A plan by Newcastle Council to cut its entire arts budget is reversed, but funds for theatres and other cultural venues will still drop by 50%.

One of the earliest of the UK's outdoor summer festivals is abandoning the organic farm on which it has been held since 2009, after heavy rain turned the site into a sea of mud last year.

A "floating" glass pavilion will be created as part of plans to revamp London's Southbank Centre.

Welsh pop singer Bonnie Tyler says she is "honoured" to be the UK's representative at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden.

Fatboy Slim - aka Norman Cook - becomes the first DJ to "play" the Houses of Parliament.

British rappers Rizzle Kicks have confirmed they are working on a TV sitcom.

A Bolshoi soloist accused over an attack on the ballet's artistic director tells a court he did not mean for acid to be used, but discussed beating him up.

Jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball has died at 82 after suffering from pneumonia, his manager confirms.