[03:41.75]Ruben Brent reports.
[03:43.09]The prosecutions said it will be a long and slow trial but in his opening statements,
[03:48.85]Andrew Edis QC told the jury there was phone hacking during both periods referring to
[03:54.27]when Rebekah Brooks and then Andy Coulson was editor that the now defunct News of the World.
[04:00.10]Andy Coulson also approved payments for illegally obtained royal phone director as the court heard.
[04:06.23]The jury was also informed that three former News of the World journalists and the convicted private investigator Greg Miskiw have already pleaded guilty to hacking related charges.
[04:16.04]Wine lovers are facing the threat of a global shortage of the drink according to new research.
[04:21.35]Last year production dropped to its lowest level in 40 years according to analysts leaving demand outstripping supply by some 300 million cases.
[04:30.52]Global production has been declining since 2004 while consumption has risen.
[04:36.07]A five-meter high bronze statue commemorating the French footballer Zinedine Zidane’s infamous head butt in the 2006 World Cup final has been removed from a prominent position in the Qatari capital.
[04:49.65]It’d only been on display in Doha for a few weeks but it had prompted accusations of idolatry from conservative Muslims.
[04:57.34]Those are the latest stories from BBC News