media correspondent david sillito reports. this has been a landmark case, prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion and today the judge, mr justice frankel, ruled that yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by mirror group newspapers. 0utside court, a statement was read out on the half of the duke. today s ruling is vindicating and affirming. i ve been told slaying dragons will get you burnt, but in light of today s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worthwhile price to pay. the mission continues. thank you very much. 33 mirror group articles had been presented to court. 15, thejudge said, had been sourced by illegal activity. hacking, he said, had been widespread and habitual 1996 and 2011, habitual between 1996 and 2011, and he concluded that a former editor of the mirror, tv presenter piers morgan, had known about the practice. piers morgan has repeatedly denied involvement. referring to
could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
five or ten years being really characterised by a lot of churn and push towards more statism. we remain quite sceptical of the ability to turn the economic fortunes. there have been good signs in the past, a few days that they are a bit more rational, realistic, setting the gross targeted 5% but the end of the day, the composition of the committee is reallyjust where xi jinping is, that shows that politics will be there for a little while longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i longer so we take the news with a grain of salt- longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away from - grain of salt. i wonder some of the i events matching away from mainland china do weigh on the willingness of international companies to continue investing in increased investments investing in increased investments in china. we have t
and the oscar goes to everything everywhere all at once. and it really did win everything, everywhere as the film scoops seven oscars including best film and best actress. michelle yeoh becomes the first woman from an asian background to win best actress at the oscars i m here getting all the latest reaction. brooke shields has been waiting half an hour to get into the vanity party. how ireland moved to within one win of six nations clean sweep. we reflect on all of the weekend s action. good morning. for most of us it will be a mild day with showery spells of rain. the exception is across the north of scotland, which will have snow and will be colder with gales developing. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday the 13th of march. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike which is expected to cause major disruption to nhs services. they ll walk out at seven o clock this morning in a row over pay and conditions