coleen rooney replied, yes, i believe i do. i believe it came from that account and that rebekah vardy knew about it. and rebekah vardy barrister replied, what you believe isn't evidence. you might believe that derby county could win the league in two years time, but that isn't evidence the derby county reference because wayne rooney is the club's manager. he's been at the trial most days and on day six he too gave evidence telling the court, i've watched my wife over the past two, two and a half years really struggle with everything that's gone on, become a different mother, a different wife. it's been very traumatic for my wife, he said. and what we heard from wayne rooney, one person we didn't hear from is simon boyle from the sun. he wrote this story about flooding at the rooney's house here. he describes the pressure he's been under to say who gave him the story. he went to extraordinary lengths and the extraordinary expense in the high court a week or so ago after being pushed by both sides actually to come to court and b

coleen rooney arrived 'ust after this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten _ this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock _ this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock winning - this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock winning a i just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on her foot, just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on herfoot, shades just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on her foot, shades of her husband wayne rooney's metatarsal injury before the 2006 world cup, the very world cup what the phrase wag was created. she sat on the front bench with wayne rooney on the front bench with wayne rooney on her right and rebekah vardy at the very other end, there was a very little eye contact. this morning has been about rebekah vardy�*s team making that opening arguments. here's a reminder of how we got here. it's the libel trial which has left two so—called wags at war. arriving this morning, coleen rooney, wife of the former england footballer wayne rooney and someone who is very used to the camera. and

it was coleen�*s turn to face the questions. she's the one being sued for libel. her husband, wayne rooney, looked away from her as she gave evidence. in court documents, coleen rooney described rebekah vardy as someone who wanted to be famous and had tried too hard to be friendly with her. coleen rooney said that she was watching an england match at the euros in 2016 when there was a commotion nearby. it was rebekah vardy switching seats to sit behind her, allegedlyjust to be in the photographs. the court heard there were leaks to the sun newspaper of stories and photos from coleen rooney's private instagram account, including ones about the ups and downs of her marriage. eventually she decided to set a trap to find the source. coleen rooney described this as her last resort and at the time was surprised by how much interest it had generated. by the end of that day, she had received a letter from rebekah vardy�*s legal team. coleen rooney denied having put up the post in the hope that rebekah vardy would be abused, saying that was not in her nature. coleen roon

coleen rooney says that her efforts were rebuffed. earlier, rebekah vardy finished giving her evidence. for the third day in a row, she broke down in tears in the witness box. she said that the reason she had brought the case to court was that she hadn't done anything wrong and wanted to clear her name, not just for herself but for her children. the trial continues on monday. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. the podcast host deborahjames has raised nearly £4.5 million to help fund clinical research into bowel cancer after revealing on monday she was receiving end of life care. she has been ordered as a dame head for her campaign after being diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2016. she said she was �*blown away and crying' after receiving the honour. the queen has attended the royal windsor horse show after missing the state opening of parliament earlier this week. the 96—year—old monarch was seen smiling as she was driven onto the showground. it's her first public appearance since march, after she cancelled a numb

coleen rooney arriving at court with her husband, the former england footballer wayne rooney. but it was rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city's jamie vardy, who was in the witness box all day. in court, coleen rooney's eyes did not move from rebekah vardy the whole time she was answering questions about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. in one example, rebekah vardy told someone that riyad mahrez had not turned up to training for the second day in a row, and when her agent suggested selling the story, rebekah vardy replied, let's do it. the court heard that rebekah vardy�*s agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, was repeatedly asked by her client to leak stories to the sun, something rebekah vardy denies, although she did concede that on one occasion she specifically directed her agent to get information from coleen rooney's private instagram about a damaged car. at one stage rebekah vardy broke down in tears when it was mentioned how trolls threaten to harm herfamily. she was mentioned how trolls threaten to harm her family. she was offered the chan

and then it was the turn of coleen rooney�*s legal team to set out her case. they claimed that rebekah vardy�*s agent had leaked the stories and this was like hiring a hit man. although rebekah vardy hadn�*t pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accused rebekah vardy�*s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have kicked off, but there�*s a long way to go with wayne rooney himself expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. it�*s one of the most profitable gaming franchise deals in history serving more than 150 million players around the world. for the best part of 30 years, electronic arts has enjoyed huge success with its fifa series of titles. but now the company says it�*s splitting from fifa football�*s governing body. our gaming reporte

coleen coleen rooney has been giving evidence for the first time in her high court legal battle with rebekah vardy. she told the court she was "surprised" by "how much interest" her so—called wagatha christie social media post caused in 2019. mrs rooney is being sued for libel by mrs vardy, the wife of england footballer jamie vardy, for alleging that mrs vardy leaked personal stories to the sun newspaper. it's an allegation that rebekah vardy denies. colin rebekah vardy denies. paterson has been followin the colin paterson has been following the case. the rooneys arriving. today it was coleen's turn to face questions. she is the one being sued for libel. her husband, wayne rooney, looked away from her as she gave evidence. in court documents, coleen rooney described rebekah vardy as someone who wanted to be famous, and had tried too hard to be friendly with her. coleen rooney said she was watching an england match at the euros in 2016 when there was a commotion nearby. it was rebekah vardy switching seats to sit behind her, allegedlyjust to be in the photographs. the court heard t

coleen roone 's what happened in court today? coleen rooney's cross — what happened in court today? coleen rooney's cross examination _ what happened in court today? coleen rooney's cross examination finished i rooney's cross examination finished just before lunchtime. went into great detail about her online detective work and how she tried to find out who was leaking stories from her private instagram to the press. we heard all kinds of things about how she had tried to work out who was leaking by putting up fake stories, and the focus moved in particular under one story. it was when their basement flooded, made up by coleen rooney, put on instagram stories. only rebekah vardy�*s account had access to it, and then appeared in this newspaper. that is what prompted coleen vardy to put up the account accusation. she said she never expected it to go as big as it did, and she also said she did not expect to be sitting in the high court. as for the wagatha christie nickname she was given, she said she found it ridiculous and had hated every moment of it. she was also asked as to why sh

coleen rooney arriving with her husband wayne for a second day in the witness box. in court, coleen rooney said she didn't tell anyone, not even wayne, about a months long online investigation into who was leaking her private life to the papers. she said it was february 2019 when she first suspected rebekah vardy was behind a number of stories appearing in the sun newspaper. one story colluding beneath made up was about the basement flooding foot of the own instagram account with access to read it was allegedly that of rebekah vardy. six days later, that story appeared in the sun newspaper prompting coleen rooney to post a famous accusation. as for the wagatha christie nickname, coleen rooney said she found it ridiculous and that far from enjoying the attention given to her news sleuthing skills, she hated every minute of the publicity. coleen rooney said the reason she didn't confront rebekah vardy before going public with her findings was that by that stage, she didn't believe a word that was coming out of her mouth. she described rebekah vardy�*s expletive ridd

is the libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy suitable fare for news bulletins? some elections produce a clear winner and a clear loser, but the results of last week's polls across the uk were much more complex and therefore harder to analyse and summarise. votes were cast for local councils and some mayoralties in england, councils in scotland and wales and for the northern ireland assembly, but what would constitute success or failure for the two main parties, taking into account politicians' tendency to try and manage expectations in advance? this is how things looked to the bbc news channel on friday morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in local elections in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making modest gains. results continued to come in during the day and into saturday, and as they did, the overall picture evolved. by the end of friday, it was clear that the conservatives had lost nearly 500 council seats, as was mentioned in an online article, headlined like

and then it was the turn of coleen rooney's legal team to set out her case. they claimed that rebekah vardy�*s agent had leaked the stories and this was like hiring a hit man. although rebekah vardy hadn't pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accused rebekah vardy�*s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have kicked off, but there's a long way to go with wayne rooney himself expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. the video games developer electronic arts has told football's world governing body it's game over, they're no longer going to be making the fifa games. ea sports made the first fifa game in 1993 and has been in charge of the franchise ever since. from ea sports headquarters in california, harry low has more. fifa is one of the most pr

coleen rooney took to the witness box. she said at the start of her evidence it is the first time she's ever spoken publicly about this case at all but i think it is worth a very quick recap about how we even got to this point. she said it was back in 2018 that she felt there was information being leaked from her private instagram account. not a public one which has a million followers or thereabouts but a private one which has around 300 followers on it. she felt information from their was given to newspapers ending up as newspaper headline so she set up what the court has called a sting operation where she effectively restricted who had access to various posts and then she put up some fake posts and then she put up some fake posts as well and then she watched and waited to see which ones of those ended up in the newspapers and then very publicly in 2019 across all of her social media accounts she declared its... rebekah vardy�*s account. that is why she is being sued for damages here at the high court. she was question

that coleen rooney, and coleen rooney 's team has to prove what?— team has to prove what? that is correct. team has to prove what? that is correct- her _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has to - team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has to prove i team has to prove what? that is| correct. her team has to prove it was a rebekah vardy who leaked the information from coleen rooney 's private instagram to the sun newspaper, or it was rebekah vardy who instructed caroline watt, her agent at the time, to leak the information from the private instagram to the sun newspaper. that's what this whole trial has been about. so many highlights, and when i think back over the last six days there have been accusations of betrayal, we have been looking into the detective work of coleen rooney, we have heard how a crucial piece of evidence ended up at the bottom of the north sea. evidence, has been a husband in the witness box, there has been a cousin, a

coleen rooney arrived in court wearing a surgical boot. shades of her husband wayne rooney's metatarsal injury before the 2006 world cup, the very tournament at which the term wags, meaning wives and girlfriends, of footballers, was created. rebekah vardy strode in a minute later. both women very used to banks of cameras, but not courtrooms. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband on one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands, but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to find out who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including returning to the tv, and the basement flooding, to see to see if they would end up in the sun, and indeed they did. only then did coleen reveal, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension that the one account she

rooney, online, and in _ directly from coleen rooney, online, and in each _ directly from coleen rooney, online, and in each case, as it played out in court. — and in each case, as it played out in court. in — and in each case, as it played out in court, in each cage we contacted the representatives of the rooney is, and _ the representatives of the rooney is, and said it was not a problem and and — is, and said it was not a problem and and they were happy to run it. i think— and and they were happy to run it. i thinkjournalistically, we went to the proper levels of checking it out, _ the proper levels of checking it out, we — the proper levels of checking it out, we operated with integrity and there _ out, we operated with integrity and there is— out, we operated with integrity and there is no— out, we operated with integrity and there is no great secret, i do not apologise. — there is no great secret, i do not apologise, my face is in the newspaper with a byline that says if you have _ newspaper with a byline that says if you have got a story, give me a shout — you h

she faced questions about leaking many stories from coleen rooney's private instagram account to news the sun. another said their basement had flooded in a storm, false stories planted by coleen rooney to find out who was tipping off the sun. it was while rebekah vardy was being accused of having changed her evidence as to whether she had seen the posts on coleen rooney's private account that she broke down in tears, slumping forward, putting her head on her hands and twice the judge had to suspend proceedings to give her time to recover. a tough day for rebekah vardy who has now spent 11 hours in the witness box. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. it's the stuff of nightmares — you're mid—air en route from the bahamas to florida and the plane's pilot falls seriously ill. that's what happened to one american passenger — darren harrison — who, without any flying experience, took over and landed the plane. fortunately a former flying instructor was available at air traffic control to safely talk him down. he did land safely. the search for a platinum pudding — or cake,

today we are going to see coleen rooney and i going to see coleen rooney and rebekah— going to see coleen rooney and rebekah vardy arrive, and that is why the _ rebekah vardy arrive, and that is why the photographers are here. we are expecting rebekah vardy to have to stand _ are expecting rebekah vardy to have to stand up _ are expecting rebekah vardy to have to stand up and speak in court today — to stand up and speak in court today we _ to stand up and speak in court today. we will also find out what witnesses — today. we will also find out what witnesses are going to be called over the — witnesses are going to be called over the following seven days. will wayne _ over the following seven days. will wayne rooney and jamie vardy have to stand up _ wayne rooney and jamie vardy have to stand up in _ wayne rooney and jamie vardy have to stand up in court? rather different from _ stand up in court? rather different from giving an after match interview. one important thing to say is, _ interview. one important thing to say is, whoever wins this case, could _ say is, whoever wins this c

if not, suffice it to say that it refers to a dispute between rebekah vardy and coleen rooney, the wives of two footballers, which this week came to trial in the high court in london. here's a bit more background on the case from colin paterson, on tuesday's news at one. once, they were friends, cheering on england together from the stands at the 2016 euros, but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales, including returning to tv and their basement flooding, on her instagram stories to see if they would end up in the papers — and they did. only then, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen reveal that the one account she'd allowed to read them was rebekah vardy�*s. mrs vardy denies being the source of the leak. as we found a couple of weeks ago with actress amber heard's defamation trial against her former partnerjohnny depp, bbc coverage of stories featuring celebrities from the world of entertainment can really exaspera

now to the libel case involving coleen rooney and rebekah va rdy. wayne rooney, speaking for the first time, says he was asked by the england manager during the euro 2016 tournament to speak to his then teammate jamie vardy about his wife's "media activities" because they were "causing problems and distractions". the former england captain's wife coleen is being sued for libel by rebekah vardy. 0ur correspondent colin paterson reports. day six and for the first time, leicester city footballer jamie vardy accompanied his wife rebekah vardy to court. but it was his former international team—mate wayne rooney who was facing the questions. england's all—time top goal—scorer is used to getting into the box. today, it was the witness box. while giving his evidence, he appeared confident and assured. he spoke about when he was england captain at the 2016 euros and how their manager, roy hodgson, asked him to speak to jamie vardy to see if he could get his wife to calm down because she was causing problems and distractions for the team in france. rebe

it was day two of rebekah vardy�*s libel case against coleen rooney. mrs vardy is seeking damages from mrs rooney who claimed she had leaked stories to newspapers. colin paterson reports from the high court. coleen rooney arriving at court with her husband, the former england footballer wayne rooney. but it was rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city's jamie vardy, who was in the witness box all day. in court, coleen rooney's eyes did not move from rebekah vardy the whole time she was answering questions about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. in one example, rebekah vardy whatsapped her agent that riyad mahrez, then her husband's team—mate, had not turned up to training for the second day in a row, and "the lads were fuming." when her agent suggested selling the story, rebekah vardy replied, "yeah, let's do it." the court heard that rebekah vardy�*s agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, was repeatedly asked by her client to leak stories to the sun, something rebekah vardy denies, although she did concede that on one occasion

we think it is likely wayne rooney, the husband of coleen rooney, the husband of coleen rooney, will be called to give evidence and grilled on how much he knew about her online detective work. the speculation here today as it will be today when rebekah vardy undergoes cross—examination and tomorrow when coleen rooney has to take the stand. this tomorrow when coleen rooney has to take the stand-— take the stand. as you said in your re ort take the stand. as you said in your report there _ take the stand. as you said in your report there is _ take the stand. as you said in your report there is a _ take the stand. as you said in your report there is a lot _ take the stand. as you said in your report there is a lot of— take the stand. as you said in your report there is a lot of money - take the stand. as you said in your report there is a lot of money at i report there is a lot of money at stake, obscene amounts when you think about it, really? tt is think about it, really? it is absolutely _ think about it, really? it is absolutely ridiculous, - think about it, really? tit 3 abso

and one was under your byline about the rooney's basement flooding, coleen rooney says she planted the story as part of a sting operation to catch the leaker. for our listeners, the obvious question will be who gave you that story? the only answer i can give and ever would give is the same one that we gave in the high court a week or so ago. so as you alluded to a short while ago we had been at the centre of this to some degree. certainly we were at the very beginning of it. the case between the two of them relates directly to stories we carried. that is definitely true. stories that turned out not to be true. stories that certainly were presented as fact online, as you say, they were presented as fact directly from coleen rooney, online and then in each case and they play out in court to this effect as well, each case we contacted the rooney's representatives who said, "we will not comment on that. no problem with us if you want to run that." plainly, we now know there was a vested interest in us running it and there was a frustration, perhaps, of sorts but journalistically we went to

they often arrive at about 10am, and coleen rooney will be cross—examined further this morning. 0n coleen rooney will be cross—examined further this morning. on friday she was in the witness box and we heard her describe the post where she accused rebekah vardy of being the league of her private information to the sun newspaper as her last resort. we learned from her witness statement that three times she had tried to settle this out of court. we also heard rebekah vardy �*s barrister say to coleen rooney, just because you believe something, that does not make it true. he gave the example of, if you believe derby county are going to win the premiership in two years time, that does not mean it is going to happen. the derby county manager, wayne rooney, her husband, was sitting on the front row and managed to stay completely blank in the face while that exchange was going on. what is going to be happening this afternoon, once coleen rooney has finished giving her evidence, her legal team will be calling witnesses, including joe mclaughlin, the brother of coleen rooney, and who runs her

ms vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel — after rooney accused vardy of selling private stories. 0ur correspondent colin paterson is following the case at the high court. as rebecca via the wife of england footballerjamie vardy was in the witness box this morning being cross—examined and the focus was on exchanges she had with her agent caroline what with coleen rooney and her legal team claiming that they had leaked stories to be the newspaper. 0ne had leaked stories to be the newspaper. one said to be about the footballer riyad mahrez with her discussing a story that he turned up late to training and allegedly her agent said let's sell the story to the newspaper and she agreed. many examples were given from social media accounts one relating to coleen rooney having her car damaged and rebecca vardy saying we should do a story on that. in court today coleen rooney sat beside her husband wayne rooney and focused on rebecca vardy throughout her questioning with her eyes hardly moving. also worth saying that there was a lot of swearing in court today all coming from reading extracts

as presumably coleen rooney, and rebekah vardy at the moment. people whose lives have been dragged through the dirt like those two, i am sure you could have ended it before it began. i am sure you could have ended it before it began.— before it began. i have not got a horse in this _ before it began. i have not got a horse in this race. _ before it began. i have not got a horse in this race. there - before it began. i have not got a horse in this race. there is - before it began. i have not got a horse in this race. there is no i horse in this race. there is no doubt — horse in this race. there is no doubt in — horse in this race. there is no doubt in my— horse in this race. there is no doubt in my mind these are two women who did _ doubt in my mind these are two women who did not _ doubt in my mind these are two women who did not before like each other, don't _ who did not before like each other, don't now— who did not before like each other, don't now and vote in the future. we the journalists, perhaps we were used _ the journalists,

as presumably coleen rooney, and rebekah vardy at the moment. people whose lives have been dragged through the dirt like those two, i am sure you could have ended it before it began. i have not got a horse in this race. there is no doubt in my mind these are two women who did not before like each other, don't now and vote in the future. they started out and we were the genesis of this case and perhaps— the genesis of this case and perhaps we were used as a tool in part — we have behaved with integrity by protecting anyone we have ever spoken to and will continue to do that and definitely at almost any cost. beyond that, if they want to tear strips off each other in a slightly ungodly soap opera, who am i to stop them? they have had any number of ample opportunities. and i do mean both of them, to come _ and i do mean both of them, to come to— and i do mean both of them, to come to the table and discuss this — we are talking about millions of pounds. it has been suggested online by onlookers perhaps that money could have been better spent

now to the libel case involving coleen rooney and rebekah va rdy. wayne rooney, speaking for the first time, says he was asked by the england manager during the euro 2016 tournament to speak to his then teammate jamie vardy about his wife's "media activities" because they were "causing problems and distractions". the former england captain's wife coleen is being sued for libel by rebekah vardy. our correspondent colin paterson reports. day six, and for the first time, leicester city footballer jamie vardy accompanied his wife rebekah vardy to court. but it was his former international team—mate wayne rooney who was facing the questions. england's all—time top goal—scorer is used to getting into the box. today, it was the witness box. while giving his evidence, he appeared confident and assured. he spoke about when he was england captain at the 2016 euros and how their manager, roy hodgson, asked him to speak to jamie vardy to see if he could get his wife to calm down because she was causing problems and distractions for the team in france. reb

in one corner, coleen rooney, who's being sued for libel. and in the other corner, rebekah vardy, who brought the case after being accused of leaking stories to the press. they both have a lot to lose professionally. social media influencers, celebrities, there's a huge business online for them. you know, i'm talking deals between high five figures to, even up to million for particular social media campaigns, you know, with the right people. for both these ladies, the impact is huge, especially in the short run here. so they could be losing, you know, hundreds of thousands of pounds alonejust from being involved in this case. coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are now successful brands in their own right. solid ten. they first became famous through their footballing husbands. in 2015, jamie vardy actually made his england debut by coming on as a substitute for wayne rooney. both players were picked for the euros in 2016, and the papers were full of shots of their wives cheering them on together from the stands. but everything changed in october

today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was looking information about her and deduce who was leaking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the two and a half years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the vardys left early, while wayne rooney said he cannot wait for the trial to be over so they can all go on with their lives. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. kay mellor, the actor and script—writer behind some of the most successful television dramas of recent decades, has died. she created series including band of gold, the syn

she was expecting it from coleen rooney's legal team. that's what we are expecting today, more stories from the past about rebekah vardy as coleen rooney's team try to build the case of her being someone who leaks stories to the press. we expect the whole day to be rebekah vardy in the dock and it will be fascinating viewing. brute it will be fascinating viewing. we will keep you updated through the day. ukraine has made it through to this year's eurovision song contest, after last night's semifinal heat. the ukrainian folk, rap and hip hop group kalush orchestra and their song stefania has become the favourite to win the competition. david sillito was there as they qualified for the grand final. turin. eurovision. an arena of flag—waving fans. and thousands more at the eurovision village. and the most visible flag in the crowd — the blue and yellow of ukraine. here to cheer along the hot favourites, the kalush orchestra. music: stefania. strangers bonded by a moment. wejust met, like, five minutes ago, we don't know each other — b

we heard about stories that ended up in the sun including ones about coleen rooney. crucial is a mobile phone belonging to rebekah vardy�*s agent, which ended up in the north sea. coleen rooney's barrister expressed his frustration about this by saying it was with davyjones' lokko. rebekah vardy�*s reply, who is davyjones? she will be back in the witness box this afternoon.— this afternoon. colin paterson, thank you- _ it sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie — an air passenger with no flying experience has to land the plane when the pilot falls ill. but it was all too real for one man, who managed to land an aircraft safely in florida after the pilot passed out mid—flight. mark lobel reports. when the pilot of this florida—bound single engine cessna 208 suddenly got ill mid—air, he fell against the controls, sending the aircraft into a nosedive and sharp turn, leaving passenger darren harrison on a wing and a prayer 2,750 metres high. but despite having no experience of piloting a plane, he pulled it out of its nosedive and radioed air traffic cont

coleen rooney has taken the stand on day four of the rebekah vardy libel trial. we'll get the latest from the high court. coming up on the bbc news channel: ten years on from the moment he says is the best of his life, sergio aguero meets the statue that commemorates his famous title—winning goal for manchester city. deborahjames — whose bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has charted her treatment for bowel cancer — has raised more than £a million since she revealed she's receiving end—of—life care. in recognition of her campaigning and fundraising, she is to be honoured with a damehood. simonjones reports. surrounded by her loving family, deborahjames determined to enjoy every moment she can with them. and now, they'll be able to call her dame deborah. 0n social media, she wrote a simple message, "damehood conferred", telling the bbc she was blown away. # and i'll rise up # i'll rise like the day # i'll rise up...# she's been recognised for her positivity and honesty in sharing her experience of bowel cancer over the past five years. and in the past

the final day of the libel case between footballer�*s wireless rebekah vardy and coleen rooney. lawyers are set out their closing outings. and britain's biggest ever lottery winners, the couple from gloucester who've won £181; million. it's surreal, they say. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, a huge night for everton�*s players. after a difficult season they can ensure prmier league survival with a win against crystal palace. good evening. an mi5 agent used his intelligence status to terrorise and abuse women. yet his identity has been protected by the secret services. the bbc has been stopped from revealing his name after the government went to the high court. it says it is trying to protect national security and avoid a real and immediate risk to life. but the judge did rule that we can reveal details of the case in which the agent used his position to coerce and threaten to kill a former partner with a machete. the spy, who is not british, also threatened to sexually abuse and kill young girls. campaigners say the case sheds a terrible l

she was giving evidence in her high court label trial against coleen rooney. a portion of students in england really receiving first—class degrees has doubled in a decade. the very first picture of the enormous black hole at the centre of our galaxy. also, before 9pm, we are off to the south coast of england, spotting dolphins. hello and welcome to the programme. police have issued more than 50 fines after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. the new fines are on top of 50 already issued, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. it's thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour say it's evidence of "industrial scale" partying at number 10. here's our political editor chris mason. it's long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government l

and then it was the turn of coleen rooney's legal team to set out her case. they claimed that rebekah vardy�*s agent had leaked the stories, and this was like hiring a hit man. although rebekah vardy hadn't pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accuse rebekah vardy�*s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have finally kicked off, but there's a long way to go, with wayne rooney himself being expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. hello. some rain on the way for many parts of the uk in the next 24 hours. it has been particularly dry in recent weeks across england and wales, so some welcome rain for the gardens. and it stays quite unsettled in the days ahead. breezy thanks to an area of low pressure close to the north of the uk, and there will be

to the high court where it was day two of rebekah vardy�*s libel case against coleen rooney. giving evidence, vardy can see that she told her agent to look for coleen rooney's private instagram account. rebekah vardy seeks damages from coleen rooney who claims that she leaked stories to newspapers. colin paterson reports. in court, coleen rooney's eyes did not move from rebekah vardy the whole time she was answering questions about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. in one example, rebekah vardy contacted her isn't that riyad mahrez had not turned up to training for the second day in a row when her agent suggested selling the story rebekah vardy reply, yes, let's do it. the court heard that rebekah vardy�*s agent caroline watt, seen here on the left was repeatedly asked by her client to leak stories to the sun newspaper, something rebekah vardy denies, although she did concede that on one occasion she specifically directed her agent to get information from coleen rooney put my private instagram about a damaged car. at one stage rebekah vardy broke down in tears

if rebekah vardy wins, and she coleen rooney is unable to i she coleen rooney is unable to establish the truth of the allegation that she published, then rebekah vardy will be awarded damages. the rough figure is somewhere around £250,000. for more serious allegations like terrorism or serious sexual offences... this is a serious allegation of a breach of trust and confidence but it is also not of that amount of seriousness. so a suspect in her case, it is not about the damages, it is about trying to indicate what she sees as a grave slur on her reputation. she sees as a grave slur on her reputation-— reputation. what does it mean financially _ reputation. what does it mean financially for _ reputation. what does it mean financially for each _ reputation. what does it mean financially for each if _ reputation. what does it mean financially for each if she i reputation. what does it mean . financially for each if she loses? she will be ordered to pay a substantial part of coleen rooney's legal costs. she is also likely to have thatjudgment of the high court against her which would

rebekah vardy denies being behind the leak — and is suing coleen rooney for libel. our correspondent colin paterson has been at the high court. it's the libel trial which has left two so—called wags at war. arriving this morning, coleen rooney, wife of the former england footballer wayne rooney and someone who is very used to the camera. and rebekah vardy, married to leicester city's jamie vardy. she brought this case to the high court after coleen rooney accused her of leaking stories to the sun newspaper. once they were friends, cheering on england together from the stands at the 2016 euros. but everything changed in october 2019 when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales — including returning to tv and their basement flooding — on her instagram stories, to see if they would end up in the papers. and they did. only then, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen reveal that the one account she had allowed to read them was rebekah vard

back home now, and at high court coleen rooney's lawyer has accused rebekah vardy of being a "highly unreliable witness". it's the last day of the case where mrs vardy is suing mrs rooney for libel for alleging in an online post that she had leaked private stories to the sun, which mrs vardy denies. the judge will reserve her ruling on the case to a later date, as our correspondent colin paterson reports. rebekah vardy arriving in court for the final time, on her own, as her husband jamie vardy�*s team, leicester city, have a game tonight. for the first time the rooneys were not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airport. today, it was the closing arguments. the barrister of the defendant, coleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction

now to the libel case involving coleen rooney and rebekah vardy. wayne rooney, speaking for the first time, says he was asked by the england manager during the euro 2016 tournament to speak to his then team—mate jamie vardy about his wife's "media activities" because they were "causing problems and distractions". the former england captain's wife coleen is being sued for libel by rebekah vardy. 0ur correspondent colin paterson report. day six, and for the first time, leicester city footballer jamie vardy accompanied his wife rebekah vardy to court. but it was his former international team—mate wayne rooney who was facing the questions. england's all—time top goal—scorer is used to getting into the box. today, it was the witness box. while giving his evidence, he appeared confident and assured. he spoke about when he was england captain at the 2016 euros and how their manager, roy hodgson, asked him to speak to jamie vardy to see if he could get his wife to calm down because she was causing problems and distractions for the team in france. r

a couple _ team between her and coleen rooney. a couple of— team between her and coleen rooney. a couple of observations. there was very little. _ a couple of observations. there was very little, almost zero, eye contact _ very little, almost zero, eye contact made between them. and also, coleen _ contact made between them. and also, coleen rooney has what looks like an old—fashioned filofax that she keeps in front— old—fashioned filofax that she keeps in front of— old—fashioned filofax that she keeps in front of her and makes extensive notes _ in front of her and makes extensive notes throughout the day. also, _ notes throughout the day. also, rebekah vardy took the stand? yeah, rebekah vardy did take the stand _ yeah, rebekah vardy did take the stand the — yeah, rebekah vardy did take the stand. the last 40 minutes of the day were — stand. the last 40 minutes of the day were rebekah vardy answering questions — day were rebekah vardy answering questions. the start of that period was her_ questions. the start of that period was her denying being the leak. then, _

today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was looking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the 2.5 years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the va rdys left early while wayne rooney said he cannot wait for the trial to be over so they can all go on with their lives. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. now is there life on mars? that's what nasa's rover is trying to uncover on the red planet, as perseverance embarks on the most important part of its mission. it's arrived at an ancient river delta, that's been identified by scientist

coleen rooney was pushed hard on this- — evidence. coleen rooney was pushed hard on this. there _ evidence. coleen rooney was pushed hard on this. there is _ evidence. coleen rooney was pushed hard on this. there is the _ evidence. coleen rooney was pushed hard on this. there is the bbc- hard on this. there is the bbc correspondent. he said so you don't actually have any evidence to link ms vardy to the leaks, do you? and she said yes, i do. what you believe isn't in evidence. you might believe that derby county can win the league in two years' time, but that is not awareness. two years' time, but that is not awareness-_ two years' time, but that is not awareness. , _ ., , . ., awareness. the derby county chair ave awareness. the derby county chair gave evidence _ awareness. the derby county chair gave evidence saying _ awareness. the derby county chair gave evidence saying i _ awareness. the derby county chair gave evidence saying i have - awareness. the derby county chair. gave evidence saying i have watched my wife over the last 2.5 years really struggle with everything

rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel. rebekah vardy has been in the witness stand, she will likely be going on to give evidence tomorrow. coleen rooney has been feet away from her, staring her down the entire time. the lawyer for coleen rooney, he has been questioning rebekah vardy on news stories and messages she sent to her agent, he says that these messages between the two are examples of plans to leak stories. in one case, he says that there was a plan to leak the story of a celebrity who rebekah vardy knew having an affair. he read out the messages in court, he said 0mg, have you've seen how badly misses f is behaving? leak the story. in response to this, rebekah vardy said i was just response to this, rebekah vardy said i wasjustjoking when i response to this, rebekah vardy said i was justjoking when i sent this comment, but the agent saying as you mentioned earlier that this was standard practice to leak these stories, that rebekah vardy would pass the stories to her agent and her agent would pass the stories onto

rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel after she was accused of leaking stories about mrs rooney to the press. 0ur correspondent colin paterson is outside court. what's been said today? it's been another dramatic _ what's been said today? it's been another dramatic morning. - what's been said today? it's been another dramatic morning. for. what's been said today? it's been | another dramatic morning. for the first time, the rooneys were not in court. we were told they had a long—standing travel arrangement with their children because they believed the trial would be over by now. rebekah vardy turned up alone because her husband is playing for leicester city tonight. in court, before proceedings began, rebekah vardy had a real go at the sun journalist i was beside, because of history in the sun today where they have claimed that the vardys would be moving to the united states as soon as the trial is over. rebekah vardy said this was cruel and that her eldest was in bits. this morning it was the turn of the defendant, coleen rooney's legal team to set out their closing arguments.

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