The singer says there is a "double standard" in society and encourages women "not to be scared".

A phone belonging to former Labour minister Tessa Jowell was hacked 29 times in five months by the News of the World newspaper, the phone-hacking jury hears.

The US space agency releases a spectacular new picture of Saturn, acquired by the Cassini spacecraft on "the day the Earth smiled".

Egypt's state of emergency and night-time curfew - in place since 14 August - have been lifted, the army-backed government announces.

Sir John Tavener, one of the leading British composers of the past 50 years, dies at the age of 69.

Sir Tony Robinson says Prince William said "yes" to a cameo role in Blackadder if there is ever another series of the hit BBC TV programme.

A committee of architects declares New York City's newly erected One World Trade Center the tallest building in the US at 1,776ft (541m).

A foreign criminal jailed for a serious sex offence against a schoolgirl wins the right to damages at the Court of Appeal because he was held in custody too long following unsuccessful attempts to deport him.