Scotland Yard has beefed up its team tackling phone hacking as its workload continues to grow.

Officers working on the inquiry have been been boosted from 45 to 60 after a "significant increase in the workload", Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers said.

She said the move came as officers experienced a "surge of inquiries and requests for assistance from the public and solicitors" as the scandal snowballed over the last fortnight.