Hacking updates: 'Gordon Brown was targeted over 10 year period'

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he will refer the proposed takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation to the Competition Commission.

The announcement came less than an hour after News Corp said it was "withdrawing proposed undertakings in lieu of reference to the Competition Commission" - meaning it would no longer spin-off Sky News to secure the deal.

It will delay the bid by at least 6 months.

Gordon Brown is the latest figure to have been targeted by News International publications, according to reports, with allegations that they obtained medical records of his son and tried to access his voicemail.

Brown was targeted over a period of more than 10 years, during which a "blagger" tried to obtain details from his bank account, his lawyers were tricked into handing over information and his son's medical records were obtained by a newspaper, according to the Guardian.

Prince Charles and Camilla may have also had their mobile phones hacked by private investigators, police have warned.

The heir to the throne and his wife are among 10 members of the royal family to be warned they may have been targeted.

Earlier, Nick Clegg has called on Rupert Murdoch to "do the decent thing" and reconsider the bid in the wake of the phone hacking scandal that his engulfed the British arm of his media empire.

The Deputy Prime Minister said: "Do the decent and sensible thing, and reconsider, think again, about your bid for BSkyB."

Mr Murdoch flew into Britain yesterday to take charge of the crisis engulfing his media empire, which led to the closure of the News of the World yesterday.

Mr Clegg added: "Rupert Murdoch is now in town in London seeking to sort things out.

"I would simply say to him, 'look how people feel about this, look how the country has reacted with revulsion to the revelations'."

In a busy day of developments:

• News International has withdrawn its offer to hive off Sky News as part of its BSkyB takeover.

• News Corp has been told it must 'clear up mess' before BSkyB bid by David Cameron

• News Corp is being sued by a group of investors who for "failing to exercise proper oversight and take sufficient action since news of the hacking first surfaced at its subsidiary nearly six years ago."

• The BBC has reported that emails uncovered by News International contain evidence the News of the World paid a Royal Protection Officer for contact details of members of the royal family.)

• Scotland Yard has criticised leaks related to its investigation into phone hacking, which it says are a "deliberate campaign " to undermine the inquiry.

• Labour leader Ed Miliband called for the BSkyB deal to be abandoned.

• Miliband also criticised David Cameron over his hiring of Andy Coulson.

• Milly Dolwer's family have called for Rebekah Brooks to stand down

The Deputy Prime Minister spoke after meeting the parents and sister of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked by the News of the World after she went missing in 2002.

Mr Clegg said: "Listening to Bob, Sally and Gemma Dowler, it reminds you that it is innocent families like them who have paid a very heavy price for truly grotesque journalistic practices, which are simply beneath contempt.

"We owe it to the Dowlers and other innocent victims of hacking to get these inquiries right, to make sure they are really strong, they can get to the bottom of what happened and make sure it never happens again."