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| The newspaper group News International has been accused of a "cover-up" over claims that its journalists hacked into the mobile phones of public figures. | |
| Giving evidence to MPs, Nick Davies, the Guardian reporter who broke the original story, produced two documents he says back up his allegations. | |
| Mr Davies also told MPs that the Met Police has done too little in the wake of claims about the News of the World. | Mr Davies also told MPs that the Met Police has done too little in the wake of claims about the News of the World. |
| However, the tabloid denies the practice was widespread. | However, the tabloid denies the practice was widespread. |
| Mr Davies told the Commons culture, media and sports committee: "News International have been involved in covering up their journalists' involvement with private investigators who are breaking the law. | |
| "And it's very worrying that Scotland Yard do not appear to have always said or done as much as they could have done to stop that cover-up." | |
| The News of the World has rejected claims its reporters regularly hack into the phones of celebrities and politicians to get stories. | |
| The newspaper's owner, News International, accused the Guardian - which claimed up to 3,000 high-profile figures were targeted - of being "selective and misleading". |