News Corp shares hit two-year low July 18, 2011 News Corp’s Australian shares sank to a two-year low on Monday as the UK phone hacking scandal fallout worsened, raising concerns that a $2bn bid for an Australian pay-tv firm involving News Corp could be derailed by political intervention. Investors sent News Corp shares down as much as seven per cent in heavy volume after [...]
Met chief quits July 17, 2011 THE Metropolitan Police chief sensationally quit last night as the phone hacking scandal spread to the top of the UK establishment to claim its most high-profile scalp yet. The shock resignation came just hours after former News International boss Rebekah Brooks was arrested over her role in the affair, taking the total number of arrests [...]
London Bridge traffic chaos after horror crash June 2, 2011 A woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a collision with a motorcyclist on London Bridge. The police and ambulance service were called to the south end of the central London crossing at about 8.40am. The air ambulance took the woman to an east London hospital and the motorcycle rider was taken to another hospital suffering [...]
Bomb warning closes London streets May 16, 2011 A bomb warning has been received relating to a threat in central London, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. Scotland Yard said the threat did not provide specifics about location or time. The Mall and other central London streets were closed for five hours this morning. The warning is thought to be related to Irish dissident [...]
Boris agrees to riot summit after protests March 28, 2011 THE MAYOR of London Boris Johnson (pictured) is to hold a summit for retailers and businesses affected by the violence at Saturday’s anti-cuts protests. Johnson said in a letter to the New West End Company yesterday that he and the Metropolitan Police “want to continue… dialogue and see what lessons can be learned”. Retailers including [...]
Banned Butt investigated before spot-fixing affair February 9, 2011 FORMER Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt had already been investigated by the ICC three months before the major spot-fixing scandal broke. Butt was handed a 10-year ban for the part he played in the instances of spot-fixing alleged to have taken place in the fourth Test between England and Pakistan at Lord’s last summer. But [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 27, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES POLICE TARGET “HACKTIVISTS” An online “hacktivist” group that brought down the websites of perceived opponents of WikiLeaks has itself become the target of an international police crackdown. The London Metropolitan Police arrested five men in connection with a recent spate of attacks by Anonymous, behind last month’s revenge assault on the websites of [...]
POLICE REOPEN PHONE PROBE January 27, 2011 THE News of the World phone hacking scandal continued to gather pace yesterday, with interior designer Kelly Hoppen, the former step-mother of Sienna Miller (pictured), claiming her phone records were intercepted as recently as last year. Hoppen is suing the paper and one of its writers, Dan Evans, for “accessing or attempting to access her [...]
Violent riots as fees are passed December 9, 2010 A CAR carrying the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker-Bowles was attacked by protesters last night, after anger over the vote on tuition fees boiled over into ugly scenes of violence. Police struggled to control the civil disobedience that gripped Whitehall and other parts of London, as demonstrators smashed the windows of the Treasury before [...]
STUDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS AGAIN November 24, 2010 POLICE last night said they had dispersed the final student demonstrators in central London after a day of protests against higher tuition fees and university cuts, for the second time this month. Police said 17 people were injured, including two officers as protesters were contained on Whitehall. There were 32 arrests – mainly for public [...]