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The paper recently became embroiled in a number of scandals relating to alleged payments to police officers for information, and hacking into the phones of celebrities and politicians. The ongoing scandal deepened in July 2011 when it was alleged that a private investigator working for the paper had hacked into the voice-mail of the families of dead UK soldiers as well as the families of victims of high profile crimes.

The paper recently became embroiled in a number of scandals relating to alleged payments to police officers for information, and hacking into the phones of celebrities and politicians. The ongoing scandal deepened in July 2011 when it was alleged that a private investigator working for the paper had hacked into the voice-mail of the families of dead UK soldiers as well as the families of victims of high profile crimes.

The most disturbing allegation relates to the case of a murdered British girl, and that the investigator hacked into the girl's phone while she was missing, not only listening to her messages, but also deleting them. This gave the family false hope that she was still alive, and potentially obstructed the ongoing police investigation. <ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012035/News-World-phone-hacking-Even-war-widows-hackers-hit-list.html Even war widows on newspaper's phone hacking list]</ref>

The most disturbing allegation relates to the case of a murdered British girl, and that the investigator hacked into the girl's phone while she was missing, not only listening to her messages, but also deleting them. This gave the family false hope that she was still alive, and potentially obstructed the ongoing police investigation.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2012035/News-World-phone-hacking-Even-war-widows-hackers-hit-list.html Even war widows on newspaper's phone hacking list]</ref>

Andy Coulson, a former editor of the newspaper who then became a top aide to [[Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]], was arrested on July 8, 2011 in connection to the allegations.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/health/la-fg-britain-newspaper-closing-20110708,0,5723579.story Britain newspaper closing]</ref>

Andy Coulson, a former editor of the newspaper who then became a top aide to [[Prime Minister]] [[David Cameron]], was arrested on July 8, 2011 in connection to the allegations.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/health/la-fg-britain-newspaper-closing-20110708,0,5723579.story Britain newspaper closing]</ref>