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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cave posted the letter on The Red Hand Files, a website he uses to communicate with fans Musician Nick Cave has offered lyrics and songwriting advice to a fan suffering from writer’s block. The Australian rock artist provided the support through his online blog after Dave, an American from […]

Image caption The proposed changes were submitted to Ofcom in April Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has given “provisional” approval to plans that would enable shows to be available on the BBC iPlayer for longer. The BBC wants to change the iPlayer from a 30-day catch-up service to one where programmes are available for 12 months as

Image caption Harris was previously diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007 Veteran broadcaster Bob Harris is to take a break from presenting his BBC Radio 2 country show after suffering an aortic dissection. The condition occurs when there is a tear in the wall of the major artery carrying blood out of the heart. “The

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Several movie sets were destroyed in the fire on 1 June 2008 Recordings by Sir Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Nirvana, Eminem and thousands more were destroyed in a fire in 2008, according to a New York Times report. They were lost when a blaze swept through a warehouse at

Image copyright Moloda gvardiya/MICHAELA VONDRUSKA/SKY UK LTD/HBO Image caption Chernobyl engineer Oleksiy Breus, then and now, beside the backdrop of the TV portrayal of the disaster Hours after the world’s worst nuclear accident, engineer Oleksiy Breus entered the control room of the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. A member

Image copyright Jamie Nelson Image caption The singer has upset the conservative country establishment by singing about smoking weed and gun control Women in country music are offered two potential paths, says Maren Morris. “The stereotype is you’ve either got to be this religious, virginal conservative, or the wronged woman burning the house down.” But

Image copyright Getty Images Strobe lighting at music festivals can increase the risk of epileptic seizures, researchers have warned. The Dutch team said even people who have not been diagnosed with epilepsy might be affected. Their study was prompted by the case of a 20-year-old, with no history of epilepsy, who suddenly collapsed and had

Image copyright Paramount Pictures Image caption The film tells the story of the musician’s rise to fame and includes a male sex scene Samoa has banned the Sir Elton John biopic Rocketman because of the film’s depiction of gay sex. Under Samoa’s laws, sodomy is illegal and punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Image copyright TRANSMISSION FILMS Image caption Actress Aisling Franciosi plays Clare, an Irish convict in Tasmania in 1825 Australian director Jennifer Kent has defended her new film The Nightingale following criticism about its graphic scenes of rape and murder. The film tells the story of a female convict seeking revenge amid colonial violence in 19th

Image copyright PA Image caption Like Kelly (right), Conservative leadership candidate McVey was an ITV breakfast presenter in the 1990s An unlikely figure waded into the Conservative leadership race on Monday – ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly. A clip of her went viral after she appeared to snub Esther McVey. Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan