Sir Cliff settles case against police

Veteran rock n’roller Sir Cliff Richard’s has accepted a huge payout from South Yorkshire Police after the force accepted it unlawfully disclosed private information to the BBC. The 76-year-old sued the SYP’s chief constable and the BBC for breach of privacy and misuse of private information following ‘humiliating’ broadcasts naming him as an alleged child abuser in August 2014. BBC coverage of a police raid at Sir Cliff’s apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire, revealed he had been accused of a historical…