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8 February 2012 Last updated at 06:26 ET

Milly phone source 'not police'Milly Dowler

Surrey Police says detectives did not give the News of the World messages from the voicemail of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.

Jude Law in phone-hacking payout

Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among 37 people to receive payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World, the High Court hears.

Mulcaire wins legal fees action

Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the phone hacking scandal, wins a High Court action over payment of his legal fees.

Phone-hacking scandal

Scandal timeline Explore the key events in the controversy Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brookes

The main players Key people and how they fit into the scandal Andy Coulson, former editor of NoW

Circle of power Who's on the board of Murdoch's global empire? Graphic: News Corp board

'I was ignored' Attempts to raise the alarm on hacking in 1999 A mobile phone key pad

Expert views

  • Nick RobinsonNick Robinson

    What about George Osborne's relationship with the Murdochs?

Inquiries & investigations

  • Leveson Inquiry

    Inquiry into culture, practices and ethics of UK media

  • Operation Weeting

    Police investigation into phone hacking at NoW

  • Operation Elveden

    Parallel investigation into police corruption

Read more

Features and analysis

Jargon explained

  • 'Hacking'

    Accessing private voicemail messages on a person's mobile from another phone. Read more

  • 'Blagging'

    Where a journalist or private investigator poses as someone else to obtain personal information without consent. Read more

  • 'Pinging'

    How police and security services pinpoint a phone by monitoring which signal masts it is using and triangulating its location. Read more

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