Dosh

The Star has details of the cost of 'Operation Kaddie', disclosed under Freedom of Information rules. The fruitless investigation into allegations against Sir Cliff Richard cost South Yorkshire Police £788,733.84, with £766,844.58 spent on staff (20 officers worked on the case over the lifetime of the operation.) £10,867.99 was spent on hotels, £5,758.48 on hire cars, £1,553.10 on train tickets and £554.50 on other travel costs. There was another £3,155.19 of 'miscellaneous' expenditure.

This is all on top of "substantial general and aggravated damages" paid to Sir Cliff (estimated by the Mirror at above £1m) and the Force's legal costs.

There's still no sign of Sir Cliff v The BBC coming back into court. Way back in May, Mr Justice Mann gave both parties a month off to see if they could reach a settlement out of court.