Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone ends with an energetic headline set by Brighton band The Kooks.

A trombonist becomes the youngest winner in the history of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition.

German techno group Scooter knock Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart.

Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing says winning the award has stopped her being able to write.

US rapper DMX is arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and drug possession following a raid on his home, police say.

The 'Queen of Pop' brings the first night of Radio 1's Big Weekend to a close with a selection of classic hits.

Works of art by US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be seen for the first time in the UK in June.

Lindsay Lohan refuses a role in a movie about murderer Charles Manson due to other commitments, her publicist says.

James Nesbitt is to star in a new drama about the Northern Ireland Troubles.

US actress Uma Thurman countersues French cosmetics firm Lancome for $15m over the use of her image in ads.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian film will be premiered at London's O2 arena to an audience of 10,000.

Robin Gibb reveals a musical based on the songs of the Bee Gees is being written for the West End and Broadway.

Pop star Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake is to produce a new reality game show on MTV.

American rapper Foxy Brown has avoided prison by pleading guilty to hitting a neighbour with a mobile phone.

Singer R Kelly attends court to face charges of child pornography, six years after first being arrested.

The former home of Frankie Howerd goes on sale with items of memorabilia as optional extras.

Actor Stephen Fry defends the BBC, saying it would be a "tragedy" to "emasculate" it.

The BBC is to broadcast an apology after admitting a subsidiary firm kept £106,000 from charity phone-ins.

David Chase, creator of TV drama The Sopranos, signs a deal to write, produce and direct his first feature film.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling wins a court appeal seeking to ban the publication of a picture of her son.

Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger is among five artists shortlisted for a £2 million landmark on a hilltop in Kent.

A Monet painting sells for more than $41m (£20.9m) in New York, breaking the record for the French impressionist.

A musician who left his 285-year-old violin in a taxi plays a thank-you concert for the driver who returned his instrument.