The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.

What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?

Former member of British rock group ELO, Mike Edwards, is killed in a freak accident when a hay bale rolls on to a Devon road and crushes his van.

Sadie Frost talks to BBC Breakfast about writing her autobiography, her relationship with her artist father, and being whisked away at an early age to a life of acting and modelling.

The replacement for GMTV, hosted by former BBC presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, debuts on television.

Actors Bradley James and Anthony Head talk to BBC Breakfast about saving Camelot from peril in the new series of Merlin.

Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa opens a festival in his native country following a nine-month battle with throat cancer.

Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle founds a new record label and will release her debut solo album, Insatiable, through Tesco supermarkets.

Director Sofia Coppola returns with her new movie Somewhere

Tony Blair has hinted that he could cancel a book signing in London on Wednesday to prevent causing the police "a lot of hassle".

Stand-up comic Robert Schimmel, a regular guest on Conan O'Brian's show, has died following a car accident.

The actor Dominc Cooper talks to BBC Breakfast about his role in Tamara Drewe and intrigue in the countryside.

Mercury prize-winner Guy Garvey talks to nominees I Am Kloot

Four years on from the Bafta-winning film This Is England, Channel 4 is to screen a four-part follow up.

Hugh Quarshie discovers his ancestory gives him the right to sit as a village chief in Ghana

Former X Factor contestant Olly Murs goes straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his debut single Please Don't Let Me Go.

Prince Charles and ex-PM Tony Blair will be guests in the first week of new ITV morning show Daybreak.

Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest judge on American Idol to quit this year.

On the Andrew Marr Show Plante gave a a world exclusive; the first televised performance of a track from his new album.

A major new exhibition of works by Andy Warhol focuses on a four-year period pivotal to his development as an artist.