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The odds of Paul Weller winning the Mercury Prize are slashed after a bookmaker takes an "unprecedented" rush of bets backing him.

What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade?

Sadie Frost talks to BBC Breakfast about writing her autobiography, her relationship with her artist father, and being whisked away at an early age to a life of acting and modelling.

The replacement for GMTV, hosted by former BBC presenters Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley, debuts on television.

Actors Bradley James and Anthony Head talk to BBC Breakfast about saving Camelot from peril in the new series of Merlin.

Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa opens a festival in his native country following a nine-month battle with throat cancer.

Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle founds a new record label and will release her debut solo album, Insatiable, through Tesco.

Director Sofia Coppola returns with her new movie Somewhere

Stand-up comic Robert Schimmel, a regular guest on Conan O'Brian's show, has died following a car accident.

The actor Dominc Cooper talks to BBC Breakfast about his role in Tamara Drewe and intrigue in the countryside.

Mercury prize-winner Guy Garvey talks to nominees I Am Kloot

Bafta-winning This Is England gets four-part TV sequel

Hugh Quarshie discovers his ancestory gives him the right to sit as a village chief in Ghana

Former X Factor contestant Olly Murs goes straight to the top of the UK singles chart with his debut single Please Don't Let Me Go.

Prince Charles and ex-PM Tony Blair will be guests in the first week of new ITV morning show Daybreak.

Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest judge on American Idol to quit this year.

A major new exhibition of works by Andy Warhol focuses on a four-year period pivotal to his development as an artist.

Andrew Marr interviews Sir Michael Gambon who has spent forty years in the West End. He has acted in six Harry Potter films but Sir Michael Gambon says he is excited by new theatre roles.

The funeral is held of Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer Charles Haddon, who died in a fall in Belgium.

Yoko Ono makes an "emotional" visit to John Lennon's former school and childhood home in Liverpool.