Christopher Wheeldon leaves Morphoses, and other top stories...

The choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has left the ballet company he founded in 2007. Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company was intended as, "the world's first transatlantic ballet company" with bases in London and New York. Wheeldon was frustrated with the project's failure to realise his ambitions, and it will now carry on as simply Morphoses. It's a loss for fans of ballet, but climate change protesters will breathe a sigh of relief as his unenviable carbon footprint ceases to be...

The sculptor Raymond Mason has died at the age of 87. The late Brummie was well known in his home city for a work that locals call the ‘Lurpak statue' because of its textural resemblance to butter. He lived in Paris for most of his career and his work often explored the idea of people living in cities, taking the form of figurative clay sculptures depicting urban environments ...

It's a pity that auction websites allow buyers to conceal their identities when making online purchases, because it would be very interesting to know who spends over $1 million on a comic book. Four days after Superman's first comic book appearance sold for that price, a comic featuring Batman's first appearance - published in May 1939 - has sold for $1,075,000. It seems that superhero memorabilia is a reliable financial asset in these times of economic uncertainty...

The BBC is rumoured to be planning a substantial cull of content that would see 6 Music and Asian Network axed, and the BBC website halving its number of pages. The broadcasting network is unwilling to comment on present speculation, but it's believed they intend to use the opportunity to focus on quality of content rather than quantity. There would also be a reduction of imported American programmes. Meanwhile, Radio 2 would be required to broadcast more comedy and documentary shows...