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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

NEWLY published emails show that News International boss James Murdoch was sent details in 2008 of claims that phone-hacking was “rife” at 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 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.

AIDES to Rupert Murdoch were warned as far back as 2008 that there was a culture of illegal voicemail hacking at the News of the World tabloid, according to documents released in Britain yesterday.

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.

CELEBRITY couple Leslie Ash and Lee Chapman have settled their phone hacking claim against the News of the World — and now plan to take action against other newspapers.

TWO national newspapers have each been fined £15,000 (€17,000) for contempt of court over internet photographs showing a murder trial defendant holding a pistol.

FOOTBALL pundit Andy Gray has accepted £20,000 (€22,500) in damages after falling victim to News of the World phone hacking.

GLENN MULCAIRE, the private detective at the centre of the News of the World phone hacking affair, must identify 17 celebrities on a “target list” whose voicemails are thought to have been intercepted, a judge has ruled.

THE lack of broadband throughout the country is a big threat to employment and needs to be addressed by the Government as a matter of urgency.