Jerry Weintraub - the Hollywood producer of the Karate Kid and Ocean's Eleven films - dies in California aged 77, US media say.

US comedian Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 to obtaining sedatives with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, court documents say.

After video footage emerged showing trouble at Wireless festival the local council says it will talk with organisers to review security.

Auditions for the talent show will begin on Wednesday after a two-day break following the death of Simon Cowell's mother.

BBC director general Tony Hall defends the corporation's decision to take on the cost of free TV licences for people over the age of 75.

A record 25.4 million TV viewers in the US watched the Women's World Cup final, the country's biggest ever audience for a football game.

A campaign by a museum to raise funds to keep a Turner painting of Oxford's High Street in the city reaches its target.

Presenter James Naughtie is to leave Radio 4's Today programme and take on a new role as a special correspondent from early next year.