Mazher Mahmood, a British journalist known for his undercover work posing as a "fake sheikh", has been suspended by The Sun after the collapse of a celebrity trial in which he was a main witness.

The trial of Tulisa Contostavlos over drugs allegations has collapsed.

An undercover reporter has told a court he wanted to "expose criminality" about an alleged drug deal involving Tulisa Constostavlos and it was "outrageous" to suggest he spiked the singer’s drink during one of their meetings.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

The court case against pop star and former X Factor judge Tulisa is expected to begin today, after two days’ legal wrangling delayed the start of her trial for suspected drugs offending.

A friend of former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos today admitted supplying cocaine to an undercover reporter.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos is due to go on trial today accused of being concerned in brokering a drug deal.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has appeared in court accused of being concerned in brokering a drug deal.

Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has denied being concerned with the supply of Class A drugs.

Former world champion boxer Herbie Hide has been jailed for conspiracy to supply cocaine after a court heard he fell for a sting operation set up by an investigative journalist known as the Fake Sheikh.

News Corporation tabloid reporter Mazher Mahmood, known as the “fake sheikh” for the scoops he obtained by imitating a wealthy Arab, told an inquiry into media ethics that unreliable people are often good sources.

A PRIVATE investigator working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid did not delete voicemails from the phone of a missing girl, a police lawyer said last night — casting new light on the critical event that sparked Britain’s phone-hacking scandal.

A former News of the World investigative journalist today told an inquiry into press standards in the UK that his work had led to more than 260 “successful criminal prosecutions”.

THREE of the world’s top cricketers were facing possible jail terms last night after being convicted of match-fixing.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S News International is to donate £2.8 million (€2.05m) from the last edition of the News of the World, it said, as it set out how it had handled the closure of the tabloid at the centre of a phone-hacking scandal.

Sven Goran Eriksson’s agent dismissed a newspaper sting accusing the England manager of taking his eye off the World Cup to try to secure a lucrative managerial career as “disgraceful entrapment” today.

Victoria Beckham today said that she was in "absolute and total shock" following reports that an armed gang had allegedly been plotting to kidnap her.