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5 April 2011
Last updated at 07:48 ET
Police investigating phone-hacking claims have arrested two men on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages, Scotland Yard says.
The Guardian says they are News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and ex-news editor Ian Edmondson, but this has not been confirmed by police.
The paper says they voluntarily presented themselves at different London police stations on Tuesday.
The News of the World and News International have not commented.
Scotland Yard said the arrested pair, aged 50 and 42, were also held on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.
They are the first arrests since the Met Police reopened its inquiry - known as Operation Weeting - into claims that staff at the Sunday tabloid had hacked into the phone messages of celebrities and other public figures.
Tom Watson MP, who has been pressuring the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over phone hacking, told the BBC he welcomed the developments.
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The Guardian says they are News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck and ex-news editor Ian Edmondson, but this has not been confirmed by police.
The paper says they voluntarily presented themselves at different London police stations on Tuesday.
The News of the World and News International have not commented.
Scotland Yard said the arrested pair, aged 50 and 42, were also held on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.
They are the first arrests since the Met Police reopened its inquiry - known as Operation Weeting - into claims that staff at the Sunday tabloid had hacked into the phone messages of celebrities and other public figures.
Tom Watson MP, who has been pressuring the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over phone hacking, told the BBC he welcomed the developments.
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