Actor Hugh Laurie is to make his UK musical debut at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, ahead of the release of his blues album.

Television presenter Carol Vorderman criticised celebrity culture for idolising beauty as she appeared alongside her brother, who was born with a cleft lip, at a talk about the disfigurement.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous moon-landing transmission "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" was a slip of the tongue, according to new research.