Cliff Richard privacy case: BBC reporter 'praised for breaking raid story'

Journalist Dan Johnson says BBC had right to tell public about police search of star’s home and editors made ultimate decisionA leading BBC executive praised the reporter who broke the news of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s house, the high court heard on Thursday. Fran Unsworth, who this year became the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, sent the message to the reporter Dan Johnson after the broadcaster’s coverage of the police search, the court was told. C