Lord Patten tells the Sunday Telegraph his love of the BBC World Service made protecting it a "priority" - particularly the "core" Arabic, Somali and Hindi services.

Michael Morpurgo's novel Shadow wins this year's Red House children's book award, which is voted for by young readers.

TV viewers pick the winner of this year's So You Think You Can Dance talent show on BBC One.

Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival defend their decision not to allow fold away chairs to be brought on to the site.

Museums run by local councils are cutting the number of paid staff by 10%or more compared with last year, according to a survey seen by the BBC.

Arctic Monkeys top the UK chart with their fourth album Suck It And See on its first week of release.