Britain’s phone-hacking scandal can’t be blamed on competitive pressures, editors said at a probe into the <i>News of the World</i>-sparked furore.

The family of Amy Winehouse sought "privacy" from the public eye on Sunday, one day after the young, beehive-haired soul singer’s untimely death.

News Corp executive James Murdoch was under pressure on Monday over his handling of a phone-hacking scandal.

British singer Amy Winehouse, whose hit single <i>Rehab</i> became the anthem for troubled celebrity culture, has been found dead.

Rupert Murdoch’s British news arm faces a rush of fresh compensation claims and could be exposed to criminal prosecution.

David Cameron’s Conservatives and the smaller Liberal Democrat party have agreed to form Britain’s first coalition government since 1945.