Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been cleared of lying at the trial of former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan after the case against him collapsed.

The first witness is expected to be called today in the perjury trial of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson.

A former News of the World news editor has pleaded guilty to plotting to hack phones in the pursuit of exclusive tabloid stories.

A former tabloid reporter has claimed he was recruited from the Sunday Mirror to join the News of the World partly because of his knowledge of phone hacking.

Actor Jude Law has told a jury that the media had “an unhealthy amount of information” about his life and that packs of photo- graphers would follow him around even when he made secret arrangements.