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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:59:02 GMTTop Gear pay 'row' is played down
The agent of Top Gear host James May denies the star is seeking the same salary as Jeremy Clarkson.
Abba at Mamma Mia premiere
The four members of Abba reunite in public for the first time in three years at the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia.
Fans await final Doctor Who show
Fans await the end of the current series of Doctor Who, after a major cliffhanger in the penultimate episode.
Three more on BB as Jennifer goes
Three new female contestants join Big Brother, while part-time model Jennifer Clark is evicted from Channel 4's show.
Oasis star wants action on knives
Noel Gallagher calls on the government to take action on knife crime as Oasis pick up a lifetime achievement award.
Emmerdale actor Hornby dies at 63
Actor Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in ITV1 soap Emmerdale, has died at the age of 63.
Tributes for BBC reporter Wheeler
Sir Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, dies from lung cancer aged 85.
'No truth' in Friends film rumour
There are no plans for a big-screen version of hit US sitcom Friends, film studio Warner Bros tells the BBC.
BBC 'was wrong' to show shooting
The decision to show a man being shot dead after he killed three people in Jerusalem was wrong, the BBC says.
Which TV presenter is swapping his mallet for a palette?
Former children's television presenter Timmy Mallett will see his paintings exhibited in Oxfordshire on Saturday.
Wild things
On the prowl with the fans attending a zoo music festival
Who under wraps
How the finale of Doctor Who has been kept secret
Music overload?
Peter Gabriel thinks he has the answer
Who's daddy
Your questions to Doctor Who chief Russell T Davies
Obituary
Actor Clive Hornby, known to millions as TV's Jack Sugden
In pictures
First UK exhibition of Byzantine art since 1958
Arts team to revamp city street
Preferred applicants are drawn from more than 70 who applied to create an artwork in Inverness.
British Museum hit by pay strike
Staff at The British Museum stage a four-hour strike in a dispute over pay.
'Lost' artworks shown before sale
Rediscovered works by artists including Turner and Goya are to go on show before being auctioned next week.
Sparrow missing from Emin art
Part of the Tracey Emin sculpture Roman Standard goes missing from its home in Liverpool city centre.
Spielberg grant for museum
A foundation created by director Steven Spielberg gives $1m to a museum dedicated to American Jewish history.
Snipes allowed to travel abroad
Actor Wesley Snipes is granted leave to go overseas for filming while his lawyers fight convictions for tax offences.
Jolie twins to arrive 'in weeks'
Actress Angelina Jolie's doctor tells reporters that her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive.
O'Neal pleads guilty in drug case
Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal pleads guilty to disorderly conduct following her arrest in June for buying crack cocaine.
Gray's warning on 'torture' music
The singer says US interrogators playing music as a form of torture - including his song Babylon - is no laughing matter.
Fifty hurt in Belarus gig blast
Fifty people are injured in the Belarussian capital in a bomb explosion at a concert attended by President Lukashenko.
Rapper Dizzee eyes summit
Rapper Dizzee Rascal says he is confident of scoring his biggest ever chart hit this weekend with his track Dance Wiv Me.
Singer Shakira joins Live Nation
Columbian pop star Shakira signs a multi--million dollar deal with global concert promoter Live Nation.
Slim down BBC, Minister man says
The BBC should be reduced to just one TV and radio channel, says the co-writer of sitcom Yes, Minister.
McGovern to pen new BBC drama
TV writer Jimmy McGovern is to write a new drama series for BBC One, inspired by the Ingrid Bergman film The Yellow Rolls Royce.
Man behind 'Bozo the Clown' dies
Larry Harmon, the man who popularised the showbusiness character Bozo the Clown, dies of heart failure aged 83.
Phone-in firm shut by BBC
BBC Worldwide is to close a subsidiary firm after it failed to pay £106,000 from premium rate phone-ins to charity.
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