From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 8:57 AM

The leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, has said he welcomes the resignation of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News International.Her departure follows days of increasing pressure on her to step down as the phone hacking crisis grew.Mr Miliband said he was pleased by her decision to "...

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:50 AM

Singer Beyonce has made a behind the scenes documentary about the making of her fourth studio album entitled '4'. In the film she reveals why she decided not to keep her father as her manager and why she took a year off before making her latest album.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 7:50 AM

Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, has resigned, the company has confirmed.Her departure followed days of growing pressure for her to step down as the phone hacking crisis grew.In a statement, she said she felt a "deep responsibility for the people we have hurt".Media analyst...

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 6:01 AM

Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, has resigned, the company has confirmed.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 5:38 AM

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From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 3:50 AM

Inspectors at a jail in Doncaster have blamed the poor relationship between staff and prisoners for three nights of rioting in November 2010.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 2:43 AM

The American FBI has opened an inquiry into allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks ten years ago.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 2:43 AM

Authorities in Russia are checking the safety of the entire river boat fleet following the sinking of the pleasure boat "Bulgaria" on Sunday.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 2:43 AM

Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello became the first gay couple in Latin America to get married.

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 12:08 AM

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal Alsaud, the second largest News Corporation shareholder behind Rupert Murdoch, has spoken out amid the continuing crisis for the firm.The value of News Corp’s stock has dropped away, and the company has been forced to abandon its bid for total ownership of UK TV ...

From: BBC News on Fri, Jul 15 2011 12:08 AM

A rare Jane Austen manuscript has sold for £993,250 at a London auction, including buyer’s premium. It was expected to sell between £200,000-£300,000, but went for three times more than the estimated price.Watch the moment it sold.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:47 PM

The rate of inflation in Pakistan has reached 13% and its citizens are having a hard time making ends meet but gravestone carving has proven to be a lucrative market.It has in fact become a booming industry.Karen Zarindast reports.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:06 PM

The Met Police Commissioner is under pressure to explain how Scotland Yard came to employ a former News of the World journalist, arrested in the phone-hacking inquiry, as a PR consultant.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:06 PM

India is on high alert after Wednesday’s simultaneous triple bomb explosions in Mumbai, in which at least 17 people died and more than 100 were injured.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:06 PM

About 90 Sri Lankan refugees are still refusing to leave a ship anchored in Indonesian waters, a week after the vessel was stopped following mechanical difficulties.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 7:05 PM

The 90 year-old gliding granny, the Big Brother gorilla and a huge baby in Texas in the week’s weird and wonderful video stories.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:59 PM

A major fire has broken out in Peterhead. It started at about 1815 BST at the Freshcatch fish processing plant.

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:30 PM

A suicide bomber has killed four people at a memorial service in Kandahar for the assassinated half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.Officials say the bomber apparently hid explosives in his turban and detonated them near the entrance of the mosque.President Karzai was not present at the ...

From: BBC News on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:30 PM

News Corporation’s Rupert and James Murdoch have agreed to appear before MPs to answer questions on the phone-hacking scandal on Tuesday.The Commons media committee had issued summons after the men initially declined to appear next week.News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has also a...