The News of The World phone hacking scandal is in the process of being exposed by a British Parliamentary Inquiry today. James and Rupert Murdoch are currently being questioned. Follow all the action as it unfolds on one of the numerous live blogs covering the inquiry, including The Guardian Live Blog.

John Yates (who recently resigned from his position) and Dick Fedorcio of The Metropolitan Police have already been questioned today, each blaming the other for hiring Neil Wallis. Sir Paul Stephenson, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, today asserted that 10 former News International employees had, at some stage, worked for The Metropolitan Police.

Sean Hoare, a journalist who was instrumental in exposing the extent of News International's knowledge of phone hacking, was today found dead at in his home. At present the death is not being treated as suspicious.

On an unrelated note, do you want to know how to make Google + a tool for collaborative journalism? Poynter.com shows you how.

Google has reindexed Belgian newspapers on its search engine, after removing them not only from Google News but from the Google search engine in general.

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