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TV presenters Ant and Dec will donate profits from their next series of Saturday Night Takeaway to charity.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling reveals one of her characters, Hogwarts school head Albus Dumbledore, is gay.

South African reggae musician Lucky Dube is shot dead by armed robbers in Johannesburg.

Government minister Peter Hain describes the phone-in activities at ITV as “almost daylight robbery”.

Union leaders give the BBC until noon to drop redundancy plans or they will ballot their members for strike action.

US comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack,” dies at the age of 89.

A judge tells Britney Spears she may not visit her two children until she complies with court orders.

Deborah Kerr, star of The King And I and From Here To Eternity, dies at the age of 86.

The Spice Girls’ greatest hits album will be on sale at Victoria’s Secret lingerie stores, it is announced.

Teresa Brewer, one of the most popular US singers of the 1950s, dies at her home in New York.

Little-known actor Chris Pine is chosen to play the young Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie.

The BBC prepares to unveil plans that will have wide-reaching impact on programming and jobs.

The findings of a six-month investigation into ITV’s premium rate services are to be published by auditors.

Ratatouille, the animated tale of a rat working in a Parisian restaurant, tops the UK and Irish box office chart.

The only Oscar won for Orson Welles’ iconic 1941 film Citizen Kane is to be auctioned and could fetch up to $1.2m (0.5m).

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney compares his divorce from former model Heather Mills to “going through hell”.

French rock star Bertrand Cantat is freed after serving half his jail term for killing his actress girlfriend.

Britney Spears visits an LA police station to be photographed and fingerprinted ahead of her hit-and-run court case.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling begins an American book tour with a mass signing event in Los Angeles.

Ian McEwan and Lloyd Jones are the favourites for Tuesday’s Booker Prize, bookmakers say.