Six suspects arrested over allegations of cover-ups in the phone-hacking inquiry - understood to includeRebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband - have been released on bail, Scotland Yard said.
The News International former chief executive and Charlie Brooks - who has been a friend of the Prime Minister since school - were held earlier on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, sources said.
Mark Hanna, News International's head of security, was also confirmed by the company as one of the six people arrested in raids in Oxfordshire, London, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said they were bailed to dates next month.
The dawn raid on the Brooks' home is potentially embarrassing for David Cameron, who was forced to make further admissions earlier this month about the extent of his relationship with the couple.
After it emerged that Scotland Yard lent an ex-police horse, Raisa, to Mrs Brooks, the Prime Minister conceded it had been among his mounts on rides with Mr Brooks - a friend from their Eton schooldays.
Officers from Operation Weeting - the inquiry into voicemail interceptions - said they consulted the Crown Prosecution Service before carrying out their busiest morning of arrests since the operation was launched last year.
Mrs Brooks, 43, was questioned at an Oxfordshire police station while Mr Brooks was interviewed at a Buckinghamshire police station.
The force said searches were going on at several addresses after a 39-year-old man was arrested in Hampshire, a 46-year-old man was held in west London, a 38-year-old man was arrested in Hertfordshire and a 48-year-old man was detained at a business address in east London, and were also interviewed at separate police stations. The 38-year-old man was also later released from a central London police station.
The arrests, which are not understood to result from information passed to them by News Corporation's management and standards committee, come just days after Mrs Brooks's lawyer Stephen Parkinson said evidence given by Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Sue Akers at the Leveson Inquiry brought "much prejudicial material" into the public domain.
Phone Hacking: Brooks And Husband Bailed
Sky News –Former News Of The World editor Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie have been released on bail following their arrests over phone hacking.
Five of the six people detained on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice were released this evening, Scotland Yard said.
They were bailed to return to a police station on a date in April. A 38-year-old man remains in custody.
The co-ordinated arrests were made by officers from Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police investigation into illegal hacking of voicemail messages.
Brooks and her husband were at home in Oxfordshire when they had a very early call from the police, Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said.
Scotland Yard said the four other men - aged 39, 46, 38 and 48 - were arrested at properties in Hampshire, London and Hertfordshire.
One of the men is head of security at News International, Mark Hanna, the company confirmed.
A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched, police added.
Sky sources also said Rebekah Brooks is the only one among the six that has been re-arrested in connection with the phone-hacking inquiry.
The former newspaper editor and ex-News International chief executive was arrested and bailed last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
Her lawyer has said she denies committing any criminal offence.
Brooks was the editor of the News Of The World (NOTW) and The Sun before becoming chief executive of News International in 2009.
A public furore erupted last July after it was revealed that a private detective working for the NOTW hacked the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Brooks resigned as News International chief executive last year.
Charlie Brooks, who writes for The Daily Telegraph, is an old friend of David Cameron - they were at Eton together and maintain a close friendship.
The Prime Minister was recently forced to reveal he rode a former police horse that had been loaned to the couple.
A total of 22 people have now been arrested under Operation Weeting, which has been running since January last year.
:: The phone-hacking scandal prompted the creation of the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.
Police Loaned Retired Horse To Rebekah Brooks
The News Of The World's former editor, Rebekah Brooks, was loaned a police horse by Scotland Yard, it has emerged.
The retired horse was fostered by the ex-News International chief executive in 2008.
The 43-year-old is said to be a keen rider and her husband is former racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks.
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police (MPS) said: "Retired police horses are not sold on and can be returned to the care of the MPS at any time.
"In 2008, a retired MPS horse was loaned to Rebekah Brooks.
"The horse was subsequently re-housed with a police officer in 2010."
The animal cared for by Mrs Brooks was one of 12 retired by the force in 2008.
A further 29 had their duties ended between 2009 and 2011.
Many are retired with The Horse Trust charity in Buckinghamshire.
But the revelation is sure to once again raise questions about the relationship between the police and the press.
Mrs Brooks, 43, remains on bail after being questioned by detectives last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
Her lawyer has said she denies committing any criminal offence.
Mrs Brooks was the editor of the News Of The World and The Sun before becoming chief executive of News International in 2009.
A public furore erupted last July after it was revealed that a private detective working for the News Of The World hacked the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Mrs Brooks resigned as News International chief executive on July 15 last year.
The phone-hacking scandal prompted the creation of the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.
Brooks held in phone-hacking probe
Rebekah Brooks and her racehorse trainer husband are among six suspects arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.
The former News International chief executive and Charlie Brooks were arrested at their Oxfordshire home on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, sources said.
Police are searching several addresses after dawn raids also took place in London, Hampshire and Hertfordshire, Scotland Yard said.
Ms Brooks, a former editor of The Sun, had been on bail after being questioned by detectives last summer on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption.
The arrest come after her lawyer, Stephen Parkinson, said evidence given by Sue Akers at the Leveson Inquiry had brought "much prejudicial material" into the public domain.
Ex-Murdoch aide Brooks, husband arrested in hacking probe
By Alice Ritchie | AFPBritish police investigating phone hacking re-arrested former Rupert Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks on Tuesday and detained her husband, a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, reports said.
Brooks and her husband Charlie were reportedly among six people arrested at dawn on suspicion of perverting the course of justice by officers probing the scandal at Murdoch's now-closed tabloid, the News of the World.
All six were released on bail later Tuesday, Scotland Yard announced.
"The co-ordinated arrests were made between approximately 5am (0500 GMT) and 7am this morning," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
Brooks resigned as chief executive of Murdoch's British newspaper unit, News International, in July, ending a stellar career which saw her edit both the News of the World and its daily sister paper The Sun.
She (SNP: ^SHEY - news) quit just three days before being arrested for the first time on suspicion of the illegal hacking of mobile phone voicemails and bribing public officials. She has always denied any wrongdoing.
News International confirmed to AFP that two current "non-editorial" staff had been arrested, identifying one of them as its head of security, Mark Hanna, but declining to name the other.
The company and Brooks's spokesman David Wilson were both unable to confirm reports in the British media that Rebekah and Charlie Brooks were among those arrested.
Scotland Yard said they had detained a 43-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man at their home addresses in Oxfordshire, west of London but refused to confirm their identities.
It said the others arrested, also in the south of England, were aged between 38 and 48.
"All six -- five men and one woman -- were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice," it said.
Brooks and her husband, a racehorse trainer, live in a wealthy area of rural Oxfordshire near Cameron, who has described Charlie Brooks as a "good friend" whom he has known since his schooldays at the elite Eton College.
The arrests will likely be embarrassing for the prime minister, who flew to Washington on Tuesday for talks with President Barack Obama.
Cameron's spokeswoman refused to comment, saying: "It's an operational matter for police."
Murdoch shut down the News of the World in July after evidence emerged of widespread phone hacking at the tabloid, but his British newspapers continue to be dogged by allegations they covered up the practice.
Last month, documents emerged suggesting that News of the World executives actively sought from the end of November (Stuttgart: A0Z24E - news) 2009 to delete emails which could be used in legal action against the tabloid.
A total of 22 people have now been arrested in the hacking probe.
A further 23 have been held over the alleged bribery of public officials, including 11 current or former journalists at The Sun.
Nobody has yet been charged in the two police investigations, although the News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and a private investigator were jailed in 2007 for phone hacking following a separate police probe.
Cameron has tried to downplay his friendship with Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, but it came under the spotlight this month after it emerged the prime minister had ridden a horse that the couple had borrowed from Scotland Yard.
The loan of the horse was seen as evidence of the cosy ties between police and Murdoch journalists.
"I've known Charlie Brooks, the husband of Rebekah Brooks, for over 30 years. He's a good friend and he's a neighbour in the constituency -- we live a few miles apart," Cameron said on March 2 when asked about the horse.
Cameron has also been drawn into the hacking scandal through Andy Coulson, another former News of the World editor who worked as his media chief until January 2011.
Coulson was arrested on allegations of phone hacking and bribery last year.
Rebekah Brooks has been dubbed Murdoch's "fifth daughter" because of her closeness to the media mogul, for whom she has worked since she joined the News of the World when she was only 20 years old.
Phone Hacking: Police Make Six More Arrests
Sky NewsSix people have been arrested at addresses in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire by detectives investigating phone hacking.
Police said all six - five men and one woman - have been detained on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The co-ordinated arrests were made by officers from Operation Weeting, the Met Police investigation into illegal hacking of voicemail messages.
In a statement, Scotland Yard gave the following details:
:: A 49-year-old man was arrested at his home address in Oxfordshire and is being interviewed at a Buckinghamshire Police Station.
:: A 43-year-old woman was arrested at her home address in Oxfordshire and is being interviewed at an Oxfordshire police station.
:: A 39-year-old man was arrested at his home address in Hampshire and is being interviewed at a southwest London police station.
:: A 46-year-old man was arrested at his home address in west London and is being interviewed at a central London police station.
:: A 38-year-old man was arrested at his home address in Hertfordshire and is being interviewed at a central London police station.
:: A 48-year-old man was arrested at a business address in east London and is being interviewed at an east London police station.
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