The head of Sky News has apologised to the Leveson inquiry after the broadcaster previously said that it had not engaged in any hacking, when executives knew that a reporter had accessed emails without permission on several occasions.

John Ryley told Lord Justice Leveson on Monday that it was „very regrettable“ that a lawyer representing Sky News had written to the inquiry last September stating: „Sky News editorial and reporting staff to whom we have spoken have never intercepted communications.“