High profile names who faced hacking probe

Rebekah Brooks, former Chief Executive of News International Credit: Reuters

A host of high profile names have been arrested under various Scotland Yard inquiries related to allegations of phone hacking at News International. Here are some of those to have faced questioning since January last year:

  • Ian Edmondson: Former Crime Correspondent and Head of News at the News of the World. He was also a News Editor at the People for four-and-a-half years.

  • Neville Thurlbeck : Former News of the World Chief Reporter.

  • James Weatherup: Former Chief Reporter and News Editor at the News of the World.

  • Terenia Taras: Freelance journalist who is an ex-girlfriend of former News of the World News Editor Greg Miskiw.

  • Andy Coulson: Former News of the World Editor who resigned over phone-hacking at his paper in January 2007. He went on to become David Cameron's communications director but stood down in January 2011.

  • Clive Goodman: Former News of the World Royal Editor.

  • Neil Wallis: Former News of the World Executive Editor. After leaving the paper in July 2009 he was awarded a £24,000 contract to give the Metropolitan Police PR advice.

  • Rebekah Brooks: She became News of the World Editor in 2000 aged 31, landed the top job at The Sun in 2003 and was appointed Chief Executive of News International in 2009 before resigning in July 2011.

  • Stuart Kuttner: Former News of the World Managing Editor.

  • Greg Miskiw aka Ihor Miskiw: Former News of the World news editor.

  • Dan Evans: Former feature writer on the News of the World. He joined the paper in 2005 and was suspended in April 2010.

  • Unidentified 51-year-old detective constable: He is suspected of leaking information about Operation Weeting to Guardian journalist Amelia Hill, who was questioned under caution.

  • Ross Hall aka Ross Hindley: Former News of the World reporter who joined the paper full-time in 2005.

  • Raoul Simons: Former Evening Standard sports reporter. He became deputy football editor of The Times in August 2009 but went on extended leave in September 2010.

  • Jamie Pyatt: Long-serving reporter with The Sun based in the Thames Valley. He was shortlisted at the 2006 British Press Awards for his story revealing that Prince Harry wore Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party.

  • Glenn Mulcaire: He became a private investigator working for the News of the World.

Glenn Mulcaire, worked as a private investigator working for the News of the World. Credit: Reuters

  • Lucy Panton: Former News of the World Crime Editor.

  • Cheryl Carter: Personal assistant to Rebekah Brooks.

  • Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook: A long-serving Scotland Yard officer who investigated the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.

  • Chris Pharo: The Sun's head of news who began his career in Bristol with the South West News agency.

  • Mike Sullivan: Long-serving Crime Editor of The Sun.

  • Fergus Shanahan: The Sun's Executive Editor who rose through the ranks at News International after beginning his career on the Reading Evening News.

  • Graham Dudman: Formerly the Sun's Managing Editor and is now News International's Editorial Development Director.

Andy Coulson, former News of the World Editor Credit: Reuters

  • Geoff Webster: Became Deputy Editor of The Sun in 2009 after six years at the tabloid. He previously worked at News of the World as Head of Pictures.

  • John Edwards: Picture Editor of The Sun for 12 years and the son of Arthur Edwards, the paper's award-winning royal photographer. Joined the paper as Assistant Picture Editor in 1992.

  • John Kay: Became Chief Reporter at The Sun in 1990 and has twice won a Reporter of the Year gong at the British press awards.

  • Nick Parker: The Sun's Chief Foreign Correspondent, who led the paper's coverage on Somali kidnappings.

  • John Sturgis: A News Editor on the Sun who has worked as a reporter covering general news.

  • Unidentified 39-year-old serving Surrey Police officer.

  • Unidentified 39-year-old Ministry of Defence employee.

  • Unidentified 36-year-old member of the Armed Forces.

  • Steve Hayes: Millionaire owner of Wasps rugby club and Wycombe Wanderers football club. He made his fortune selling an internet loans business.

  • Graham Freeman: Surrey-based founder of a security consultancy set up with a former British Army intelligence officer.

  • Virginia Wheeler: Worked at The Sun for around six years and was last year promoted to becoming the paper's first female defence editor.

  • Charlie Brooks: Race horse trainer who has been a columnist for the Daily Telegraph as well as writing a novel entitled Citizen. Married to Rebekah Brooks.

  • Mark Hanna: News International's head of security for a number of years at their headquarters at Wapping in east London.