PSNI release journalist and his wife arrested yesterday

Police in the North have released Liam Clarke, Ireland editor of the Sunday Times, and his wife, Kathryn Johnston, following their arrest yesterday in connection with the leaking of transcripts of bugged telephone conversations between Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and British officials.

Police in the North have released Liam Clarke, Ireland editor of the Sunday Times, and his wife, Kathryn Johnston, following their arrest yesterday in connection with the leaking of transcripts of bugged telephone conversations between Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness and British officials.

The pair were released on bail today "pending further inquiries".

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