Mary Ellen Field; broadcast newsman Mark Colvin

One of the first people to launch a legal action against News International over phone hacking has donated a kidney to a journalist she met while he was covering the case.

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Former police sergeant James Bowes who is facing jail after admitting selling information to The Sun newspaper

Former police sergeant faces jail for selling information to The Sun

A former police sergeant is facing jail after admitting selling information to The Sun newspaper.

Duncan Larcombe is ‘shocked and disappointed’ to be charged

Sun’s royal editor, Duncan Larcombe, charged over Sandhurst payments

The royal editor of The Sun newspaper has been charged over allegations that he paid more than £23,000 for stories about the Royal Family and Sandhurst military academy.

Smiths News finds that it pays to diversify

Smiths News, Britain's biggest newspaper and magazine distributor, reported a 6 per cent jump in half-year profits to £19.9m as its policy of diversifying into books, education and care products boosted turnover.

Bucking the trend: daily sales of i newspaper rose above 300,000 in March

Average daily sales of the i newspaper rose above 300,000 in March, as the 20p daily continued to buck the trend of declining newspaper sales.

Ryan Ackroyd admitted using the persona of a 16-year-old girl to hack Sony and 20th Century Fox

Lulzsec members admit cyber attacks on CIA and Serious Organised Crime Agency

Jake Davis and Mustafa Al-Bassam also pleaded guilty to blocking access to Sony, News International and the Westboro Baptist Church

Sun crime editor will not face 'corrupt payment' charges

Mike Sullivan, the crime editor of The Sun, will not be charged over alleged corrupt payments to public officials after spending 14 months on bail.

No action against Sun crime editor Mike Sullivan following 'corrupt payments' arrest

The crime editor of the Sun will face no further action after he was arrested as part of Scotland Yard's investigation into alleged corrupt payments to public officials, the force said today.

Barclays sells off its Dutch slice for £535m

Barclays has offloaded its stake in the Dutch media group Ziggo to the billionaire who is buying Virgin Media. The banking group has agreed to sell a 12.7 per cent holding to Liberty Global, which is controlled by John Malone, pictured, for €633m (£535m). Last month, Mr Malone agreed the $16bn (£11bn) takeover of Virgin Media.

The Sun follows Telegraph in charging readers for website access

The Sun is reportedly following the Telegraph in charging readers for online access.

The deputy editor of The Sun, Geoff Webster, arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London with his wife Alison

Sun deputy editor Geoffrey Webster in court as lawyer complains of 'profoundly disturbing' charges

Geoffrey Cox QC, complained that explanations or reasons behind the charges had still not been given

MP Siobhain McDonagh accepted

The Sun admits accessing messages from Labour whip's stolen phone while NI was under investigation over phone hacking

Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh accepts 'very substantial' damages and apology

Supergrass identifies 800 potential new victims of phone-hacking

Details of wider conspiracy at News of the World to be revealed at High Court today

Officers probe 600 new phone hacking claims

Hundreds of fresh claims of phone hacking at News International’s now defunct News of The World are being investigated by police.

Sun publishers to face court over 'prejudice' in toddler's arson death case

The publisher of The Sun newspaper will appear in court next month for allegedly reporting material likely to prejudice the trial of a man who blew up his house killing a two year-old boy who lived next door.

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