Teesside lecturer arrested in phone hacking inquiry

Bethany Usher, senior lecturer in media and journalism at Teesside, is understood to have been arrested this morning.

Althought 바카라사이트 police have not named 바카라사이트 31-year-old woman involved, it is believed that Ms Usher has been arrested in relation to her former role as a reporter at 바카라사이트 now defunct News of 바카라사이트 World, where she worked from 2006 to 2007.

She was arrested during that time on suspicion of falsifying details in a job application, believed to have been to 바카라사이트 Royal Household.

Ms Usher tweeted during yesterday¡¯s hearing of 바카라사이트 Leveson inquiry, which is looking into media ethics, in response to testimony from Paul McMullan, a former deputy features editor at 바카라사이트 News of 바카라사이트 World.

She said in her tweets that 바카라사이트 work culture that Mr McMullan described was ¡°not representative¡± of her experience, adding: ¡°Just a shame that decent journalists feel need to get out of tabloids. Academia is far nicer.¡±

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: ¡°Officers from Operation Weeting have this morning arrested a woman in connection with conspiring to intercept communications.

¡°The woman, 31, is now in custody at a police station in Northumbria.¡±

A spokesman for Teesside said it ¡°would be inappropriate to comment on any ongoing police investigation¡±.

sarah.cunnane@tsleducation.com