The estate of television presenter Jimmy Savile is frozen by NatWest bank ahead of anticipated legal action by victims of alleged abuse.

The winner of this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize will be announced in London later, with bookmakers naming indie rockers Alt-J as the favourites.

Former Spice Girl Mel B is granted a restraining order against an Australian photographer who she claims threatened her and put her life at risk.

Two people plead guilty to trying to sell a $3m (£1.8m) Henri Matisse painting stolen from a museum in Venezuela nearly 10 years ago.

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Brian Epstein in a new film about the Beatles' legendary manager, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The two rock festivals may add up to three new stages, with organisers saying they want to "add more music" to the event in 2013.

As S4C celebrates its 30th anniversary, its head says it may add English-language voice-overs to some programmes to encourage a wider audience.

Bill Dees, the successful US songwriter who co-wrote Roy Orbison hit Oh, Pretty Woman, dies in Arkansas aged 73.