Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell settles High Court phone-hacking claim

Michael Le Vell in a scene from Coronation Street with co-star Sally-Ann Mattews (Jenny Bradley).

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell has settled a High Court claim against the publisher of the now-defunct News Of The World over phone-hacking.

The 55-year-old, best known for playing mechanic Kevin Webster in the long-running soap, took legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) in May, claiming its journalists “hacked into” his voicemail messages.