News Ex-police colonel charged over Politkovskaya murder A former Moscow police colonel has been charged in connection with the murder of the campaigning journalist and identified a Chechen businessman as having helped organise the crime By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA News Australia: no plans to prosecute Assange over cables Attorney general says authorities have no plans to prosecute WikiLeaks founder, despite claims that unredacted embassy cables reveal identity of Australian intelligence officer By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Alberto OG on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Phone hacking: 30-year-old man arrested Unnamed man arrested by officers from the Met police's Operation Weeting team in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
News WikiLeaks publishes all 251,000 US embassy cables Group reacts to security breach by publishing full cache of unredacted diplomatic cables through its own website By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Reporters Without Borders suspends WikiLeaks mirror site Press freedom group temporarily suspends mirror site following WikiLeaks' publication of its entire cache of unredacted US embassy cables By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Martin Rickett/PA News Phone hacking inquiry: first hearing announced Lord Justice Leveson to hear applications for 'core participant status' in the phone hacking inquiry, which would grant right to legal representation By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Liz Hingley/Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography recipient News UK photojournalist wins £12,000 Getty grant British photojournalist Liz Hingley was named as one of five winners of Getty Images' annual editorial photography grants By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News TechCrunch editor steps down to head up venture firm TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington has stepped down as editor of the site to focus on new venture capital firm CrunchFund By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Michael Bruntonspall on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Guardian calls on WikiLeaks to scrap 'grossly irresponsible' release plans Former media partner urges whistleblowing group not to release cache of unredacted diplomatic cables after BitTorrent leak leaves them available online By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: David Jones/PA News Photo agency pays privacy damages to David Walliams News and photo agency Splash has issued an apology and confirmed it has paid damages to David Walliams and Lara Stone after they complained of harassment and invasion of privacy By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News WikiLeaks accuses Guardian over unredacted cables leak Whistleblowers' group blames newspaper for security breach which led to full cache of 251,000 secret US embassy cables being available online without sensitive information removed By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
Credit: Oxfam East Africa on Flickr. Some rights reserved News BBC Somali launches special broadcasts on famine aid The BBC says its journalists have been 'overwhelmed' by questions on relief aid, so have launched special radio broadcasts to help those affected By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
