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Jury sees CCTV footage of Charlie Brooks's vanishing laptop and envelope
The jury saw CCTV footage of Charlie Brooks entering an apartment block basement with a laptop and envelope and leaving without them, as alleged evidence concealment.
13/1/14
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News International fearful of attack and surveillance from hostile forces, trial told
The hacking trial heard that News International feared attack and surveillance in 2011, with security chief Mark Hanna sweeping offices for listening devices.
13/1/14
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Rebekah Brooks escorted out of building on day she resigned, hacking trial hears
The hacking trial heard that Rebekah Brooks was escorted from the building and her office sealed on the day she resigned as News International chief executive.
9/1/14
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Brooks PA had several meetings with hacking trial defendant, Old Bailey hears
Witness Deborah Keegan told the Old Bailey she had met Brooks's PA Cheryl Carter five or six times after giving a police statement.
9/1/14
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The Editors’ Code Committee and the Leveson Recommendations: another case of dumb insolence
Examines how the Editors' Code Committee has ignored Leveson's recommendation that the self-regulator take ultimate responsibility for the Editors' Code.
8/1/14
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Brooks helped PA get Australian Murdoch paper job, trial learns
The hacking trial heard that Rebekah Brooks helped her PA Cheryl Carter get a job at a Murdoch-owned Perth newspaper after the notebooks were removed from archives.
8/1/14
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Brooks's secretary arrested days before emigration to Australia, trial hears
The hacking trial heard that Rebekah Brooks's secretary Cheryl Carter was arrested days before emigrating to Australia, amid suspicion over removed notebooks.
7/1/14
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New appointments panel shows IPSO newspaper regulator is anything but independent
Hacked Off says the newly revealed IPSO appointments panel fails Leveson's requirement for a substantial majority independent of the press.
7/1/14
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Only three of 30 notebooks belonged to Brooks, PA tells police
Cheryl Carter told police that only three of 30 notebooks in seven boxes withdrawn from News International's archives belonged to Rebekah Brooks; both deny perverting justice.
7/1/14
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The Royal Charter in 2014, and the Prime Minister's thoughts
Brian Cathcart, writing first on Huffington Post, argues the Royal Charter is close to settling the long-running problem of press regulation and considers the Prime Minister's remarks.
7/1/14
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