Former royal editor Clive Goodman - who was jailed in January 2007 over the scandal - had been rearrested in connection with alleged payments to police

Former royal editor Clive Goodman - who was jailed in January 2007 over the scandal - had been rearrested in connection with alleged payments to police and Mr Coulson, the ex-Downing Street communications chief, is also being questioned over phone hacking during his time at the paper.
The 43-year-old ex-editor of the News of the World was held at a south London police station, sources said.
The arrest piles further pressure on the Prime Minister, who gave him a job at No 10 despite his association with the scandal.
The widely-anticipated arrest is the latest bombshell in a catastrophic week for News International chiefs, who announced they were shutting the Sunday tabloid because it had betrayed its readers' trust.
A Scotland Yard statement said: "The MPS (Metropolitan Police Service) has arrested a member of the public in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking. The man, aged 43, was arrested by appointment at a south London police station. He is currently in custody."
He was held by detectives investigating Operation Elveden - the inquiry into payments to police by the News of the World - and Operation Weeting, the long-running hacking investigation. After arriving by appointment at the station, he was held on suspicion of "conspiring to intercept communications" and "corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906".
Mr Cameron defended his decision to hire Mr Coulson and insisted his work for the Tories and in No 10 had not been a cause for concern.
"He resigned from the News of the World because of the things that happened on his watch. I decided to give him a second chance - and no one has ever raised serious concerns about how he did his job for me. But the second chance didn't work out and he had to resign all over again. The decision to hire him was mine - and mine alone - and I take full responsibility for it."
Plain-clothed officers carrying evidence bags arrived at Mr Coulson's detached home on Friday. The officers entered the property on the leafy residential street after a woman wearing a dark suit answered the door.