Archive of 29 July 2011
Mulcaire: I phone-hacked under orders
Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, one of two people already convicted over phone-hacking, has insisted he hacked phones "on the instructions of others".
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'Jonnie Marbles' convicted of foam pie attack
Rupert Murdoch's foam pie attacker 'Jonnie Marbles' has been convicted of assault and causing harassment, alarm and distress.
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Tory MP Louise Mensch apologises to Piers Morgan
Louise Mensch has apologised to Piers Morgan over incorrect phone-hacking allegations, after admitting separately that she had "probably" taken drugs in the 90s.
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Press watchdog chair quits over phone-hacking
Press Complaints Commission (PCC) chair Peta Buscombe has resigned, as the phone-hacking scandal claims another "convenient scalp".
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FA in need of urgent reform, say MPs
The English Football Association (FA) is in need of urgent reform if it is to tackle widespread problems in the game, MPs have said.
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More civilian cuts at the MoD
A further 7,000 civilian jobs are to go at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a leaked letter suggests.
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Commons epetitions set 100k target
Members of the public will be able to get issues of their choosing debated on the floor of the Commons - if they can find 99,999 people to agree with them.
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Arm Libya's rebels, ex-defence secretary urges
Britain should quicken Muammar Gaddafi's fall from power by arming Libyan rebels, former defence secretary Malcolm Rifkind has called.
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Murdoch in line for parliament recall
James Murdoch will face another grilling from MPs if Labour backbencher Tom Watson gets his way.
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