helena wilkinson is with me outside court. many people may have a sense of deja vu.en't we been here before in court with prince harry? yes we have. _ in court with prince harry? yes we have. and _ in court with prince harry? yes we have, and you _ in court with prince harry? yes we have, and you will - in court with prince harry? yes we have, and you will remember the mirror group newspapers in 2023 and prince harry won a substantial amount of money in that case. we are waiting, the hearing he is expected to get under way in the next couple of minutes. we did see prince harry's barrister david sherborne arrived in the last 15 minutes or so and a question was thrown to him, has a settlement being reached? we just about made at what he said. he said we will have to wait and see. what we expect to happen this morning, we will either get the start of the trial finally, either get the start of the trialfinally, as either get the start of the trial finally, as you mentioned, trialfinally, as you mentioned, an eight—week trial finally, as you mentioned, an eight—week trial

let's go live to the high court and speak to our correspondent helena wilkinson.ce harry.— prince harry. yes, it was always — prince harry. yes, it was always going _ prince harry. yes, it was always going to - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be a - prince harry. yes, it was i always going to be a deeply personal events. in terms of what is happening here at the high court, we were expecting their first day of this trial to get under way at 10:30am. it was delayed by an hour and has been delayed further until two o'clock this afternoon. with me to discuss more about the trial, what we think might be going on, is dominic. first of all, a delay to the hearing this morning. what can be read into that? it this morning. what can be read into that? , ., , this morning. what can be read into that?— into that? it beats me! i will stress it is — into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not _ into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not that - into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not that we - into that?

helena wilkinson reports.y today as brilliant and beautiful. three—year—olds logan and layton, and bryson and kyson, who were four. they died together in a fire at their home after being left alone by their mother. today, deveca rose was sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. there are no other words to describe this case as anything other than a deeply tragic one. the lives of four young children, gone in just a few moments through an intense fire. deveca rose left her sons at home to go shopping at sainsbury�*s, but within 20 minutes an intense fire ripped through the house. it was started by either a discarded cigarette or a tea light. firefighters found the four boys under a bed, unconscious, but they couldn't be revived. bryson, kyson, layton and logan were beautiful, loving children who did not deserve this. the impact they made on us in their short lives cannot be measured and will never be forgotten. the sentencing hearing heard that the boys' mother, deveca rose, had complex psychiatric ne

an unlawful way. this is their hearing court in london where it will begin. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinsonral london. i think we can expect a bitter battle over the next eight weeks. the first day of the trial, prince harry, as you say, is suing the publisher of the sun newspaper and the long—closed news of the world. we're expecting the hearing to get underway in about ten minutes or so. and we've just seen david sherborne, prince harry's barrister, arrive at court, walk through the doors. prince harry is not going to be here today. he doesn't have to be, but we will expect to see him because he is expected to give evidence at his trial. with me now to discuss what we can expect a bit more is our media correspondent, david sillito. and david, what's this all about? this is a fascinating trial. prince harry, in a recent interview at a new york times event, was asked, "what is this? "why are you going to this trial?" and he said, one word accountability. there have been 1300 people over the last 15 years or so who have brought claims against news group newspapers saying that they were hacke

our correspondent, helena wilkinson has been giving us more details from outside the old bailey.in boys, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the two sets of twin boys, logan and layton, both aged three, and four year olds bryson and kyson. now it happened in december 2021. their mother had gone out to the shops for what the judge says said was not essential items, and while she was out of the house, a fire started, likely from an unextinguished cigarette or from a tea light. the boys tried to escape. the house was locked. they couldn't, they went upstairs. the firefighters arrived and when they got to the house they found the boys under a bed. they were taken to hospital where paramedics and doctors did all they could, but all four young boys died in hospital. now the judge today sentencing devika rose, the mother of the four boys, said as i said that none of the shopping she had gone out to buy on that day of the fire was essential or vital. he said that this was a deeply tragic case, with the lives of four young children gone in just a few moments through an intense f

helena wilkinson at the high court in central london.ello again. the weather for the next couple of days is very similar to what we had yesterday, but it is going to change towards the end of the week. so, today, we've got a weather front across the northwest of the country enhancing the showers here, and we've got another weather front draped across the central swathe of the country, which is producing all this cloud and outbreaks of rain. to the south of that, we could see one or two brighter breaks, but there'll be a fair bit of cloud around. the sunniest skies today, northern ireland and scotland, and later in northern england. but even so, there will be a peppering of showers across the north and the west, with top temperatures 8—9 celsius. through this evening and overnight, our weather front moves a little bit further south. we import more cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain from the south. but as we push further north, with light winds and clear skies, here we could see some mist and fog patches forming and it's going to be

our correspondent helena wilkinson gave us this update from outside the court.an interesting day in court today. in fact we are at the rolls building, not too far away from here, there were adjournments throughout the day with both parties wanting to speak in private and have further negotiations and talks and it is clear this afternoon when prince harry's barrister told the court that there was a potentially good prospect of an agreement that would save the court time, he said, "we are very close, there is an issue with time and gaining instructions." the barrister for news group newspapers, the publisher of the sun, he said, "the parties needed more time because of time differences." what happened in the afternoon is that they asked for the two hours from thejudge, the judge did not grant them the further two hours, as results of the barristers and then said, we are going to take that to the court of appeal and appeal against your decision. it's not clear what is happening this afternoon, but the earliest the next hearing will take place as we understand it is

let's speak to our correspondent helena wilkinson who's outside the court in central london.ry has been determined up till now to bring this case with all of those allegations could be made public. those allegations could be made ublic. .,. , those allegations could be made ublic. ., . , ., those allegations could be made ublic. , ., ., ., public. exactly, all along prince harry _ public. exactly, all along prince harry has - public. exactly, all along prince harry has wanted | prince harry has wanted accountability. that is what he has said and that is why he has brought the case all the way to trial. but it has been an interesting day in court today. in fact we are at the rolls building, not too far away from here, there were adjournments throughout the day with both parties wanting to speak in private and have further negotiations and talks and it is clear this afternoon when prince harry's barrister told the court that there was a potentially good prospect of an agreement that would save the court time, he said "we are very close, there is an issue with time and gaining i

helena wilkinson is with us with an overall picture.pen but we expect delays and cancellations. if but we expect delays and cancellations.— but we expect delays and cancellations. if you are one of those _ cancellations. if you are one of those people _ cancellations. if you are one of those people who - cancellations. if you are one of those people who are - of those people who are travelling at various airports today, in particular manchester, aberdeen, bristol and liverpool airports, they were all closed for a number of hours. just to give you an idea of the kind of work that the airports were having to undertake because of the snow. manchester airport had 30 snowploughs and tractors clearing the snow away from the runway. those four airports have reopened but clearly if you are travelling, do expect delays at the airport. liverpool airport, a statement from them in the last half hour orso from them in the last half hour or so and as i say, the runway at liverpool airport has now reopened but the advice to passengers is to check with

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our correspondent helena wilkinson is outside the high court. ere may be some surprised that prince harry has settled rather than have his time in court. he and tom watson have described this as a monumental victory. yes, surprise at the last—minute settlement. there was supposed to be the eight—week trial but we had the news a settlement has been agreed. i think it is simple for prince harry and tom watson, they have received what prince harry's barrister david sherborne said outside court after, a monumental victory, and they will feel vindicated given that they had the full and unequivocal apology from news group newspapers. it is a huge settlement in that it is the first time ngn have apologised to prince harry, and also for prince harry this apology is a very personal one as well. it mentions his late mother, princess diana. i want to bring you a statement we had in the last few moments from ngn newspapers. "today our apology to the duke of sausage includes apologies for incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators w