Allegations of phone tapping by the Sunday tabloid News of the World have been dismissed by the industry's watchdog. The Guardian had claimed that thousands of high-profile figures - including former deputy prime minister John Prescott - had their phones hacked into by a private investigator working for the News of the World. The Guardian also alleged that the newspaper's publishers, News Group Newspapers, paid out more than £1million in out-of-court settlements to those whose phones were tapped.
But yesterday, the Press Complaints Commission ruled there were no signs of tapping by journalists at the Sunday paper.
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