The British music industry invested nearly £500m in new music in 2014, with the signing up of new artists by major labels up 30%, data suggests.

James Bond film Spectre races to the top of the North American box office in its first weekend of release, taking $73m (£48.4m).

BBC newsreader George Alagiah says he is "feeling good" and ready to "get back on air" on Tuesday after treatment for cancer.

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom says BBC Radio Solent DJ Alex Dyke's "misogynistic" comments about breastfeeding were "in breach" of broadcasting rules.

Austrian painter Ernst Fuchs, co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, dies at the age of 85.

A double bill of Shakespeare and Terence Rattigan by Kenneth Branagh's theatre company at the Garrick Theatre in London impresses critics.

ITV says it won't comment on speculation it has bought The Voice UK, after the BBC revealed the singing show had been "poached" by another broadcaster.

The final episode of Downton Abbey was watched by an average of 8.4 million viewers, overnight figures show.