The Justice Collective's 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' has sold 109,700 copies to 106,300 copies of 'Impossible'

X Factor winner James Arthur proved nothing is impossible when his debut single rocketed to the top of the charts.

There will be more blind auditions and fewer live shows in the new series of The Voice as BBC bosses attempt to improve its viewing figures.

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"A sax has arrived on the stage, it can only mean one song... yes, 'Careless Whisper'," quips the sprightly, diminutive singer before "A Million Love Songs", from 1992's Take That and Party.

The TeamGB cyclist and partner Brendan Cole lost out to fellow sports star Michael Vaughan in a dance-off

Sir Paul McCartney is to take on the X Factor for the Christmas number one after joining the line-up of a Hillsborough charity single.

Pop heartthrobs One Direction did the double as they climbed straight to the summit of the singles and albums charts.

All four coaches from The Voice are to be reunited when the series returns to BBC1 next year.

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Her chosen entrance is presumably rare at a basement dive whose claim to fame is Bob Dylan once played here. Once a mainstay of the sixties folk boom, The Troubadour is nowadays off the beaten track, but as the Hotheads ease into their opening number, their singer Elizabeth McGovern sashays on stage, all guillotine cheekbones and starry glow.

Take That frontman Gary Barlow has signed up to play what could be the smallest gig of his career - in DJ Chris Evans' pub.

Take That star Mark Owen has become a father for the third time after his wife gave birth to a baby girl.