Beverley Knight added to 2012 V Festival line-up

Wolverhampton soul singer Beverley Knight has been added to this year’s star-studded V Festival line-up on August 18 and 19, it was announced today.

Stranglers looking forward to V Festival 2012 return

Baz from The Stranglers talks about being on the 2012 V Festival line-up.

Tinie Tempah thrilled at V Festival 2012 return

Tinie Tempah is clearly thrilled to be returning to V Festival for the third year in a row. Watch the video. Tinie Tempah

Massive queue for V Festival tickets

More than 150 music fans were queueing in Wolverhampton today to get their hands on V Festival tickets – with some braving the elements since 8pm last night.

V Festival line-up revealed

Double Brit Award-winner Ed Sheeran will join headline acts The Stone Roses and The Killers at this year's Weston Park V Festival, it was announced today.

Stone Roses set for V Festival

The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.

The week in pictures – August 26

Lichfield teacher Rachel Joint is less than half the woman she used to be. Mother-of-two Rachel shed an amazing 10 stones in just 16 months. In April 2009 the 39-year old weighed in at 18st 7lb. Now 5ft 2in Rachel, who used to wear a size 26, is 8st 7lb and a size 8 to 10 and says she has got her life back.

A collection of pictures from the Express & Star over the past week, including a delighted Staffordshire teacher who is half the woman she used to be, the dramatic fire on Richard Branson's Caribbean island and jubilant scenes in Libya as rebels took the capital Tripoli.

Abandoned tents litter Weston Park after V Festival

A massive clean-up operation was today under way at Weston Park as hundreds of volunteers sifted through the sea of tents, deckchairs and clothing left behind by V Festival revellers.

Chaos after big smash on the M6

Chaos hit the M6 today with motorists facing hour-long delays in six-mile tailbacks following a crash.

V Festival 2011 – fans and the bands

Pictures of fans and some of the stars from V Festival 2011 at Weston Park. Bands include the likes of Rihanna, The Saturdays, Eminem, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars while celebrities include Coleen Rooney and Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington.

Pop power dominates as thousands pack V Festival

It was the year pop took over the V Festival with a line-up packed full of chart-topping artists.

Olly Murs announces Birmingham LG Arena show

Olly Murs, whose new single Heart Skips A Beat, featuring Rizzle Kicks is out today - will play Birmingham's LG Arena next February as part of a headline arena tour.

V Festival campers ready to rock in luxury

Carrera Cooper, 18, and Brogan Silcock, 17, of Sheffield, seen in their Boutique Hotel Pod in the V Style area

Here’s a way to enjoy the V Festival in style – if you have a few thousand pounds to spare. While tens of thousands slum it under canvas, a select few were today waking up in pop-up hotels and designer sheds.

V Festival always keeps us coming back to Weston Park

It’s that time of the year again when for one weekend and one weekend only it’s cool to be seen wearing wellies, all thoughts of washing go out the window and around 85,000 music fans descend on Weston Park, writes Amy Burns. It can only be V Festival 2011.

V festival 2011 - who's on where at Weston Park, Staffordshire

Eminem, Rihanna and Arctic Monkeys play at V Festival 2011

Here's the complete breakdown of the acts performing at Weston Park in Staffordshire for V Festival 2011.

Why V Festival is the hottest ticket around

V Festival fans at Weston Park, Staffordshire

The tickets whose temperatures send the mercury soaring are presently stuffed deep in the wallets and pockets of 85,000 fans from around the UK at V Festival, writes Wolverhampton Civic Hall's Jonn Penney.