Rebekah Brooks: Case is an ‘expensive sideshow’

Rebekah Brooks: Case is an ‘expensive sideshow’

Rebekah Brooks has called the decision to charge her with perverting the course of justice “an expensive sideshow” and a “waste of public money”. Continue Reading

Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting course of justice

Rebekah Brooks charged with perverting course of justice

The Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed that Rebekah Brooks is to be charged with perverting the course of justice over the phone hacking investigation, along with her racecourse trainer husband Charlie. Continue Reading

Twitter hits 10m tweeters in the UK

Twitter hits 10m tweeters in the UK

Twitter has revealed that 10 million people in the UK are using the platform to share their thoughts and feelings with the world, making it the fourth-largest Twitter market in the world. Continue Reading

Boris Johnson: BBC needs Tory director-general

The Mayor of London has attacked the BBC’s ideology and called for a Tory to be installed as director-general. Continue Reading

Joey Barton finds a unique use for the promoted tweet

Footballer Joey Barton might not be everyone’s cup of tea at the moment (after the QPR player was sent off during his team’s 3-2 defeat against Manchester City) but Twitter bosses will be intrigued at his decision to pay for a promoted tweet to apologise to users who do not follow him. Continue Reading

Sunday Sun sales dip, but still leads the pack by a mile

Sunday Sun sales dip, but still leads the pack by a mile

News International chiefs are remaining bullish about the performance of the 10-week-old Sunday edition of the Sun, despite a decline in sales figures. Continue Reading

Police assemble ‘Twitter Squad’ to fight the trolls

Social network users are being asked by police to become the “eyes and ears” of the web in an effort to curb those who use the services to abuse others. Continue Reading

Round-up: Rebekah Brooks at the Leveson Inquiry

Round-up: Rebekah Brooks at the Leveson Inquiry

All eyes at the Leveson Inquiry were trained today on Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive who resigned over phone hacking despite unflinching support from Rupert Murdoch. Continue Reading

 

"You can’t photograph a flying bullet but you can capture genuine fear."


A 2007 quote from legendary war photographer Horst Faas, who died aged 79 last week.


(Source: Press Gazette)

 

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