Cheryl Cole has been granted the continuation of a court order preventing a campaign of harassment by paparazzi.

Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett accepted £20,000 (€15,214) libel damages today over newspaper allegations that he indulged in “steamy shenanigans” with a mystery woman at a London hotel and that they were caught on CCTV.

Roman Polanski’s libel action over an allegation that he propositioned a woman in the wake of his film star wife’s horrific murder begins at London’s High Court today.