The Duchess of Cambridge will attend the BBC's Sports Personality award show tonight in her first public engagement since leaving hospital for severe pregnancy sickness, St James' Palace said.

Southend to Newquay flights

Each week we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific break. Today: Brazil for Rio Carnival. Prices are per person, based on two sharing, and include 10 nights' B&B, flights from Heathrow to Rio in February 2013, transfers and a one-day Sambadrome ticket.

From candlelit concerts to the famous King’s College Choir, we pick the best of this year’s celebrations of song

(Mind you, it was 50ft tall...)

A post-mortem examination is due to be held today on the nurse who apparently took her own life after she was duped by a hoax call made to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge.

Last-minute cast changes couldn't fix the problem at the heart of this production, that medievalism and irony don't mix

The Duchess of Cambridge faces a third day in hospital as she is treated for a severe form of morning sickness.

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and members of both families are said to be delighted with the news

'We were the odd ones on the block'

Main image: Spiderman toy, £19.69, and magnetic frame set, £12, both John Lewis

There's already a feature-length documentary called The Aristocrats, in which an array of comedians each deliver their personal rendition of an old and extremely dirty joke about incest, coprophilia and bestiality; the punchline is: "the Aristocrats". A prurient Channel 4 probably had this in mind when it commissioned and named its new series, about the large but mixed fortunes of Britain's remaining aristocratic families. The first episode promised much, but ultimately failed to muster any major family drama, let alone incest.

Police investigating allegations of sex offences against boys and young men by a retired Church of England bishop said seven more people have come forward claiming they were abused.