A Guardianjournalist has been questioned by police investigating alleged leaks of information from Operation Weeting, the London police team pursuing phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World.
Amelia Hill, a reporter behind several of the paper’s key phone-hacking revelations, was questioned under caution several days ago in a development that has raised concerns about attempts to criminalise contact between journalists and off-the-record sources.
Meanwhile, detectives arrested a sports journalist yesterday, sources said. Police held Raoul Simons for questioning on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages. Mr Simons became deputy football editor of The Timesin August 2009 but has been on extended leave from his job since September 2010.