Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the £16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase.

Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state.

A Russian court denies parole to a hunger-striking member of punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina, despite calls for her to be freed.

A necklace reportedly worth 1.9m euros (£1.6m) is stolen during the Cannes film festival, the second such theft to hit this year's event.

A radio that has the ability to alter scripts and other content depending on its location and other factors is being developed by the BBC.

Officers in Londonderry admit the Radio 1 event is their biggest police operation this year and they will "curb any anti-social behaviour".

Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and British rappers Rizzle Kicks are being lined up to host new music shows for Channel 4.

A violin thought to be the one played by the band leader of the Titanic as it sank is proved to be genuine following CT scans at a hospital, an auctioneer says.