By Indigo Jones

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The phone hacking scanda l dominated the media landscape for years, whether that was when the news broke, when the trial took place or when celebrities settled for quite large amounts of money . In 2015, the Media Standards Trust released a list of almost 500 phone hacking victims who were hacked or allegedly hacked by the News of the World. The total number of victims is actually unknown, however at the time of the report it was estimated by police to be roughly 5,500, which is higher than the figure of 4,775 given to the inquiry in 2012. It included celebrities, politicians, victims of tragedy and even members of the royal family . Now, the ITV’s The Hack has opened up the discussion on the topic again. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . So, we have compiled a full list of reported victims and those who were impacted by the phone hacking scandal. The Welsh singer and her family were both big names in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. Charlotte, her parents and her ex-partner Gavin Henson, were all victims of the subterfuge of the publication. In the case of Charlotte’s mother, the gathering of personal information extended beyond mere phone hacking. During Church’s legal proceedings against the company, it was revealed in court that ‘her mother, Maria, had a complex medical history which the newspaper discovered and published private details of her hospital treatment’ Charlotte had her phone hacked from the age of 17, with those close to her also targeted over several years. This not included her parents, extended family and boyfriends, but also her friends, and even her priest. In 2011, she was informed by the police about the phone hacking. According to the Media Standards Trust, she said: “The information I have seen relates to 2003, 2005 and 2006 and contains many pages of names, numbers, notes, addresses, pin numbers and the fact that my mother and I were each a ‘project’, which I take to mean that we were specifically targeted. The earliest of the information reveals that I was hacked when I was just 17.” In 2012 we reported that Charlotte, who settled her and her parents’ phone-hacking damages action for £600,000 at the High Court, said she was “sickened and disgusted” by what she had discovered during her legal action against News International. In a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, the singer said money “could never mend” the damage that was done to her and her family but she planned to put the payout she was awarded towards protecting herself and her children from further invasions of their privacy. The court had heard that the News of the World repeatedly “targeted” the singer’s voicemail messages, and in doing so it “unlawfully obtained her private medical information and details of her personal relationships with her family and friends”. The former Tottenham and England legend was awarded £188,250 in damages and informed a court that phone hacking by MGN formed part of broader “horrendous” media intrusion into his personal life. Paul revealed he would swap his mobile phone number five times monthly and confided in his therapist that he suspected he was being hacked. He said: “At the time I was going through a bad time because I knew I was getting hacked. I knew 110%. No one believed it. “I was speaking to him [the therapist] and it clicked again. He told me I’m paranoid, I’m going through a mental disorder.” Paul even claimed that the phone hacking pushed him towards alcoholism and left him feeling paranoid. While testifying at the High Court, Sadie stated in a witness statement that phone hacking had ruined her life and left her in a “living hell”. She further elaborated: “I was suffering from depression, anxiety and regular panic attacks. I found it hard to leave the house and, if I finally made myself, I was followed … or they [the photographers] would turn up where I was going. This made my anxiety even worse.” She confessed that she became a “wreck” and was unable to even take her son to the local park due to fear of press intrusion. Ms Frost was part of a lawsuit involving seven other celebrities who successfully sued the newspaper group, this includes the aforementioned Paul Gascoigne. The actress was awarded £260,250 in damages for phone hacking by MGN in May 2015. The scandal erupted between 2005 and 2007 involving the interception of voicemails related to the British Royal family by a private investigator employed by a News of the World. This served as a precursor to the broader News International phone hacking scandal that unfolded in 2009 and blew up in 2011, when it was revealed that the phone hacking had occurred on a much larger scale. In August 2006, Clive Goodman, the Royal editor for the News of the World, and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator, were arrested by the Metropolitan Police. They were later charged with hacking into the telephones of members of the Royal family by accessing their voicemail messages, an offence under section 79 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. On 26 January 2007, both Goodman and Mulcaire admitted guilt to the charges and were sentenced to four and six months in prison respectively. On the same day, it was announced that Andy Coulson had stepped down from his position as editor of the News of the World. This is a full list of phone hacking victims (cases settled and made public or reported) in alphabetical order, according to the Media Standards Trust: For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter