Rock star Elton John receives the first ever Brits Icon award at a star-studded gala concert in London.

The new £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses a collection of one million books, will be officially opened later.

This year's summer box office in the US saw a 10.2% increase in revenue from last year, with takings hitting a record $4.7bn (£3bn).

A woman says her parents have been terrorised by tourists following the release of a blockbuster horror film based on their home.

Aliona Vilani replaces Natalie Lowe on this year's Strictly Come Dancing after the Australian dancer fractured her foot.

The Tate buys Martin Creed's controversial 2001 Turner Prize-winning work to add to its permanent collection.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is on the jury of this year's Raindance Film Festival, which celebrates independent film from around the world.

The mother of a girl who claims Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell "regularly" raped her tells her a court of how she confronted him about it.