British scientist Stephen Hawking missed a scientific debate marking his 70th birthday as he was only discharged from hospital two days earlier.

A Lithuanian company says it has frozen publication of the local version of <em>The Simpsons</em> comic after a fine for advertising Duff beer.

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews The Simpsons Movie, which packs in a great deal of inventive incident and humour.