Crime editor of The Sun Mike Sullivan has been cleared some 14 months after being arrested by the Met Police Operation Elveden bribes inquiry.

Sullivan was arrested alongside former deputy editor of The Sun Fergus Shanahan, former managing editor Graham Dudman and news editor Chris Pharo on 28 January 2012. Since then all four have been on police bail.

News International said in a statement: "We can confirm that the police have concluded that no further action is to be taken against Mike Sullivan – The Sun's distinguished crime editor. After more than a year of uncertainty we are pleased that Mike can now carry on with his work without this distraction. We are grateful to him and others for the professionalism they have shown under very difficult circumstances".