The government's rollout of "superfast" broadband to rural areas is about two years behind its original schedule, the National Audit Office says.

A lock of Mick Jagger's hair sells at auction for £4,000, double the price it was expected to fetch.

Rapper 50 Cent cancels a planned appearance at a Birmingham branch of Argos after he is charged with attacking his ex-girlfriend in the US.

Singer Jessie J announces she is to leave BBC One's The Voice after serving as a coach for two series.

US singer-songwriter Sixto "Sugar Man" Rodriguez opens the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

A BBC journalist who is thought to have killed himself had problems with a female worker, an inquest hears.

A film producer has won a High Court case against the surviving members of Monty Python over royalty rights to the hit stage show, Spamalot.

Filming of reality TV show Geordie Shore is suspended after two cast members were arrested following a late-night bar fight.