10 October 2011 Last updated at 07:20 ET

Hoppen gets £60,000 over hackingKelly Hoppen

Interior designer Kelly Hoppen accepts £60,000 in damages at the High Court over the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.


Hacking 'not over sales pressure'

The phone-hacking scandal cannot be blamed on pressure to produce big stories, a former News of the World editor tells the Lord Leveson inquiry.

Payne sues over alleged hacking

The mother of murder victim Sarah Payne and murdered schoolgirl Megan Russell's father are taking legal action over alleged phone hacking.

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  • '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

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