Twelve men are arrested in Oxford during a police operation targeting child exploitation offences including trafficking, grooming and rape.

A man suspected of killing seven people in southern France dies after police end a siege with an assault on a flat in Toulouse.

The Republic of Ireland fell back into recession in the last three months of 2011, official figures show.

Invisible Children's co-founder Jason Russell is to remain in hospital for weeks after California police found him semi-naked and "acting bizarrely".

Taking a low dose of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly treat cancer, new evidence published in The Lancet suggests.

A woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain.

Labour accuse the government of "serious breaches" of the ministerial code over apparent Budget leaks.

The unveiling of the Team GB kit for the 2012 Games reveals athletes will compete wearing dark indigo blue clothing, inspired by the union flag, together with vivid red shoes.