£500,000 after winning the pdc darts championship. good morning. it is a cold start to the day, frosty for some of us, the risk of ice in the northern half of the country, and some snow showers in the west but heavier snow with the potential for drifting and blizzards in the higher rate in northern scotland. it s tuesday the 4th of january. prince andrew s legal team will today try to convince a new yorkjudge to throw out a civil case brought by a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. the duke has consistently denied the claims. it follows the release of a document that shows virginia giuffre was paid $500,000 in exchange for committing not to sue anyone connected to the sex offenderjeffrey epstein. here s our legal correspondent dominic casciani. a woman making the gravest of allegations.
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0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond joins us now from london. good morning. prince andrew has always denied the claims made against him. how do you think his lawyers think the deal revealed yesterday will help his case? thea;r yesterday will help his case? they sa that yesterday will help his case? they say that he yesterday will help his case? they say that he is yesterday will help his case? they say that he is covered yesterday will help his case? he say that he is covered by yesterday will help his case? tie: say that he is covered by the yesterday will help his case? tiez1 say that he is covered by the deal. not because he is necessarily a potential defendant, although that is the language of the deal, but because ms giuffre had mentioned royalty in her claim againstjeffrey epstein. the claim that was then dealt with the deal, that was dealt with by the deal that was released yesterday. and so they say that he is directly covered by this deal. if the judge agrees is directly
the unprecedented defendant, a prince of the realm. and now, a day of critical court hearings for both virginia giuffre and the duke of york. she says she was sexually exploited by the man on the right, jeffrey epstein. ms giuffre, then known as roberts, said epstein coerced the then teenager into abuse by prince andrew. alleged events 20 years ago, but today s new york hearing focuses on the 2009 legal document. back then, ms giuffre, seen here at court in new york, accepted $500,000 to end her original case against epstein. in the settlement, virginia giuffre agreed to release, acquit, satisfy, and forever discharge epstein from further claims. the wording goes on to cover any other person who could have been a potential defendant. it s so wide, she promises not to bring any further case dating from the beginning of the world. prince andrew s lawyers say that means he can t be sued. but one lawyer who s represented some of epstein s alleged
injune will lead to many millions of pieces of plastic being removed from scotland s environment, helping to clean up its beaches and protect its natural beauty. lorna gordon, bbc news. looks beautiful there. let s take a look at today s papers. the guardian reports on the deal that virginia giuffre, who has accused prince andrew of sexual assault, struck with the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. it says prince andrew, who denies the allegations, hopes the settlement will cause the civil case against him to collapse. the times focuses on borisjohnson s warning that hospitals in england will still face considerable pressure over the next few weeks. however, it quotes a government minister as saying london, the centre of the uk s 0micron outbreak, may already be past the peak of its wave. the i leads with how covid is affecting the nhs, reporting that organisations representing medics are warning