From the BBC:
A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World, Scotland Yard says.
Officers from Operation Weeting are holding him at a north London police station on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages.
The 35-year-old was arrested at home at 05:55 BST and remains in custody.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...
Details are scarce, but here's a bit more on today's arrest from The Guardian:
Unlike many of those arrested by the 50-strong team of detectives from Operation Weeting the man was not arrested by prior appointment.
Following the arrest he was taken to a north London police station. He will be questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) Criminal Law Act 1977.
Scotland Yard refused to make any further comment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
The Daily Mail describes the arrest as a "dawn raid" (!):
Man, 35, arrested in dawn raid in north London hours after hearing by MPs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
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It is probable that James Murdoch, son of Rupert, will be questioned again by the UK Parliament, following yesterday's questioning of former NI employees. From the Sydney Morning Herald:
JAMES Murdoch is likely to be recalled for another grilling by British MPs over the phone-hacking scandal that threatens his career after two former senior executives disputed his claim that he had not known of a crucial email.
House of Commons sources said a decision would be made next Tuesday about whether Mr Murdoch, heir apparent to his father Rupert's media empire, should explain his denial, given the executives were adamant that he knew of the email and understood it meant phone hacking had not been confined to a single rogue reporter.
http://www.smh.com.au/...
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UPDATE 1:
It looks like Murdochgate is starting to hot up in Scotland, too. The parents of Madeleine McCann have applied to join the inquiry into hacking.
From The Herald Scotland:
The so-called “for Neville” missive – which is thought to have referred to the tabloid’s former chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck – contained a transcript of hacked private information about Professional Footballers Association chief executive Gordon Taylor.
The dispute came as Glasgow-born Gerry McCann and his wife Kate said they want to take part in Lord Justice Levenson’s inquiry. The pair were the subject of a media frenzy after their three-year-old daughter Madeleine was abducted from their holiday apartment in Portugal in May 2007.
They could join the former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley and Chris Jefferies, the ex-landlord of Bristol murder victim Jo Yeates, as “core participants” in the inquiry examining the relationship between the press and the public, police and politicians. It is due to begin this month.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/...
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UPDATE 2:
From the comments, AnnetteK has discovered the identity of the latest arrest:
The 35-year-old man arrested on Wednesday by detectives investigating phone hacking is believed to be the deputy football editor of the Times, Raoul Simons.
Simons joined the Times from the Evening Standard in August 2009, but has been on extended leave since late 2010.
Scotland Yard is believed to have arrested Simons at 5.55am on Wednesday on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.
He has been released on police bail until "a date in October".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
to which Empower Ink responds:
So Now The Times Is Implicated. I like where this is going.
That is indeed important, because The Times is ANOTHER Murdoch-owned UK paper - indicating this stretches beyond News of the World.
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UPDATE 3:
Okay, AnnetteK is setting fire to the air with her red-hot developments:
Heh, someone's nervous.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World and the prime minister's former personal communications director, is reportedly refusing to appear before the Commons select committee that is investigating phone-hacking.
His solicitors have written to the culture, media and sport committee declining an invitation to appear citing "concerns" about "parallel inquiries and investigations and the publicity generated by them".
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UPDATE 4:
(h/t AnnetteK)
Phone hacking: News International 'deleted hundreds of thousands of emails'
A technology company asked to delete hundreds of thousands of emails by News International had been requested to do so on four more occasions than has previously been disclosed, a committee of MPs has been told.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...
Here's the kicker:
The requests for deletions came after the Guardian newspaper began its investigation into the extent of phone hacking in 2009.
This coverup is a crime in progress, IMO.