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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Doubts have been raised over whether it is the same gun van Gogh used to kill himself The gun which Vincent van Gogh may have used to kill himself has sold for €162,500 (£144,000; $182,000) – almost three times more than expected. The rusty revolver was purchased by a private […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption“We have schools in Africa!” – Elijah Lawal Author Elijah Lawal wants readers to think about race and “call out stereotypes”. “I like to use the metaphor of talking about race as going to the dentist – it’s unpleasant, but you have to go, otherwise, things will

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The song was originally recorded for the West End musical Time A previously unheard Freddie Mercury track has premiered on BBC Radio 2, after a decade-long search for a lost vocal performance. Time Waits For No One was originally part of the soundtrack to the 1986 West End musical

Image copyright Robin Marchant Image caption Francis called the music industry “an unmonitored, unregulated cesspit of bad behaviour” Aluna Francis has spoken for the first time about being sexually assaulted by someone in the music industry. She told BBC podcast, The Next Episode, the man forced his hands into her underwear, undressed and tried to

Image copyright Getty Images Philippe Cerboneschi (also known as “Zdar”), one half of of French dance duo Cassius, accidentally died in Paris on Wednesday, his agent has said. “He made an accidental fall, through the window of a high floor of a Parisian building,” said Sebastien Farran, without giving further details. Cerboneschi formed Cassius with

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption All eight films in the Harry Potter series were shot at the facility near Watford A man has been arrested at Warner Brothers Studios in Leavesden after an alleged incident that left another man taken to hospital with a neck injury. A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Constabulary said the unnamed

Yesterday writer/director team Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle tell the BBC’s Paul Glynn which act they would happily erase from musical history and why. Their new film finds singer-songwriter Jack Malik waking up after an accident caused by a global power outage to a world that has forgotten all about The Beatles. Stars Himesh Patel

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Lucian Grainge with Sheryl Crow and Elton John, both of whom are said to have lost music in the fire A week after it was revealed that Universal Music’s archive had been devastated by fire, the company’s boss has described the losses as “painful”. In an email to

Image copyright PA Image caption Matt and Luke celebrated their 50th birthdays last year After the screaming stops… you get to host a night of programmes on BBC Four. That is if you’re Matt and Luke Goss, whose fly-on-the-wall documentary was such a hit they’ve been invited back to host A Night In with Bros

The BBC has defended its vetting process after it emerged that a guest on its leadership debate programme had previously shared controversial tweets. Imam Abdullah Patel from Bristol tweeted allegedly anti-Israeli comments from his personal account in 2014. Mr Patel said he was sure he had not criticised his Jewish “brothers”, but stood by criticism