ajudge has ruled prince harry, sir eltonjohn and several other elton john and several other high—profile claimants can go ahead with privacy claims against the publishers of the daily mail newspaper. the celebrities have accused associated newspapers of hiring private detectives to bug their homes, cars and found associated newspapers had been trying to get the case thrown out before a trial can begin. we can get the latest from our home affairs correspondent, tom symons. prince harry is leading this legal battle from the front. he was in court in february for pre—trial arguments, along with eltonjohn and his husband, david furnish, and baroness lawrence, mother of stephen. the group along with the former mp sir simon hughes who claim associated newspapers bugged cars and homes, listen to phone calls, paid police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. but there is a six—year time limit for privacy claims. these allegations go back decades. the newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out but the law also says if the defendant, associated newspapers, conceals relevant fac

he was in court in february for pre—trial arguments, along with eltonjohn and his husband, david furnishith the former mp sir simon hughes, who claim associated newspapers commissioned bugging of cars and homes, listening to phone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. but there is a six—year time limit for privacy claims. these allegations go back decades. the newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the law also says if the defendant, associated newspapers, conceals relevant facts the limit doesn�*t apply. 12 years ago at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor, paul dacre, was asked repeatedly about unlawful activities, including phone—hacking. i can be as confident as any editor, having made extensive inquiries into his newspaper�*s practices and held an inquiry that phone—hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or the daily mail. prince harry and the others say these statements were not true. thejudge, mrjustice nicklin, said that the seven claimants have a real prospect of proving that associated newspapers concealed

sir eltonjohn, whose aids foundation largely pioneered opt out testing, will be speaking about this toot to expand the pilots, a senior nhs figure said this morning that he hopes an announcement could happen shortly. jack fenwick, bbc news, westminster. you may know the story of charlie and the chocolate factory, the classic novel by roald dahl which features his remarkable creation willy wonka, the owner of the chocolate factory. now willy wonka is being portrayed by the hollywood heartthrob timothee chalamet, in a new film looking at the character's early life. it had its uk premiere last night in london, and our culture reporter noor nanji was there. gentlemen, may i present to you a brand new contraption of my creation? willy wonka. back on the big screen. let me ask you a question... this time, it's the story of his humble beginnings and how he became a world famous chocolate maker. my name is willy wonka. in the title role is timothee chalamet. prepared to be amazed... the 27 year old dune star becomes the third actor to step into the shoes of the iconic inventor, after gene wild

and the bbc has learned that sir eltonjohn will address mps this evening where he'll talk about whatv cases. our political reporter jack fenwick has the story. jackie was diagnosed with hiv after many years of ill health. if i had been tested early, i would never have got to the point where they asked my children to spend time with me before i passed. sorry. that's ok. take your time. sam, not his real name, is one of 580 people who've been diagnosed with hiv via opt out testing. it's made me look at life in a completely different way. ijust feel grateful that i got the test because i was quite happily going through life, feeling fit and healthy. had that test not happened, i may not be here today. conservative mp steve brine set the government's target to eradicate all new hiv cases in england by 2030. if we want to finish the job and get it over the line, we need to roll out this opt out testing into many, many more settings. if you pick up hiv very early, you can get the anti—virals in early. you lead a very, very normal, healthy life. now ijust take one tablet a day, i get a six

another important story that happened in london today as a judge ruled that prince harry, eltonjohn andthe affair could begin. here is our home affairs correspondent. prince harry is leading this legal battle from the front. he was in court in february for pre—trial arguments, along with eltonjohn and his husband, david furnish, and baroness lawrence, mother of stephen, murdered. a group, along with the former mp sir simon hughes, who claim associated newspapers commissioned bugging of cars and homes, listening to phone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. but there's a six—year time limit for privacy claims. these allegations go back decades. the newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the law also says if the defendant, associated newspapers, conceals relevant facts, the limit doesn't apply. 12 years ago at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor, paul dacre, was asked repeatedly about unlawful activities, including phone—hacking. i can be as confident as any editor, having made extensive inquiries into his newspaper's practi

lawyers for the newspapers had argued he and other high—profile people, including sir eltonjohn and baronessbring the privacy claims.prince harry has been involved in five other legal battles at the high court in recent months, including cases brought against mirror group newspapers, which publishes the mirror, and the murdoch—owned news group newspapers, publisher of the sun and the now—defunct news of the world. let's cross live now to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, who isjust outside the royal courts ofjustice in central london. talk us thorugh the ruling and the significance of it. thejudge had to decide the judge had to decide two things, essentially, to decide whether this case goes ahead. firstly, are the seven claimants, including prince harry, the duke of sussex and six others, are the out—of—town to make this claim? the law says you have six years. what he said was they couldn't have brought a earlier potentially because he says they have a real chance of that associated newspapers concealed what they had been doing in the past, therefore they had no chance of taking

lawyers for the newspapers had argued he and other high—profile people, including sir eltonjohn and baroness has been involved in five other legal battles at the high court in recent months, including cases brought against mirror group newspapers, which publishes the mirror, and the murdoch—owned news group newspapers, publisher of the sun and the now—defunct news of the world. well, mrjustice nicklin had to decide two things. to decide whether this case goes ahead. firstly, are the seven claimants, including prince harry, duke of sussex and six others, are they out of time, have they run out of time to make this claim? the law says you have six years. what he said was that they couldn't afford to claim earlier potentially because he said they have a real chance of proving that associated newspapers concealed what they have been doing in the past. and therefore they had no chance of taking this action because of that concealment. they still have to prove that but they will get a chance to do that at a case, a trial next year. he also decided that crucial evidence in this case, receipts for p

and he's not alone — he's one of seven celebrities and prominent people including sir eltonjohn and hissay the same happened to them. they've accused associated newspapers of hiring private detectives to bug their homes, cars and phones. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. morning! cameras click. this case began in the spring with relatively dry legal arguments, so it was a surprise when the duke of sussex unexpectedly turned up. so did baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. her allegations are among the most striking from this high—profile group. they allege journalists paid private investigators for bugging cars and phones, hacking voicemail messages, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. the law says they should have claimed within six years, and these allegations go back decades, so associated newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the seven said they'd never realised they had a case. one reason? 12 years ago, at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor paul dacre denied his papers were involved in unlawful a

lawyers for the newspaper had argued he and other high—profile people, including sir eltonjohn and baroness bring the privacy claims. harry has been involved in five other legal battles at the high court in recent months, including cases brought against mirror group newspapers, which publishes the mirror, and rupert murdoch's news group newspapers, publisher of the sun and the now—defunct news of the world. let's cross live now to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. took us through the ruling and the significance of it.— significance of it. prince harry and six other people _ significance of it. prince harry and six other people now— significance of it. prince harry and six other people now have - significance of it. prince harry and - six other people now have permission to go to trial against associated newspapers, the publisher of the daily mail. in february associated newspapers try to knock out the case by saying firstly the seven had run out of time to make their claim that privacy had been breached, you have six years under british law, and this was back in many cases a deca

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and he's not alone — he's one of seven celebrities and prominent people, including sir eltonjohn andppened to them. they've accused associated newspapers of hiring private detectives to bug their homes, cars, and phones. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. morning! cameras click this case began in the spring with relatively dry legal arguments, so it was a surprise when the duke of sussex unexpectedly turned up. so did baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. her allegations are among the most striking from this high—profile group. they allege journalists paid private investigators for bugging cars and phones, hacking voicemail messages, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records. the law says they should have claimed within six years, and these allegations go back decades, so associated newspapers wanted the judge to throw them out, but the seven said they'd never realised they had a case. one reason? 12 years ago, at the leveson public inquiry, the daily mail editor paul dacre denied his papers were involved in unlawful activities inclu

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sir eltonjohn has urged political leaders to do more to eliminate the aids epidemic.tar to leave early for medical reasons, following the exit of the restaurant critic grace dent earlier this week. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. we are talking nippy, is that right? very nippy. a very cold start. 0nly very nippy. a very cold start. only one or two exceptions. more wintry weather around today in terms of rain, sleet and snow. the vast majority will continue with a dry story. let me tell you what the temperatures are doing now. a widespread frost with the coldest conditions in the south west midlands. in the channel islands 7 degrees. they are on the other side of a weather front producing rain in the english channel, interacting with colder air in the south to produce a covering of snow over the moors this morning. the main focus for snow showers will be across eastern scotland and parts of eastern scotland and parts of eastern england, particularly north of the humber. a bit further inland than yesterday. a slight dusting in places. fog around acros

sir eltonjohn will address mps this evening at westminster to urge ministers to do more to hit a 2030appy to sign up to them. this has become an increasing trend as you say, most major supermarkets, their supermarkets have a loyalty scheme and you can only access the cheapest prices and promotions on good if you are willing to sign up to them and in some cases that means data on your shopping habits and the products you buy being shared with the retailer. this is after the competition watchdog looked at the prices of essential grocery items, and found that branded product manufacturers have been making bigger profits at a time when food prices have been rising. they found that, yes, their costs in producing goods have gone up because of high energy prices for example, but the manufacturers of branded products have put their prices up even more than what was necessary to meet his extra costs so as a result they have been making bigger profits. when it came to supermarket own brand and supermarket label items, they said that consumers can be confident they are getting a good deal, shops