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On air 1100GMT: Phone hacking - the scandal deepens

Robyn Bresnahan Robyn Bresnahan | 07:53 UK time, Wednesday, 6 July 2011

The father of David Foulkes, who was killed in the Edgware Road blast, said police had contacted him about the phone hacking scandal.

This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 6 July, 2011. Listen to the programme.

Tomorrow marks a sad anniversary for Graham Foulkes. Six years ago, his son David was killed in the on London's underground system.

That's devastating enough, but now, a phone call from British police has made things even worse.

It's emerged that Graham and other families of people killed in the London tube bombings may also have had their phones hacked by the British tabloid News of the World.

He says he's "saddened and sickened" by it.

"I certainly think that News International [which owns News of the World] need to come clean, they need to accept that their responsibility and their culpability, and they need to do the decent thing, but I suppose they won't."
This latest revelation follows allegations that the same paper hacked into the mobile phone of a murdered girl, Milly Dowler, while she was missing.

The story is still the most read and the most tweeted about in the UK, but is also making news in the , the and the (leading on the fact that Ford has dropped its ads from News of the World).

While we're on air, the British Parliament will hold an emergency debate on the issue.

We want to hear from you too. What do you make of the phone hacking scandal? Do you think it will be a turning point in how tabloid newspapers operate?

You can post your comments here or join the debate on our .

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