Entertainment & Showbiz

Broadcaster John Stapleton - a familiar face on news and current affairs shows for decades - has died.

From soaring power ballads to novelty earworms, disco to metal and even "ouija pop", there's nothing quite like Eurovision - watched by millions around the world, tuning in to celebrate live music's weird and wonderful. 

Banned from Eurovision after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia will hold a rival international song contest on Saturday, with an emphasis on "traditional values".

The UK has to be "careful" and protect free speech as debate becomes "more and more toxic" on both sides of the Atlantic, a British satirist has said.

American Senator Ted Cruz has broken ranks with fellow US conservatives and hit out at talk show host Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, saying it was "mafioso" behaviour.