Oscar-winning musician and actor Glen Hansard has been killed in a motorbike crash in Dublin.

Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo have been cancelled by the BBC, as the broadcaster makes “really tough choices” to try and save £500m over the next three years.

Amy Winehouse’s father has been ordered to pay just under £1m to two of his daughter’s friends after a failed High Court claim over the auctioning of the late singer’s items.

Singer Carly Simon has revealed she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and cancer.

Adam Ramsay-Peaty has been forced to settle for a second bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

US singer D4vd is set to stand trial over the death of a 14-year-old girl after a judge ruled prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence.

Wildlife presenter and comedian Bill Oddie has died aged 85, his agent said.

Singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray over a confrontation at a London nightclub in which a man was hit over the head with a bottle.

Former River City star Iain Robertson has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman and assaulting two others.

Sir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him.