Good evening. The King and Princess Diana were targeted by Mirror Group Newspapers as it paid £10 million to private investigators to snoop on celebrities, the High Court has been told. We also have the latest weather news, as Somerset was hit by flash floods and mudslides.

It is alleged that MGN paid investigators for information about the King six times between May 2000 and October 2002, with seven payments relating to Princess Diana from May 1996 until September 1999. 

The claims are made in documents submitted to the court by lawyers representing Prince Harry, who is one of four people bringing civil claims against MGN for allegedly hacking phones and using other unlawful methods to gather information about them. 

Get up to speed with all today's developments in court by reading our live blog.

A British military volunteer who took part in some of Ukraine’s fiercest battles has been killed while serving in the country’s east. Jay Morais, 52, from Bristol, had spent more than a year on Ukraine’s frontlines. 

Meanwhile, Nataliya Vasilyeva reports that at least ten Russian troops have been injured in a suspected Ukrainian attack on an airfield in southern Russia. And Hamish de Bretton-Gordon writes that Russia’s losses are worse than anyone thinks.

Dame Sharon White has suffered a rebellion from John Lewis staff who voted against the company's performance last year after it failed to pay them a bonus. 

In what will come as a blow to the John Lewis chairman, writes Hannah Boland, staff who sit on the retailer's council said they did not have confidence in the progress of the partnership under Dame Sharon over the past year.

UK weather | A major incident has been declared in Somerset after heavy thunderstorms caused severe flash floods and mudslides across the county. Entire villages have been cut off with people ordered to leave their homes on Tuesday as water levels reached 4ft-high.