Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

A rare first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with annotations and drawings by JK Rowling sells for a record £150,000.

Action sequel Fast & Furious 6 races ahead of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in this week's UK and Ireland box office chart.

A woman who stopped to help George Michael after a crash describes how the pop legend was lying covered in blood on the M1.

It is confirmed that Sharon Osbourne will return as a judge in 2013.

Henri Dutilleux, one of France's leading 20th Century composers, has died in Paris at the age of 97, his family announce.

Actor Richard Thorp, who played Emmerdale stalwart Alan Turner for more than 30 years, dies at the age of 81.

Beatles biographer Hunter Davies donates letters and lyrics by John Lennon to the British Library as part of a new tax relief scheme.