Amanda Dowler

Britain would be moving in the opposite direction to many countries if it introduced tougher regulation of the media, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said during a visit to India.

Britain would be moving in the opposite direction to many countries if it introduced tougher regulation of the media, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said during a visit to India.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is keeping an open mind about the regulation of the press, his office insisted Saturday, after a newspaper report claimed he would reject full-blown state regulation.

Prosecutors charged ex-News International chief Rebekah Brooks and the prime minister's former spokesman Andy Coulson Tuesday with paying bribes for information on the royal family and the military.

Rupert Murdoch's News International gave former chief executive Rebekah Brooks a £7 million pay-off after she resigned from the company over the phone-hacking scandal, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were in court in London on Wednesday on charges related to the phone-hacking scandal that shut down Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid.

Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks is to enter her plea in a London court Wednesday on charges of trying to cover up phone hacking that led to the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid's closure.

Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks appeared in a London court on Monday to face charges related to alleged phone hacking.

The former legal advisor to Rupert Murdoch's News International newspaper group was arrested by police investigating alleged phone hacking.

The former legal advisor to Rupert Murdoch's News International newspaper group was arrested by police investigating alleged phone hacking.

Andy Coulson, the former media chief of British Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court on Thursday charged with phone hacking while he was editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.

Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson will appear at a London court on Thursday to answer phone-hacking charges.

Prosecutors charged David Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson and former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with phone hacking Tuesday as the scandal lapped at the door of Downing Street.

Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before Britain's press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before the press ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Prime Minister David Cameron faces an uncomfortable appearance before the press-ethics inquiry on Thursday, with the spotlight set be shone on his links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

Rebekah Brooks, a former top aide to Rupert Murdoch and friend of British premier David Cameron, was granted bail by a court in London on Wednesday on charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal.

Rebekah Brooks, the former top aide to Rupert Murdoch and friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court for the first time Wednesday to face charges relating to the phone-hacking scandal.

Prosecutors decided on Tuesday not to charge a journalist from the Guardian newspaper and a Scotland Yard detective over leaks of sensitive information relating to the phone hacking scandal.

Former Rupert Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks, her husband and four others were charged on Tuesday with trying to conceal evidence in the first prosecutions to emerge from Britain's phone hacking scandal.