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.

Convicted sex attacker Antoni Imiela, described by a judge as the M25 rapist, is jailed for 12 years for an attack on a woman in 1987.

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

Catering and hospitality experience, efficiency and discretion are among the requirements as the Royal Household advertises for a trainee butler to work at Buckingham Palace.

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

Ex-Brookside actor Brian Regan has been jailed for lying about his part in a gangland killing, it can be reported following the end of another trial.

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