Rebakah Brooks denies affair with Coulson

Rebekah Brooks has told the Old Bailey she did not have a six-year relationship with Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former spin doctor, as she described how her personal life had been a "bit of a car crash for many years".
She also denied knowing anything about phone hacking while editing Britain's News of the World tabloid, as she took the stand for the first time in her trial.
Brooks is charged with conspiring in voicemail hacking, conspiring to bribe public officials and two counts of trying to cover up her alleged crimes, although she was cleared Thursday of a fifth charge of approving a payment for a photo of Prince William in a bikini.
Brooks, in the witness box at the phone-hacking trial for a second day on Friday, told the jury she was "incredibly close" to Coulson and described him as her "best friend" but said it was wrong of the prosecution to characterise their relationship as a six-year affair.
She also revealed that she could not have children herself, that IVF treatment had failed and her cousin was the surrogate mother of her two-year-old daughter Scarlett.
Brooks told the court that she had several periods of "physical intimacy" with Coulson, but the police and prosecution had misinterpreted a letter she had written to him declaring her love for him.
Brooks came close to tears as she revealed the intimate details of her relationship with Coulson and her former husband, the actor Ross Kemp, in the court.