the latter is called perjury when it's done under oath at the leveson inquiry and in court, and it'sof parliament where it's done in at a select committee, that if the rule of law is to mean anything, the police and parliament have to investigate those allegations. they are allegations. and until that is done so there can be no line drawn under this. and make no mistake, prince harry and tom watson and the other claimants are not going anywhere in terms of pursuing a proper investigation of these matters. news group deserve to put their defence. they deserve an investigation and a hearing, not a presumption. but that investigation must now take place. we are very nearly out of time, dr harris. so just a brief response to this final question, if you would, please. news group newspapers says there are strong controls now and processes in place at all of its titles. looking at the statement to ensure that this can't happen now. do you take any reassurance from that? i don't believe it. there's no independent regulation of the press. and if they were, if they were confident in that, they

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the scandal led to the high—profile leveson inquiry into the ethics of the british press.2019, prince harry sued murdoch's ngn group over alleged illegal information gathering that dated back to the 1990s and 2000s — alleging journalists at the sun hired private detectives to gather information on him illegally. journalist and royal commentator afua acheampong—hagan gave her response to what we've seen today. has to be said — this is a monumental victory for prince harry. you know, to have the sun, the newsgroup newspapers, issue this unequivocal apology for the things that they did, not only to him but to his mother, diana, princess of wales. you know who in the past, people, including her own son prince william, implied that perhaps she was paranoid. they've proven this is not the case. i think, yes, there has been some element of accountability that he has gotten through this. you know, he's always said when it comes to his mission against the tabloid newspapers that it was about accountability, about holding a mirror up to the practices that were going on behind closed

police are minded to investigate or indeed, if the government decides it wants to restart the leveson inquiryi certainly can't see the second happening and we will wait to see what the police have to say. katie razzall. thank you. a 12—year—old boy who was stabbed to death on his way home from school yesterday in birmingham has been named as leo ross. his family described him as "the most beautiful, kind child", who "had not one aggressive bone in his body." a 14—year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder. phil mackie reports. his school said leo ross was "a lovely and bright boy", who was adored by his friends. on his way home yesterday, he was fatally stabbed in the stomach. today, his friends paid their respects, many of them in tears, each supporting the other. hannah, who was in the same class, came with her mum, sima. he was like a nice, kind kid and he'd just do his work and get on with it. and helpful, as well, and very welcoming. something has to be done about this. it's like... i can't imagine what the parents are going through, both sets of parents. you know, leo's mum a

there was the hacking scandal, the leveson inquiry, and the sort of big period of soul—searching thathe economics are radically different. you know, the sun made big profits in the 2000s, and now it's loss—making, so the financial incentives aren't there, certainly in print journalism, to warrant the level of rule—breaking that used to go on. prince harry has already won a phone hacking case against the mirror group. he still has outstanding action against part of the daily mail group. it's not over yet. katie razzall, bbc news. and victoria derbyshire will have more on this on newsnight on bbc two shortly. we will be asking a victim of press intrusion how he feels about today's settlement and what he hopes will come next. and we will ask the defence minister how worried we should be about the russian spy ship caught in the english channel this week. that's newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc news and bbc iplayer. victoria, thank you. a 26—year—old man who shot and killed his ex—girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and stabbed their mother to death has pleaded guilty to their mu