Proposals to allow greater government say over the running of the BBC risk it being seen as a state broadcaster, BBC director general Tony Hall is to argue.

Debut writers dominate the longlist for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, which also includes Kate Atkinson's Costa novel prize-winning A God in Ruins and Hanya Yanagihara's Booker-shortlisted A Little Life.

Rock band AC/DC postpone the rest of their US tour as singer Brian Johnson is advised by doctors he risks "total hearing loss".

Singer-songwriter Carole King is to play her seminal 1971 album Tapestry in full at her first UK concert in more than 25 years.

Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is diagnosed with prostate cancer, his family says in a statement.

Pop star Janet Jackson postpones her UK tour, three weeks before it was due to begin.

JK Rowling is to release the first of four new pieces of writing on the Pottermore website on Tuesday.

The BBC Trust's editorial standards committee (ESC) upholds complaints about comments made by radio host Iain Lee on his Three Counties breakfast show.