Comic Rik Mayall suffered an "acute cardiac event" after returning from a morning run, his widow said.

Tributes have poured in for comedian and actor Rik Mayall who died yesterday morning at the age of 56.

Pop star Jo O’Meara put on a brave face as she stepped out in public for the first time since the Big Brother race row at a gala performance in aid of BBC Comic Relief.

SO a satirist is hired to write a sketch for a TV show about the European Parliament. As potential comedy material goes, the parliament isn’t really considered up to much.