Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says he appears to be a victim of phone hacking and will talk to the police when he returns to the UK from a US tour.

Edinburgh's festival season begins with the official opening of the Fringe and the Royal Military Tattoo.

The new arena for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will be unveiled later as the show begins on the castle esplanade.

Actor Rowan Atkinson is taken to hospital following reports of a crash involving his McLaren F1 super car in Cambridgeshire.

Actress Annette Charles, who played Cha Cha DiGregorio, in the hit film Grease, has died aged 63.

Nearly 50 US art organisations receive money from the company behind the Golden Globes, which is giving $1.5m (£921,000) away in grants.

A film about Marilyn Monroe's time in England in 1956 is to premiere at the New York Film Festival.

The British comedian and film star is to play a dolphin in the US comedy cartoon Family Guy.