Tens of thousands rally in the French capital Paris to show dissatisfaction with President Francois Hollande, as he marks his first year in office.

Motherwell striker Michael Higdon is arrested over an alleged assault hours after being crowned Scotland's Player of the Year.

Around 300 runners get mucky in the annual Maldon Mud Race in Essex, England.

A Kazakh artist who was born without arms says he could not get permission to enter the UK because he could give no fingerprints.

Confidence among UK businesses is continuing to improve, a survey suggests, despite slow growth in the economy.

Dame Helen Mirren shouts at a group of street drummers to be quiet while still dressed in her stage costume as Queen Elizabeth II.

Police begin an inquiry into a speedboat crash off the north Cornish coast which killed a man and his daughter and injured four others.

An alleged member of a German neo-Nazi cell, Beate Zschaepe, is set to go on trial in connection with a series of racially motivated murders.