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4 July 2014 Last updated at 13:46

Andy Coulson jailed for 18 monthsAndy Coulson sentencing

Former News of the World editor and Number 10 director of communications Andy Coulson is jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to hack phones.

Clive Goodman (left) and Andy Coulson. Pics: Getty/ReutersHacking retrial over corrupt payments

Former NoW journalists Andy Coulson and Clive Goodman are to face a retrial on a charge they bought royal telephone directories from police officers.

David CameronJudge rebukes Cameron over Coulson

A judge rebukes David Cameron for commenting on the conviction of Andy Coulson while the phone hacking trial was still going on.

The verdicts The verdicts so far in the phone-hacking trial of News International staff and others Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks, Clive Goodman, Stuart Kuttner, Cheryl Carter, Charlie Brooks, Mark Hanna

Q&A What was the phone-hacking trial, how did it come about and what will be its impact? Andy Coulson, Rebekah Brooks, Charlie Brooks and Mark Hanna in court

Who's who? Who were the seven defendants tried in connection with the phone-hacking affair? Defendants in the hacking trial

What next? What do the hacking trial verdicts mean for UK newspapers ? Newspapers

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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