Affairs, naughty children and sun allergies have all been offered as excuses for not paying for a TV licence.

Teenagers who watch films showing actors smoking are more likely to take up smoking themselves, new UK research suggests.

EastEnders and Coronation Street battle it out for Inside Soap Awards

Singer Dolores Hope, who was married to comedian Bob Hope for 69 years, dies at the age of 102 at her home near Los Angeles.

Brit-winners Arcade Fire win Canada's Polaris Music Prize for third album The Suburbs at a ceremony in Toronto.

Comedian Michael McIntyre quits as a judge on ITV1's Britain's Got Talent to concentrate on touring the UK.

The new film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Gary Oldman, knocks The Inbetweeners off the top of the UK and Ireland box office.

More than 100 of Lucian Freud's portraits will go on display at London's National Portrait Gallery next year, as part of the Cultural Olympiad.