Mrs Brooks and her husband were among six people who were arrested this morning on suspicion of conspiring to pervert the course of justice by police officers investigating allegations of phone hacking. The former editor of the News of the World and her husband Charlie, the racehorse trainer and Telegraph columnist, were arrested at their home in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, sources said. Mrs 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. News of the arrests broke after Mr Cameron had left the UK for an official visit to America. It could prove to be politically embarrassing for the Prime Minister who 10 days told a press conference that Mr Brooks had been a “good” friend “for over 30 years”. Labour called for the Leveson inquiry to include Mr Cameron’s links with close friends with the Brookses.
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