Our reporter's updates from the 2013 film festival

Sir Alex Ferguson is named LMA Manager of the Year after guiding Manchester United to a 20th Premier League title.

Fifteen-year-old Abby Harrison is already training to become an astronaut and hopes to reach Mars by 2030.

A gigantic tornado has ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City, on the second day in a row the Midwestern state of Oklahoma has been slammed by twisters.

The government reaches agreement with Labour which will allow its bill to legalise gay marriage in England and Wales to proceed in Parliament.

The FTSE 100 reaches its highest closing level since September 2000, with analysts saying that the index may climb further.

Jonny Wilkinson says he will do everything possible to be fit enough to answer a Lions injury call if he is needed.

England batsman Kevin Pietersen is still not sure he will be ready to face Australia in the Ashes this summer.

US President Barack Obama will visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in his first extended tour of sub-Saharan Africa, the White House says.

Russian counter-terrorism agents have raided a group planning an attack in Moscow killing two suspects, officials say.

Yahoo says its $1.1bn (£723m) purchase of blogging platform Tumblr will boost its revenue as soon as 2014.

Yahoo agrees a deal to buy New York-based blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1bn (£723m) in a deal that will value founder David Karp's stake at $275m.

China cannot be a "free rider" when it comes to global trade, the EU's trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht, warns.

Paul Mosley, jailed for the manslaughter of six children in a house fire, is to appeal against the length of his jail term, his legal team confirms.

Three Brazilian tourists are killed and more than 20 others injured as two hot-air balloons collide in Turkey's Cappadocia region.

The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly has voted to allow actively gay men and women to become ministers.

At least two people die and 21 others are injured in a series of tornadoes that tore through the US state of Oklahoma.

Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report.

More than 70 people are killed and many more wounded by car bombs and suicide attacks in one of the worst days of violence in Iraq in recent months.

Real Madrid announce that Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season after three years in charge.