News of the World phone-hacking: 'Time we got the facts'

The Police have launched a fresh investigation into phone hacking after receiving "significant new information", Scotland Yard has said.

The information relates to hacking at the News of the World (NoW), which led to its royal editor being jailed.

The BBC has learned the paper sacked its head of news, Ian Edmondson, on Tuesday following an internal inquiry.

The Labour MP Tom Watson said he welcomed a new police investigation as it was time "we got all the facts."

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