@Aiannucci I hope Andy Coulson is going to be rushed through the courts, to send out a strong message.

Guy probably decided not to show up because he heard Taffy was a Cow-exploding fantasist mentalist.

The former Metropolitan Police commissioner has been cleared of misconduct during the phone hacking inquiry, the police watchdog has ruled.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Sir Paul Stephenson had not committed any criminal acts.

It also cleared former Assistant Commissioners John Yates, and Andy Hayman, and the former Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke.

The three officers resigned from their posts in the wake of the scandal.

A life unravelled … whistleblower who incurred wrath of the Murdoch empire

Relentless legal pursuit of ex-News Corp employee likened to 'Rambo tactics'

The highly controversial activities were organised in London and focused on the Journal's European edition, which circulates in the EU, Russia, and Africa. Senior executives in New York, including Murdoch's right-hand man, Les Hinton, were alerted to the problems last year by an internal whistleblower and apparently chose to take no action. The whistleblower was then made redundant.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oc ... w-langhoff

Detectives investigating corrupt payments between journalists and police officers have arrested a 48-year-old man, believed to be a journalist on The Sun newspaper

The arrest took place at an address outside of London at 10.30am although the Metropolitan Police refused to confirm the exact location. Sources said the man is a reporter at The Sun.

The man is the sixth person to be arrested in Operation Elveden, the Scotland Yard investigation into illegal payments to police officers.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “At approximately 10.30 today officers from Operation Elveden arrested a man, 48, in connection with allegations of corruption.

“He was arrested at an outside London and is being brought to a south west London police station.”

News International declined to comment.

Operation Elveden was launched in July after News International provided the police with emails which alleged that corrupt police officers had received payments totalling about £130,000 over several years.

The News of the World’s former editor Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, the News International chief executive and former editor of both the News of the World and The Sun have been arrested by officers from Operation Elveden.

It is running parallel to Operation Weeting, which is investigating phone hacking. A total of 16 people have been arrested in that inquiry.

Does this mean we might see the Sun pulled from shelves too?

News of the World hired investigators to spy on hacking victims' lawyers

Exclusive: Investigators followed and filmed lawyers of hacking victims in apparent attempt to gather material on private lives

The News of the World hired a specialist private investigator to run covert surveillance on two of the lawyers representing phone-hacking victims as part of an operation to put pressure on them to stop their work.

The investigator secretly videoed Mark Lewis and Charlotte Harris as well as family members and associates. Evidence suggests it was part of an attempt to gather evidence for false smears about their private lives.

The News of the World also took specialist advice in an attempt to injunct Lewis to prevent him representing the victims of hacking and attempted to persuade one of his former clients to sue him.

The surveillance of Lewis and Harris occurred during the past 18 months, when Rupert Murdoch's son James was executive chairman of the paper's parent company, News International. He is due to give a second round of evidence to a House of Commons select committee on Thursday, and is likely to face intense questioning about the quality of his leadership.

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A News International spokesperson said : "News International's enquiries have led the company to believe that Mark Lewis and Charlotte Harris were subject to surveillance. While surveillance is not illegal, it was clearly deeply inappropriate in these circumstances. This action was not condoned by any current executive at the company."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/no ... py-lawyers

One can only hope.

When I was like 10 say, the sun was brilliant for page 3. Now that we have high speed internet porn who even cares anymore

It’s true though. The Sun and the Freemans catalogue were the only outlets when you were 13. Kids today don’t know they’re born!

Breaking news: News of the World found guilty by French court of breaching Max Mosley's privacy. More details soon...

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@tom_watson I've got a massive day tomorrow. Should be preparing questions but can't break away from Portal 2 on the xbox.

Guy probably decided not to show up because he heard Taffy was a Cow-exploding fantasist mentalist.

I strawberry floating love Tom Watson. Tweet of his from last night