Sir Cliff wins latest round in battle with BBC over police raid

Sir Cliff Richard has won the latest skirmish in a High Court battle with the BBC.

A judge has told BBC bosses to give the 76-year-old singer more information about how a journalist learned that he was being investigated as a result of a sexual assault allegation.

Mr Justice Mann has ruled that BBC bosses must tell Sir Cliff whether the source of information was someone working on a wider Metro- politan Police inquiry into sex abuse allegations, an investigation codenamed Operation Yewtree.

Lawyers representing Sir Cliff wanted more detail about the source. BBC bosses said they should not be forced to reveal more information.

Mr Justice Mann had analysed competing arguments at a preliminary High Court hearing in early May and has announced his decision in a written ruling.