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The Metropolitan Police are contacting up to 4,000 people whose names appear on documents which were seized from the "News of the World" in 2005.
2011-07-7

News International shuts down the British newspaper the "News of the World", as a result of a phone hacking affair, with the final edition coming out Sunday.
2011-07-7

"The Daily Telegraph" reports that phones belonging to the relatives of British soldiers killed in combat were hacked.
2011-07-6

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, calls the allegations "deplorable and unacceptable".
2011-07-6

Vauxhall, Mitsubishi, the Co-op, Lloyds TSB and Virgin Holidays all join Ford in suspending advertising with the "News of the World".
2011-07-6

News International uncovers emails indicating that thousands of pounds were paid to Metropolitan Police officers by News International staff for information.
2011-07-6

It is revealed that police have contacted the parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman amid concerns that the "News of the World" tabloid also hacked them.
2011-07-5

Ford Motor Company announces it is pulling all advertising from the "News of the World" tabloid following reports that it allegedly hacked the voicemail of murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler; mobile communications company T-Mobile, Currys and PC World all consider joining Ford.
2011-07-5

Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe states in an interview on the BBC that the "News of the World" tabloid told lies to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), an alteration in opinion.
2011-07-5

British judge Heather Hallett opens the inquests into the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
2010-10-11