Ancil Payne, the former CEO of KING Broadcasting, who died in October 2004, was widely mocked when he established The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism to recognise journalists who demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to ethical conduct.  But the closure of Britain’s Sunday tabloid, the News of The World, at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked UK journalism, only goes to demonstrate …

We would have been forgiven for thinking we were dreaming while watching the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s spectacular wedding.
But the sudden expulsion of the Libyan ambassador from London after the bombing of the British Embassy in Tripoli, along with the death of Osama Bin Laden, day later brought the world crashing back down to Earth with a bump – and spoiled the charm …