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and we have got one of the key players here in the whole drama, simon boyle, who is the executive editorsun and their bizarre column, which is a0 this weekend. he faced significant pressure to stand as a witness. simon, i have got to ask, who would play you in the movie? it's funny, we actually had this conversation in the office... what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of thisjob, so ross kemp was mooted. that is harsh. martin compston would suit me. great. and the other person we have got here isjim waterson, the guardian's media editor, and you have been at the royal court ofjustice every day since the trial began, i believe. there is a whole lot of interest in this case, how long is the queue for the press box each morning? it is quite extraordinary. there is a sort of queueing system and people have to get there very early, there are 20 or 30 photographers outside and it has been so popular they have had to open up another courtroom just to try and make space for the journalists that want to cover it. what that says about our industr

the sun reporter simon boyle wrote one of the 2019 stories at the centre of this saga.t. they haven't, though. they've both spent an estimated million pounds on legal costs. to the media lawyer, jonathan cohen. it makes no sense for either of them. but neither woman has taken a backward step, and on day four, it was coleen rooney's turn to testify. she told the court she was surprised by how much interest her social media post caused in 2019. and i'm not sure any of us expected to see a trial of this nature. but here it was. and coleen rooney faced a significant hurdle because, as we heard earlier, this trial isn't about suspicions, it's about evidence. here's the lawyer, mark stephens, again. coleen has to be able to prove it. that is with direct evidence. the problem in this case is it's almost unique in the annals of legal history that it's completely untrammelled by actual evidence. and coleen rooney was pushed hard on this. here's the bbc correspondent andrew plant. he said, so you don't actually have any evidence to link ms.. vardy to the leaks, do you? coleen roo

simon boyle, executive editor of showbiz at the sun. thanks for watching, goodbye. hello. be breezy, windy by wednesday, and it will be wet at times, not all the time. in fact, there's quite a bit of dry weather around to start off on monday. a lot of cloud, showers breaking out more widely during the day. catch one, could be heavy. there may even be a rumble of thunder. brightening up in northern scotland, after a wet sunday. turning wetter across parts of southeast england and east anglia, after a very warm sunday, so it will be cooler here. and into monday night, we'll see, through parts of eastern england, eastern scotland, some outbreaks of rain. showers elsewhere through england and wales. northern scotland and into northern ireland becoming mainly dry here, with some clear spells. probably the lowest temperatures going into tuesday morning. on tuesday, it's eastern areas seeing outbreaks of rain pushing southwards. elsewhere, you may see some sunny spells. showers will develop again, a few heavy ones, tending to fade away from western areas during the day. it'll be

that and fighting that and saying absolutely not, we won't reveal our resources and that's what simon boyleever. thank you. a musician _ board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has _ board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been - board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been given i board, tv, print, whatever. thank you. a musician has been given a| you. a musician has been given a life sentence for murdering macleod last september. the court heard that cody carried out a prolonged attack to satisfy his morbid fascination with serial killers. he'll serve a minimum jail term of 31 years. with the background to the case, here'sjenny kumah , and just a warning her report contains details you may find distressing. cody ackland appeared to be a normal bloke according to his friends. a guitarist in a local band, he had no prior convictions and wasn't known to the police. but detectives say he lived a double life and had a secret, morbid fascination with serial killers. today, the full details of his random attack on teenager bobbi—anne mcleod were revealed in

while we heard from wayne rooney, one person we didn't hear from is simon boyle from the son.o after being pushed by both sides, actually, to come to court and both hand over some documents and take the witness stand. that is simply not something that we would do. find not something that we would do. and so the source — not something that we would do. and so the source remains a secret, but we have learned plenty about the broader interactions between celebrities and the media. the guardian'sjim watterson has live tweeted the whole trail. it guardian's jim watterson has live tweeted the whole trail.— guardian's jim watterson has live tweeted the whole trail. it has been a fairly extraordinary _ tweeted the whole trail. it has been a fairly extraordinary exposure - a fairly extraordinary exposure about howjournalism works. it is rare that you ever want to see how are sausages made and it is not a particularly pleasant sausage in this case. for particularly pleasant sausage in this case. ., ., , ., particularly pleasant sausage in this case. ., . , ., , this case. for many, thoug