The government says it will not go ahead with a controversial plan to sell the broadcaster.

Meet the team saving old pianos, discovering their “silent history” and bringing them back to life.

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden have been honoured with a set of twelve commemorative stamps.

The Bristol Beacon is set to reopen in the autumn after a refurbishment costing more than £100m.

Suffolk artist Kate Rolfe, who has dyslexia, will release three books this year after awards success.

Syston Knitting Banxy says she is “truly honoured” her work appeared on the ITV soap at Christmas.

A documentary about the Nan Goldin-led protests against the Sackler family aims for more award glory.

The London trio, whose throwback R&B sound is compared to Destiny’s Child, are tipped for the top.

Girl group Flo joins the likes of 50 Cent and Adele as winners of the BBC’s annual Sound Of poll.

Geordie Greig takes over the online-only newspaper after three years at the helm of the Daily Mail.

Taraneh Alidoosti was arrested after she removed her headscarf and condemned recent executions.

Scarborough Fair will be a year-round programme of festivals and events, the council says.

The Native American heroine is his 12th great grandmother, the actor was told on a PBS show.

Witty and incisive novelist whose often colourful private life read like one of her own plots.

The author and essayist was best known for books including 1983’s The Life and Loves of a She-Devil.

Huw Edwards says his former colleague Aled Glynne Davies was a “kind and generous man”.

In a leaked letter, Michelle Donelan tells the PM privatisation “is not the right decision”.

The National Portrait Gallery bought the toilet block for £3m as part of a £10m expansion project.

Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were teenagers when they made the Oscar-winning 1968 movie.

Formerly a producer for Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, Fred Again’s songs are rooted in human connection.

Harry Styles, Cat Burns and Kate Bush scored huge hits, as UK music fans streamed 150 billion songs.

The Avengers star was run over by his own snow plough, the local sheriff said in a press conference.

The US stand-up comic had his own BBC TV series in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The musician formed the acclaimed Scottish band with singer Billy Mackenzie in 1979.

Tom Karen helped create some famous children’s products from the 1970s as well as the Bond Bug car.

A minister brands the band’s “LGBT promotion” on Poland’s New Year’s Eve TV special a disgrace.

All of the hip hop trio’s early hits will be released on digital streaming services from 3 March.

Dave Myers appeared on BBC Breakfast and spoke about his cancer diagnosis ahead of his return to TV.

The actor suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopaedic injuries in a snow plough accident at his home.

The César Awards brings in the rule after fears there could be protests at the event next month.