Aberdeen DJ and hip-hop producer Vagrant Real Estate, known as Nick Cronin, won the Scottish Album of the Year award for "Neither Collar Nor Crown" and its £20,000 first prize. The album brings together 25 Scottish artists from different genres, drawing on traditional Scottish folk and Gaelic.
Belfast-born comedian Frank Carson is being honoured with a blue plaque at his former school on what would have been his 100th birthday. His family says it is a great honour that brings him home, and his catchphrases and TV career are remembered fondly.
The Moth Club, a live music and comedy venue in east London, has been saved after Hackney Council refused a planning application for nearby flats that could have forced it to close. A petition gathered more than 36,000 signatures, and musicians including Alexis Taylor and Amyl and the Sniffers backed the campaign. The club plans to celebrate with a big party.
A commemorative stone is to be laid in London to honour the late Mobo founder Kanya King, marking the 30th anniversary of the music ceremony she launched. The stone will be unveiled at her former school in Queen's Park, and a BBC programme and museum display will also mark the anniversary.
