Funding for television arts programmes will go up by a fifth, the BBC's director general is to announce.

Police investigate a suspected suicide after 91-year-old film director Carlo Lizzani falls from a balcony at his house in Rome, local reports say.

Glastonbury Festival organisers Michael and Emily Eavis say they are "blown away" by demand as tickets for 2014 sell out in one hour 27 minutes.

Lord Sugar has been investigated after he was accused of posting a racist message on Twitter, police say.

Californian sisters Haim deny Justin Timberlake his fourth UK number one album as their debut album Days Are Gone enters the chart at number one.

X Factor contestants Rough Copy are forced to quit the show after one of its members failed to get a visa.