Senior journalists from the News of the World pledged yesterday to clear their names after it was announced that eight people, including David Cameron’s former spin doctor, Andy Coulson, will be charged with phone hacking.

Senior journalists from the News of the World have been formally charged with phone hacking and will appear in court next month, Scotland Yard said tonight.

A 31-year-old woman was arrested in Britain today by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

DETECTIVES investigating newspaper phone-hacking arrested a sports journalist in Britain.