After clues from George Clooney and writer of DC comic, Dark Knight is finally outed in book

When ITV1 launched its celebrity diving show Splash!, the critical derision it prompted only succeeded in driving masochistic viewers to the belly-flopping entertainment on offer.

A Chinese heritage group has accused the architect Zaha Hadid of “destroying” Beijing’s old town after a futuristic new development created by her practice was honoured with a top award by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

The mystery of what really happened to Lord Lucan will finally be “solved”, 40 years after the notorious aristocrat disappeared, in an ITV drama starring Rory Kinnear.

The American radio broadcaster who won praise for his poignant tweets from the bedside of his terminally ill mother has disclosed that she died on Monday night.

It’s assemblage of polite, contemporary pop would make an ideal dinner party backdrop. But the playlist, featuring Tom Odell and Alt-J, was a gift given by David Cameron to his fellow G8 leaders as a “Best of British” soundtrack to their Northern Ireland gathering.

The BBC breached its own rules prohibiting the plugging of products when it allowed Countryfile presenters to wear clearly branded outfits from a leading outdoor clothing company, the BBC Trust has found.

For the recipients it was like finding Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket – but in reverse. Music fans expressed their outrage after being sent a “nationwide” spam email from James Blunt urging them to listen to his new single.

Since its inception, Twitter has proved an unparalleled medium for trivia and trolling. But a remarkable series of tweets posted by one man from the bedside of his dying mother has been praised for demonstrating that social media can play a poignant role in chronicling life’s closing chapter.

Residents expecting the drama to be like Midsomer Murders have discovered that the plot features a Hungerford-style massacre