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September 7, 2010, Tuesday
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ONE of Britain's best-selling newspapers denied yesterday that it engaged in widespread phone hacking, but police said they might reopen an investigation into claims its reporters illegally eavesdropped on scores of politicians and celebrities.
The allegations against the News of the World tabloid - sensational even by the knockabout standards of the British press - are rattling Prime Minister David Cameron's government. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who quit after one of his reporters was convicted of hacking, is now Cameron's PR chief.
Coulson said yesterday he would be happy to meet with police, but denied wrongdoing. Cameron's Downing Street office said Coulson had the prime minister's support.
"Andy has made his position clear, there have been a number of reports over the last few days and those reports change nothing as far as the prime minister is concerned," said spokesman Steve Field. "The prime minister accepts the position; he has full confidence in Andy Coulson and he continues to do his job."
Opposition politicians are demanding a full inquiry into the allegations, which the News of the World denies.
"We reject absolutely any suggestion there was a widespread culture of wrongdoing at the News of the World," it said in a statement yesterday.
The paper's former royal reporter and a private investigator were sentenced to jail in 2007 for intercepting messages left for royal officials, including some from Princes William and Harry. But police said they had no evidence the illegal behavior went any further at the newspaper.
Scotland Yard has said, however, that detectives found nearly 3,000 cell phone numbers over the course of their investigation and that hundreds of people were thought to have been targeted.
The allegations against the News of the World tabloid - sensational even by the knockabout standards of the British press - are rattling Prime Minister David Cameron's government. Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who quit after one of his reporters was convicted of hacking, is now Cameron's PR chief.
Coulson said yesterday he would be happy to meet with police, but denied wrongdoing. Cameron's Downing Street office said Coulson had the prime minister's support.
"Andy has made his position clear, there have been a number of reports over the last few days and those reports change nothing as far as the prime minister is concerned," said spokesman Steve Field. "The prime minister accepts the position; he has full confidence in Andy Coulson and he continues to do his job."
Opposition politicians are demanding a full inquiry into the allegations, which the News of the World denies.
"We reject absolutely any suggestion there was a widespread culture of wrongdoing at the News of the World," it said in a statement yesterday.
The paper's former royal reporter and a private investigator were sentenced to jail in 2007 for intercepting messages left for royal officials, including some from Princes William and Harry. But police said they had no evidence the illegal behavior went any further at the newspaper.
Scotland Yard has said, however, that detectives found nearly 3,000 cell phone numbers over the course of their investigation and that hundreds of people were thought to have been targeted.
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