The Artesian blog takes a look at the morning headlines:
Police call over phone tap claims - John Prescott is to contact police over claims private investigators allegedly working for News of the World reporters intercepted his mobile phone messages.
The Guardian alleges News Group Newspapers paid £1m in out-of-court settlements after its journalists were accused of involvement in phone tapping (full story)
G8 leaders claim historic break through on new deal to tackle global warming - President Obama and other leaders backed historic new targets for tackling global warming last night in an agreement designed to pave the way for a world deal in the autumn.
For the first time, America and the other seven richest economies agreed to the goal of keeping the world’s average temperature from rising more than 2C (3.6F). (full story)
‘TEACHER HELD FOR ATTACK ON PUPIL’ -
A TEACHER is being quizzed by police on suspicion of assaulting a 14-year-old boy at a school, it was alleged last night.
The teenager suffered a serious head injury after allegedly being attacked at All Saints’ Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, Notts, just after 11am yesterday. (full story)
News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace - News Corp is not interested in buying popular microblogging site Twitter and will not sell its struggling social network MySpace, said the media conglomerate's chief executive, Rupert Murdoch.
Murdoch, who arrived on Wednesday at the Allen & Co investment bank's Sun Valley media and technology conference, said Twitter would be a tough investment to justify because it has not yet come up with a sustainable way to make money. (full story)
MyDoom virus hits key networks in US and South Korea - A paralysing barrage of electronic cyber attacks has been let loose on government computers and networks in the US and South Korea, including the White House and Pentagon, underscoring the growth in assaults against vital state infrastructure.
Other targets affected by one of the most serious cyber attacks to hit the US included the New York stock exchange, the national security agency, homeland security department, state department and the Washington Post. In South Korea, the presidential Blue House came under fire from the rain of electronic interference, along with banks, government computers and media. (full story)
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