Michael Jackson's doctor made 17 flagrant violations when administering propofol to the star, an expert on the potent anaesthetic tells the court.

Internationally-acclaimed rock group Muse donate £15,000 worth of state-of-the-art equipment to students at Plymouth University.

The Halle Orchestra is ordered to drop the claim it is the country's "longest-established permanent professional" organisation after an Advertising Standards Authority ruling.

A prequel to J M Barrie's classic tale Peter Pan is to open on Broadway next spring, its producers announce.

Three first-time novelists, including this year's Orange Prize for Fiction winner, are included on the shortlist for the 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize.

The actress is led away in handcuffs from court after having her probation revoked by a judge in Los Angeles.

Hollywood director John Singleton takes legal action against Paramount Pictures, claiming the studio reneged on an agreement made over the 2005 film Hustle and Flow.

A play by Nobel Prize-winning US author Eugene O'Neill that was feared to be lost is acquired by a Yale University library.