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Neil Wallis: Hidden victims of phone hacking

Huffington Post :: At 7am yesterday a squad of Scotland Yard's finest hammered on the door of a North London flat, ordered the stunned man inside to get dressed, began a forensic search of the premises as his terrified pyjama-clad girlfriend looked on, then marched the dazed suspect out to an unmarked police car and roared off. A dawn raid to nab an armed robber, perhaps? A notorious thief, or escaped convict? Drug-dealer, terrorist, thug? No, the man was journalist Patrick Foster, formerly of the Times.

A report by Neil Wallis, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Rupert Murdoch used Prince Harry photos to defy Leveson (sources said)

Independent :: An angry Rupert Murdoch ordered The Sun to publish pictures of a naked Prince Harry against the wishes of the Royal Family because he wanted to send a warning shot to Lord Justice Leveson, sources said yesterday.

A report by Jane Merrick | Paul Bignell, www.independent.co.uk

Hugh Grant joins 'Hacked Off' board

Guardian :: Hugh Grant was cast in a leading role at the Leveson inquiry into press standards. Now the actor is becoming director of a new not-for-profit company set up by the Hacked Off campaign for press reform.

A report by Josh Halliday, www.guardian.co.uk

Church of England pulls News Corp investment over phone hacking scandal

Telegraph :: The Church of England has pulled its £1.9m investment from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in a protest over its handling of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

A report by Katherine Rushton, www.telegraph.co.uk

Operation Elveden: Police officer and journalist arrested

Guardian :: A serving 29-year-old male Sussex police officer and a 37-year-old male journalist have been arrested by Scotland Yard officers investigating alleged corrupt payments to public officials.

A report by Josh Halliday, www.guardian.co.uk

Rebekah Brooks charged over phone hacking allegations

Guardian :: Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was formally charged with phone hacking and will appear in court next month, Scotland Yard have said. Brooks, 44, answered bail at Lewisham police station and will appear at Westminster magistrates court on 3 September.

A report by Press Association, www.guardian.co.uk

Daily Mail hits back at Tony Blair over personal vendetta claim

Guardian :: The Daily Mail has hit back at accusations made by Tony Blair at the Leveson inquiry that the paper's publisher had a "personal vendetta" against his wife, Cherie Blair. Associated Newspapers' most senior in-house lawyer has written to the inquiry describing Tony Blair's characterisation of legal interventions made by the former prime minister or his wife over the last five years as "utterly misleading" and "a travesty of the true position".

A report by Lisa O'Carroll, www.guardian.co.uk

Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and six others face charges

Guardian :: Prosecutors are to charge eight people, including Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, in connection with the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, reports the Guardian's Vikram Dodd.

[Rebekah Brooks:] I am not guilty of these charges. I did not authorise, nor was I aware of, phone hacking under my editorship.

Liveblog, summary by www.guardian.co.uk

Phone hacking: Crown Prosecution Service to announce if charges will be brought tomorrow

Telegraph :: Prosecutors are to announce tomorrow whether they will bring charges in relation to the investigation into alleged phone hacking by journalists. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) legal adviser Alison Levitt QC is expected to reveal at around 11am whether anyone arrested so far under Operation Weeting will face prosecution.

A report by www.telegraph.co.uk

Will Lewis likely to leave as News Corp rejigs phone-hacking clean-up team

Guardian :: News Corporation's management and standards committee is to be absorbed into the Murdoch group's legal department by the end of this year, leaving its best-known members Will Lewis and Simon Greenberg looking for new jobs.

Continue to read Dan Sabbagh, www.guardian.co.uk