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£90 Million Lord Street case: Demolished bus station dispute involving alleged corruption threatens to put British Crown Dependency on money laundering watchlist - Byline Investigates
Read Part 1 of our special probe into new business story…. Isle of Man economy: risk over single obscure legal battle £90m legal bombshell: Lord Street court fight leaves taxpayers facing a huge bill Money laundering watchlist fears: rows over governance and record-keeping risk reputational damage Business community speaks out: One entrepreneurasked: ‘Why hasn’t £90 million case settled?’ The new ferry terminal?
Prince Harry’s new ally was a shadowy FBI informant and CIA contractor
Private Investigator was a Donnie Brasco-style agent who risked his life to get inside the Cosa Nostra Danno Hanks blows the lid on his roller-coaster life as a Private Investigator in his new book Hollywood Detective. Hanks has been Tinseltown’s top gumshoe for 50 years – and knows ‘where all the bodies are buried.’ The Vietnam combat veteran has worked for all the big stars, including Michael Jackson. He also infamously spied on Meghan Markle.
New ‘Illegal’ Tabloid Tracking Scandal
Two top journalists used by The Sun, the Mail, the Mirror and the Express charged with allegedly putting an ‘illegal’ tracker on a car CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHERS Matt Sprake and Andy Stone allegedly fixed tracker on a vehicle they were following THE SNAPPERS work for Splash News UK, one of Britain’s top paparazzi agencies THEIR PICTURES are published in The Sun, the Mirror, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, Mail Online and the Mail on Sunday SPRAKE AND STONE were allegedly targeting Paula...
Washington Post boss Will Lewis informed the police on ex-PM Gordon Brown and Lord Tom Watson with allegedly ‘fake’ story
The alleged ‘fake security threat’ was used as ‘false justification’ by Rupert Murdoch executives to trigger the deletion of millions of emails. EX-PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown was allegedly implicated in a ‘fake security threat’ by Rupert Murdoch’s executives to give them an excuse to destroy millions of emails, the High Court has heard.
New Washington Post Boss Will Lewis Allegedly Hatched Phony Alibi to Destroy Millions of Emails Under the Noses of Cops - and falsely blamed ex-PM Gordon Brown - Byline Investigates
Bizarre plot to save Rupert Murdoch and his sidekick Rebekah Brooks from prosecution revealed to High Court The new chief executive of the Washington Post Will Lewis conspired to invent a fake alibi in a bid to cover his back for criminally deleting millions of Rupert Murdoch’s emails, the High Court has heard. Lewis was allegedly trying to destroy evidence of phone hacking to save Murdoch and his top executive Rebekah Brooks from police prosecution.
Four current national newspaper editors - including the editor of the Times - named in unlawful news gathering claims
New legal documents in Prince Harry’s case against the Daily Mail reveal the names of 70 top journalists – but Mail deny wrongdoing FOUR CURRENT editors of UK national newspapers, including the editor of the London Times, are among dozens of current and former journalists from the Mail newspapers alleged to have employed private investigators to gather information by unlawful means, new court papers reveal.
Rupert Murdoch’s Dodgy Dossier: The bombshell billion pound legal document being used by Prince Harry containing allegations of systemic crime at The Sun and the News of the World - Byline Investigates
Byline Investigates is today publishing the legal papers which threaten to bring down Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire. The document claims that editors and senior executives went on a 20-year crime spree in Fleet Street by hacking phones and commissioning Private Investigators on an industrial scale.
Confessions of a News of the World Reporter : The News of the World was a force for good at times, according to crime-solving reporter
How Murdoch’s Sunday newspaper tracked down a murderer, put him behind bars and cleared an innocent dad MURDOCH’S PAPERS have long been demonised for committing industrial scale organised crime, mass fabrication of stories and corrupting public officials – but, says one journalist, occasionally they got it right, and got villains put behind bars.
Harry wins hacking claim against the Mirror papers, while the judge points the finger at Piers Morgan and other top company figures
PRINCE HARRY today won £140,600 in damages from the publishers of the Mirror newspapers in a court judgment that also found senior executives and editors at the company knew about and concealed phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering practices.
Confessions of a News of the World Reporter : Murdoch journo sabotaged her own story after pangs of conscience
Defunct tabloid writer reveals how she spiked her own exclusive – to save a soldier’s job and protect his family. IN THE THIRD part of our series from a News of the World whistleblower, Byline Investigates tells the story of tabloid reporter with a heart. It’s rare in the bullyboy world of tabloid journalism (not least in the ‘Wild West’ days of the 1990s / 2000s) for a hack to share empathy with the people at the centre of their stories – or ‘punters,’ as they are known in the trade.
Losing its bid to derail the Doreen Lawrence/Prince Harry case, the Mail cries, ‘Look over there!’
MOST PEOPLE, when caught with their pants down, act embarrassed and swiftly pull them up. The Daily Mail is different.
Confessions of a News of the World Reporter : News of the World ‘fixed’ Prince Harry false Drug Tests
A former News of the World Reporter reveals how an Editor lied about errors in ‘positive’ cocaine party swab In the second part of our series from a News of the World whistleblower, Byline Investigates reveals how Rupert Murdoch’s ex-Sunday tabloid falsely made it look like Prince Harry attended a coke-fuelled polo party.
Confessions of a News of the World Reporter : Whistleblowing for Prince Harry
A Former News of the World Reporter Blows the Lid on the Newspaper that the Duke of Sussex is gunning for Before the summer holidays, Prince Harry went to war with Mirror Group Newspapers at the High Court, over allegations that Piers Morgan’s former newspaper unlawfully targeted him. The judge is expected to hand down his findings in the next few months.
Prince Harry and the press: some missing context
By Brian Cathcart OVER ONE and a half days in the London High Court, counsel for the publishers of Mirror newspapers took Prince Harry through 30 or so articles from those papers and asked him what grounds he had for believing they were the result of illegal phone hacking. It was a process designed to cause him discomfort, to trip him up, to expose gaps in his knowledge or understanding, and overall to undermine his case. Fair enough; that is the barrister’s job.
Sun hacking hearing final day: judgment reserved and a further hearing
By Brian Cathcart THE JUDGE hearing the bid by the Sun newspaper to block phone hacking claims brought by Prince Harry and Hugh Grant has ordered a a further, shorter hearing in July, after which he will give his decision. The extra hearing will deal with an issue formally raised late in the day on behalf of the prince, relating to his allegations about a ‘secret arrangement’ between Buckingham Palace and Rupert Murdoch’s company.
Sun hacking case Day Two: How a top Murdoch executive left Buckingham Palace talking to the hand
By Brian Cathcart NEW DOCUMENTS released today in the Sun hacking litigation in London reveal the remarkable high-handedness of the Murdoch organisation in its dealings with Buckingham Palace. A chain of high-level emails and letters between the two, which form part of the case being made on behalf of Prince Harry, includes increasingly desperate appeals by the late Queen Elizabeth’s director of communications, Sally Osman, for any kind of answer at all from Murdoch’s most senior executive.
News of William’s hacking payout reminds us what kind of operation Rupert Murdoch runs
By Brian Cathcart WHAT A WEEK for Rupert Murdoch. Seven days ago his US Fox News organisation paid $787.5 million to settle a libel claim, and now we learn that his UK company paid ‘a very large sum’ to the heir to the British throne to settle a phone hacking claim.
Mail hacking case Day 3: Mail argues that it’s all too late
By Brian Cathcart ON THE THIRD day of the London High Court hearing in relation to claims that the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday illegally breached the privacy of Sir Elton John, Prince Harry, Baroness Lawrence and four others, the newspapers argued that the cases came too late.
Mail hacking case final day: judgment reserved after some surreal moments
By Brian Cathcart THE FOUR-DAY London High Court hearing about the phone hacking and privacy intrusion claims against the Daily Mail group by Prince Harry and others ended in the world of the hypothetical and even the surreal. The judge, Mr Justice Nicklin, reserved judgment, meaning it will probably be a few weeks before he delivers his decisions about the Mail group’s applications to have the claims either thrown out or eventually reduced in scope.
Mail hacking case Day 2: early sparring over ‘ledgers’ in a much longer battle vital for the newspapers’ future
By Brian Cathcart DAY TWO of the London High Court hearing in the Daily Mail intrusion and phone hacking case brought the newspaper’s approach into clearer relief.
Harry and Elton John watch as Mail fights for confidentiality
By Brian Cathcart PRINCE HARRY and Elton John appeared at the London High Court today to witness the latest stage in the case they and others have brought accusing the publisher of the Daily Mail of breaching their privacy, including by hacking their phones.
Fears for Piers: ‘Leveson lies’ headache for Morgan amid new evidence on ‘Sven-sational’ scoop
PIERS Morgan’s Daily Mirror ‘unlawfully obtained’ Sven Goran Eriksson’s and Ulrika Jonsson’s phone records before running a story on their private lives FINANCIAL paper trails allegedly prove the tabloid paid £745-plus-VAT for the confidential records just two days before running a front page that won it a Scoop of the Year award MORGAN could now be called to give evidence in a High Court trial brought by Jonsson’s former agent Melanie Cantor next May.
Mail’s alleged criminality revealed by Byline Investigates and Expose News in over 50 stories in the last 5 years - read them here
For FIVE years both Byline Investigates and Expose.News have published over 50 highly researched stories about unlawful information gathering at Associated Newspapers’ Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.
Daily Mail is being sued for the most serious illegal newsgathering ever - including allegations of BURGLARIES and LANDLINE TAPPING - by Prince Harry and six big household names - Byline Investigates
Prince Harry and Baroness Doreen Lawrence are joined by Elton John in group action. Private Investigators allege that landlines were tapped – a much more serious offence than phone hacking. Further allegations include breaking into cars and bugging homes. Lawyers claim that medical records were ‘blagged’ from hospitals and bank statements were obtained by deception. Actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost also suing the controversial papers.
Mirror Group held ‘over a barrel’ in unfair dismissal case by reporter’s threats to kiss ‘n’ tell on company criminality, legal document says
MIRROR Group Newspapers (MGN) paid thousands of pounds’ compensation to a former reporter in 2007 after he threatened to expose widespread illegal newsgathering at the publisher, legal papers reveal THE JOURNALIST had been fired for an unrelated matter of gross misconduct in 2006, but received a five-figure sum just as he was poised to expose a culture of crime in the company’s national newsrooms in a public employment tribunal FORMER Mirror Group lawyer Marcus Partington is believed to have...
NAMED: The six ‘hacked’ 7/7 victims Murdoch lawyers tried to hide
LEGAL papers naming six victims of the July 7, 2005, London bombings allegedly targeted by The Sun and News of the World with illegal newsgathering can be reported for the first time LAWYERS for News Group Newspapers dropped a draft order seeking reporting restrictions on a sworn witness statement making the serious allegations after a courtroom challenge by this website REDACTIONS blocking the names of the six victims from entering the public domain have been lifted as a result FOUR PEOPLE...
PI who targeted Meghan Markle for The Sun targeted Muhammad Ali for the Daily Mail ‘while he was dying’, according to shocking interview
Watch the latest episode of the exclusive expose.news interview between actor and comedian John Cleese and private investigator turned whistleblower Daniel “Danno” Hanks. Danno became global news in November 2021 for coming clean about targeting Meghan Markle and Prince Harry for The Sun and has now detailed other high profiles targets, including John Cleese himself.
The Sun ‘hacked’ 7/7 Woman in Mask and other London bombing victims, High Court hears
LONDON bombing survivor Davinia Douglass is suing Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun over alleged unlawful newsgathering SHE and other victims of the 7/7 atrocities were targeted by illegal private investigators, court hears SERVING Sun man Nick Parker allegedly had her medical records obtained by deception and church blagged for her address FAMILY members including Mrs Douglass’s elderly grandmother were targeted, as; MURDOCH lawyers try and fail to gag this website from reporting the serious...
The truth about Meghan Markle
Newspapers outraged by the result of legal action by the Duchess of Sussex had a second target in their sights: the Human Rights Act By Julian Petley First Published in the British Journalism Review March 4, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1177/09564748221083129 In February 2019, the Mail on Sunday published five articles about the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, some of which contained parts of a letter she had written to her father.
The false tale of Meghan’s £1 damages: A case study in bad journalism
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle on stage for Global Citizen Concert 2021 NYC – Part 2, The Great Lawn in Central Park, New York, NY September 25, 2021. Credit: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection/Alamy Live News By Brian Cathcart ALTHOUGH it is untrue, much of the British public now believes that despite losing its long and bitter court battle against Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, the Mail newspaper group has only been required to pay £1 in damages.
The Duchess and the tabloid: The Mail admits it’s beaten
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex looks up at the scoreboard moments after her friend Serena Williams lost in the women’s singles final at the US Open today to Canadian Bianca Andreescu (Alamy) By Brian Cathcart THE OWNERS of the Mail on Sunday have finally capitulated in the privacy and breach of copyright case brought by the Duchess of Sussex, abandoning any idea of a further appeal and agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum in settlement.
Explained: The Mail’s cynical, dishonest reaction to defeat by Meghan
By Brian Cathcart THE REACTION OF the Daily Mail today to its court defeat at the hands of the Duchess of Sussex is both dishonest and cynical. In a leading article and also in an opinion piece promoted at the top of the front page it makes a case that it is the victim of injustice because judges have again seen fit to give victory to the Duchess without holding a trial.
Unanimous appeal court ruling in Meghan case further humiliates Mail
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex looks up at the scoreboard moments after her friend Serena Williams lost in the women’s singles final at the US Open today to Canadian Bianca Andreescu. (Alamy) By Brian Cathcart THE MAIL and its allies will protest, but the Duchess of Sussex’s victory in the Court of Appeal is a straightforward one, upholding well-established principles in English privacy and copyright law.
The Meghan case: the press is grooming the public by distorting the facts
A new clip of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, whos pregnant with their second child after Archie, during their bombshell tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey after quitting their Royal Job, shows Meghan, Duchess of Sussex finally feeling free and ready to talk about being blocked from having her voice by royal aides. The clip aired on CBS This Morning ahead of premiere on US network on Sunday night.
The Mail on Sunday Meghan appeal: Day 3: Final exchanges and the verdict deferred
By Brian Cathcart THE APPEAL HEARING by the publisher of the Mail on Sunday against the High Court privacy and copyright ruling in favour of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, ended today and the judges said they would announce their decision ‘in due course’ – probably a matter of weeks.
The Mail on Sunday Meghan appeal, Day 2: The rights of Thomas Markle
Meghan Markle (Photo by DPPA/Sipa USA) By Brian Cathcart ON THE SECOND day of the three-day appeal by the publishers of the Mail on Sunday against the High Court privacy and copyright judgment in favour of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, the focus of the argument moved to the rights of her father, Thomas Markle.
The Mail on Sunday appeal against Meghan’s privacy victory: Day 1
The Duchess of Sussex arrves for her visit to Canada House, central London, meeting with Canada’s High Commissioner to the UK, Janice Charette, as well as staff to thank them for the warm hospitality and support they received during their recent stay in Canada.
Mail on Sunday appeals against Meghan victory next week
Meghan Markle on stage for Global Citizen Concert 2021 (Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection/Alamy Live News) By Brian Cathcart THE PUBLISHERS of the Mail on Sunday will appeal next week against their humiliating defeat in the copyright and privacy case brought by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The Duchess sued and won in the London High Court after the paper had published substantial extracts from a letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.
New ‘lies to Leveson’ accusations for Murdoch as actor takes aim in lawsuit
Support John Alford’s legal case against News UK by donating HERE: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/john-shannon-hacking-case/ RUPERT Murdoch’s British newspaper publisher NGN is facing damaging new allegations of criminal activity in a legal action brought by actor John Alford. MR ALFORD says he was illegally entrapped in a drugs sting by former News of the World investigations editor Mazher Mahmood and falsely portrayed as a dealer.
Drugs sting of young actor was reprisal for nightclub spat with tabloid boss Brooks - legal documents claim
Support John Alford’s legal case against News UK by donating HERE: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/john-shannon-hacking-case/ JOHN Alford is crowdfunding an action against The Sun and the News of the World, claiming they went to extraordinary lengths to steal his private information, pervert the court of justice, and conspire to ruin his life and rehabilitation.
Allegations of Mail on Sunday ‘criminality’ cast gloom over Paul Dacre’s Ofcom bid
EX-DAILY MAIL EDITOR being lined up by PM for plum chairman role CULTURE SECRETARY Oliver Dowden has ultimate responsibility for making appointment BYLINE INVESTIGATES has warned Dowden of hacking at Mail on Dacre’s watch OUR LETTER is now joined by damning dossier from businessman smeared by MoS DACRE’S BID for role as Ofcom chair has since hit the skids after interview fail By Chris Allen and Graham Johnson CONDEMNATORY CORRESPONDENCE IS PILING up on the desk of Culture Secretary Oliver...
Former Coronation Street star set to be a witness in ‘phone hacking’ case against the Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood
Bruce Jones, also known as Les Battersby in Coronation Street A FORMER CORONATION Street actor is set to be a key witness in TWO landmark court cases involving the now defunct News of the World and the paper’s “chief investigative reporter”, Mahzer Mahmood, known as “the Fake Sheikh.” Bruce Jones, who played Les Battersby in the long-running ITV soap, says he is ready to testify in the upcoming civil trial of former London’s Burning Star, John Alford, who is also suing Rupert Murdoch’s daily...
Press abuse victim says his newspaper corruption warning was ignored by government
BUSINESSMAN SMEARED by Mail on Sunday is believed to be one of the first to blow the whistle on “illegal” information gathering HE WARNED the then PM John Major in 1995 that the press was “out of control” MICHAEL WARD SAYS FAILURE to act paved the way for the phone hacking scandal Prime Minister John Major during a tory party conference.
Videos in The Sun and MailOnline showing fights in pubs and road-rage are dangerous and ‘soul-deadening’
PUBLISHING FIGHTING videos for entertainment purposes are normalising public violence, claims anti-fighting campaigner THE SUN and the MailOnline regularly show graphic videos of people fighting EXPERTS CLAIM the stories are run often without condemnation or justification ANTI-FIGHTING CAMPAIGNER Jacob Dunne, who once committed a one-punch kill believes it normalises violence and fuels more HE BELIEVES that those involved in public fighting are more likely to do the same at home when...
David & Goliath - Businessman’s libel victory over Mail on Sunday after 25-year bid to clear his name
Michael Ward MAIL ON SUNDAY “stole files” and “paid witnesses” relating to trial of ex-nightclub tycoon Michael Ward FIGHT TO CLEAR his name fell on deaf ears for years HE PLANNED TO EXPOSE Mail on Sunday’s alleged “conspiracy” in Leveson 2 BUT WON LIBEL case against the paper after it rubbished his claims By Chris Allen & Graham Johnson YESTERDAY, Byline Investigates revealed how Michael Ward won big libel damages off the Mail on Sunday after the paper rubbished his fight for justice.
Lord Rothermere’s Mail on Sunday suffers ANOTHER humiliating defeat in the libel courts - just months after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won their pay-outs - Byline Investigates
Michael Ward BILLIONAIRE-OWNED paper ‘stole’ documents from businessman LOSS OF important paperwork meant Michael Ward couldn’t defend himself in court THEN MAIL JOURNALISTS secretly paid potential prosecution witnesses which the nightclub impresario says helped send him to jail NOW Mail on Sunday has been forced to apologise – and pay him compensation BYLINE INVESTIGATES highlighted Mr Ward’s fight for justice and helped him win case THE DEFEAT comes weeks after Meghan Markle and Prince...
Rebekah Brooks sent email ordering illegal activity, High Court hears
RUPERT MURDOCH’S controversial Chief Executive allegedly made unlawful request. BROOKS ALLEGEDLY ordered ‘flight blag.’ SHE IS ALSO ACCUSED at the High Court of giving ‘false’ evidence about private investigators to the Leveson Inquiry. BROOKS WAS TRYING to track down Michael Barrymore whist he was on holiday.
The Sun has caved-in on a landmark ‘phone hacking’ case
THE SUN has been successfully sued for the first time – on its own – for unlawful information gathering SIR SIMON HUGHES blasted the paper for ‘blackmailing’ him with illegally obtained dossier UNTIL NOW, Murdoch’s daily paper has hidden behind the criminality that took place at its sister title, the News of the World HOWEVER, Ex-Lib-Dem MP Sir Simon Hughes has now won a settlement in a groundbreaking ‘Sun-only’ claim ACTOR SIENNA MILLER has also filed a lawsuit ‘Sun-only’ claim but has not...
Online safety and the press: the public shafted again
ON 12th MAY 2021, the Government finally published its long-awaited (draft) Online Safety Bill. The bill promises to introduce new protections for the public from hate, abuse, and other harmful content online. It proposes making OfCom the regulator responsible for the enforcement of new duties for search engines and social media platforms.
‘Obsessed’ Piers Morgan illegally targeted Princess Diana and her friend James Hewitt, claim High Court Papers
‘VINDICTIVE’ MORGAN had allegedly ordered probe into Major Hewitt. MIRROR CHIEFS PAID private investigators to stalk him, legal statements claim. MGN LAWYERS allegedly tried to cover-up theft of Hewitt’s book manuscript from his car. HOWEVER, THE MIRROR’S LEGAL TEAM deny illegal activity.
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