Rebekah Brooks denies covering up the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World when she became News International chief executive.

A museum in Amsterdam acquires two artworks by Steve McQueen, the Turner Prize-winning artist turned film-maker whose 12 Years a Slave was named best picture at this year's Academy Awards.

Bookmaker Paddy Power is ordered to remove its Oscar Pistorius advert as is becomes the most complained-about UK campaign of all time.

The crisis in Ukraine continues to lead many newspapers, while some tabloids focus on Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell agreeing to take a break from the soap.

Nick Clegg is to accuse UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage and his MEP colleagues of failing to "stand up for Britain".

The Italian government will unblock 2m euros (£1.6m) in emergency funding to save the ancient city of Pompeii, after rain caused walls to collapse.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are to hold talks to try to ease tensions over the Ukraine crisis.

The third day of the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius - accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp - is to begin in Pretoria.