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| Paper 'to refute' hacking claims | Paper 'to refute' hacking claims |
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| News International says it welcomes the chance to appear before MPs in relation to alleged widespread phone hacking by its flagship News of the World title. | News International says it welcomes the chance to appear before MPs in relation to alleged widespread phone hacking by its flagship News of the World title. |
| Rebekah Wade, who will be the company's new chief executive, said it would "refute allegations that illegal phone tapping was a widespread practice". | Rebekah Wade, who will be the company's new chief executive, said it would "refute allegations that illegal phone tapping was a widespread practice". |
| News of the World editor Colin Myler is set to appear before MPs on the Commons culture committee on 21 July. | News of the World editor Colin Myler is set to appear before MPs on the Commons culture committee on 21 July. |
| The Guardian claimed the paper used phone hacking to obtain stories. | The Guardian claimed the paper used phone hacking to obtain stories. |
| Ms Wade, who is currently editor of the Sun but will take on the News International post in September, said the company believed the Guardian coverage had substantially - and likely deliberately - misled the British public. | |
| In a letter to the culture, media and sport committee's chairman John Whittingdale, she said: "It [the Guardian] is rushing out high volumes of coverage and repeating allegations by such sources as unnamed Met officers implying that 'thousands' of individuals were the object of illegal phone hacking, an assertion that is roundly contradicted by the Met Assistant Commissioner's statement yesterday." | |
| 'Judge and jury' | |
| Met Assistant Commissioner John Yates said on Thursday that no new evidence had emerged since an original inquiry into phone hacking saw News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman and a private investigator jailed in 2007. | |
| Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has submitted a formal request to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to mount an inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's decision not to reinvestigate allegations of phone hacking. | Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has submitted a formal request to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to mount an inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's decision not to reinvestigate allegations of phone hacking. |
| Mr Huhne said: "The Metropolitan Police cannot act as judge and jury in its own trial. | Mr Huhne said: "The Metropolitan Police cannot act as judge and jury in its own trial. |
| "Only an independent inquiry can properly consider any possible neglect of duty by the specialist operations department into the original investigation." | "Only an independent inquiry can properly consider any possible neglect of duty by the specialist operations department into the original investigation." |
| Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC has said the Crown Prosecution Service will carry out an "urgent examination" of files to check they were properly dealt with at the time. | Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC has said the Crown Prosecution Service will carry out an "urgent examination" of files to check they were properly dealt with at the time. |