Phone tapping: journalists held

THE former head of news and current chief reporter of the News of the World have been arrested on suspicion of phone hacking, sources said.

Phone tapping: journalists held

Ian Edmondson, 42, and Neville Thurlbeck, 50, were held by Scotland Yard detectives when they attended separate police stations in south-west London by appointment.

The pair were questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages.

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