At Glasto, Emily Eavis promises a lineup "strong on women"; PJ Harvey was recently confirmed for Sunday on the Other Stage.
Wales' regional rugby double-header 'Judgement Day' has been confirmed for Saturday, 25 April with back-to-back derbies being staged at the Millennium Stadium for the third year running.
"As of this morning, we need 500 people to maintain a full immigration desk policy at Heathrow - which means we can get people through in the shortest possible time - and we have 584 shifts now confirmed for Thursday despite the strike.
The band is one of the first major acts to be announced for this year's event, after Lionel Richie was last year confirmed for the Sunday afternoon 'legend slot'.
More than 16,000 developers have registered to get Ouya's SDK, with 150 games so far confirmed for launch day, including titles from Sega and Square Enix among a horde of independent studios, including some exclusive games.
This was in no way a statement of support for the cut, as Dreier confirmed for me Wednesday by email.
This year, The Prodigy, The Kings of Leon, Elbow, TV on the Radio and PiL have all confirmed for the three-day event, starting 15 July.
An exciting batch of attendees have been confirmed for the panel on Friday 10 July in Hall H at 2.30pm local time, with late night chat show host Seth Meyers moderating.
The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's unsecured home server contained some of the U.S. government's most closely guarded secrets, censoring 22 emails with material demanding one of the highest levels of classification....But seven email chains are being withheld in full because they contain information deemed to be "top secret".
Brady confirmed for the first time Saturday that he had undergone two operations on his knee.
Europe's commissioner for climate action on Tuesday confirmed for the first time plans to link the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) with California's carbon market which opens next year.
