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Davy Jones, British-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, dies aged 66 at his Florida home after a heart attack, his publicist confirms.

Media owner Rupert Murdoch meets First Minister Alex Salmond in Edinburgh, discussing investment, independence and the Leveson Inquiry.

People along the Tyneside coast are treated to a light show designed to herald the London 2012 Olympics.

Former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil says that James Murdoch, who has stepped down as executive chairman of News International, has ''made a bit of a mess of the hacking thing''.

A laser display by US artist Yvette Mattern made up the seven colours of the rainbow will light up the skies of North Tyneside, marking the start of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in the North East.

Microsoft launches the first consumer preview of its latest operating system, Windows 8.

Egypt is to lift a travel ban on seven US democracy activists accused of trying to foment unrest in Egypt, judicial officials in Cairo say.