The owner of the Sunday Mirror has confirmed police are investigating alleged phone hacking by former staff.
Trinity Mirror said its subsidiary MGN, which publishes the Sunday Mirror, was being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Earlier this year the Met said it was looking into hacking allegations relating to the Mirror group. Trinity said police were at a “very early stage in investigating whether MGN is criminally liable”.
A Trinity spokeswoman said the group did “not accept wrongdoing within its business and takes these allegations seriously”. She added: “It is too soon to know how these matters will progress and further updates will be made if there are any significant developments.”