Kasabian played a hit-laden set to close Saturday at Reading Festival, while The Cure played for over two hours at Leeds.

Louise Clarke, one of the founding members of Top of the Pops dance troupe Pan's People, dies at the age of 63.

The US's 'Nordic Thunder' is crowned world air guitar champion at the annual contest in Finland.

The Notting Hill Carnival begins, with hundreds of youngsters involved in children's day, the traditional start of the festival.

Jerry Nelson, the voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, dies aged 78, the Sesame Workshop says.

Following heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours, flooding is affecting the Creamfields arena and organisers have had to cancel the event.

A TV crime drama paints Nottingham as seedy and dangerous, but city chiefs say they are not too concerned about the portrayal.

Emeli Sande retains the number one slot in the UK album chart and closes in on Adele for the biggest album of 2012, according to the Official Charts Company.