Charlotte Church
Summary
Charlotte Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed; 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10,500,000 albums worldwide and in 2010 was said to be worth as much as £11m (though one 2003 report had her worth £25m). She recently hosted the third series of her Channel 4 chat show The Charlotte Church Show. Charlotte Church was born Charlotte Maria Reed in Llandaff, a district of Cardiff, Wales. She was brought up as a Roman Catholic by her mother, Maria, who was separated from Church's biological father, Stephen Reed.
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Gerry McCann calls for press control laws – and 75% of the public agree
Poll shows overwhelming support for missing Madeleine's father on how Leveson inquiry findings must be enforced.
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Leveson: frustration grows for victims of press abuse at dithering over bill
The Hacked Off campaign group is to publish its own draft legislation in a bid to combat intrusions of privacy.
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Channel 4 to air Piers Morgan phone hacking conversation with Charlotte Church
The documentary features footage shot in 2003 of Piers Morgan, at the time the editor of the Daily Mirror, discussing phone hacking with singer Charlotte Church.
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Piers Morgan phone-hacking conversation to air on Channel 4
Ex-Daily Mirror editor shown in documentary telling Charlotte Church of stories which came about due to mobile phones.
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No political point-scoring over Leveson report, says Nick Clegg
Deputy PM agrees with Labour call for cross-party talks in response to forthcoming recommendations on press regulation.
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David Cameron 'open' to press regulation say campaigners
Charlotte Church reveals details of private conversation between the prime minister and Hacked Off on media control.
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Neil Kinnock takes legal action as new phone-hacking claims reach 174
News International is now facing almost 200 fresh phone-hacking claims with legal action now confirmed from individuals including the former Labour party leader Neil Kinnock, former cabinet minister Stephen Byers and Louise Woodward, the former nanny jailed in the US for killing a baby.
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Bah, humbug! There's no public interest in sneaky pictures of TV journalists
I often quote Tom Stoppard's line about the "casual cruelty" of newspapers. Sometimes though, it is far from casual as Dermot Murnaghan and Andrew Marr will testify today.
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Drop in defamation cases may be due to Leveson inquiry
Research by legal publisher reveals 36% fall in number of defamation cases brought against UK press and broadcasters.
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Chris Moyles: top 10 controversial moments
As he announces he is to leave the Radio 1 breakfast show, we look back at 10 moments when bigmouth hit the headlines.
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