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

A signed copy of The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is bought at auction in the US for $290,500 (£191,000).

Online retailer Amazon says it will buy a book discovery and recommendation website Goodreads, which has 16 million members.

Action film G.I. Joe: Retaliation fights off competitors over the holiday weekend to top the North American box office.

The musical director of the prestigious Vienna State Opera is treated in hospital after collapsing with back pain while conducting a Wagner opera on Sunday.

William Shakespeare's lesser known role as an illegal food hoarder 400 years ago helps us understand him as a more complex figure, says new research.

BBC radio listeners choose British band Coldplay's second album as their favourite record of all time.

An arrest warrant is issued for popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef for allegedly insulting Islam and President Mohamed Morsi.