Another tabloid probe

POLICE searched the newsroom of a second British tabloid as part of a widening investigation into a tabloid phone hacking scandal.

Scotland Yard said the Daily Star Sunday was searched in central London

The search was connected to the arrest of Clive Goodman, the former News of the World royal editor who served a jail term in 2007 for hacking into the phones of royal aides.

Goodman was re-arrested yesterday on suspicion of making illegal payoffs to police for information.

The Star is owned by businessman Richard Desmond and is not connected to News Corp, the owner of the recently closed down News of the World.