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# Scotland Yard asks News of the World for more information about phone
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hacking claims
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## Scotland Yard has begun a search for more information about allegations of
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phone hacking at the News of the World, a process that could increase pressure
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on Andy Coulson, David Cameron's communications chief.
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![Sienna Miller using mobile phone, phone hacking, ][1]
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Actress Sienna Miller instructed lawyers to take action against the News of
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the World newspaper after she suspected they had hacked into her phone Photo:
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REX
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8:00AM GMT 08 Jan 2011
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The Metropolitan Police last night confirmed it had written to the newspaper
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"requesting any new material they may have in relation to alleged phone
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hacking following the suspension of a member of their staff."
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The move follows the suspension of Ian Edmondson, the newspaper's assistant
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editor (news) amid a legal case brought against the paper by Sienna Miller, an
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actress, suggesting that her telephone messages were illegally accessed by the
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paper's staff.
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The police request for information is likely to be a prelude to the formal re-
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opening of a criminal investigation into the actions of staff of the
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newspaper, which was edited by Mr Coulson until 2007.
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Labour has said that Mr Coulson is "under suspicion" of illegal activity and
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questioned Mr Cameron's decision to employ him in Downing Street.
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Mr Coulson left the paper in 2007 after the conviction of Clive Goodman, the
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News of the World's royal editor.
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## Related Articles
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* [Andy Coulson faces new pressure in phone hacking case][2]
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15 Jan 2011
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* [Andy Coulson 'not quitting over phone hacking'][3]
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16 Jan 2011
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* [Clegg: I back Coulson probe][4]
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17 Jan 2011
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He and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator working for the paper were both
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found guilty of unlawfully intercepting messages of three members of the Royal
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Family and five other public figures.
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Mr Coulson has consistently denied any knowledge of the pair's illegal actions
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and insisted that Goodman was the only journalist involved in phone hacking at
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the paper.
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Mr Edmondson's suspension relates to the same police investigation that led to
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Goodman's conviction.
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A document lodged in the High Court links Edmondson to the interception of
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voicemail messages from the phones of Miller and Jude Law.
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In September last year, Miller instructed lawyers to take action against the
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newspaper after she suspected her phone had been hacked by Mulcaire.
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Any confirmation that more staff from the newspaper were involved in illegal
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activity could jeopardise Mr Coulson's position.
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The News of the World suspended Mr Edmondson just before Christmas and is
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carrying out an internal investigation into the claims against him.
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A spokeswoman for the paper said that if the conclusion of an internal
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investigation into Mr Edmondson or Miller's litigation is that the allegation
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is proven, "appropriate action will be taken."
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