it is looking into culture, practice, ethics of the press here in the united kingdom broadly speaking, but also in the relation to the now-defunct news of the world. we re hearing from celebrities who are talking about how intrusion of the press has impacted their lives, again, as it relates to the phone hacking scandal, but also breaches of privacy by the press in a more general sense. now, we also have heard from real people today including the parents of the murdered schoolgirl, milly dowler. they re a part of the hearing. a detective hired by news of the world hacked into milly dowler s voicemail when she was missing and deleted messages on that voicemail freeing up space for fresh messages which would be fresh leads in the case, and that gave her parents false hope that she was still alive. here s what they had to say about it today. i rang her phone yes. and it clicked through onto her voicemail, so i heard her voice. yes. and i was, it was just like she picked
emerges, or was there prior to that departure, you would have a different piece. but there s quite a that s an important point just to be clear about. my final question is it seems to me on the face of it that the news of the world was sacrificed in order to try to protect rebekah brooks position at news international. in effect, rather than her being having her departure being announced, the news of the world was offered up as an alternative to try to deal with the whole thing. do you regret now making that decision? do you regret closing the news of the world to try and save rebekah brooks? in hindsight, do you wish you accepted her resignation to start with in order that that paper with a fine tradition could probably continue and all of the people who are now out of work could still be in work? i regret very much the pain of people that will not be able to find work. the two decisions were totally unrelated, absolutely sxl totally unrelated. so when you cam