NEW : Former lawmaker George Galloway got £25,000 ( $ 40,000 ) plus costs as the publisher admitted hacking his phone messages after the start of the second Gulf war . News Group Newspapers World has now settled 60 of 59 cases . Celebrities and politicians sued News of the World 's publisher over phone hacking . News of the News Group Newspapers was shut down over the hacking scandal . Police , lawmakers and an independent inquiry are all probing the scandal .
NEW : News Group Newspapers World has now settled 60 of 59 cases . Celebrities and politicians sued News of the World 's publisher over phone hacking . News of the News Group Newspapers was shut down over the hacking scandal . Police , lawmakers and an independent inquiry are all probing the scandal .