Noel Gallagher talked about the prevalence of knives and the "scumbags taking over our streets" as he arrived to pick up a lifetime achievement award for Oasis.

Clive Hornby - Emmerdale's flat cap-wearing Jack Sugden - died on Thursday night at the age of 63, it was announced.

Sir Charles Wheeler, one of the BBC's longest-serving and most popular foreign correspondents, has died, the corporation announced. He was 85.

American rapper Eminem is being sued by a man who claims the star punched him in the toilets of a Detroit strip club two years ago.

Swedish pop group Abba will never reform despite the success of the Mamma Mia stage show and film, according to two members of the band.

Top Gear presenter James May has not demanded a similar salary to co-host Jeremy Clarkson, his agents said.

Leading women including Gwyneth Paltrow, Yoko Ono and Dame Judi Dench are urging the wives of world leaders to take action to stop mothers dying during childbirth.

Thousands of fans of TV comedy The Mighty Boosh will attend a music and comedy festival inspired by the show.

A "sexy executive PA" has become the first Australian to enter the British Big Brother house.

Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and at first looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock In Rio music festival south east of Madrid.

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