thejudge, mrjustice fancourt, the judge, mrjustice fancourt, ruled thejudge, mrjustice fancourt, ruledday that in his opinion mr morgan knew about the activity between 95 and 2004. like i say, we expect piers morgan to appear through that door shortly and when he does we will bring it to you on bbc news. but for the moment, the british boy who has been found six years after he disappeared is expected to return to his family in 0ldham in the next few days. alex batty — now 17 — was last seen travelling to spain with his mother and grandfather. he is now 17 and was picked up by a delivery driver near the french city of toulouse. the first police update on alex batty, the boy from 0ldham last seen six years ago. i think i speak on behalf of the whole of greater manchester police when i say we are relieved and overjoyed to receive the news from the french authorities that they believe alex batty has been found safe and well. alex went missing on holiday in spain in 2017 with his mum melanie and grandfather david, who weren't his legal guardians. he hasn't been seen until wednesday, when he

referring to one story about kylie minogue and evidence from the writer omid scobie, mrjustice fancourtdge also named former senior directors of the company — one of them, former chief executive sly bailey, who had told the leveson inquiry in 2012 that there was no evidence of hacking. we have only seen unsubstantiated allegations, and i have seen no evidence to show me that phone hacking has ever taken place at trinity mirror. this, thejudge said, was untrue — she had known for years about the practice and turned a blind eye. hacking, he said, had been widespread and habitual at the mirror since 1996. this is, of course, far from the first hacking case the mirror has lost. prince harry was today awarded £140,600 in damages, an amount that could increase considerably as other stories are considered. but costs and damages of more than £100 million have already been paid out to many other victims. the company, now known as reach, said... for prince harry, this is a landmark moment. it's 132 years since a senior member of the royal family appeared on the witness stand. but today's court vi

mrjustice fancourt ruled that... in 1995, there was some unlawful activity at the company.ng had started. and from 1998, it was widespread and habitual. he also said that between 2006 and 2011, it remained an important tool including during the time of leveson inquiry into phone hacking. today mirror group apologised for its "historical wrongdoing". mrjustice fancourt also said 15 of 33 sample articles highlighted by prince harry were "the product of phone hacking or other unlawful information gathering". he awarded the duke of sussex £140,600. but for prince harry all this is seemingly not about the money and more about the truth. the fact that he was prepared to say, look, the money is not the important thing. i want to show you that it happened. i'm not taking a kind of compromise. i want to prove that i was hacked, that it had an effect on me. and i want people to be held to account for it. and i think it's a tribute to him. i thought he may be very foolish suing newspapers and said so at the time, but it's come good. he has been vindicated quite rightly. and i think th

mrjustice fancourt is delivering a lengthy verbal explanation of his judgment.is central question of who has won. we have discussed what the answer to that is with a number of people involved in this case. if prince harry, as has been said... if the judge has found that 15 of the article is about prince harry out of the 33 initially considered by this court were unlawfully obtained, they will regard that as a good win. we have a response to this judgment from mirror group newspapers. the spokesperson says, we welcome today�*s judgment. spokesperson says, we welcome today�*sjudgment. it gives spokesperson says, we welcome today�*s judgment. it gives the business the necessary clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago. where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologise unreservedly and we have taken full responsibility and paid appropriate compensation. just looking at what is coming in. that is all we have for the moment. to be clear, what has happened, two sides to this case, the generic case, which is about what executives knew and th

referring to one story about kylie minogue, mrjustice fancourt said, "i found mr scobie to be a straightforwardwitness and i accept what he said about piers morgan's involvement in the minogue/gooding story." no evidence was called by mgn to contradict it. the judge also named former senior directors of the company, one of them former chief executive sly bailey, who told the levenson inquiry in 2012 there was no evidence of hacking. we have only seen unsubstantiated allegations and i have seen no evidence to show me phone hacking has ever taken place. this, thejudge said, was untrue, she had known for years about the practice and turned a blind eye. hacking, he said, had been widespread and habitual at the mirror since 1996. this is far from the first hacking case the mirror has lost. prince harry was awarded over £1a0,000 in damages, an amount that could increase considerably as other stories are considered. but costs and damages of more than £100 million have already been paid out to many other victims. the company, now known as reach, said, "we welcome the judgment that gives the business th

but today the judge, mrjustice fancourt ruled that two of prince harry's co—claimants fiona wightmanlegal action — the law gives them six years. he said they should have realised they had a case in around 2015 when mirror group newspapers said, "we're sorry for phone hacking," admitting it had happened. the company believes many others will be in the same position, and that their cases will be thrown out. its share price rose today. the company's opponents may appeal that part of the judge's findings. this was a ruling in a civil court, not a criminal one, but today prince harry called on the metropolitan police to investigate, bringing charges against those who have broken the law. there has already been an investigation, and arrests, in 2015 ten mirror people, including piers morgan, were told they were in the clear. tonight the metropolitan police told us, "we will carefully consider the civiljudgment handed down today at the high court. there is no ongoing investigation." but prince harry's very public battle against media intrusion is very much ongoing. tom, thank you very much.

mrjustice fancourt rules that phone hacking was rife within mirror group and that prince harry's personalargeted between 2003 and 2009. he says 15 of 33 sample articles were the product of phone hacking or the product of other unlawful information gathering. the duke of sussex became the first senior british royal for 130 years to appear as a witness in court this summer, after he sued the publisherfor damages. the mirror group has apologised. a statement issued by the spokesperson for the publisher says, "where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologise unreservedly, have taken full responsibility and paid appropriate compensation". "we welcome today's judgment that gives the business the necessary clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago." prince harry wasn't in court for the ruling — but his legal team described what had happened as a �*great day for truth�*. my my commitment to seeing this case through is based on my belief in our need and collective right to a free and honest press. and one which is properly accountable when necessary. that is what we ne

that is what the high court judge, mrjustice fancourt , has ruled so far.tand it, still delivering his full decision. but the information we have so far is that there was extensive phone hacking by mirror group newspapers from 2006 until 2011, and even to some extent during the leveson inquiry into media standards. now you have to remember, this case does not just involve prince harry. it involves a number of other high profile figures as to the specifics, whether or not prince harry's 33 articles, which were tested as part of this trial, if he himself is a victim of phone hacking, we do not have that information yet. as soon as we do, we'll bring it straight to you. but remember, mirror group newspapers denied any allegations of phone hacking . allegations of phone hacking. the judge has ruled that there was extensive phone hacking . was extensive phone hacking. >> okay, cameron walker there for us at the royal courts of justice. thank you very much indeed. that breaking news there, that there was extensive of phone hacking by mirror group newspapers from

mrjustice fancourt ruled that there can be no doubt that many senior figures at the mirror , includinge mirror, including former editor piers morgan , knew former editor piers morgan, knew what was going on. now mr morgan emerged today, didn't he , to emerged today, didn't he, to vehemently deny the allegations he took the opportunity as well to respond with some very choice words about harry kyrees outrage at media intrusion into the private lives of the royal family is only matched by his own ruthless , greedy and own ruthless, greedy and hypocritical enthusiasm for doing it himself. >> this is a guy who's repeatedly trashed his family in pubuc repeatedly trashed his family in public for hundreds of millions of dollars, even as two of its most senior and respected members were dying. his grandparents, the duke , has been grandparents, the duke, has been repeatedly exposed in recent years as someone who wouldn't know the truth if it slapped him around his california tanned face. mission , along face. his real mission, along with his wife, is to destroy the british monarchy right ? bri

mrjustice fancourt ruled that there can be no doubt that many senior figures at the mirror , includinge mirror, including former editor piers morgan , knew former editor piers morgan, knew what was going on. now mr morgan emerged today, didn't he , to emerged today, didn't he, to vehemently deny the allegations he took the opportunity as well to respond with some very choice words about harry kyrees outrage at media intrusion into the private lives of the royal family is only matched by his own ruthless , greedy and own ruthless, greedy and hypocritical enthusiasm for doing it himself. >> this is a guy who's repeatedly trashed his family in pubuc repeatedly trashed his family in public for hundreds of millions of dollars, even as two of its most senior and respected members were dying. his grandparents, the duke , has been grandparents, the duke, has been repeatedly exposed in recent years as someone who wouldn't know the truth if it slapped him around his california tanned face. mission , along face. his real mission, along with his wife, is to destroy the british monarchy right ? bri

in the fact that the judge , uh, in the fact that the judge, mr justice fancourt , uh, said mrjustice fancourtre was an aggravating factor for, uh, that information about what was going on. rose as high as the executive suites and indeed, the boardroom of mirror group newspapers , papers. so group newspapers, papers. so there's potentially criminal behaviour there for the, the, the, the costs , the, the damages the, the costs, the, the damages that have been accrued and assessed at £140,600. they're quite modest, but that is not the point . the point is that the point. the point is that he's managed to prove that he was being his phone was being hacked, and stories were being blagged. that's my other words. using illicit and deceitful means to obtain information about him, which should not have been done. he only really had to choose to prove one of those cases. he proved 15 out of out of 33, and that is quite enough for him. and, uh, the statement that he issued, which is his barrister read out, i mean, it had his fingerprints, it had his tone of voice, whether he wrote it or he dictated it.

clearly harry's had a big victory and calling for police inquiries to follow the fact that, uh, mrjustice fancourtnce of probabilities. and in that balance, 15 out of 33 articles that were being examined, uh, he were unlawfully obtained and therefore it started a huge debate . there are started a huge debate. there are those, for example, hacked off, uh, and also those who would like to see a second leveson inquiry, but what essentially, this is , is harry clearly this is, is harry clearly winning the first round, £140,000. he's been awarded in damages . and also that might be damages. and also that might be increased depending on what is arranged with mirror group. but essentially with a case against the sun and a case against the mail, not to mention other cases pending. ingrid's right. i mean, the almost endless, uh, i think that he very clearly needed this . i also agree that they've had a difficult year, but he began it with spare that was trashing his family and that i thought was absolutely shocking. we've also got the harry versus piers morgan saga . now that is going morgan saga. now that

and what we're going to see is what the judge, mrjustice fancourt, there's no jury this is a civil case on the balance of probability , his. does he probability, his. does he believe that, as harry has absolutely certain, he says , absolutely certain, he says, that his life was made intolerable and he has attacked press intrusion? and he said it is his life's work to clean up the british media. on the side of the mirror. the british media. on the side of the mirror . the claim the british media. on the side of the mirror. the claim is that harry has no evidence and that the stories that he that 33 are specifically in judgement today, but in fact there were over 140 that these stories came from other sources, possibly from the palace . conceivably palace. conceivably acquaintances . and so it's on acquaintances. and so it's on the balance of probability as to whether or not he believed , um, whether or not he believed, um, and just this court believes that harry has suffered unlawful hacking . and if this is the case hacking. and if this is the case and if harry wins, it will also open.

and yet he was criticised quite roundly by mrjustice fancourt in in his judgement. i don't think that's fair and i don't think that's fair and i don't think it's just so this has got a way to go. and prince harry, to use an equine expression , has certainly got expression, has certainly got his bit between his teeth. he's going for it with actions against associated newspapers, which owns the mail and the mail on sunday. and of course , on sunday. and of course, against news corp, which owns the sun. uh, yesterday he won hands down another equestrian allusion, uh, and there is his barrister who read out his very trenchant statement at the end of it. i mean, he's not, uh, seven bells out of , um, out of seven bells out of, um, out of the mirror group newspaper , and the mirror group newspaper, and he's going on. there's no sign on his part that he's going to quit. in fact, he's stepping up the pace. >> michael , just one very, very >> michael, just one very, very quick question for you. we are running out of time. he has been harry has been accused of on a mission de

mrjustice fancourt. and he's become the centre of the story.on this. the creator of jeeves and wooster and pg. wodehouse said it is a good rule in life never to apologise is the right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort. take a mean advantage of them . and i think advantage of them. and i think that was what would happen in this case. piers morgan is a very experienced journalist at a very experienced journalist at a very high level. going back at least 30 years. to my certain knowledge . and um, i believe knowledge. and um, i believe that he is a reputable person and more than that , i believe and more than that, i believe he's a respectable journalist who has done a lot of good work. well, let's find out . well, let's find out. >> let's find out what femi believes. femi. okay >> uh, i mean, piers morgan is a cry—baby. he got fired from his job for, um , for basically job for, um, for basically continuously, continuously attacking, um, this man's wife for no real reason . um, and then for no real reason. um, and then stormi