Actress Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow in ITV's Coronation Street, dies aged 60 after a short illness, her husband confirms.

The Sun newspaper will no longer feature Page Three pictures of topless women, the Times reports.

Joel and Ethan Coen, the award-winning directors of No Country for Old Men and Fargo, will jointly head the 2015 Cannes Film Festival jury, organisers say.

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay loses a High Court battle over being held personally liable for the rent on a London pub he bought.

The cast of Coronation Street lead tributes to actress Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow in the ITV soap, after her death at the age of 60.

Former TV weather presenter Fred Talbot is described as a "chancer" who used his "extrovert personality" to help gain the trust of five schoolboys he sexually abused, a jury hears.

Production companies Avalon and Hat Trick approach the BBC Trust with a proposal to buy BBC Three from the corporation.

Liam Neeson's action sequel Taken 3 keeps hold of the top spot at the UK box office for a second week, holding off Clint Eastwood's American Sniper.