Leveson Inquiry

By tarnibarclxy

  • Rebekah Brooks is appointed

    Rebekah Brooks is appointed editor of the 'News of the World'. Aged just 32 and the youngest national newspaper editor in the country.
    She begins a campaign name to name and shame alleged paedophiles; leading to some alleged offenders being terrorised by angry mobs.
    She also campaigns for public access to the Sex Offenders Register, which eventually comes into law as "Sarah's Law"

  • Milly Dowler disappears

    Milly Dowler (13) disappears in the London suburb of Walton-on-Thames in march.
    Her remains are found in September.
    Her murder is one of the most notorious of the decade and her killer is convicted in 2011

  • Rebekah Brooks is promoted

    Rebekah Brooks becomes editor of The Sun, sister paper to News of the World.
    Andy Coulson, her deputy editor since 2000, becomes editor of the Sunday paper.
    Wade tells a parliamentary committee her paper paid police for information. News International later says this is not company practice.

  • News of the World publishes a story on a knee injury by Price William

    That prompts complaints by officials of the royal court about voicemail messages being intercepted. That complaints spark a police inquiry.

  • Detectives arrest the News of the World's editor, Clive Goodman

    Along with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire over allegations that they hacked into the mobile phone of members of the royal household.

  • Clive Goodman is jailed for 4 months

    News of the World's royal affairs editor is jailed for 4 months. Glenn Mulcaire is given a six-month prison term. Goodman and Mulcaire also pleaded guilty to five other charges of intercepting voicemail messages.

  • James Murdoch is now chief executive

    James Murdoch is made chief executive of News Corporation's European and Asian operations

  • James Murdoch now settles a phone hacking claim

    James Murdoch agrees to pay Gordon Taylor £700,000 to settle a phone hacking claim

  • Brooks is CEO

    Rebekah Brook sis made CEO of News International

  • Les Hinton

    lls a committee of legislators any problem with phone hacking was limited to the one, already well-publicised, case. He says they carried out a wide review and found no new evidence. At the start of the month, Rebekah Brooks leaves The Sun to become the chief executive of News International.

  • The Press Complaints Commission says that there is no new evidence to suggest anyone else was apart of the hacking

    The Press Complaints Commission says in a second report that it has seen no new evidence to suggest anyone at the News of the World other than Goodman and Mulcaire hacked phone messages, or that the paper's executives knew what the pair were doing

  • News of the World illegally accessed messages from mobile phones of celebs

    News of the World reporters, with the knowledge of senior staff, illegally accessed messages from the mobile phones of celebrities and politicians while Coulson was editor from 2003 to 2007. It is also reported that News Group Newspapers, which publishes the News of the World, has paid out more than £1 million to settle cases that threatened to reveal evidence of its journalists' alleged involvement in phone hacking.

  • The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee says in a report that it is "inconceivable"

    The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee says in a report that it is "inconceivable" that managers at the paper did not know about the practice, which the legislators say was more widespread than the paper had admitted

  • Coulson becomes head of new coalition

    Mr Coulson becomes head of the new coalition government's media operation after David Cameron enters 10 downing street as PM

  • MPs ask parliament's standards watchdog

    MPs ask parliament's standards watchdog to begin a new investigation into the hacking allegations at the Sunday tabloid and its former editor Coulson.

  • The New York Times publishes an article claiming Coulson knew his staff were hacking

    The New York Times publishes a long article which claims Mr Coulson knew his staff was carrying out illegal phone hacking. The story also raises questions about how vigorously Scotland Yard pursued the case and prompts pressure for a new investigation.

  • Mr Coulson is interviewed as a witness by Metropolitan Police detectives

    Mr Coulson is interviewed as a witness by Metropolitan Police detectives investigating the phone tapping allegations. He is not cautioned or arrested

  • No further charges will be brought over the News of the World phone hacking scandal

    The Crown Prosecution Service says no further charges will be brought over the News of the World phone hacking scandal because witnesses refused to co-operate with police.

  • Lord Prescott, Chris Bryant, Brian Paddick and Brendan Montague win a high Court bid for a judicial review into the police enquiry

    Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott, Labour MP Chris Bryant, ex-Scotland Yard commander Brian Paddick and journalist Brendan Montague, all alleged victims of phone hacking, win a High Court bid for a judicial review into the police inquiry. They believe their human rights were breached.
    Former senior Scotland Yard officer Ali Dizaei is also told by the Met Police his phone could have been hacked in 2006. If the claims are true, Mr Dizaei says he will sue.

  • British police open a new investigation into allegations of phone hacking

    British police open a new investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the tabloid called 'Operation Weeting' after actress Sienna Miller, MP George Galloway and RMT union leader Bob Crow claim their phones were hacked. The News of the World announces it has sacked senior editor Ian Edmondson after an internal inquiry.

  • Andy Coulson resigns as Cameron's communications chief

    Despite David Cameron defending Andy Coulson in the face of ongoing speculation about his knowledge of phone hacking at News of the World

  • Alex Marunchak, obtained e-mails belonging to an ex-British Army intelligence officer

    The BBC's Panorama reveals that in 2006, a then News of the World executive, Alex Marunchak, obtained e-mails belonging to an ex-British Army intelligence officer that had been hacked in to by a private detective.

  • News of the World editor Ian Edmondson, chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and senior journalist James Weatherup are arrested

    On suspicion of conspiring to intercept mobile phone messages. They are released on bail until September. The News of the World admits it had a role in phone hacking.The News of the World publishes apologies on both its website and newspaper. News International also announces it will set up a compensation scheme to deal with "justifiable claims" fairly and efficiently.

  • Ian Edmondson, chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and senior journalist James Weatherup are arrested

    -On suspicion of conspiring to intercept mobile phone messages. They are released on bail until September. The News of the World admits it had a role in phone hacking The NoTW publishes apologies on both its website and newspaper. News International also announces it will set up a compensation scheme to deal with "justifiable claims" fairly and efficiently. However, the publisher adds it will continue to contest cases "that we believe are without merit or where we are not responsible".