The unit came to an end in after it became apparent that it 'wasn't working', the court heard. Accused: Rebekah and Charlie Brooks are among eight people who are facing a range of charges during the trial, including conspiracy to intercept voicemails and phone hacking.
Brooks also told the jury it was 'impossible' for an editor to know what the source of each story was. She said around stories would be considered for publication each week, with the best actually getting into print. Cleared: Rebekah Brooks was acquitted of one charge related to buying a picture of Prince William in a bikini but he still faces four others.
Brooks is accused of conspiring to hack phones alongside one-time lover Andy Coulson, who served as her deputy editor on the NotW and went on to become editor, as well as former managing editor of the News of the World Stuart Kuttner. She described Kuttner as having an 'incredibly good reputation' today, but added 'I wouldn't say we were ever friends; he was a different generation and a different world almost.
It came as she was cleared of illegally sanctioning a deal to secure a picture of the Duke of Cambridge in a bikini at a themed party he attended with Kate Middleton in Judge Justice Saunders told the jury to acquit her of one charge of misconduct in a public office because 'she has no case to answer'.
She faces four further counts. The court heard earlier the former Sun editor had agreed a payment for her tabloid's 'best contact at Sandhurst' to secure the image of William posing as a Bond girl in a green bikini. The embarrassing photo was taken at a themed party held in the cricket pavilion of the military academy, but was never published. Kate Middleton also attended the fancy-dress party and was said to have worn a wetsuit.
But uncertainty over where the picture came from means that the jury was asked to find her not guilty. The judge told jurors: 'I have decided there is no case to answer for Mrs Brooks on count four, that's the charge of the picture of Prince William in a bikini acquired by the Sun newspaper. On her first day in the stand Rebekah Brooks recalled her rise in the newspaper world from floor sweeper to editor. The year-old described how - through unerring enthusiasm and strong contacts with the likes of PR guru Max Clifford - she rose through the ranks of the News of the World, starting as features researcher in the 'pink parlour', to deputy editor of the newspaper by the age of The only child of a gardener father and personal assistant mother from Warrington, Cheshire, the former NotW and Sun editor told how she decided at the age of eight that she wanted to be a journalist.
Brooks recalled getting work experience at a local newspaper, the Warrington Guardian, at the age of On starting out in journalism: 'I swept floors and probably made the tea. On rivalry at the News of the World: 'I came in and my phone lines had been cut. No one owned up to it, but I always suspected it was the news desk. On sexism in the newsroom: 'There was probably a lot of old-school misogyny'. Brooks was a founding member of Women in Journalism, but rivals gave it the nickname 'whinge', she said.
On her mistakes: 'As part of the internal competition there were compiled files of your perceived mistakes or stupid stories I'd done. It was a tough world. She Ms Brown was very smart, she wanted all her family relocated to this place in Nevada, we had to hire a plane'.
It was a big thing. While there, she said she had 'swept the floors and made the tea' until she got her first full-time job in journalism in The court heard that she next went to work for the NotW's Sunday magazine, starting in April as a features researcher.
The court heard that when her then-editor moved to be deputy editor at the NotW newspaper in , Brooks asked if she could move with her to work on the newspaper's features desk.
After becoming deputy features editor in March , Brooks became features editor in June that year. And just over a year later, in September , she became acting deputy editor.
Asked about major stories while she was features editor at the newspaper, Brooks described securing a deal in with prostitute Divine Brown after actor Hugh Grant was caught with her in Hollywood. Brooks said she hired a plane to fly 'very smart' Brown and members of her family to 'the desert' in Nevada to prevent other newspapers finding them.
She said the brutal competition between the news and features departments at the tabloid was well-known and even encouraged by the editors. Change: Ms Brooks was acquitted of one charge today linked to allegations that she sanctioned an illegal payment for a picture of Prince William in a bikini. After she landed a story on former cabinet minister Alan Clark while features editor, Brooks said she was the victim of sabotage.
One of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office. Describing another incident, Brooks said: 'They compiled files on any perceived mistakes, and stupid stories I have done. I found that one day, it was a tough day. Brooks also told the jury how she was a founding member of Women in Journalism, but found her colleagues and rival male journalists then gave it the nickname 'whinge'. She said the rivalry was even fiercer between the News of the World and The Sun, with almost no co-operation between them at all despite sharing offices.
She recalled The Sun frosted their windows to protect their stories when the News of the World journalists' route to the canteen was changed to go past the Sun desks.
High riser: Rebekah Brooks went from a work experience girl in her teens to the top of the Murdoch empire within a few decades. Royal couple: The photo of Prince William in a bikini was said to have been taken at a James Bond-themed party in McMullan was tipped off by the police about Elliott's predicament in the s.
He explained: "I was driven primarily to write the best story I could. When I heard a few years later that she'd killed herself I did think 'yeah, that was one that I really regret'. The former tabloid reporter, who also worked for the Sunday Express and trained at Thomson Regional Newspapers , lambasted celebrities who complain about the press, including Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan and Sienna Miller, all of whom have given evidence to the inquiry.
The actress told the inquiry last week that she was regularly followed by paparazzi who chased her down dark streets when she was in her early 20s. McMullan claimed they would be left alone by the press if they stepped out of the public eye. He also claimed the Press Complaints Commission had tamed the worst excesses of the tabloids. Editors don't want to be ticked off. Rebekah Brooks 'didn't know' phone hacking was illegal. Please try again later.
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