the actor hugh grant has settled his privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. court documents, mr grant claimed the sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. the terms of the settlement have not been made public, but hugh grant says he's been offered quote �*an enormous sum of money'. a spokesman for news group newspapers says the sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations. sarah campbelljoins me now. sarah, talk us through the details of this. hugh grant, the actor, has been a prominent campaigner on press reform since the phone hacking scandal emerged more than a decade ago, and it had been expected that injanuary of next year, he would have his time in court. in this case, against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun, and he is one of several individuals including, as you say, prince harry, suing the school for unlawful permission gathering —— publishers of the sun. in mr grant's case, he alleges tapping his landlines, burgling his house, using blogging methods to access medical information

and the actor hugh grant says he's settled his legal case with one of rupert murdoch's newspaper groups an enormous sum. but we'll start with an important story from the uk that raises big questions for howjournalism works. back in 2020, the health authorities commissioned a report into the care that children and young people who were questioning their gender were getting. the cass review, as it's called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. this is a polarising subject for some people. so, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk's gender identity services for the corporation's newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of teenage girls to gids — the gender identity development service — and she had spoken to

that means if you make an offer as a defendant which is news to a claimant which is hugh grant and ifs not do better than the offer, its not good enough to equal it, you have to do better than it, then from the point where that offer was made, the point where that offer was made, the law says that not only will you pay your own legal costs, but you will pay the other side's legal costs as well. the rule brought into stock going to trial, with the aim of settling. the problem here is that there is the most enormous public interest in this matter coming to trial and the most enormous obvious interest on the part of news group to stop it going to trial. so what they have done is as hugh grant has said, made such a huge offer he know he cannot possibly do better at an offer i trial meaning he potentially faces an enormous cost bill which would far exceed any damages which he would be awarded.— far exceed any damages which he would be awarded. briefly, obviously there is no admission _ would be awarded. briefly, obviously there is no admission of _ would be awarded. briefly, obviously ther

the actor hugh grant has settled his privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaper. imed the sun used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. the terms of the settlement have not been made public, but hugh grant says he's been offered "an enormous sum of money". a spokesman for news group newspapers says the sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations. my colleague sarah campbell has been following the case. it had been expected that in january of next year, he would have his time in court in this case against a news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun. and he is one of several individuals, including, as you say, prince harry, suing this group for unlawful information gathering. so in mr grant's case, that means tapping of landlines, he alleges, bugging his house, bugging his car, using blagging methods to access medical information. and he had been very vocal about this, and so it was somewhat of a surprise when, at a court hearing this morning, it emerged that

the actor hugh grant has settled a high court claim against the publisher of the sun newspaper.sed he risked being liable for £10 million in legal costs if his case proceeded to a trial. the actor brought legal action against news group newspapers in relation to the sun, alleging he was targeted by journalists and private investigators. he had previously settled a claim with the publisher in 2012 relating to another of its titles, the news of the world, which has since ceased publication. he was among a number of individuals, including the duke of sussex, bringing claims against ngn. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell has been looking at the finer details of this case. it had been expected that injanuary of next year he would have his time in court. in this case against news group newspapers, the publishers of the sun newspaper. he is one of several individuals, including prince harry, is suing this group for unlawful information gathering, so mr grant�*s case, that means tapping landlines, he alleges, bugging his car, using likely methods to access private information and he had

in the document there, it says that actually hugh grant has settled this claim and hugh grant to selft of court before it gets to trial and i can tell you that social media message has a little symbol that says thread, which normally indicates there is a thread of messages to follow, presumably giving reasons as to why hugh grant said he had to settle his claim out of court but at the moment, we have the three dots and we are waiting to find out why and we are waiting to find out why and we are waiting to find out why and we are interested to find out why because you know that you grant along with prince harry have been very prominent campaigners on the subject of a legal, unlawful methods being used by newspapers over the year, so hugh grant was very much one of those who i would say was not expected to settle, if you like, very much a champion of this subject so it is quite a surprise. so we are waiting for the dots to be filled in and you find out exactly why hugh grant has settled this case. fiifi grant has settled this case. ok, thank you _ grant has settled this case. ok, thank yo

now, hugh grant has settled a legal case he had against rupert murdoch's news group newspapers.un in the civil court. and jake kanterfrom deadline is still here, and will be through the programme. what's happened ? ithink, you know, we don't know the terms of the settlement but hugh grant has made very clear he did not want to do this. no, he talked about i " reluctantly settling". he said that he had been paid - an enormous sum of money to put these claims to bed _ and that he would be using that cash to — well, repurposing it through his mission - at hacked off, which is- a campaign group against, you know, some of these excesses in the media i or the allegationsl of these excesses. because he's explained, hasn't he, why he felt he had to do it? which is quite an interesting thing that people won't necessarily understand to do with how our legal system works — certainly in the civil court — which is, he says that, you know, he's offered this amount of money, which is an enormous sum, as you say. then, he's told if he proceeds — if he turns it down and proceeds in the civil cou

hugh grant had made the claim that it was £1 billion they've already paid out. civil courts, some of which seek to involve the sun. the sun does not accept liability or make any admissions to the allegations. and they point out that a judge recently ruled that some of mr grant's claim — that was a bit about hacking — was out of time and they'd reached an agreement on the rest of it without admitting any liability. so, that's what they're saying. i suppose, what the question is — i've covered these cases a lot, mainly because they involve, you know, prince harry. there's quite a lot of them coming down the tracks and that have been coming down the tracks — i guess the question is is prince harry going to be the last man standing? is he the only one who has pockets deep enough to keep going with this and not accept a settlement? or do you expect that he might settle at some point? well, i mean, this suggests that news uk might be - trying to pick people off and to settle individual claims. i there's still about 40 claims . unresolved and heading to trial injanuary

one is the case of prince harry, the other of hugh grant.should have massive power. they're such an important pillar of democracy. they need to be there to hold power to account. where there is a genuine public interest, i think the press should be given enormous licence, almost, almost to the point of illegality. but it doesn't matter, really, what a celebrity is doing. it's interesting to the public, but it's definitely not in the public interest. at that point, it becomes invasion of privacy, or privacy theft, i would argue. and, really, what they were doing was looking for profit at whatever cost and by whatever means... ..criminal or not. in september 2022, several victims of crime and their relatives were among 200 new claims brought against the sun and the news of the world. the phone hacking scandal| broke at the exact moment that the business model- for these previously incredibly profitable tabloid - newspapers was collapsing of its own accord. the internet had come along. information was no longer just what you could read l in a p

i'm sure people are thrilled hugh grant is back in this one. >> look, you know, we've seen patrick dempsey>>> now to a peacock-sized homecoming over a decade in the making. >> it was intimidating when the first time i met you and because of of your height but also you're larger than life. we know you from tv. >> yeah, well, the word's iconic. >> for the first time since his departure in january 2010, conan o'brien returned to 30 rock. and the "tonight show," which is part of our nbc universal family, conan caught up with jimmy fallon with the two reminiscing on fallon's first appearance on conan's show back in 1999. the new shokow, conan o'brien mt goes premiers on max. you remember the whole slot, it was jay leno's show. then conan o'brien. there was a domino effect where everybody moved around. kind of stung when that happened. >> it seemed like he was a good sport. it was good to be back on the show. >> after all this time. >>> coming up next. a workout trend is cozy. but first, cash is king. king charles that is. see the new british currency featuring the monarch. h currenc featuring t

hugh grant is back. overall good. >> so much time in between., the second one and now this one. it's like we've got to go back and re-watch them all. >>> now to a peacock-sized homecoming over a decade in the making. >> it was intimidating the first time i met you, because of your height, but also you're larger than life. we know you from tv. >> yeah. well, the word's iconic. >> for the first time since his departure in january of 2010, conan o'brien returned to the "tonight show," which of course is part of our nbc universal family. conan caught up with his own late-night successor, jimmy fallon, with the two reminiscing on the show in 1999. conan o'brien must go premiers on max on april 18. >>> still to come here on "early today," the best seats in the house will go to the olympic ringing in the summer games. and later we head to wrestle mania's record. mania's record. define me. emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya®

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the actor hugh grant has settled his long—running privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaperwyers told him that he could face legal costs of up to £10 million, even if he won. he says he was offered what he calls "an enormous sum of money" to settle the case. our culture editor, katie razzall, is here. how much of a surprise has this been? well, it is a surprise and it emerged in court documents, it came out today in page 18 of this one, there is a footnote saying hugh grant settled his case against news group. the actor later put a statement on x and prepare for irony. he said, as is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of and as you were saying, that is estimated he thinks to be around £10 million. clearly an awful lot of money, but he is also clearly regretting not having his day in court. i mean, he had claimed the sun had commissioned someone to burgle his car, to burgle his home and to bug his car. and he says he's going to spend his money has got from news group newspapers on continuing his campaign

a big payout for hugh grant and some weather soon.ack to headliners with me, cressida wetton. and one of the finest comedians in the uk. but one of the worst dietitians, lewis schaffer and the man with the most mysterious middle name in the uk. it's steve n allen who still don't know. beginning with the daily record, lewis and ambitious environmental targets set by nicola sturgeon have been scuppered by something no one could have foreseen. winter weather in scotland yes , well, weather in scotland yes, well, this is scotland, keith labuschagne target and scotland had scotland was known as the number one anti—climate people and the fact is, is that is that they wanted to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 75, which is the best way to do that is to basically ship all the industry out of the country. >> and that's what they've been doing. that's what britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing.; what britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing. theyt britain's >> and that's what they've been doingdoing. they wantain's bee

and the phone hacking fallout — hugh grant settles a privacy case against the publisher of the sun newspaperthe world today on bbc news. the government's showdown with the house of lords over its rwanda deportation bill is continuing. comes after mps overturned the latest of changes to the bill were made by the lord on monday. the government down after opposition piers insist changes are required to make sure rwanda is a safe destination. let's cross live to westminster and speak to our political correspondent, peter saull. this is rishi sunak�*s collection policy, certainly one of his flexion policies, but extremely controversial. —— flagship policies. it has been a couple of years since borisjohnson first came up with the idea, setting people who came in small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed there. it has been very controversial, as you say, lots of legal... course decided at one stage rwanda was not a safe list to send people to. the regulation effectively declares unilaterally ruined is safe —— legislation says. there's been wrangling of the houses of commons and th

then at any time since record keeping began, british actor hugh grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of the sun tabloid newspaper. over claims journalist used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. grand alongside king charles his son, prince harry, was doing news group. newspapers for alleged widespread unlawful information gathering. and before we go, one quick reminder of our top story today. the united states and the european union and say they are preparing new sanctions targeting a ron after launch, non president miss allen drone attack against israel on the weekend. western leaders have urged both sides for a strain weary of any moves that could spark and even wider conflict. unless it from the news for now, say with us, the old plan at a is up next to the look at how burning stumble, one and other bio mass can actually sometimes help reduce air pollution. if it's more headlines, you're looking for this horse on one side and follow us on social media. our handle there is to go in is by the world of free speech, free press, open access to free in

hugh grant has settled against the newspaper the sun newspaper against claims that private investigators news. three hours of fast moving news and interviews and reaction. we begin in the middle east where the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said it is clear that israel has decided to retaliate against last weekend's missile and drone attack by iran. he met with his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu

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as hugh grant paying the price.ant has settled a legal case against the publisher of the sun over claims journalist used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. the actor's lawsuit was one of those eligible to go to trial at the high court, but he's come to an agreement with news group newspapers. prince harry is among several other high profile figures also suing the newspaper group for alleged unlawful information gathering , which the information gathering, which the publisher . in other news, publisher denies. in other news, the prime minister has hailed today's inflation figures, saying they demonstrate his economic plan is working. figures show the rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest level in two and a half years, down to 3.2% in march. that's compared to 3.4% the month before. economists say a dip in food prices is the main reason for the slowdown . and as reason for the slowdown. and as we've been hearing, thousands of uk passengers are suffering flight disruption after dubai inte

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hugh grant has settled a privacy case against a british newspaper publisher. private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. news group newspapers had denied wrongdoing. grant said he'd been offered an "enormous sum" to stop the case going to trial, but insisted he'd been forced to accept the money. you're live with bbc news. returning now to a busy day on capitol hill, and the democratic—controlled senate has dismissed the impeachment case against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. in a party—line vote delayed by several procedural objections, the senate swept aside the two articles of impeachment that alleged mayorkas mismanaged the us southern border, wilfully refusing to comply with the law and breached public trust. in february, mayorkas became the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years. democrats have condemned house republicans, saying the procedure was used to solve policy disagreements. i spoke to luke broadwater, congressional correspondent for the new york times, about how this all played out. this was

hugh grant has settled a privacy case against a british newspaper publisher.n used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. news group newspapers had denied wrongdoing. grant said he'd been offered an �*enormous sum' to stop the case going to trial — but insisted he'd been forced to accept the money. what is the true cost in blood on the battlefield to russia, of vladimir putin's decision to invade ukraine. well a bbc investigation, alongside the independent russian website, mediazona, reveals that more than 50,000 russian soldiers, have died so far in the war. it's a figure much higher, than the kremlin will admit to. in truth, the dead on both sides pile up. 0vernight a russian missile attack killed 17 people in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv, while more than 70 others were injured. james waterhouse has more from in kyiv. bus passengers dive for cover after two missiles hit nearby. what follows is the haunting sounds of a third. low rumbling. in chernihiv, air strikes happen with little notice. russia tried and failed to take th

and the actor hugh grant says he's settled his legal case with one of rupert murdoch's newspaper groups 2020, the health authorities commissioned a report into the care that children and young people who were questioning their gender were getting. the cass review, as it's called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. this is a polarising subject for some people. so, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk's gender identity services for the corporation's newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of teenage

hugh grant has settled against the newspaper the sun newspaper against claims that private investigatorsd her phone hacking to target his phone. hello and welcome to bbc news. three hours of fast moving news and interviews and reaction. we begin in the middle east where the british foreign secretary lord cameron has said it is clear that israel has decided to retaliate against last weekend's missile and drone attack by iran. he met with his israeli counterpart benjamin netanyahu and other senior leaders are today. he has been urging restraint from israel after that attack on friday by iran. mr netanyahu's office has told lord cameron that israel will reserve the right to protect itself. lord cameron is visiting the region adds the same time as germany minister of foreign affairs, they are the first western diplomat to visit since iran's straight over the weekend. more is expected to visit in the coming days. the uk foreign secretary's is also due to visit the prime list of the palestinian authority. after he met with prime minister netanyahu, lord cameron spoke to reporters and they aske

the actor hugh grant settles a long—running lawsuit —— says he has been offered a enormous amount ofate investigators to tap his phone. mps have rejected all of the changes made to the rwanda bill by the house of lords. the bill is now being sent back to the house of lords. a russian missile kills 1a and wounds more than 60 in chernihiv in northern ukraine. inflation in the uk has fallen to its lowest level for two and a half years as some food prices drop. hello,

and the actor hugh grant says he's settled his legal case with one of rupert murdoch's newspaper groupss for howjournalism works. back in 2020, the health authorities commissioned a report into the care that children and young people who were questioning their gender were getting. the cass review, as it's called, came out last week,

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i mean, hugh grant is playing tony the tiger. [ laughter ] which is, you know. >> jimmy: it's so good. and it was melissa mccarthy and it was just a huge list of great comedians, yeah. everybody showed up. >> jimmy: you play the milkman. >> right, i play -- yes, the evil milkman. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> i'm just leaning into it now. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> this is what it is. >> jimmy: but i could see why the milkman would feel threatened -- >> well, yeah. >> jimmy: -- by the pop-tart. >> right. i mean, the guy comes along. he wants to make a pop-tart, you don't need milk with a a pop-tart. >> jimmy: yeah. it's a cereal -- it's a a milkless cereal. >> yeah, i have a livelihood. and i have kids to take care of. [ laughter ] and you know, this guy is stepping into my territory. >> jimmy: exactly. >> you know, everything was sweet and rosey until this crazy pop-tart came along. >> jimmy: this pop-tart, yeah. >> yeah. you did the song for it, right? >> jimmy: i did it. i did the song "sweet morning heat." >> "sweet morning heat." >> jimmy: and it's -- i don't even know if it's ou

the actor hugh grant settles his press intrusion case against the sun for what he calls an "enormous

and hugh grant was the guy who made the movie. >> reporter: playing a certain tiger. >> look who's heres copy? >> we'll get it. we have the best cereal riwrite in the business. >> they're great, just grrrrrreat! >> that's it. that's the line we've been looking for. >> reporter: seinfeld called on a bunch of his comedian pals. from amy schumer to melissa mccarthy, to sarah cooper. >> excuse me. mr. kellogg needs you. a meeting of the five cereal families has been called. >> by who? >> reporter: what was he like as a director? what surprised you? >> he was very specific with what he wanted. there was a moment when tom lennon had to do this line where he had to do this, voila! and he did a take, and then jerry came over and adjusted his hands just slightly like this, and everybody's like, how's that making it better? >> behold, life! >> but then he did it, and it actually was better. >> i'm precise. and for my thing and what i do, i have to be that way. ♪ ♪ this is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. >> reporter: director jerry seinfeld walked us through a kellogg's-style funeral for a

. >> robin: hugh grant? >> lara: hugh grant is back. >> robin: yeah!ion, white lotus standout leo woodall. he played jack in season 2. the fourth movie we'll see jones navigating work, love as a 51-year-old single mother. it is in production. we cannot wait. i welcome back. >> robin: they keep going to that well. [ laughter ] >> lara: it works. they made a lot of money. i can't remember what the number was but it was a very successful franchise. not surprising. finally, what does a rock star wear to the gym? this is not a joke. check this out. go lenny. yes. he is our gym-spiration on this hump day. his instagram video has been captivating on so many levels. he's wearing shade, combat boots. let's talk about the rest. did i mention lenny turned 60 on may 26th? lenny writes in part, never been better. there are no short cuts so seize your day. that is your hump day moment. >> michael: that's a great look at celebrities just like us. [ laughter ] >> lara: i thought it was george when i first saw the video. [ laughter ] >> michael: all right. let's go to

can you believe hugh grant did this?george: amy schumer. megan mccarthy. >> lara: ali wentworth. >> ali wentworth has one of the biggest laughs in the movie. we have a scene where someone loses their life in a tragic pop tart accident. [ laughter ] >> george: how does that happen? >> it happens, yeah. because of the heroism, he was buried with full cereal honors, which means we put milk and cereal into the grave. ali comes up and slices bananas. [ laughter ] the guy behind her strawberries. >> lara: oh my gosh. all of our favorites. it does pull at our heart strings. what was it like pitching when you said, i have a great idea for my directorial debut. >> i didn't think it was a great idea. spike ferris and the guy who used to write on my tv series who wrote the soup nazi pushed me during covid. he said we got nothing to do. we're sitting around. he says, why don't we write a movie while we're sitting around doing nothing? i said, there's no movie. you can't do a movie -- pop tarts are not a movie. let's write a movie. [

actor hugh grant says he has received an enormous sum from a british tabloid to settle a lawsuit overegal spying. the actor has accused the sun newspaper of tapping into his home and breaking -- tapping into his phone and breaking into his home. he appeared at high court amid a long-running legal battle over hacking claims. the sun's parent company denied any wrongdoing. eli lilly says the weight lost drug will help patients with sleep apnea. the pharmaceutical giant cited two studies that showed the drug but irregular breathing episodes by up to 63%. sleep apnea affects some 20 million americans. the trial adds to growing evidence popular drugs like it have medical benefits beyond their primary purposes. on wall street, stocks slipped across the board. the dow jones industrial average lost 45 points to close at 37,753. the nasdaq dropped for the fourth straight session losing 181 points. the s&p 500 slid 29 points. former u.s. senator in florida governor bob graham has died. . the miami native came to national attention as chairman of the senate intelligence committee following the s

would -- you know, melissa mccarthy and amy schumer, and it would just -- you would go -- >> seth: hugh grantuld -- we could spend like 20 minutes talking about it, but it really is amazing. >> seth: uh, jerry co-wrote the film with spike feresten, who's very funny, and brothers of our cue card guy, wally feresten. which is very exciting. and, uh, wally, give it up for wally, everybody. cue card wally. [ cheers and applause ] >> what about wally? >> seth: shocked wally did not have a bigger role. >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] there he is. really tonight's all about wally. >> seth: you'd be shocked how many nights end up there. [ light laughter ] yeah. they start about me, and they just slowly curve around to wally. this is, it feels very fitting for you, not just because of your skills as an actor, we've talked about before. i think you're a wonderful actor but you, a pop-tart film does sort of call -- is a siren call to jim gaffigan. >> yes. well, i -- i love food. >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> i'm a fan of it. >> seth: you and jerry are maybe two of our greatest living food comedi

we won't spoil it, but daniel cleaver back and hugh grant cleaver is back and hugh grant is back to playromantic options for bridget. >> oh, it never ends for bridget jones says she's got an insatiable appetite, all i insatiable appetite, is all i can judyta can say. judyta >> indeed she does. but then it's great to see that we're going to be seeing bridget in her in her 50s, and it's going towards the conversation that's happening in entertainment in general , where you need to be general, where you need to be comfortable with knowing that women's sexuality is depicted across spectrum. across the spectrum. it's not just love and romance. it's not just love and romance. it's not just reserved for the young. you get to see bridget, a very relatable character, go through the of romance and the vicissitudes of romance and love and an ever evolving life and the new elements that are introduced into her story. and that's people love the that's why people love the character much. she speaks character so much. she speaks the what women at the reality of what women at different stages in their l

and hugh grant was the guy who made the movie. >> hello. >> reporter: playing a certain tiger. >> lookday's copy? >> we'll get it. we have the best cereal writers in the business. >> we are so blessed. they're great. just great! >> that's it. that's the line we've been looking for. >> reporter: seinfeld called on a bunch of his comedian pals, from amy schumer and mellissa mccarthy. >> stan, my friend, i believe we have split at only of breakfast. >> reporter: to sarah cooper. >> excuse me. mr. kellogg needs you much a meeting of the five cereal families has been called. >> reporter: what surprised you? >> he was very specific with what he wanted. there was a moment where tom lenin had to do a line where he had to do this, voy law! he did a take and jerry came over and adjusted his hands slightly like this and everybody is, like, how is that making it better? >> behold. >> then he did it, and it was better. >> i'm precise. for my thing and what i do, i have to be that way. ♪ >> this is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. >> reporter: director jerry seinfeld walked us through a kello