The number of bookshops on UK high streets continues to decline, according to figures from The Booksellers Association.

Jurors at the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray have been told the singer was clinically dead when he arrived in hospital in 2009.

Hit musical Billy Elliot is to close on the New York stage in January, three years after its began its run on Broadway.

The singer is the first of four coaches to be announced for the UK version of The Voice.

Former Royal Ballet dancer Alexander Grant, who co-founded Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, dies aged 86.

Actor Ralph Fiennes and director David Cronenberg will receive BFI Fellowships at the London Film Festival later this month.

Media watchdog Ofcom decides not to investigate complaints about David Starkey's controversial comments on the London riots.

The National Theatre has a "record year" with income topping £70m, according to its latest annual report.