The Studio Ghibli animation wizard, Hayao Miyazaki - often billed as 'Japan's Walt Disney' has announced his retirement.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was hurt when the car he was travelling in was hit by another vehicle in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Tens of thousands of Japanese huddled in makeshift emergency shelters today after a string of earthquakes in northern Japan flattened homes, toppled bridges and derailed trains, killing at least 21 people and reportedly injuring 2,000 others. Eight people were believed missing.

At a sunny track in Thruxton, Hampshire, Irish drivers were a little off the pace in the first qualifier for tomorrow’s British Formula 3 Championship.