be pressure from shareholders for him to take a step back to limit the reputational damage from the phone - hacking scandal.

12:55 - Murdoch appears to misunderstand an invitation from Leveson to talk about the victims of phone - hacking by talking about News of the World ex-employees instead.

Leading from the front — on phone - hacking, banking reform, putting the crisis of the «squeezed middle» on the political agenda before anyone else.

The message is unlikely to be warmly received by the SNP leader, who has worked hard to disassociate himself from Mr Murdoch since the phone - hacking scandal erupted.

He resigned from the Sunday paper when its royal editor, Clive Goodman, was convicted of phone hacking.

News of the World David Wooding claimed a much - rumoured Sunday Sun paper would not easily grab readers from his paper which has just closed amid a phone hacking scandal.

About a year later, he was arrested over phone - hacking allegations following his resignation from Downing Street in January 2011.

Even his most conspicuous successes: the attack on Rupert Murdoch on phone hacking, his stance on bankers» bonuses and his opposition to intervention in Syria in 2013 earned praise from the parliamentary party and broad respect in the media, but did little to rehabilitate his rather pathetic public persona.

The prime minister received assurances from Coulson over phone hacking.

He resigned from the company in July 2011 after the scandal of phone - hacking was revealed by the Guardian.

Miliband, whose leadership may have been rescued from the brink by the phone - hacking scandal, revelled in Cameron's decision to take on former News of the World editor Andy Coulson.

«The co-ordinated arrests were made between approximately 05:00 GMT and 07:00 GMT this morning by officers from Operation Weeting, the inquiry into the phone - hacking of voicemail boxes.