Former Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan and his wife Gail are in court today on perjury charges in connection with his News of the World libel case.

The couple are attending a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh. It is expected that a trial date will be set during the hearing.

Sheridan was arrested in December 2007 after a probe into allegations of lying under oath during his successful £200,000 action against the News of the World at the Court of Session in the Scottish capital.