Gallagher-Appleton split tops £800k

Rock star Liam Gallagher and ex-wife Nicole Appleton ran up over £800,000 in legal bills while arguing over how to divide assets worth about £11m after a divorce, a judge has said.

Judge Martin O’Dwyer has ruled assets should be split in half and said Gallagher and Appleton should each get about £5.5m.

He said the level of spending on legal costs had been “manifestly excessive”.