The latest news and comment on News UK, formerly News International
July 2024
UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions
Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up
Gordon Brown
The extreme lengths to which Murdoch’s News Group went to justify deleting millions of emails is indefensible, says Gordon Brown, UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010
Keir Starmer confirms he has no plans to revive second stage of Leveson inquiry
Press regulation campaigners accuse prime minister of lacking courage to stand up to newspaper owners
May 2024
Hundreds of victims in infected blood scandal to sue UK health secretary
Carer's allowance crisis
National Audit Office to investigate growing scandal over carer’s allowance
‘Everyone wants a plane for summer’: luxury trade fair woos super-rich
Cost of living crisis may be factor in low whooping cough jab rates, experts say
Telegraph takeover: Zucker ‘would have done bid differently’ in hindsight
Trial will link senior civil servants’ pay to performance, says UK minister
April 2024
GB News won its battle with TalkTV – but both face uncertain future
Judge rejects Sun publisher’s bid to delay Prince Harry court case
Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive
Sweden passes law lowering age to legally change gender from 18 to 16
March 2024
TalkTV to close down television channel and go online only
Move announced by News UK venture comes weeks after Piers Morgan left his daily show on channel
February 2024
‘One-off talent’: UK comedy composer Steve Brown dies aged 69
Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY!
January 2024
UK faces a cost of dying crisis as funeral costs reach record high
‘Pauper’s funerals’ and direct cremations on the rise, according to insurer SunLife
December 2023
7/7 ‘woman in the mask’ and ex-minister settle News UK phone-hacking claims
Davinia Douglass and Chris Huhne among claimants to receive damages from publisher of the Sun and News of the World
October 2023
Three former senior Lib Dems sue Sun and NoW publisher over phone hacking
Exclusive: Vince Cable, Chris Huhne and Norman Lamb claim they were targeted for stories or to 'exert political influence’
Telegraph auction poses litmus test for value of newspapers in digital age
While falling sales suggest the demise of print, the industry has proved adaptable and remains attractive to media barons
Stop press: Sun and Daily Mail owners to combine printing operations
Move by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and Lord Rothermere’s DMGT could result in closure of two printing sites
