Australian author Bryce Courtenay, who shot to fame with The Power of One, has died at the age of 79, his family say.

A company owned by TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson and her husband is fined £70,000 for health and safety breaches.

Icelandic singer Bjork reveals she has had successful surgery to remove a polyp on her vocal cords.

Concert-goers are turned away from a Mumford & Sons gig in Portsmouth after being found to have fake tickets.

Paintings by the late author Dame Beryl Bainbridge are to go on show in Liverpool next month, with 15 artworks exhibited together for the first time.

Musician and artist John Squire's art studio burns down at his home in Macclesfield, Cheshire, after catching fire on Wednesday.

Friendly Fires announce a concert to raise awareness of male suicide after the death of one of their friends.

British film brand Hammer is taking its first steps into the world of live theatre in a new stage adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw.