News of the World axed as Coulson arrest expected (AFP)



File picture of Prime Minister David Cameron's former press chief, Andy Coulson. The Guardian has said Coulson, who was editor of the News of the World when hacking was proven to have occurred, was told by police that he was to be arrested on Friday over claims he knew about the hacking or was directly involved(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - A phone hacking scandal which brought down the mass-circulation News of the World threatened to ensnare Prime Minister David Cameron with Friday's expected arrest of his former press chief.