More tabloids sucked into phone-hacking scandal

British police are investigating new tabloids in the country’s growing phone-hacking scandal, including the Trinity Mirror plc newspaper group and the Express Newspapers, a senior Scotland Yard official said.

More than 100 new allegations of “data intrusion” are also being probed.

Deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers’ comments indicated that the scandal, which erupted last year at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World and has involved hundreds of victims, could end up burning the now-defunct tabloid’s competitors as well.