Two men arrested in NOTW phone-hacking investigation

A News of the World reporter and an ex-news editor have been held by police investigating allegations of phone hacking, the BBC understands.

Chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, 50, and former news editor Ian Edmondson, 42, are suspected of having unlawfully intercepted voicemail messages.

The men voluntarily attended two London police stations and were later released on bail until September.

Tom Symonds reports.

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