Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck has been arrested by police investigating phone hacking on suspicion of trying to intimidate a witness and encouraging or assisting an offence, according to reports.
Scotland Yard said: "A 51-year-old man was arrested by appointment at a central London police station at approximately 16:00hrs today by officers from Operation Weeting, the MPS inquiry into the phone-hacking of voicemails."
They added: "He is bailed to return to a south west London police station in May this year in relation to the arrest in April."
Thurlbeck was previously arrested in April 2011. His re-arrest comes a day after Rebekah Brooks, her husband Charlie and four others were arrested and bailed by police investigating phone hacking.
The former News International chief executive had also already been arrested under Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police's investigation into phone hacking at the company.
Operation Weeting is running alongside Operation Elveden, which is looking into inappropriate payments to those in public life and Operation Tuleta, which is looking into computer hacking. The probe was set up in January 2011, the second police investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World.
Neville Thurlbeck has blogged for The Huffington Post, writing about the launch of the Sun on Sunday. He recently took up a new role as Public Relations Director for the charity Talking2Minds, which helps veterans recover from post traumatic stress disorder.