rebekah vardy is at the centre of the story. ry dates back to october 2019 and this social media post by coleen rooney. she claimed that stories about her were being leaked to the sun and having looked for the source, she concluded, it's rebekah vardy�*s account. rebekah vardy has always denied leaking these stories, and in time she sued for defamation. in court, she said, "i didn't do anything wrong and i wanted to clear my name, notjust for me, but for my family and for my children." and while there's pressure on both sides, the onus here is on coleen rooney. under english defamation law, she has to prove her post was substantially true. on that, here's the lawyer, mark stephens. suspicions are not evidence. you've got to be able to prove your suspicions. and that, i think, is the fundamental weakness of coleen's case. in the end, that will be for thejudge to decide. and across the seven days, both women would take the stand. rebekah vardy was first. central to the questions she faced were a series of whatsapp messages between

the final day of the so—called �*wagatha christie' case, where coleen rooney's lawyer accused rebekah vardycourt. she is suing mrs rooney for libel for alleging in an online post that she had leaked private stories about her to the sun, which mrs vardy denies. the judge will reserve her ruling on the case to a later date. colin paterson reports. rebekah vardy arriving in court for the final time, on her own, as her husband jamie vardy�*s team, leicester city, have a game tonight. for the first time, the rooneys were not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airport. today, it was the closing arguments. the barrister of the defendant, colleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and

the high court in london has heard that rebekah vardy �*had no choice�* but to bring a libel claim againstiving at the high court, accompanied by her husband, wayne rooney, for the start of a much anticipated trial, which a legal team have summed up as being about betrayal. one minute later, rebekah vardy, who is suing herfor libel, strode in. both women very used to cameras, but not the courtroom. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband. at one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands. but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including ones about returning to tv and their basement flooding to see if they would end up in the sun. and they did. only then did coleen reveal after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, that the one account

coleen rooney, who's married to wayne rooney, accused rebekah vardy, the wife of jamie vardy, of leakingn paterson is at the high court. explain more about how we got to this point. explain more about how we got to this oint. ., ., ., , explain more about how we got to this oint. ., , ., this point. coleen rooney arrived 'ust after this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten _ this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock _ this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock winning - this point. coleen rooney arrived just after ten o'clock winning a i just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on her foot, just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on herfoot, shades just after ten o'clock winning a surgical boot on her foot, shades of her husband wayne rooney's metatarsal injury before the 2006 world cup, the very world cup what the phrase wag was created. she sat on the front bench with wayne rooney on the front bench with wayne rooney on her right and rebekah vardy at the very other end, there was a very little eye contact. this morning has been about reb

the high court in london has begun hearing a defamation trial brought by rebekah vardy, the wife of the that ms vardy felt she had to establish her innocence, after being accused of leaking personal information about mrs rooney to the media. colin paterson reports. coleen rooney arriving at the high court, accompanied by her husband, wayne rooney, for the start of a much anticipated trial, which a legal team have summed up as being about betrayal. one minute later, rebekah vardy, who is suing herfor libel, strode in. both women very used to cameras, but not the courtroom. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband. at one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands. but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including ones about returning to tv

but it was rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city's jamie vardy, who was in the witness box all dayhe was answering questions about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. in one example, rebekah vardy told someone that riyad mahrez had not turned up to training for the second day in a row, and when her agent suggested selling the story, rebekah vardy replied, let's do it. the court heard that rebekah vardy�*s agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, was repeatedly asked by her client to leak stories to the sun, something rebekah vardy denies, although she did concede that on one occasion she specifically directed her agent to get information from coleen rooney's private instagram about a damaged car. at one stage rebekah vardy broke down in tears when it was mentioned how trolls threaten to harm herfamily. she was mentioned how trolls threaten to harm her family. she was offered the chance to take a break, but chose to continue. so, an uncomfortable day in the witness stand for rebekah vardy. she will face more questioning tomorrow. colin paterson, bbc news, the high co

but it was rebekah vardy, the wife of leicester city's jamie vardy, who was in the witness box all dayas answering questions about allegedly leaking stories to the sun newspaper. in one example, rebekah vardy whatsapped her agent that riyad mahrez, then her husband's team—mate, had not turned up to training for the second day in a row, and "the lads were fuming." when her agent suggested selling the story, rebekah vardy replied, "yeah, let's do it." the court heard that rebekah vardy�*s agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, was repeatedly asked by her client to leak stories to the sun, something rebekah vardy denies, although she did concede that on one occasion she specifically directed her agent to get information from coleen rooney's private instagram about a damaged car. at one stage rebekah vardy broke down in tears when it was mentioned how trolls had threatened to harm herfamily. she was offered the chance to take a break, but chose to continue. so, an uncomfortable day in the witness stand for rebekah vardy, and she will face more questioning tomorrow. colin paterson, bb

the high court has heard that rebekah vardy "had no choice" but to bring the libel claim against coleenaims mrs vardy leaked false stories about mrs rooney to the press. as our correspondent colin paterson reports, this case is all about reputation. coleen rooney arrived in court wearing a surgical boot. shades of her husband wayne rooney's metatarsal injury before the 2006 world cup, the very tournament at which the term wags, meaning wives and girlfriends, of footballers, was created. rebekah vardy strode in a minute later. both women very used to banks of cameras, but not courtrooms. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband on one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands, but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to find out who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including returning to the

what is your take on this, come on —— rebekah vardy. this this, come on -- rebekah vardy.d rebekah vardy releasing those stories. i think when they first posted her internet�*s post accusing rebekah vardy... first posted her internet's post accusing rebekah vardy. .. you've lost me already. _ accusing rebekah vardy. .. you've lost me already. i've _ accusing rebekah vardy. .. you've lost me already. i've wondered. l lost me already. i've wondered. there are two wags at war. this is a little _ there are two wags at war. this is a little glimpse into their life as it plays _ little glimpse into their life as it plays out — little glimpse into their life as it plays out in the high court. colleen rennie _ plays out in the high court. colleen rennie is _ plays out in the high court. colleen rennie is accusing fellow wag, rebekah— rennie is accusing fellow wag, rebekah vardy, of leaking stories, setting _ rebekah vardy, of leaking stories, selling stories about her and vardy is disputing that and is suing her for iihek — is disputing that and is suing her for libel. so, yes, aw

rebekah vardy arriving in court for the final time, on her own, as her husband jamie vardy�*s team, leicesterresent, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airport. today, it was the closing arguments. the barrister of the defendant, coleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone

. , ., , , rebekah vardy.case. we must leave it there. thank you very much for talking is through a huge variety of stories. we appreciate your time, thank you both. that's it for the papers this hour. next up is sport. bye—bye. good evening. i'm tulsen tollet and this is your sports news where we start with football and tottenham have kept their hopes of champions league qualification alive with a massive 3—0 win against arsenal in the premier league. harry kane added a diving header to his first half penalty to put spurs two up. arsenal's rob holding received a a second yellow with a dominant tottenham scoring a third through son heung—min. spurs are now one point behind with two games left to play. arsenal was reluctant when questioned by the bbc. i cannot give you an honest assessment, because i would be suspended for a long time. you cannot give me an honest assessment of the match altogether? i'm sorry, i like to be honest, and i cannot give you my honest assessment. is that because you're unhappy? i am

she is being sued for libel by rebekah vardy, after rooney accused vardy of selling private stories toen day trial so to use a football analogy, it is half an hour ago, coleen rooney took to this stand and she was cross examined by rebekah vardy�*s barrister. she referred to the post in october 2019 in which she made the accusations of rebekah vardy being the leak as her last result, saying she wanted private information about her in the newspapers to stop. she said she was the surprise by the amount of reaction there had been to the post and by the end of that day, she had received a letter from and by the end of that day, she had received a letterfrom rebekah vardy�*s legal team. coleen rooney denied putting up that post in the hope that rebekah vardy would be abused and she said the reason she had not asked people to stop trolling rebekah vardy was because she didn't want to do anything unless instructed to by her legal team. earlier in the day, rebekah vardy had been in the witness box giving herfinal pieces vardy had been in the witness box giving her final pieces of evidence and

coleen rooney has been describing how she came to suspect rebekah vardy of leaking stories about her ing the wife of the former england captain for libel. mrs rooney is defending the claim on the basis for social post about mrs vardy was substantially true. our correspondent reports. coleen rooney arriving with her husband wayne for a second day in the witness box. in court, coleen rooney said she didn't tell anyone, not even wayne, about a months long online investigation into who was leaking her private life to the papers. she said it was february 2019 when she first suspected rebekah vardy was behind a number of stories appearing in the sun newspaper. one story colluding beneath made up was about the basement flooding foot of the own instagram account with access to read it was allegedly that of rebekah vardy. six days later, that story appeared in the sun newspaper prompting coleen rooney to post a famous accusation. as for the wagatha christie nickname, coleen rooney said she found it ridiculous and that far from enjoying the attention given to her news sleuthing skills, she hate

earlier, rebekah vardy finished giving her evidence.on she had brought the case to court was that she had not done anything wrong and wanted to clear her name, notjust for herself but for her children. the trial continues on monday. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. the new prime minister of sri lanka has warned the economic situation there is likely to get worse before it improves. sri lanka has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine — it's the worst he's been speaking to our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. can he answer sri lanka's prayers? ranil wickremesinghe is serving as prime minister for the sixth time. this, his biggest challenge yet. such is the struggle, they are queueing for free bread. i met a mother of six yesterday called priyanthe, queueing just to get two pieces of bread and she asked me what difference you, as a new prime minister, can make to her life? what would you say to priyanthe? i believe that people should have three meals a day. when i've been prime mini

rebekah vardy arrived at court without jamie vardy, her husband, who scored twice for leicester lastpaparazzi photographers rebekah vardy, paparazzi photographers and journalists at the sun newspaper. we heard about when banks were photographed outside a restaurant in st petersburg, rebekah vardy denied orchestrating was accused of lying under oath because she couldn't rid to remember much about the evening because she had been drinking. we heard about stories that ended up in the sun including ones about coleen rooney. crucial is a mobile phone belonging to rebekah vardy�*s agent, which ended up in the north sea. coleen rooney's barrister expressed his frustration about this by saying it was with davyjones' lokko. rebekah vardy�*s reply, who is davyjones? she will be back in the witness box this afternoon.— this afternoon. colin paterson, thank you- _ it sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie — an air passenger with no flying experience has to land the plane when the pilot falls ill. but it was all too real for one man, who managed to land an aircraft safely in florida after the

she was questioned by rebekah vardy�*s legal team about that today specifically about the fact that rebekahad a quick exchange. rebekah vardy�*s barrister said you are aware that others can control celebrity social media accounts. your own brother control your public one and coleen rooney replied, yes, iam. and the barrister continued so you don't actually have any evidence to link rebekah vardy to those links. coleen rooney said i believe it came from that account and rebekah vardy was aware. rebekah vardy�*s barrister replied i'm afraid what you believe is not evidence that you might believe that derby county could win the league in a couple of years' time but that still is not evidence and actually, the point he is making is pretty crucial here because coleen rooney's defence is truth. that she is telling the truth that it was rebekah vardy behind those leaks and if she can prove that she is fine but if you can't she could lose this trial. we have heard of the past few days that rebekah vardy has given lots of evidence. she gave 13 hours worth by the time she finished earlier this mornin

it's an allegation that rebekah vardy denies. colin rebekah vardy denies.ay it was coleen's turn to face questions. she is the one being sued for libel. her husband, wayne rooney, looked away from her as she gave evidence. in court documents, coleen rooney described rebekah vardy as someone who wanted to be famous, and had tried too hard to be friendly with her. coleen rooney said she was watching an england match at the euros in 2016 when there was a commotion nearby. it was rebekah vardy switching seats to sit behind her, allegedlyjust to be in the photographs. the court heard there were leaks to the sun newspaper of stories and photos from coleen rooney's private instagram account, including ones about the ups and downs of her marriage. eventually, she decided to set a trap to find the source. coleen rooney described this as her last resort, and at the time were surprised by how much interest it had generated. by the end of that day, she had received a letter from rebekah vardy�*s legal team. coleen rooney denied having put up the post in the hope that r

rebekah vardy denies the allegations. england footballer wayne rooney. rebekah vardy was without her husband, jamie vardy, who had scored twice for leicester city last night. today was all about coleen rooney's legal team trying to establish links between rebekah vardy, paparazzi photographers and journalists at the sun newspaper. during the world cup in russia in 2018, their wives and girlfriends were photographed at matches, but in court rebekah vardy was said to have tipped off photographers where they would be in the evenings. she denied this. rebekah vardy was accused of lying under oath when she said she couldn't remember details as she had been drinking. she faced questions about leaking many stories from coleen rooney's private instagram account to news the sun. another said their basement had flooded in a storm, false stories planted by coleen rooney to find out who was tipping off the sun. it was while rebekah vardy was being accused of having changed her evidence as to whether she had seen the posts on coleen r

rebekah vardy arriving in court for the final time, on her own, as her husband jamie vardy�*s team, leicesteras the closing arguments. the barrister of the defendant, colleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone else to leak. they asked that a substantial award of damages should be made. this trial has covered a lot of ground a

only rebekah vardy�*s account had access to it, and then appeared in this newspaper. go as big as it did, and she also said she did not expect to be sitting in the high court. as for the wagatha christie nickname she was given, she said she found it ridiculous and had hated every moment of it. she was also asked as to why she had done a screen grab of her phone of a mocked up screen grab of her phone of a mocked up picture of her unveiling a scooby doo baddie. she said she didn't like to draw attention to herself and that had been made by someone else. the cross examination finished with rebekah vardy�*s lawyers are saying rebekah vardy�*s lawyers are saying rebekah vardy�*s lawyers are saying rebekah vardy had accepted that it was her agent, caroline watt, who had been the league but coleen rooney would not accept this. coleen said she did not believe or she did believe that rebekah vardy herself knew exactly what was going on. colin, many thanks. the queen has attended the first major celebration marking her platinum jubilee. the 96—year—old monarch was met with a st

in court, before proceedings began, rebekah vardy had a real go at the sun journalist i was beside, because have claimed that the vardys would be moving to the united states as soon as the trial is over. rebekah vardy said this was cruel and that her eldest was in bits. this morning it was the turn of the defendant, coleen rooney's legal team to set out their closing arguments. they describe rebekah vardy as somebody who regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun about people in her social circle. they said that, if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, it meant she was responsible for the actions of her. they also said there had been deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence and said that the agent had destroyed whatsapp messages and rebekah vardy had destroyed whatsapp messages and lied under oath about doing so. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court. she returned an hour later and missed being described as an entirely unreliable witness. coleen rooney's team concluded their arguments by saying they had proved the a

earlier, rebekah vardy finished giving her evidence.aid that the reason she had brought the case to court was that she hadn't done anything wrong and wanted to clear her name, not just for herself but for her children. the trial continues on monday. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. the podcast host deborahjames has raised nearly £4.5 million to help fund clinical research into bowel cancer after revealing on monday she was receiving end of life care. she has been ordered as a dame head for her campaign after being diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2016. she said she was �*blown away and crying' after receiving the honour. the queen has attended the royal windsor horse show after missing the state opening of parliament earlier this week. the 96—year—old monarch was seen smiling as she was driven onto the showground. it's her first public appearance since march, after she cancelled a number of recent events because of mobility problems. the number of elderly and disabled people in england waiting for care services is rising

so, in this case rebekah vardy— you say. so, in this case rebekah vardy was— you say. it is almost unigue _ this case is that it is almost unique in _ this case is that it is almost unique in the annals of legal history— unique in the annals of legal history that it is completely untrammelled by actual evidence. so there is— untrammelled by actual evidence. so there is no— untrammelled by actual evidence. so there is no document that demonstrates that rebekah vardy leaked _ demonstrates that rebekah vardy leaked the information, or that it was done — leaked the information, or that it was done at her order. there is no forensic— was done at her order. there is no forensic information about that. and as a consequence, there is no probative _ as a consequence, there is no probative evidence that the judge can rely— probative evidence that the judge can rely on. that makes it a bit of an uphill— can rely on. that makes it a bit of an uphill struggle. now of course with data — an uphill struggle. now of course with data going missing, as we heard at the _ with data going m

is the libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy suitable fare for news bulletins?ections produce a clear winner and a clear loser, but the results of last week's polls across the uk were much more complex and therefore harder to analyse and summarise. votes were cast for local councils and some mayoralties in england, councils in scotland and wales and for the northern ireland assembly, but what would constitute success or failure for the two main parties, taking into account politicians' tendency to try and manage expectations in advance? this is how things looked to the bbc news channel on friday morning. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. in local elections in england, the conservatives suffer a series of significant losses in london, but across the country, labour are only making modest gains. results continued to come in during the day and into saturday, and as they did, the overall picture evolved. by the end of friday, it was clear that the conservatives had lost nearly 500 council seats, as was mentioned in an online article, headlined like this, w

rebekah vardy — witnesses. thank you very much. rebekah vardy has _ witnesses. thank you very much.e has been questioning rebekah vardy on news stories and messages she sent to her agent, he says that these messages between the two are examples of plans to leak stories. in one case, he says that there was a plan to leak the story of a celebrity who rebekah vardy knew having an affair. he read out the messages in court, he said 0mg, have you've seen how badly misses f is behaving? leak the story. in response to this, rebekah vardy said i was just response to this, rebekah vardy said i wasjustjoking when i response to this, rebekah vardy said i was justjoking when i sent this comment, but the agent saying as you mentioned earlier that this was standard practice to leak these stories, that rebekah vardy would pass the stories to her agent and her agent would pass the stories onto the sun and media organisations and the stories would be sold on. in another exchange she said she had considered selling a story but it was a fleeting moment and she decided not to do it in the end. the trial

rebekah vardy is arriving without her husband jamie vardy for the second day in a row because he is playingshe was questioned about an incident from 2004 when she did what was known as a kiss and tell, when she said she had a night of passion with pop star peter andre and sold her story to the news of the world. coleen rooney's barrister was trying to build up the impression of rebekah vardy as someone who has a history of selling stories to the newspapers. it's worth remembering, rebekah vardy has brought this case. she is the one is suing coleen rooney for libel because of the accusations in the tweet, as you say, 2.5 years ago. studio: some of the details were pored over by people on social media yesterday. particularly that night of passion with peter andre. any idea on what we are likely to hear today? iuteri; we are likely to hear today? very interesting. _ we are likely to hear today? very interesting, when _ we are likely to hear today? very interesting, when that _ we are likely to hear today? - interesting, when that was brought up interesting, when that was brought up rebekah var

however, rebekah vardy flat out denied being the leak from the off. assuming that there were leaks, which it seems there were, one is that rebekah vardy did them. the other is that one of her team did them at her request. the third is that one of her team did them of their own initiative. now, if it's the third, then rebekah vardy is ok, because it's not her fault. if it's one or two, she loses. things have already got contentious. in a pre—trial hearing, it emerged that rebekah vardy�*s agent, caroline watt, dropped her mobile phone in the north sea when the boat she was on hit a wave, just days after being ordered to hand it over for a forensic examination. for rooney and vardy, the next few days are set to be as dramatic as any match in which their husbands played. colin paterson, bbc news. and colin patersonjoins us now from outside the high court. what is likely to happen or do one of the actual libel trial? you can see all the photographers outside the royal court ofjustice and that is because in the next few minutes, maybe even when we are live

rebekah vardy strode in a minute later.end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands, but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to find out who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including returning to tv and their basement flooding, to see if they would end up in the sun, and they did. only then did coleen reveal, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension that the one account she'd allowed access to read them was rebekah vardy�*s. in court today, we heard the details of rebekah vardy�*s case, that she had been left with no choice but to bring this libel claim to establish her innocence and validate her reputation. it was stressed that this legal battle was being reported as entertainment, but, in fact, it had had a hugely damaging

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rebekah vardy was writing a column for the sun at the time. agreed to talk to his wife. however, in a statement released outside court this afternoon, jamie vardy said that wayne rooney was talking nonsense and must be confused. today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court, for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was leaking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account, apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the 2.5 years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the va rdys left early while wayne rooney said he cannot wait for the trial to be over so they can all go on with their lives. colin paterson

rebekah vardy has broken down in tears while giving evidence for a third day in her libel trial at thenformation about her to the sun newspaper. rebekah vardy denies the allegations. 0ur correspondent colin paterson has been following the trial. coleen rooney arrived at the high court once again with her husband, the former england footballer wayne rooney. rebekah vardy was without her husband, jamie vardy, who had scored twice for leicester city last night. today was all about coleen rooney's legal team trying to establish links between rebekah vardy, paparazzi photographers and journalists at the sun newspaper. during the world cup in russia in 2018, their wives and girlfriends were photographed at matches, but in court, rebekah vardy was said to have tipped off photographers where they would be in the evenings. she denied this. rebekah vardy was accused of lying under oath when she said she couldn't remember details as she had been drinking. she faced questions about leaking many stories from coleen rooney's private instagram account to news the sun. 0ne one said the burning went to

rebekah vardy was writing a column for the sun at the time. talk to his wife. however, in a statement released outside court this afternoon, jamie vardy said that wayne rooney was talking nonsense and must be confused. today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was looking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the 2.5 years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the va rdys left early while wayne rooney said he cannot wait for the trial to be over so they can all go on with their lives. colin paterson, bbc news,

if rebekah vardy people will be thinking _ thought.ing why don't you - thought. if rebekah vardy people will be thinking why don't you say j will be thinking why don't you say that and protect your actual source. it is not as simple as that. 0nce it is not as simple as that. once you are — it is not as simple as that. once you are on — it is not as simple as that. once you are on this time, there is no getting — you are on this time, there is no getting away from it, the most expensive barristers in the business, pushing hard and fast, i would _ business, pushing hard and fast, i would like — business, pushing hard and fast, i would like to thank i hope i am relatively— would like to thank i hope i am relatively articulate and reasonably intelligent. but the speed at which you can _ intelligent. but the speed at which you can be — intelligent. but the speed at which you can be tripped up and tied the knot by— you can be tripped up and tied the knot by a — you can be tripped up and tied the knot by a barrister on the stand, anyone — kno

to ramp up the tension, did coleen reveal that the one account she'd allowed to read them was rebekah vardyies being the source of the leak. as we found a couple of weeks ago with actress amber heard's defamation trial against her former partnerjohnny depp, bbc coverage of stories featuring celebrities from the world of entertainment can really exasperate newswatch viewers, particularly when they're juxtaposed with more obviously weighty subjects. here's claire bath. i watched the one o'clock news on the bbc on thursday. i listened to the harrowing report of russian military slaughtering civilians. i saw the cctv of the brutal and cowardly murder of leonid. therefore, i was appalled that immediately afterwards, the bbc reported on the so—called wagatha case. that was so crass! this is fit for gossip columns, certainly not national news. there are so many issues happening nationally and worldwide, that this has no place on a news programme. it's a grubby little case that should be confined to the trash. while that sentiment certainly represents the majority of our feedback on this subject, t

rebekah vardy was writing a column for the sun at the time. on and said jamie vardy agreed to talk to his wife. however, in a statement released outside court this afternoon, jamie vardy said that wayne rooney was talking nonsense and must be confused. today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was looking information about her and deduce who was leaking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the two and a half years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the vardys left early, while wayne rooney said he cannot wa

the "wagatha christie" trial gets under way in the high court — rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. prince charles will officially open the new session of parliament today and for the first time will read the queen's speech on her behalf. it's after the queen had to pull out because of mobility problems. the last time the queen missed a state opening of parliament in a statement, buckingham palace said, "the queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the state opening of parliament." the queen's speech isn't written by the queen but by the government. it's a list of the new laws the government wants to introduce in the next year or so. it's expected to include 38 bills such as a public order bill aimed at cracking down on disruptive protests. it could bring in a 12 month jail term for protestors interfering with things like airports and railways. there will be a bill on levelling up, including measures like forcing

let'sjust remind our viewers, rebekah vardy - favour of.nd coleen rooney 's team has to prove what? that coleen rooney, and coleen rooney 's team has to prove what?— team has to prove what? that is correct. team has to prove what? that is correct- her _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has _ team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has to - team has to prove what? that is correct. her team has to prove i team has to prove what? that is| correct. her team has to prove it was a rebekah vardy who leaked the information from coleen rooney 's private instagram to the sun newspaper, or it was rebekah vardy who instructed caroline watt, her agent at the time, to leak the information from the private instagram to the sun newspaper. that's what this whole trial has been about. so many highlights, and when i think back over the last six days there have been accusations of betrayal, we have been looking into the detective work of coleen rooney, we have heard how a crucial pi

but when rebekah vardy took to the witness box, coleen rooney said at her the whole time.ah vardy �*s footballing husband has not been in court is that because he has been playing for leicester city. since this trial has started he has played two games and scored four goals, so at least one person is having a good time. thank you, colin. let's catch up on the weather now. hello, matt. good morning. this is a familiar scene to many of you this morning. grey skies in belfast, and rain, but bear with it. many of you we will see something much brighter. brighter skies already with us on the south coast of england. you can see where the persistent rain is, it is easing away from north—east england, pushing through central scotland with another batch of showers pushing into northern ireland. showers across northern england, down towards the wash weather has been some thunder recently, and then more gathering towards wales and the south—west. they will push north, more sunshine developing either side. it is a case of keep something waterproof to hand if you are in southern parts.

rebekah vardy�*s lawyers say...explains. one is that she did them, or her team did it _ explains. one is that she did them, or her team did it at _ explains. one is that she did them, or her team did it at her request. or her team did it at her request and the third that one of her team did it of their own initiative. if it's the third, the rebekah vardy is ok because it is not herfault. if it is one or two, she loses. his ok because it is not her fault. if it is one or two, she loses. as the trial begins. _ it is one or two, she loses. as the trial begins, the _ it is one or two, she loses. as the trial begins, the lawyer spoke - it is one or two, she loses. as the trial begins, the lawyer spoke for| trial begins, the lawyer spoke for many saying... there are, as referred, multitude of reasons and on day one, rebekah vardy give testimony and privacy and given interview in which the singer has the smallest trouser equipment i've ever seen. saying of the guardian... much more the recover an outside source which you c

yeah, rebekah vardy did take the stand _ yeah, rebekah vardy did take the stand the — yeah, rebekah vardythat i would be mentioned in the opening remarks _ would be mentioned in the opening remarks. her barrister, the qc hugh tomlinson, — remarks. her barrister, the qc hugh tomlinson, was talking about how the case was _ tomlinson, was talking about how the case was being referred to as wags at war— case was being referred to as wags at war and — case was being referred to as wags at war and the wagatha christie trial _ at war and the wagatha christie trial and — at war and the wagatha christie trial. and he said, the bbc have even _ trial. and he said, the bbc have even sent— trial. and he said, the bbc have even sent their entertainment corresponded to cover it. the point he was _ corresponded to cover it. the point he was trying to make was that while people _ he was trying to make was that while people are _ he was trying to make was that while people are fascinated in this trial, there _ people are fascinated in this trial, there is— people are fascinated in this trial, there is also

although rebekah vardy hadn't pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accused rebekah vardy�*s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have kicked off, but there's a long way to go with wayne rooney himself expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. it's one of the most profitable gaming franchise deals in history serving more than 150 million players around the world. for the best part of 30 years, electronic arts has enjoyed huge success with its fifa series of titles. but now the company says it's splitting from fifa football's governing body. our gaming reporter steffan powell explains why. since 1993, the fifa video game franchise has been made by one company, ea sport. the image has been changed on the screen and off it, being a cultural powerhouse pl

rebekah vardy was writing a column for the sun at the time. dy said that wayne rooney was talking nonsense and must be confused. today, coleen rooney's private instagram posts were released by the court for the first time. also revealed were two fake stories coleen rooney created to try and deduce who was looking information about her to the newspapers. she allegedly blocked every account apart from rebekah vardy�*s. days later, the stories appeared in the sun. wayne rooney said he did not know about his wife's online detective work until she posted her accusation. he described the 2.5 years since then as traumatic for coleen rooney, saying he watched her struggle, becoming a different mother, a different wife. so, up until now, it had been the wives giving evidence. today, the husbands came face to face. the va rdys left early while wayne rooney said he cannot wait for the trial to be over so they can all go on with their lives. colin paterson, bbc news, the high court. hello. rain, which has been a feature of the weather today across some wes

rebekah vardy has denied the claims.be that post where she accused rebekah vardy of being the leak of her private information to the sun as her last resort. we learned from her witness statement that three times she had tried to settle this out of court. we also heard rebekah vardy�*s barrister say to coleen rooney, "just because you believe something, that does not make it true." he gave the example of, if you believe derby county are going to win the premiership in two year's time, that does not mean it is going to happen. the derby county manager, wayne rooney, her husband, was sitting in the front row and managed to stay completely blank in the face while that exchange was going on. what is going to be happening this afternoon, once coleen rooney has finished giving her evidence, her legal team will be calling witnesses, including joe mclaughlin, who is coleen rooney's brother, and who runs her social media accounts. we will hear from the likes of mark whittle, a former media manager of the fa. we expect this to lead

but people listening might think if rebekah vardy was not your source, why not go to court, say thathat. you get into a jigsaw identification process. once you are on a stand there is no getting away from it. a barrister in court, and anybody worth their salt, let's be honest, they are using the most expensive barristers in the business. he will be pushing hard and hard and hard and fast and i would like to think, with all myjournalistic experience i hope i am a relatively articulate and reasonably intelligent man. but the speed at which you can be tied in knots and tripped up by a barrister on a stand under the pressure of that occasion, and anyone who has been in court will know it is not a pleasant place to be, it is very intimidating. i simply did not want to be there. as presumably...as coleen rooney said, she didn't want to be there and it's looking like rebekah vardy may not want to be their either at the moment. people whose lives have been dragged through the dirt like those two in this trial, i guess you could have ended it before it began. i have not got a horse in this ra

rebekah vardy's agger's phone had - patterson of the bbc. entiall messages. she told because she had potentially switched _ messages. she told because she had potentially switched phones - messages. she told because she had potentially switched phones during . potentially switched phones during that time and added that she could neither confirm nor deny that. coleen rooney's lawyer saw it differently, on a line that grab the headlines on day one he told her that you deleted all the messages between you and caroline white and that she had deliberately sought to destroy evidence. rebekah vardy denies this. she did admit leaking a story to the sun. it was about the foot all the danny drinkwater being arrested for drink—driving. here is more on that from a telegraph report on what rebekah vardy had put in this what's hot. she on what rebekah vardy had put in this what's hot.— on what rebekah vardy had put in this what's hot. she said she wanted -a in: for this what's hot. she said she wanted paying for this- _ this what's hot. she said she wanted

coleen rooney, who's married to wayne rooney, accused rebekah vardy, the wife of jamie vardy, of leaking our correspondent colin paterson has been at the high court. it's the libel trial which has left two so—called wags at war. arriving this morning, coleen rooney, wife of the former england footballer wayne rooney and someone who is very used to the camera. and rebekah vardy, married to leicester city's jamie vardy. she brought this case to the high court after coleen rooney accused her of leaking stories to the sun newspaper. once they were friends, cheering on england together from the stands at the 2016 euros. but everything changed in october 2019 when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales — including returning to tv and their basement flooding — on her instagram stories, to see if they would end up in the papers. and they did. only then, after the use of ten dots to ramp up the tension, did coleen reveal that the one account she had allowed to read them was rebekah vardy�*s.