Hugh Grant, Jemima Khan granted access to police hacking records

A High Court judge has today ordered police to release information relating to alleged interception of voicemail messages of Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan.

Justice Vos said that the Metropolitan Police must disclose details of alleged phone hacking by a private detective working for the News of the World and other newspapers.

The Met declined to oppose the order. Neither Grant nor his former girlfriend attended the 20-minute hearing in London's High Court today.

Lawyers representing Grant and Khan said that police had already indicated that both of their voicemails may have been intercepted.

Grant has been one of the most high-profile figures calling for action on the phone hacking scandal. He is also a member of the Hacked Off campaign group.

In April, he launched his own investigation into phone hacking by bugging a former News of the World reporter for an article in the New Statesman magazine.

The movie star also said last week that he regrets starring in the 1995 film Nine Months because it was distributed by Rupert Murdoch's 20th Century Fox.

The government has already announced two inquires into phone hacking and police corruption - one to be led by a judge and the other to explore the ethics of the press.

Prime Minister David Cameron is currently in parliament outlining more details of the judge-led inquiry, including that it has been widened to examine the conduct of individuals in the police, media and politics. It will also look at broadcasters and social media.

However, Cameron is facing criticism after it emerged that his chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, previously declined an offer from the Met police to brief him on phone hacking.

MPs also today pressed the prime minister on his appointment of former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, who was arrested this month as part of the hacking investigation.

In response, Cameron said that with "20-20 hindsight" he would not have appointed Coulson as his communications chief.