Former UK PM's son's medical records hacked

July 12, 2011 12:22

Moving on from the Cabinet reshuffle -- oath of office at 5 pm today -- here's news from Europe.

In the aftermath of the phone hacking scandal that led to the closure of the 168-year-old institution -- the News of the World -- it now emerges that the medical records disclosing that former UK PM Gordon Brown's infant son had cystic fibrosis were illegally obtained by The Sun newspaper as part of a News International campaign against him and his family.

Read the story in the Telegraph.

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