Ex-NOTW HR director defends his conduct in phone hack row

Former News of the World HR director Daniel Cloke has told MPs that executives were “surprised” when jailed royal editor Clive Goodman claimed that phone hacking was widely discussed at the paper.In a select committee evidence session Cloke, who worked at News International (NI) during an ‘internal review’ into phone hacking, said the first he knew of the accusations was when Goodman mentioned it in a letter appealing his dismissal from the company.