Sun pays damages to Diaz over ‘snog’ claims

12pm: The Sun has apologised and agreed to pay 'substantial' libel damages to Cameron Diaz over false allegations published on its front page that she had a 'three-minute snog' with a married man. By Claire Cozens.

Free-for-all that threatens local papers

8am, comment: Do free classified ads on the internet spell the end for local newspapers? Former Interactive Advertising Bureau UK chief Danny Meadows-Klue investigates a San Francisco phenomenon.

Drawing the snappers’ sting

Comment: John Rutter, who tried to coerce Cameron Diaz into paying him millions of dollars to prevent topless shots of her being sold, has been found guilty of extortion. By Edgar Forbes.

Polanski wins libel case against Vanity Fair

2.30pm: Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski has won £50,000 in libel damages after successfully suing Vanity Fair magazine over an allegation he said made him appear 'callously indifferent' to his dead wife's memory. By Claire Cozens.

Vanity Fair claim ‘false and unreliable’

2.30pm update: Vanity Fair libelled Roman Polanski for the sake of a 'lurid anecdote', a lawyer for the filmmaker claimed today. By Claire Cozens.

Polanski jury considers verdict

4.45pm: The jury in the Roman Polanski libel case has been sent home for the night and will return tomorrow to consider its verdict. By Claire Cozens

Polanski’s reputation ‘damaged beyond repair’

11.45am: Roman Polanski's reputation has been damaged 'beyond repair' by admitting he had sex with a 13-year-old and was unfaithful to his wife, a high court libel jury was told today. By Claire Cozens.

Polanski witness denies making up ‘lurid story’

3.30pm update: The witness at the centre of the Roman Polanski libel trial today denied he had made up a lurid story because he did not think he would be called to account. By John Plunkett.

Trinity swells online property brief

Trinity Mirror has stepped up its push into the online property classified advertising market by buying the owner of the smartnewhomes.com website for £16.6m. by Cosima Marriner.

Court told of Polanski’s chat-up lines

1pm: The witness at the centre of Vanity Fair's defence against Roman Polanski's libel suit today described his memories of the filmmaker's chat-up lines at a New York restaurant in 1969. By John Plunkett.

Farrow: Polanski was in despair

Actor tells libel trial she did not see director misbehaving in restaurant.

Woman left ‘flustered’ by Polanski’s attentions

5.30pm update: A former Wall Street businessman recalled today how Roman Polanski chatted up his model girlfriend and offered to turn her into a Hollywood star. By John Plunkett.

Farrow recounts Polanski’s ‘loss, despair and bewilderment’

4.30pm: Mia Farrow today spoke of the 'utter sense of loss, of despair and bewilderment' suffered by Roman Polanski following the murder of his wife. By Claire Cozens.

Court told of Polanski’s ‘inability to tell truth’

2.15pm update: Vanity Fair's lawyer today accused Roman Polanski of an 'inability to tell the truth when it matters', as he cross-examined the filmmaker in the high court. By Claire Cozens.

Polanski ‘shattered’ by wife’s murder

12pm: Roman Polanski today admitted he had no recollection of visiting the New York bar at which Vanity Fair alleged he made sexual advances to a woman in August 1969, because he was 'shattered' by the murder of his wife. By Claire Cozens.