Mediagazer: Phone hacking ‘checks and balances failed’, says former NoW editor (Amelia Hill/Guardian)

11:25 AM ET, October 6, 2011

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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and media standards - live — Full coverage of the first seminar in the inquiry into media standards and ethics, where those appearing include former News of the World editor Phil Hall — 1.00pm: Well, this incident in newspaper history was always …

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Amelia Hill / Guardian: Phone hacking ‘checks and balances failed’, says former NoW editor

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John Plunkett / Guardian:

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James Orr / Telegraph:

Former journalist says colleagues at Mirror Group newspaper hacked phones — David Brown, a former journalist at the national tabloid newspaper The People, has claimed phone hacking was rife among his colleagues and was covered by up senior executives. — Mr Brown said journalists …

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The Independent:

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