A prison officer and a former Mirror journalist were arrested today in connection with the police probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials.

Embattled Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey has left the newspaper group after her departure was brought forward by six months.

Sixty per cent of ad giant's shareholders vote against bumper package for boss

The advertising giant WPP is reeling after 60 per cent of shareholders voted against its chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell's controversial £13m pay deal.

WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell will face a backlash tomorrow over the £6.8 million pay deal he has defended as a reward for "performance, not failure".

The shareholder revolt sweeping through the City claimed its biggest scalp yesterday when Andrew Moss abruptly quit as the boss of giant insurer Aviva, a move cushioned by a pay-off of £1.75m.

Andrew Moss quits insurance giant to join ex-AstraZeneca and Trinity Mirror chiefs

Shareholders have claimed another high-profile scalp as Britain's biggest insurer announced the abrupt exit of its chief executive.

Independent on Sunday: Pay and eco protesters head back to the City

Shareholders are becoming bolder – and a welcome, if belated, development that is, too.

Sly Bailey, one of the most powerful women in the British media, quit her post as chief executive of Trinity Mirror yesterday after a revolt by shareholders who demanded that she cut her lucrative bonus package.

Sly Bailey, one of the most powerful women in the British media, quit as chief executive of Trinity Mirror yesterday after a revolt by shareholders who demanded that she cut her lucrative bonus package. The news prompted a cheer in the newsroom of the company's Daily Mirror, where staff played a YouTube clip of a scene from The Wizard of Oz: “Ding-dong, the witch is dead...”