If Murdoch thought that admitting guilt was going to make it easier, he was wrong. His tabloid team in the UK hacked into the phones of many people from celebrities to politicians. They crossed the line so it’s good to see that someone is taking this seriously instead of ignoring it. There could be a lot more problems ahead for Murdoch’s newspaper. The Guardian:

Despite the paper having promised that it would co-operate fully with police inquiries, executives descended on the desk of former news editor James Weatherup moments after learning of his arrest. Under the eyes of their legal team, they bagged up notebooks, papers and recording machines and removed them “via our lawyers”, a firm whose identity the publisher refused to confirm.

A few hours later, the police arrived and took the bags to Scotland Yard. Detectives also conducted a search in the tabloid newsroom while staff were asked to decamp to a nearby bar.

The unexpected arrest of Weatherup, one of the most senior journalists at the News of the World, at his home leaves little room for doubt that the new police team investigating the phone-hacking scandal is determined to succeed where its much-criticised predecessors failed.