Cheryl's husband wins privacy damages

The husband of X Factor judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has accepted undisclosed privacy damages over a magazine article which speculated about their “secret” wedding.

Businessman Jean Bernard Fernandez-Versini, who married the 31-year-old singer - better known as Cheryl Cole – in July, brought proceedings for invasion of privacy and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 at London’s High Court against Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, publisher of Heat magazine.