The owner of a West End theatre where a ceiling collapsed on to the audience, claimed last year that the venue had “suffered years of benign neglect”.

Surveyors have said the ceiling of the Apollo Theatre in London is “sound” after 80 people were injured, seven of them seriously, when sections of it collapsed on the audience during a packed show.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has said the West End is ‘open for business’ as a investigation continues into what caused a theatre ceiling to collapse, injuring 80 people.

Almost 80 people were injured, seven seriously, after a theatre ceiling collapsed on them in London’s West End.

Some 88 people were wounded, seven seriously, after part of the roof at London’s Apollo theatre in the West End collapsed last night during a performance.

Over 80 people have been injured, seven of them seriously, after part of the building collapsed in a London theatre tonight.

Up to 40 people are reported to have been injured, at least five of them seriously, after part of a balcony collapsed this evening during a performance in a London theatre.

The epiphany happens during a backstage tour at the Apollo Theatre in London.

FUNERAL services for Michael Jackson could take place from tomorrow and his body could be buried at Jackson’s famous Neverland Ranch.

They danced in the streets, wept, lifted their voices in prayer and brought traffic to a standstill.

'High School Musical' star Zac Efron was left shaken during a night out in London with girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens after he was attacked by a middle-aged man.

At a gathering marked by joy more than sorrow, thousands of James Brown’s fans and friends filled an arena bearing his name today for their final tribute to the homegrown singer known as the “Godfather of Soul”.

Late soul legend James Brown is to be buried in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia today.

A day after thousands bade a rousing farewell to singer James Brown at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre in New York, friends and relatives gathered tonight for a more humble memorial service near the place the Godfather of Soul called home.

Even in death, James Brown can move a crowd.

The Rev. Al Sharpton promised a “royal day in Harlem” as he raced through the night in a van to make sure the late US singer James Brown did not miss his last date at the historic Apollo Theatre in New York.

A public funeral service for “Godfather of Soul” James Brown at an 8,500-seat US arena bearing his name in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia, has been set for Saturday.

Hundreds of fans, family and A-list celebrities braved New York’s grey skies today to pay their last respects to R&B legend Luther Vandross.

MANCHESTER United supporters vowed yesterday to step up their resistance to the takeover of the club by American sports entrepreneur Malcolm Glazer.

Her Sex and the City character Samantha was a loyal New Yorker, but actress Kim Cattrall has been urging people to visit London.

Dawson’s Creek star Joshua Jackson is to appear in the West End.

Singer Rod Stewart is heading to Harlem’s Apollo Theatre for a concert to kick off the release of his latest CD, Stardust ... The Great American Songbook: Volume III.

Dawn French is to star in a one-woman show in London's West End next year.