Pussy Riot hit the headlines when three members were arrested after an anti-Putin protest. Now they face up to three years in jail, a prospect that has shocked and radicalised many Russians. Some of the women speak exclusively to Carole Cadwalladr.

Members of the Pussy Riot girl band yesterday likened themselves to dissidents from the Soviet era yesterdat, saying their trial for performing an anti-Kremlin stunt in a church was unjust, but that nobody could take away their inner freedom.

Madonna appealed for the release of three members of the punk group Pussy Riot at her Russian concert last night.

THE Ballymaloe Cookery School operates throughout the year with everything from one day, two and half day and week-long courses as well as three, three month certificate courses every year.

Ronnie Wood has reportedly ended his relationship with Ekaterina Ivanova.

TWO eight-year-old twin girls were in hospital in Russia yesterday after being allegedly thrown from the window of their eighth floor apartment by their mother’s boyfriend.

Richard Gere is in talks to appear on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

A TENSE psychological drama against the backdrop of Saudi Arabian mores, and prescriptive Shari laws, is the setting for Zoe Ferraris’s debut novel, The Night of the Mi’raj. Nouf ash-Shrawi, a beautiful young girl, disappears from her palatial home on an island off Jeddah, in advance of her arranged marriage.

Close film stars Sienna Miller and Rhys Ifans arrived separately on the red carpet tonight for the glitzy showcasing of her latest film.

Safety fears may force singer Madonna to change the location of an upcoming Moscow concert.

Two young women who had been kept underground as sex slaves for more than three years, during which time one of them gave birth twice and became pregnant a third time, have been freed by police, Russian news reports said today.

Actor and pop star Adam Faith died from a heart attack early today, his agent said.