The BBC has defended its decision to remove a trans rights slogan from an episode of Strictly Come Dancing, saying the move was “in line with our editorial guidelines”.

Eva Marie Saint, the US actress who won an Oscar for her first movie role in On The Waterfront has died aged 102, her family said.

Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery – bringing together the two media giants under a combined company.

“A portrait is kind of a document of the relationship between the artist and the sitter, and when that chemistry works, you sense it in the painting.”

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has said his “heart is broken” following the death of his wife, Niamh O’Brien, at the age of 52. 

A notebook containing lyrics by Freddie Mercury has sold for £277,000 at auction.

Naomi Campbell has overturned a ban on her being a charity trustee after a tribunal ruled she had been “deceived”.

A set of unheard archive Oasis recordings have been pulled from sale after the band filed legal proceedings against a former sound engineer, his son and the auction house.

The BBC should reform the licence fee so it is no longer “linked to a TV” and couple this with a price drop, MPs have recommended.

Dame Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86, her family has said in a statement.