Comedian Peter Kay is to make his first BBC One sitcom with a show that will go out on TV only after making its debut on the BBC iPlayer.

The latest James Bond film takes home best film and best director from the Empire Awards, while Ted wins best comedy.

Cavemen comedy The Croods clubs its rivals to claim top spot at the North American box office with a $44.7 million (£29.3 million) haul.

BBC Two period drama Parade's End leads the way at this year's Bafta TV Craft Awards with five nominations.

Matt Lucas is to make a new six-part comedy series for the BBC that will not feature any dialogue or his Little Britain sidekick David Walliams.

Actor Clive Mantle, the former Casualty star who now appears in Game of Thrones, has part of his ear bitten off in an attack in a Newcastle hotel.

One of the men accused of plotting to murder the singer Joss Stone tells a jury he had not heard of her before being charged.

Five people who pretended to make a Hollywood blockbuster as part of a £2.8m tax scam are jailed by a London judge.