Mail publishers carry out review

4 August 2011 Last updated at 15:59 ET

Associated Newspapers will look at its editorial controls and procedures

The publishers of the Daily Mail are to carry out a review of their editorial controls and procedures, amid the ongoing phone-hacking scandal.

In a statement, Associated Newspapers said its head of legal services was handling the review.

A Guardian article quotes sources saying the review is not linked to the phone-hacking scandal, but Associated Newspapers will not confirm that.

Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre says he has never countenanced hacking.

In a statement, Associated Newspapers said: “Liz Hartley, head of editorial legal services, who has responsibility for overseeing compliance with the company’s policy on journalistic standards, has asked Eddie ng …to join her to assist in a review of our editorial controls and procedures.”

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