http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15717764#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Press regulation section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:10:55 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15717764#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 Newspaper industry representatives reject cross-party plans for press regulation, and publish their own alternative royal charter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22294722#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22294722 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:04:40 GMT What is in the agreement for press regulation, and what is behind it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21797513#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21797513 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:57:10 GMT Media reaction to reforms to create a new press watchdog established by royal charter and backed by legislation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21841715#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21841715 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:13:19 GMT Victims of press intrusion, politicians, journalists and commentators react to the deal struck between the political parties on press regulation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21831278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21831278 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:38:27 GMT Was the report right to avoid the issue? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20553416#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20553416 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:43:45 GMT Concerns have been expressed over the extent to which websites will be affected by a new press watchdog established by royal charter and backed by law. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21845555#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21845555 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:57:37 GMT MSPs are told that using a royal charter to establish a press regulator would set a "wonderful example to Putin and Mugabe and other dictators". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22154686#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22154686 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:11:50 GMT National newspapers take "high-level legal advice" on whether to co-operate with a new press watchdog established by royal charter and backed by law. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21840146#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21840146 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:47:46 GMT Plans for a new press watchdog able to impose million-pound fines and demand apologies are set out as a deal is struck between the three main parties after the phone-hacking scandal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21825823#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21825823 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:42:55 GMT The parents of Milly Dowler say they are "disappointed" that the recommendations of the Leveson report into press ethics may not be taken forward. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21815629#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21815629 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:32:51 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron calls a halt to cross-party talks on press regulation, sparking anger from party leaders and victims of media intrusion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21785611#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21785611 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:55:45 GMT Labour and the Liberal Dems cautiously welcome Tory plans for a new press regulator backed by royal charter in the wake of the Leveson inquiry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21419851#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21419851 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:13:35 GMT Campaign group Hacked Off publishes a draft bill which it says would implement the recommendations of the Leveson report in full. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20929356#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20929356 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:13:55 GMT Labour is currently "unconvinced" about the idea of a Royal Charter to create a new, independent press watchdog, a senior party source tells the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20638050#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20638050 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:43:14 GMT The chairman of the Press Complaints Commission says he believes a replacement industry-backed regulator will be set up early next year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20679576#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20679576 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:48:27 GMT What was it all about and who gave evidence? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15686679#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15686679 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:22:19 GMT How does media co-regulation work in Denmark? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20466987#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20466987 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:50:56 GMT Viewpoints from inquiry participants http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20466955#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20466955 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:38:26 GMT Who said what about the takeover attempt http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18277755#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18277755 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:10:00 GMT Newspaper editors reveal their stance on ethics and regulation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16535724#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16535724 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:47:17 GMT What do newspapers want to see? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20509015#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20509015 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:05:12 GMT Ten key moments of the media ethics inquiry http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18899085#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18899085 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:58:05 GMT How many times did people say 'I don't recall' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18913397#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18913397 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:19:17 GMT Website of the Leveson Inquiry http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/ http://www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/ Full coverage of the formal hearings of the week beginning 7 May 2012 at the Leveson Inquiry on media ethics and press regulation. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/bbc_parliament/newsid_9719000/9719598.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/bbc_parliament/newsid_9719000/9719598.stm Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:42:27 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14045952#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14045952 Democracy Live: Hearings in full http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_9459000/9459040.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/guides/newsid_9459000/9459040.stm Campaign group Hacked Off has welcomed a deal by ministers on a new system of press regulation, which it says is "underpinned by statute". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21833525#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21833525 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:57:27 GMT Leaders of the three main political parties have welcomed a deal on measures to regulate the press. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21831577#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21831577 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:03:40 GMT The Leveson report into press standards has recommended a tougher form of self-regulation backed by legislation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20541974#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20541974 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:02:10 GMT Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is at odds with David Cameron over the findings of the Leveson inquiry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20548661#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20548661 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:14:04 GMT A tougher form of self-regulation backed by legislation should be introduced to uphold press standards, the Leveson report has recommended. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20538612#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20538612 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:57:11 GMT The Leveson Inquiry's proposals for tougher self-regulation of the press have been welcomed by victims of phone hacking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20539527#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20539527 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:19:36 GMT Blogger Peter Watt and Lord Fowler, a former Conservative Cabinet minister, debate if the Leveson Inquiry serves any real purpose. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18445220#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18445220 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:54:13 GMT Actor Hugh Grant says he wants an end to newspapers ''marking their own homework, '' as Lord Justice Leveson prepares to publish his report into media standards. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20522788#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20522788 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:30:18 GMT Rupert Murdoch has told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics he has "never asked a prime minister for anything". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17838203#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17838203 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:12:19 GMT Rupert Murdoch warned John Major to switch policy on Europe or his papers would not support him, the ex-prime minister has told the Leveson Inquiry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18409686#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18409686 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:52:48 GMT The parents of Milly Dowler have been giving evidence at the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking. Sally Dowler spoke of her shock when she called Milly's phone and said to her husband 'She's picked up her voicemails Bob, she's alive'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15818113#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15818113 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:58:43 GMT Kate McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared in 2007, said she felt "totally violated" when the News of the World published entries from her diary without her permission. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15863008#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15863008 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:58:57 GMT David Cameron would use the letters LOL to sign his text messages to Rebekah Brooks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18032593#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18032593 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:50:59 GMT Nick Clegg met News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch twice ahead of the 2010 General Election, including at a dinner where he sat "at the very end of the table, where the children sit", the deputy PM has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18424021#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18424021 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:12:00 GMT Singer Charlotte Church has told the Leveson Inquiry about a News of the World story that her father had an affair, headlined "Church three-in-a-bed cocaine shock". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15926453#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15926453 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:23:01 GMT The editor of the Mail Online has been explaining to the Leveson Inquiry how his website published an incorrect verdict in the Amanda Knox trial. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18011602#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18011602 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:42:05 GMT David Cameron has been talking about the decision he made to hire fromer News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his director of communications. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18440103#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18440103 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:33:53 GMT The Leveson Inquiry into media standards has been told that as News Corp waited for news on the BSkyB bid, emails were sent to Mr Murdoch revealing details of its progress, originating from Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's office. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17824062#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17824062 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:37:22 GMT The editor of the Daily Mail has again denied phone hacking was the source of a story in his newspaper about actor Hugh Grant. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16971489#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16971489 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:03 GMT Richard Wallace, the editor of the Daily Mirror, has admitted that the paper's scoop on Sven-Goran Eriksson's affair with Ulrika Jonsson may have come from phone hacking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16583559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16583559 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:10:06 GMT Heather Mills has told the Leveson Inquiry she never authorised the former editor of the Mirror, Piers Morgan, to listen to her voicemail messages. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16965294#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16965294 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:59:55 GMT The editor of The Sun newspaper, Dominic Mohan, has defended the continued use of topless pictures on page three. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16927925#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/16927925 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:39:53 GMT Private Eye editor Ian Hislop talks about the satirical magazine's sources at the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics and says that new laws are not needed to govern the press. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16599272#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16599272 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:33:58 GMT Publishing mogul Richard Desmond has accused the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) of being a "useless organisation... run by people who want to destroy us". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16534589#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16534589 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:10:51 GMT Read the executive summary with commentary http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20542106#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20542106 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:30:06 GMT The key points from Lord Justice Leveson's report on the ethics and practices of the press. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20543133#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20543133 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:11:07 GMT How the Leveson's system would work http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20531563#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20531563 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:22:59 GMT