News of the World service personnel killed in action. Senior figures on the newspaper have been held for questioning by police investigating the phone hacking and corruption allegations. Arrested on 8 July 2011 were former editor Andy Coulson and former "News of the World" royal editor Clive Goodman, the latter jailed for phone hacking in 2007. The former executive editor Neil Wallis was arrested on 15 July 2011 and former editor Rebekah Brooks, the tenth person held in custody, on 17 July 2011. On a visit to London on 17 February 2012, Murdoch announced he was soon to launch a Sunday edition of "The
2009–2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations accounts. The "News of the World" denied "The Guardian"'s claims and its parent company, News Corporation, implored its competitor newspaper to share any evidence it had with police. Prescott in particular was outraged at the fact that the police did not inform him of the phone tapping, but Assistant Commissioner John Yates stated that there was no actual evidence that Prescott's phone had been tapped. Contrary to claims made by "News of the World" in 2007, "The Guardian" in July 2009 claimed that phone hacking activities were known to a range of staff at the tabloid including its then editor