Today 15 thousand coach and ticket packages have been snapped up twice as fast as last year, but don't worry the rest go on sale this Sunday.

Anthony Horowitz, best-selling author of the Alex Rider teenage spy adventures, becomes the latest writer invited to pen a new James Bond novel.

Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry says there is a "huge moral difference" between historical drug use and cases of sexual abuse.

Singer and songwriter Lynsey de Paul has died at the age of 64, following a suspected brain haemmorhage.

Dance stars of the future are being sought in a UK competition backed by Sadler's Wells and the BBC to be shown on BBC Four and BBC Two.

Singer Kate Bush performs the last of a series of 22 comeback concerts in London, suggesting it will be "a while" before she appears on stage again.

Ed Richards, chief executive of the broadcasting regulator Ofcom, is to stand down at the end of the year, it is announced.

Comedy star Adam Sandler signs a deal with Netflix to produce and star in four movies for the video streaming site.