Many BBC journalists go on strike in a row over compulsory redundancies but the corporation says it can still produce news programmes.

A Banksy mural painted just before the Jubilee last summer has disappeared from a London street and been listed for sale at a US auction site.

A new James Bond novel will be released in September, written by Booker Prize nominee William Boyd, the estate of Ian Fleming announces.

The story of the arrest and detention of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to be staged in London this spring.

Ruth Stage, who uses the ancient painting technique egg tempera, wins the £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers prize.

Sheridan Smith and Rupert Everett collect best acting prizes at the Whatsonstage.com awards, while murderous musical Sweeney Todd wins from all five nominations.

US country singer Mindy McCready, 37, has died from "an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound", an Arkansas sheriff says.

Blink-182's Travis Barker says he won't travel to Australia because he is still suffering the effects of a near-fatal plane crash in 2008.