A former British Government chief whip Andrew Mitchell has lost his High Court libel action over the “Plebgate” incident.

Actor and comedian David Walliams has settled his phone-hacking damages claim.

EastEnders actor Steve McFadden today settled a damages claim against News Group Newspapers and the Metropolitan Police issued in the wake of the phone hacking revelations.

Actor Rhys Ifans and entertainer Michael Barrymore have settled their phone hacking damages claims.

Comedian Russell Brand has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a newspaper claim that he had cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan.

Rebekah Brooks discussed paying £200,000 (€241,000) a year to PR guru Max Clifford to back out of a civil case, the hacking trial was told.

Actress Kate Winslet's husband is not a public figure in his own right, a High Court judge said today.

Actress Kate Winslet’s husband won a High Court fight in England today to stop a tabloid newspaper printing photographs taken at a private fancy dress party with an “outrageous” theme.

X Factor judge Louis Walsh said today he will “never get over” The Sun newspaper’s defamatory story that he sexually assaulted a man as he settled a lawsuit for £400,000.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson won his appeal today against a High Court ruling that News Group Newspapers (NGN) does not have to pay his legal costs arising from the phone-hacking affair.

'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh has settled a €500,000 defamation action against News Group Newspapers in Ireland.

'X Factor' judge Louis Walsh will be back in court today for his defamation case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers.

News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch has stepped down from a string of boards overseeing The Sun, The Times, and Sunday Times newspapers in Britain, the company said in an internal memo on Saturday.

Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has settled his phone-hacking damages claim against News Group Newspapers.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has won permission to appeal against a High Court decision that News Group Newspapers (NGN) does not have to pay his potential legal costs over the phone-hacking affair.

Actor Steve McFadden – best known for playing Phil Mitchell in 'EastEnders' – today accepted undisclosed libel damages in the High Court after a tabloid newspaper suggested that he may have been guilty of harassing a former girlfriend.

A High Court judge blew the final whistle on “notorious” legal action launched by Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs against The Sun.

A damages claim by Manchester United's Ryan Giggs against The Sun newspaper was thrown out by a High Court judge today.

James Murdoch is to step down as executive chairman of News International to focus on expanding international TV businesses, the company announced today.

Charlotte Church and her parents settled their phone-hacking claims for £600,000 (€708,600) yesterday with up to 200 fresh claims on the horizon.

Phone-hacking victim Charlotte Church has spoken of how she decided not to go ahead with a courtroom battle against the News of the World’s publishers when she realised the corporation would make her relive all the painful things they had written about her.

Singer Charlotte Church and her parents settled her phone-hacking damages action for £600,000 (€710,000) at the High Court in London today.

Cherie Blair has lodged a claim over hacking of her phone, her lawyers said tonight.

Ex-footballer Paul Gascoigne suffered “mental harm and distress” after his phone messages were hacked by the News of the World, the High Court was told.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S British newspaper company has agreed to pay damages to 37 high-profile victims of tabloid phone hacking, including actor Jude Law, footballer Ashley Cole, a friend of Prince William and former deputy prime minister John Prescott.

More victims of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal have settled their damages claims, the High Court in London heard today.

IT was “very unlikely” that former editor Piers Morgan did not know about alleged phone hacking at the Daily Mirror, the Leveson Inquiry has heard.

THERE was no basis to accuse reality star Imogen Thomas of blackmailing Ryan Giggs, a court has heard.

Soccer star Ryan Giggs accepted today that there was no basis to accuse reality star Imogen Thomas of blackmail.

Former UK Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has accepted £200,000 (€236,000) in damages after her phone was targeted by the News of the World.

POLICE probing phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World arrested a private investigator who was previously jailed for his role in the scandal.

James Murdoch was reappointed as a director of BSkyB at the company’s annual general meeting today.

Protesters calling for the resignation of BSkyB chairman James Murdoch gathered outside the company’s annual general meeting today.

James Murdoch will face calls to resign as chairman of BSkyB at the satellite broadcaster's annual meeting tomorrow amid fears his links to the phone hacking inquiry at News Corporation will damage the company's reputation.

JAMES MURDOCH has resigned from the boards of the publishing units within News Corp’s British newspaper arm, which used to include the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.

James Murdoch has resigned as a director of the companies which publish The Sun and The Times, according to documents filed with Companies House in London.

News International executive chairman James Murdoch was today due to appear before the British Parliament as he returns for his second grilling by a Commons committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal.

Manchester United star Tom Cleverley accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages today over a claim that he “badgered” a girl for sex.

Reality TV star Jade Goody is the latest alleged victim of phone hacking by the News of the World.

FORMER News of the World editor Andy Coulson is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees.

Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is suing News Group Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, over their decision to stop paying his legal fees, sources said tonight.

JAMES MURDOCH knew more than three years ago that phone hacking at News Corp’s News of the World went beyond one “rogue” reporter, the company’s ex-chief British legal counsel told politicians, contradicting denials by Murdoch.

James Murdoch said today he stood by his evidence to MPs investigating the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

The former legal chief of News Group Newspapers today told MPs he was “certain” he told James Murdoch about an explosive email which proved that knowledge of phone-hacking was more widespread at the News of the World than the company had claimed.