Phone hacking, Will Young quits Strictly, BT ad banned

Strictly Come Dancing: Will Young with his dance partner Karen Clifton. Photograph: Jay Brooks/BBC/PA

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Phone-hacking victims win House of Lords support over legal costs

Will Young quits Strictly Come Dancing on personal grounds

BT’s Ryan Reynolds ad banned after Virgin Media complaint

Newspapers warned of heavy fines if they identify sex case victims

Matthew Freud sells £12m luxury yacht to own company

The New York Times introduces its new ‘International Edition’

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The X Factor’s Four of Diamonds Photograph: Syco/Thames/Dymond/PA

X Factor’s Four of Diamonds ‘put together’ by the talent show after first auditioning as solo artists (Mirror)

Newspapers are nasty, says press regulator (Financial Times £)

Huffington Post executive editor Liz Heron has resigned (Politico)

Hungarian newspaper closes and citizens see government’s hand (New York Times £)

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