Michael Nyman on writing a symphony for Hillsborough

Dublin City Council says its decision to refuse permission for two out of the five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park "cannot be amended or appealed".

Film critic Mark Kermode reviews the week's film releases, including The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window, Here and Now and Tammy.

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris is jailed for nearly six years for 12 indecent assaults on four girls - including one aged just seven or eight.

Former News of the World editor and Number 10 director of communications Andy Coulson is jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to hack phones.

Author Jemma Wayne speaks to the BBC's Nick Higham about her debut novel, After Before, which is partly set in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

The appearance of a painting worth many millions of pounds in a cafe in Reading, caused shock and disbelief as customers popped in for breakfast on Friday morning.

Garth Brooks says he wants to put on all five concerts in Dublin or none at all after the city's council refused licenses for two of them.

A view of a block of flats painted onto concrete by a former dentist is among the five artworks shortlisted for the UK's most lucrative painting prize.

Bob Geldof tells DJ Chris Evans the letters of support from the public since Peaches death have 'really helped'

Grammy-winning jazz flautist and New Age music pioneer, Paul Horn, who performed with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, dies aged 84.

Actress Scarlett Johansson has won a 2,500 euros (£1981) payout over a promiscuous character in a book described by the author as her "doppelganger".

Christian hip-hop group Flame claim Katy Perry ripped off their song Joyful Noise in her track Dark Horse.

A production of Shakespeare's Richard III is to send fake blood into the audience. Its director Jamie Lloyd and critic David Lister discuss.

Van Gogh's Houses at Auvers II, from a 200-strong private collection of priceless artworks, goes on display in a Reading cafe.

The director of a biopic about singer Gregg Allman, and two of the film's producers, are facing involuntary manslaughter charges, following the death of a camera assistant on set.

The number of viewers who believe there is too much sex, violence and swearing on TV has fallen sharply, figures from media regulator Ofcom suggest.

100 Year Old Man heads out of window and on to big screen

A sculptor uses hurley sticks to create a royal seat modelled on the famous iron throne from the HBO TV hit series, Game of Thrones.

High levels of unhealthy food appearing in children's television programmes has been highlighted by researchers.