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16 July 2013 Last updated at 17:16 ET Cory Monteith, star of the hit TV musical comedy Glee, died from a heroin and alcohol overdose, a coroner in British Columbia has announced. The 31-year-old Canadian actor, who played Finn Hudson in the Fox TV hit, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel on Saturday. Monteith, who had been in the ...

16 July 2013 Last updated at 06:03 ET The annual report said the public’s trust in the BBC is improving and continues to reach 96% of the population The BBC has spent almost £5m on three inquiries set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. The corporation’s annual report revealed the Pollard Review, which looked into Newsnight’s dropped ...

15 July 2013 Last updated at 08:33 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Speaking in 2001, JK Rowling said she found the idea of writing under a pseudonym “appealing” JK Rowling’s “secret” crime novel has topped book charts after it was revealed she had written it under a pseudonym. The Harry Potter novelist published the book ...

14 July 2013 Last updated at 19:51 ET Magna Carta inspired the US Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The four surviving original copies of Magna Carta will be brought together in 2015 or the first time in history, the British Library has announced. The event will take place over three days and launch a year of celebrations ...

14 July 2013 Last updated at 11:30 ET The TV star had recently undergone treatment for drug addiction Showbusiness colleagues have paid tribute to Glee star Cory Monteith who has been found dead in a Canada hotel. A statement from Fox, the TV network behind Glee, issued a statement calling Monteith “an exceptional talent and an even more exceptional person”. ...

14 July 2013 Last updated at 02:03 ET Glee star Cory Monteith has been found dead in a Vancouver hotel, police say. The 31-year-old, who played Finn Hudson in the Fox hit, was found dead at the Pacific Rim Hotel in the city centre, said Vancouver police. The cause of death was not immediately apparent, police say, but foul play ...

13 July 2013 Last updated at 11:42 ET T in the Park fans watch Scottish DJ Calvin Harris on Friday evening Five people have been arrested and ejected from the T in the Park music festival for possessing or using pyrotechnic flares. Police said organisers had made it clear that flares, smoke canisters and smoke pellets would not be tolerated ...

11 July 2013 Last updated at 22:01 ET By Tim Masters Entertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, sitar player Nishat Khan, Proms presenter Katie Derham and singer and broadcaster Cerys Matthews flanked by Daleks at the launch of the BBC Proms 2013 A new work by acclaimed British composer Julian Anderson will launch the two-month BBC ...

11 July 2013 Last updated at 12:31 ET Sam Mendes directed the 23rd film in the series, Skyfall Skyfall director Sam Mendes is to direct the 24th James Bond film, due for release in 2015, it has been announced. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the British spy, with the script penned by John Logan. Producers Michael G Wilson ...