Anita Brookner, the Booker prize-winning British author and renowned art historian, has died at the age of 87, according to a notice in the Times.

Sony is paying Michael Jackson's estate $750m (£526m) for the late pop star's share of a joint music venture that it does not already own.

The Coral, Liam Fray and the Kooks will perform at a tribute concert being held for the band Viola Beach and their manager, who died in a car crash in Sweden, it is revealed.

Poet and novelist Jackie Kay is announced as the new Scots Makar, taking over from Liz Lochhead as the national poet for Scotland.

A serious fire damages a roof and first floor of 16th Century Wythenshawe Hall in Manchester.

Miss Atomic Bomb, a new musical starring Catherine Tate, receives largely poor reviews after its London opening.

Rock musician Keith Emerson, who was found dead last week at the age of 71, killed himself, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.

Hundreds of people call for a council to lift a ban on the comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown appearing at one of its venues.