Evening briefing Friday 21st August

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0:35This is the Times Evening News Briefing for Friday 21st August. A High Court judge has ordered Prince Harry and several other celebrities, including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, to pay more than£9.5 million to the publisher of the Daily Mail. Mr Justice Nicklin said their failed privacy case against Associated Newspapers was speculative and their conduct unreasonable. Royal commentator Daisy McAndrew says Harry and Meghan could be saving money when they come back to the UK. Their security bill is enormous. It's reputed to be somewhere between two and a half and four million dollars a year. Now, by coming back to the UK, he can negotiate some sort of halfway house deal, some sort of state funded security.

1:23Several people have been wounded after a sword attack at a school in Sweden. Ambulances, police cars, as well as a police helicopter were seen outside a high school in Fogöster, a town about 100 miles northwest of Stockholm. One person has been taken into custody. Alex Maxia is Scandinavia reporter for The Times. We know that at around five past two in the afternoon, the police was warned about this ongoing attack with a sword. Several people were wounded. Two people were seriously wounded, according to the regional authorities. Many of the people have been locked in because of the situation and are only now starting to leave the schools because there's still a police operation ongoing, although there is no threat.

2:08Prime Minister Andy Burnham says we can do better to support victims of terror. He'd been speaking at a ceremony held in London to mark the inaugural National Day for Victims and Survivors of Terrorism. Steve Gallant was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for helping stop the 2019 London Bridge terror attack. He spoke to Times Radio. Previously, the support has not been as good as what we wanted it to be. And it's just a way of saying, look, it's there if you need support, if you need help. Because it's quite an unusual thing to go through is a terrorist attack. But it's there, the support is out there and it's recognised.

2:43And also it's recognised, the importance of this is recognised by the government. And that's why this National Day is so important. Children under five, the elderly and pregnant women have been told to avoid runny eggs when eating out. because of a salmonella outbreak where one person's died and hundreds have fallen ill. The Food Standards Agency says early investigations suggest it's linked to eggs imported from abroad and experts say any well-cooked eggs and those carrying the British lion mark should be fine as there's no evidence UK-produced eggs are affected. Heavy fines and suspensions have now been handed down to Argentina for ugly scenes at the World Cup final.

3:21Times Radio's Deputy Head of News Alex Dibble has more. Midfielder Leandro Paredes, who assaulted Spain's Gavi, has been banned for 10 games by FIFA. Defender Nahuel Molina's got seven games. You may remember that after the semi-final against England, Argentina players held up a banner that read, The Falkland Islands are Argentinian. That was one of multiple offences at the tournament, for which Argentina's FA have been fined£235 ,000 and been told to play their next home game at 50 % capacity. More on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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