BP’s efforts to finish relief oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico have been set back. Photograph: Lyle W Ratliff/EPA The tropical storm Bonnie has forced BP to temporarily suspend drilling on its relief well in the Gulf of Mexico. Work to permanently plug the oil giant’s leaking Macondo... 

Young at heart … Dylan LeBlanc’s music is redolent of After the Goldrush Hometown: Shreveport, Louisiana. The lineup: Dylan LeBlanc (voice, guitar). The background: Yesterday’s new act, Rumer, was counter to the counterculture, but today’s boy couldn’t be more... 

Tina Fey is A Good Comedy Thing, obviously. But sometimes – just sometimes – there are parts of you that need refreshing which a good girl from Pennsylvania just can’t reach. And for those times, there’s Chelsea Handler. Handler is a New Jersey-born stand-up comedian with three comic... 

Northern Rock will be one of the targets for the Square Mile when the government starts to offload bank assets nationalised during the financial crisis. Photograph: Christopher Thomond A takeover battle is looming for control of banks such as Northern Rock, which was bailed out by the taxpayer... 

Top of the plops … Kings of Leon Kings of Leon were forced to cancel a show last week after being showered with pigeon droppings. The flock of avian music critics brought the St Louis concert to a cooing halt after just three songs. “You may enjoy being shit on,” explained...