The Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy author died following a short illness, his agent says.

This year's winner of the US National Book Award for fiction explores what it means to be Asian in America.

Former intelligence officer whose novels stripped away the glamour and exposed the seediness of the Cold War spy.

The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir join forces with Justin Bieber to go for Christmas number one.

As he faced jail, the life Niyah Smith had once dreamed of looked impossible. But then came a chance to turn his fortunes around.

The family say the artwork - entitled "Aachoo!!" - should "be protected and stay where it is".

Bubbly, blonde Carry On pin-up who became the matriarch of the Queen Vic.

Writers including Robert Harris and Ian Rankin remember an author "who transcended his genre".