Gordon Brown
Scots begin push to be a nation once again
EDINBURGH - With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on Friday which they hope will lead to the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and the breakup of Britain.
Scots begin push to be a nation once again
EDINBURGH - With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on Friday which they hope will lead to the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and the breakup of Britain.
MPs scared of News International - Watson
LONDON - MP Tom Watson, an outspoken critic of Rupert Murdoch who played a prominent role in exposing phone hacking at his British newspaper business, said on Tuesday politicians had been scared of being targeted by the media mogul's tabloids.
Brooks charged in hacking scandal
LONDON - Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's empire and sent shockwaves through the British political establishment.
A tabloid tale - the rise and fall of Rebekah Brooks
LONDON - Rebekah Brooks rose from secretary to chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group, but the woman who once partied with prime ministers now faces criminal charges and possible prison time.
From Cameron with love - Brooks haunts PM
LONDON - David Cameron signed off messages to tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with an affectionate "LOL", she told an inquiry on Friday, conjuring the embarrassing image of a prime minister-in-waiting fawning over a Rupert Murdoch protegee.
Government granted core participant status in Leveson inquiry
LONDON - The government on Friday won the right to see evidence before it is made public at the Leveson inquiry into press standards, a move that will help it brace itself for damaging disclosures likely to besmirch its own image.
Brooks and Coulson to face Leveson inquiry
LONDON - Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson - the two former News of the World editors who took the British phone hacking scandal into the political domain with their close ties to government - will appear before a judicial press inquiry next week.
Conservatives face local polls backlash over recession
WALSALL, Britain - "We're not 'all in this together'," grumbles Mark Franks, a 50-year-old public sector worker, echoing a frequent complaint made by those who question the government's promise to spread the pain of austerity equally.
HIghlights - Rupert Murdoch before media inquiry for 2nd day
LONDON - Rupert Murdoch appeared on Thursday before an inquiry delving into the power he wields over politicians and police and how far it resulted in a culture where phones could be hacked by his journalists and rules routinely broken.
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