Slipknot, Biffy Clyro and Metallica headline this year's Sonisphere festival held in grounds of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.

Victoria Beckham gives birth in Los Angeles to a girl, whom she and husband David have named Harper Seven.

DJ Fresh's Louder featuring Sian Evans leaps to the top of the UK singles chart.

The culture secretary is seeking fresh advice on News Corp's takeover bid for BSkyB, as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg calls on him to reconsider the bid.

Jeremy Clarkson's criticism of Salford in his newspaper motoring column is condemned by the city's council leader as "ignorant".

The Duke and Duchess wow the crowds in California, as Prince William scores at polo, on the latest stage of their first official foreign tour together.

A sculpture looted from a London church during the Blitz is to be returned to its former home.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson secures funding to make a film of Irish writer Flann O'Brien's masterpiece At Swim Two Birds.