DAVID Bowie is the favourite to be handed the British male solo artist prize at Wednesday's Brit Awards - just over a year after his death.

The Starman is expected to win the prize for the third time following successes in 1984 and 2014 and is tipped to take the British album gong.

The singer's Blackstar record, which explores the themes of illness and heaven and was released two days before he died from cancer, would earn his first prize in the category.

Click here to read the full story.

FORMER Great British Bake Off judge Mary Berry has said that she had her differences with Paul Hollywood, but she “admired him a lot”.

The 81-year-old decided to stay with the BBC and presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins when Channel 4 poached the hit show, saying that she was never tempted by the money.

Click here for the full story.

BROADCHURCH star David Tennant has said he found the secrecy surrounding the hit drama “exhausting”.

The show, co-starring Olivia Colman, is returning for its final series on Monday on ITV.

Former Doctor Who actor David, 45, told Radio Times magazine that knowing the crime drama was coming to an end felt “like a loss”.

Click here for the full story.

BBC Radio 4 presenter Steve Hewlett has died at the age of 58 following a battle with cancer.

The broadcaster died in the company of his family at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital while listening to the music of Bob Dylan.

The news was confirmed by Radio 4′s Eddie Mair during his Monday evening programme.

Click here for the full story.

KURT Cobain’s daughter has paid tribute to the late Nirvana frontman on what would have been his 50th birthday.

The US musician was born on February 20 1967 and took his own life in 1994 at the age of 27.

Click here for the full story.

His daughter Frances Bean Cobain – who was only 20 months old when her father died – posted a picture of a handwritten note on Instagram, in which she thanked him for giving her “the gift of life”.