A man found guilty of sending a menacing tweet had celebrity backing as he renewed his challenge against conviction today.

The state of media ownership should be assessed around once every four years, regulator Ofcom has recommended.

Lord Bell's £19.6m buyout of the PR firm Bell Pottinger has got the green light after 75 per cent of shareholders in its parent Chime Communications backed it – despite Chime's largest investor WPP voting against.

Spin doctor's claims in latest book contradict media mogul's evidence at Leveson Inquiry

Taxpayers will face a bill of up to £2.5bn for the so-called “snoopers charter” giving police, the security services and tax officials the power to track emails, website visits and mobile phone calls.

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A Kazakh border guard has confessed to killing 14 fellow soldiers and a herder in cold blood at a remote post near the Chinese frontier, prosecutors said today, adding that hazing, or severe bullying, may have prompted the massacre.

Lord Bell is facing a fight to get approval for his £19.6m management buyout of the controversial PR firm Bell Pottinger after top shareholder Sir Martin Sorrell criticised the financial terms as "strange".

For those who had already made up their mind that Jeremy Hunt had to go, the newly-released texts from the Culture Secretary were mere confirmation of his role as a cheerleader for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

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Mr Hunt's unequivocal support for News Corp should surely have rung alarm bells

A senior civil servant at the heart of the controversy over links between News Corporation and the office of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on Friday, it was announced today.

The father of a young soldier who was accidentally shot dead by a comrade while on active service in Afghanistan called today for lessons to be learned from the tragedy.

Liverpool owners have been challenged to publicly explain their strategy for the club by a leading fans group.