Richard Ashcroft, Mariah Carey, Wiley and The 1975 are among the biggest winners at the 2019 Ivor Novello Awards.

Manchester will host Distractions, a three-day event that will explore how technology affects the way we create, share and consume art, music and entertainment.

In its latest round of funding, the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) has supported 19 British acts with £257,000 of funding.

Renowned music creators Tom Gray, Crispin Hunt and Philip Pope have been newly appointed as writer directors of the Performing Right Society (PRS).