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Britain awaits crucial report into press ethics

A top British judge will on Thursday publish a key report into a phone-hacking scandal, potentially paving the way for strict new press laws and raising tensions in the coalition government. Brian Leveson is widely expected to include recommendations for statutory regulation when he publishes his findings from a year-long…

UK tabloids brace for more damage at ethics inquiry

Britain’s tabloids are braced for more damaging celebrity testimony this week at a public inquiry that has turned the tables on Fleet Street and could lead to major changes in the regulation of the press. Singer Charlotte Church and Alastair Campbell, the former spin doctor of ex-prime minister Tony Blair,…