Some 44 celebrities and other figures have settled their phone-hacking claims against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN).

More than 100 are believed to have sued the paper over interception of phone messages which a judge described as being on “a very large scale” at the Mirror titles.

Lord Jeffrey Archer and Dame Mary Archer, former footballer Kevin Keegan, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke and actress Patsy Kensit were among the well-known names whose cases were resolved on Tuesday by the payment of undisclosed damages and an apology.