definitely less than last time, and that's partly because coleen rooney and rebekah vardy themselvesthe end of this battle, because today we will get some sort of conclusion to the hearing but it will be back going to line by line of those costs, so at some point this will come back to court and they might show up again. i was looking at some of the reports around this morning and i saw some stuff about soccer wives some stuff about soccer wives so you can imagine there is no interest even in the states, so it hasn't completely gone away. our correspondent outside the royal courts ofjustice in royal courts of justice in central royal courts ofjustice in central london. we are waiting to go to westminster in a few minutes for the first prime minister's questions for some weeks because a party conference season. ben wright is in the lobby at the comments in advance of it beginning again. it's been a few weeks, what a lot has happened. i wonder what we will be hearing about rishi sunak, questioning the prime minister today. has many choices. _ the prime minister today. has many choices.

but rebekah vardy�*s lawyers are now claiming some of those costs are unreasonable. court. what are mrs vardy�*s lawyers disputing? well, people may remember that rebekah vardy lost that high profile legal case against coleen rooney and the general rule in cases like this is the loser pays most of the winner's legal costs. in 2022 rebekah vardy was ordered to pay costs. the dispute is about that figure. coleen rooney said she is owed 1.8 million. rebekah vardy�*s side say that he didn't keep to a shed yule and they have included item that should not be include and in one claim they question whether one of mr rooney's lawyer staying at a five star hotel was reasonable. mrs vardy�*s team also say some of the hourly rates claimed by mrs rooney's lawyers should have been lower, as was the figure paid to a firm that investigated, interrogated the pair's instagram accounts. the case is due to continue for the next two days. case is due to continue for the next two da s. . ~ case is due to continue for the next two da s. ., ~ ,., the number of breakdowns caused by potholes

coleen rooney accusing rebekah vardy of leaking private information about her to the press.g, delivering information, which is my information to deliver. if i wanted to do it, then it's down to me, but not for anyone else. the trial attracted huge attention when it reached court two years ago. vardy lost and was ordered to pay 90% of rooney's legal costs, which now stand at £1.8 million. this week, the dispute came back to the high court. although neither woman attended, this time. with vardy�*s lawyers seeking to reduce that bill. there were some headline grabbing claims, including when rebekah vardy�*s team claimed that coleen rooney's costs included a lawyer staying at the luxury nobu hotel and running up substantial drinks, dinnerand minibar charges. coleen rooney's lawyer argued that those claims were factually inaccurate. in the end, thejudge dismissed a number of mrs vardy�*s claims and ordered her to pay a further £100,000 to mrs rooney. this isn't the end of the battle. the final amount that vardy needs to pay will be determined when the case returns, likely next ye

coleen rooney and rebekah vardy are in another legal battle, in the wake of their libel case two years was "substantially true" that mrs vardy had leaked private information about mrs rooney to the press, and ordered rebekah vardy to pay 90% of the legal costs. but that bill has reached more than £1.8m, and her lawyers are arguing that some of those costs are unreasonable. despite poor weather and an approaching hurricane, the european space agency has successfully launched a mission to study an asteroid system. it's all part of plans to protect the earth from any flying space rocks in the future, as pallab ghosh explains. go hera, go falcon, go spacex. on its way to an asteroid system 7 million miles away to develop a defence system to protect the earth from being hit by dangerous objects from outer space. it's to follow a nasa mission which tried to deliberately deflect an asteroid called dimorphos. nasa's dart spacecraft crashed into dimorphos two years ago. a telescope captured the dust and debris that was hurled into space. hera is on a two—yearjourney which takes it past mars and

coleen rooney and rebekah vardy. wing the ruling in 2022, which found vardy had leaked rooney's private information to the press, it was ordered that she would have to pay 90% of rooney's legal costs, but now the legal battle rumbles on as questions are asked on both sides about which costs should reasonably be paid . those are reasonably be paid. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> okay. welcome back. this is good afternoon britain. it is just coming up to 12:08 now laboun just coming up to 12:08 now labour. they're approaching their first 100 days in office. and how much trouble is sir keir starmer and his government actually in number 10? they've been plunged into disarray as sue gray sensationally quit her role. or was ousted as prime minister's chief of staff over fears she had become a distract

the high court has ordered rebekah vardy to pay coleen rooney a further £100,000 as part of their legalback at the high court in a dispute about legal fees, two years after mrs va rdy lost her libel battle, when she was found to have leaked private information about mrs rooney to the press. you're live with bbc news. in lebanon, fighting continues between hezbollah and israeli forces. at least ten people were injured and four killed in an israeli airstrike on the village of wardaniyeh in southern lebanon on wednesday. lebanon's national news agency says the strike hit a hotel housing displaced families. israel has continued to bomb targets in the capital, beirut. video taken wednesday shows serious damage in the city's southern suburbs, home to several hezbollah buildings. and israel dropped bombs on towns in southern lebanon, including heam in southeast lebanon, and in tyre, the southwestern port city. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin sent this report from tyre. the view from tyre — israel's ever—expanding war in the name of self—defence. lebanon being pounded, like g

as part of the wagatha christie libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy. ormation to the press, it was ordered that she would have to pay 90% of rooney's legal costs, but now the battle rumbles on as questions are asked on both sides about which costs should reasonably be paid. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now. i'm sophie reaper more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> but first, here's a quick look at today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.3102 and ,1.949. the price of gold is £2,021.52 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 8,273.90 points. >> cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> at noon good afternoon britain with emily and ben leo today. >> yes, tom is taking a day off, but ben leo will be with me . but ben leo will be with

the high court has ordered rebekah vardy to pay coleen rooney a further £100,000 as part of their legal a dispute about legal fees, two yea r5 after mr5 va rdy lost her libel battle, when she was found to have leaked private information about mr5 rooney to the press. you're live with bbc news. us pre5identjoe biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke to each other in a 30—minute phone call on wednesday amid tensions with iran. they talked about israel's planned response to iran'5 missile attack last week. it was the first direct contact between the two leaders in weeks, and follows reports that their relationship has become increasingly 5trained. vice president kamala harris was also on the call. here's what white house press secretary karinejean—pierre told journali5t5 about the meeting. and i think what you've seen from this administration is the continued support for israel's 5ecurity. you saw that over the past couple of days, obviou5ly the past couple weeks when iran attacked israel. the president directed his military to protect israel, he was very proud to be able

, and those searches have been taking place above and below the water surface. >> and finally, rebekah vardyy coleen rooney a further £100,000 following their high profile wagatha christie libel battle. mrs. vardy sued mrs. rooney for libel but lost the high court legal action in 2022. mrs. rooney had earlier accused mrs. vardy of leaking her private information to the press, with wednesday marking the fifth anniversary of the viral social media post at the heart of the dispute . those are your latest dispute. those are your latest gb news headlines for now, i'm katie bowen. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you katie. wonderful stuff. now a shock result in the race to become the next leader of the conservative party. former home secretary james cleverly has been dramatically knocked out of the race to become the next leader of the tories. and we can now speak with gb news political editor chris hope, who's still try

ready for the alert, and we're ready for the storm to approach us. >> and your last story for now, rebekah vardyn rooney a further £100,000 following their high profile wagatha christie libel battle . mrs. vardy sued mrs. battle. mrs. vardy sued mrs. rooney for libel but lost the high court legal action in 2022. mrs. rooney had earlier accused mrs. rooney had earlier accused mrs. vardy of leaking her private information to the press, with wednesday marking the fifth anniversary of the viral social media post at the heart of the dispute . those are heart of the dispute. those are your top stories for now, but i'll be back in 30 minutes for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is 2:09 now. the government squeeze on pensioners shows no sign of abating after it emerged that the chancellor is considering a cut to the tax free lump sum. savers can withdraw from their pensions. >> yes, the chancellor is reportedly conside

. >> nina, the two wagatha christie idiots, coleen rooney and rebekah vardy.egos. and they do women no favours . no favours. >> so i might shock people with this . in my defence, i have, this. in my defence, i have, i think, gone for both bridget phillipson and rachel reeves. probably at least five times each in the last. in the last few weeks , and i back that few weeks, and i back that deservedly so. i could have very easily have gone for them again tonight. but i do think this wagatha christie thing that massively gets on my proverbials, you know, the idea, the legal bills, the cost, the time, the effort for no minibars for nothing, for no reason. so two wags can just go at each other in a court. honestly, just let it go. it's pathetic . let it go. it's pathetic. >> but also, if footballers weren't paid such ludicrously grotesque salaries, this would never happen or generate that money. >> they do generate . they'll be >> they do generate. they'll be fleeing the country too. >> so let's be honest, wayne rooney, you know, can no longer tell his missus to not

people should be allowed access to a money and b lawyers because millionaire wags coleen rooney and rebekah vardyo. the 1 m15 warns about iran plots on british soil. we touched on that a little bit earlier. in fact, a few minutes ago. yeah. let's go to the daily telegraph . chancellor looks at telegraph. chancellor looks at cut to pension withdrawals. so tax free lump sum may be £100,000 after recommendation from think tanks. so that could be a way of maybe trying to appease the pensioners. there's also a story here james cleverly sprints ahead in tory leadership race a man has never sprinted before in his life. it just says that that man has never sprinted before in his life. and gosh, i would never say such a thing. but james cleverly is surged into the lead as the conservative leadership race. so that's that's an interesting one. as we look at the final two get announced tomorrow, don't they? yeah, tomorrow we know we know the top two. let's just round it off with the some exclusive cops fury after mayor and home secretary pressed the met to give taylor swift a royal blue light escort . look a

royal courts of justice today as part of the wagatha christie libel case between coleen rooney and rebekah vardyollowing the ruling in 2022, which found vardy had leaked rooney's private information to the press, it was ordered that she would have to pay 90% of rooney's legal costs . but now rooney's legal costs. but now the legal battle rumbles on as questions are asked on both sides about which costs she should reasonably have to pay. those are your latest gb news headlines. i'm will hollis with more stories in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you will. now let's get cracking . now as sir keir cracking. now as sir keir starmer approaches 100 days in office as prime minister, has his labour government descended into absolute chaos when his chief of staff, sue gray, has called it a day as she quits her role over fears she had become a distraction. and let's now cross to gb news political editor christopher hope, who joins me from a very sunny locale

coleen rooney has claimed her legal fees totalled more than £18 million during a court battle with rebekah vardynclude dinner, drinks and minibar costs at a five star hotel . at a five star hotel. >> are you a great minibar user? >> are you a great minibar user? >> no, because it's so expensive. i'd sooner get something from the bar in the hotel downstairs than use the minibar in the room. >> or something from the spa next door. yeah, well, bring it in. >> yeah, that's what you mean. >> yeah, that's what you mean. >> yeah, that's what you mean. >> yeah, yeah , but no, i it's >> yeah, yeah, but no, i it's the sweeties that get me in the. >> that's your vice. >> that's your vice. >> that's your vice. >> that's my vice. yeah. not the vodkas or anything. >> are they more expensive than in the bar downstairs? >> no, no. no idea. just happy to have them. >> it's when you find the tony chocolonely or whatever waiting for you. it's too much to resist, too much to resist. >> let's see if you can resist the weather today on our creswick. with that . creswick. with that. >> despite the morning rain, it'll

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