Lawyers

• Brooks' lawyer points to media as the one to blame for unfair phone-hacking trial

  In his closing speech today at the trial of former tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks, attorney Jonathan Laidlaw accused the media of sabotaging his client's chances of obtaining a fair trial, Bloomberg reported.

• Married Coulson regrets publishing British politician's affair while cheating with ex-News Corp UK head

  On his sixth day of testimony, Bloomberg said former News of the World editor Andy Coulson expressed his regrets at publishing the affair of a British politician when he himself is involved in one with former head of the British unit of News Corp Rebekah Brooks.

• Coulson claims to have spoken with News Corp boss following first hacking arrest

  In his fifth day of testimony regarding criminal activities involving the British unit of News Corp, former News of the World editor Andy Coulson recalled a conversation he had with Rupert Murdoch following the arrest of a colleague over phone hacking charges.

• Coulson declines familiarity to special code for phone hacking

  In his second week of testimony today, former editor News of the World Andy Coulson rejected claims that he is familiar with the tabloid's "special checks", a word coined for phone hacking, Bloomberg reported.

• Coulson admits that he heard a voicemail about UK minister's 2004 affair

  Former editor of tabloid News of the World Andy Coulson testified in court today that the only single hacked message he had heard is the one detailing the affair involving UK Labour lawmaker David Blunkett, Bloomberg reported.

• Coulson downplays knowledge of phone hacking in News of the World trial testimony

  Andy Coulson, who was in charge of the tabloid News of the World the week when it ran a story on the messages of a murdered schoolgirl, told the court today that he does not have expert knowledge about phone hacking nor was aware that the messages were retrieved via the illegal and unethical method, Bloomberg said.

• Former News of the World editor reveals Princess Diana's revenge plans against Prince Charles

  Former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman had told the court today that the late Princess Diana endorsed a royal phone book to him because she wanted to get back at her estranged husband, Prince Charles, BBC said.

• Brooks claims ignorance about phone hacking at News of the World

  In the second day of her testimony regarding the phone hacking allegations at the now-closed News of the World tabloid, former editor and head Rebekah Brooks claimed she had no knowledge about payments made to a private detective to hack phones to gain front-page scoops for the newspaper, Bloomberg said.

• 'News of the World' editor Rebekah Brooks acquitted of a bribery charge

  Judge John Saunders said in a statement that a deciding factor for the acquittal of former News Corp editor Rebekah Brooks on one bribery charge was that there was uncertainty about the source of a photo of Prince William that the Sun tabloid newspaper had allegedly paid the shuttered publication.